STS-130 Updates

[Orbinaut Pete]

Ah come on Pete, you gotta give those models the same limitations in Orbiter that mine have. :huh:

True, true!

Of coure, I'm just messin' with you!
When it comes to Orbiter, nobody models like you!

We love ya, Don! :bighug:

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STS-130 FD1 images are here! :thumbup:

www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-130/flightday01/ndxpage1.html

This one is especially nice!

Click here for hi-res version.

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STS-130 Execute Packages:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/news/execute_packages.html

 

[Star Voyager]

...and who's Momo ?

He's referring to this addon in the francophone community:

http://orbiter.mustard-fr.com/addons/cupola.php

Also, I don't believe this has been posted yet:

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts130/fdf/130flightplan.html

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Here's my own STS-130 flight plan that I produced myself. All the info is correct & has been cross-checked across multiple sources.

FD1:
. Launch

FD2:
. OBSS inspections

FD3:
. ISS rendezvous, docking & hatch opening
. OBSS handoff to SRMS by SSRMS

FD4:
. Replacement & checkout of WRS Distillation Assembly

FD5:
. EVA-1:
-Node 3 un-berth from Endeavour PLB
-Node 3 installation on Node 1 port
-Node 3 heater & avionics external connections
-Tool stowage assembly removal from Dextre

FD6:
. SSRMS base change to Destiny PDGF
. Node 3 vestibule outfitting & ingress
. Cupola ingress & prep for de-mate – IMV cap & CBM center disc cover installation
. ARED transfer to Node 3
. ARS transfer & installation into Node 3
. PMA-3 photogrammetry

FD7:
. EVA-2:
-Node 3 ammonia line connections & external outfitting
. Node 3 ISP cargo transfer to ISS + ISP breakdown & removal from Node 3
. Node 3 internal outfitting - IMV, avionics racks
. Node 3 fluid line opening for avionics cooling
. Node 3 ground systems activation
. ARED installation into Node 3
. Cupola depressurisation & grapple by SSRMS

FD8:
. Cupola relocation & re-installation on Node 3 nadir
. Cupola repress & ingress & vestibule outfitting
. PMA-3 grapple by SSRMS

FD9:
. PMA-3 relocation & re-installation on Node 3 port
. Cupola outfitting

FD10:
. EVA-3:
-PMA-3 heater cable connections
-Cupola MLI removal
-Cupola window shutter launch locks removal
-Cupola external outfitting
. Cupola RWS relocation & installation
. PMA-3 pressurisation

FD11:
. ISS reboost by Endeavour
. Final transfers
. Hatch closure

FD12:
. Undocking & fly-around

FD13:
. OBSS final inspection

FD14:
. De-orbit & landing

 

[DaveS]

FD3 summary so far:

Docking occured as planned at 12:06 am EST(0506 UTC). Only things of note was noisey data from the Trajectory Control Sensor(TCS) and longer than usual time needed to damp out relative motions between the ISS and the orbiter.

Other than that, it was a smooth rendezvous and docking, occuring as planned.
Coming up today is transfer of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System(OBSS) from the starboard side of the Endeavour's payload bay to Endeavour's RMS by the station's RMS.

 

[Turbinator]

FD11:
. ISS reboost by Endeavour

How exactly does this work? The Orbiter's engines are off angle to the ISS, how would they boost the ISS? Use the +Z facing RCS for a super long -Z burn? Wouldn't that produce some serious off-axis strain on the docking port connection, because it's not in the middle of the "centre of thrust" for the Orbiter?

A Soyuz ar an ATV reboost I can understand, it's simple and straight foreward. However, it just seems like something the Shuttle was simply not designed for.

 

[Revolpathon]

i tried boosting ISS in orbiter, let's just say it went spinning and docking became impossible thanks to the rotation i gave it. (did manage to send ISS into a destructive reentry though which was good fun (it doesn't explode or fall appart)

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

A GORGEOUS shot of the ISS as Endeavour comes in to dock!

Click here for hi-res version.

We never usually get images like this for docking! :thumbup:

Note the recent changes:
. ESP-3 at S3 Nadir.
. Soyuz TMA-16 at MRM-2 Zenith.
. PMA-3 at Node 2 Zenith.

 

[Donamy]

Note also, the ISS is upside down, in the view from Endeavour.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Note also, the ISS is upside down, in the view from Endeavour.

Ah yes, I forgot to mention that - that's quite important! :lol:

 

[Donamy]

It is if you're making scenarios for Orbiter.

 

[Turbinator]

Note also, the ISS is upside down, in the view from Endeavour.

The picture itself is upside down, but the ISS is rightside up. Look again.

 

[Donamy]

That's what I said, no need to look again.

 

[tblaxland]

Use the +Z facing RCS for a super long -Z burn?

Yes, that's what they do.

Wouldn't that produce some serious off-axis strain on the docking port connection, because it's not in the middle of the "centre of thrust" for the Orbiter?

Some torque, yes, but given that the ODS is strong enough for the Orbiter to maintain attitude control it is not an issue. I'm not sure how many jets they fire fore and aft, but firing would one less jet in each aft OMS pod would pretty much balance out the torque in any case (by my very rough back of the envelope calculation). Perhaps some one around here can locate a previous reboost PAD and it might have better info on jet selection. The STS-130 orb ops check list does confirm that the shuttle is responsible for attitude control during the burn, in any case.

 

[AirSimming]

To me STS-130 is a historic mission. It's the second last flight of Endeavour and it was, with high certainty, the last STS night launch in my lifetime. Also, Tranquility + the cupola is something special and historical (I can not wait to get the first HD video downlink from inside the cupola with all window shutters fully open...). So I'm following every minute of STS-130 as far as possible. I've finally started to fill my youtube account with life.

 

[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEM784MEG5G_index_0.html

See the ISS and Endeavour over Europe


10 February 2010
The conditions in northern Europe are set for nice views of the ISS as it passes overhead up to four times a night this coming weekend. All you need is the timetable and a clear sky.

The International Space Station together with Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to it is so bright that spotting them with the naked eye is not at all difficult, provided you know where and when to look

N.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Node 3 is now installed! :thumbup:

Check out this BEAUTIFUL photo from Soichi Noguchi via Twitter!

I really hope NASA release this in hi-res!

 

[Rocketman527]

I love the way the ISS is being built. It's like a giant Lego set in space

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASA have released some more Node 3 installation photos in the Expedition 22 Image Gallery (see pages 52 through 56)! :thumbup:

www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-22/ndxpage52.html

 

[David413]

My friend in Houston passed these pictures along...Endeavour approaches the ISS.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

My friend in Houston passed these pictures along...Endeavour approaches the ISS.

Ooohhh..........Aaahhh! :thumbup: