Updates STS-133 Updates

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASASpaceFlight: "STS-133: SpaceX's DragonEye set for late installation on Discovery".

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Here's some images of new MMOD blankets being installed around the pressure shell of the PMM.

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More images can be found here.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASASpaceFlight: "STS-133: S-Band Antenna Cable Conundrum for Discovery".

 

[Kyle]

Here's some images of the R-OMS (Right-hand Orbital Manoeuvring System) pod installation.

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Brb.. making real OMS engines. Great peak inside them! Also look at the flag below.. funny seeing that was only 5 years ago now we're looking at its final flight.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Florida Today's "The Flame Trench" Blog: "NASA Preps Shuttle Discovery's Maneuvering Engines For Flight".

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Here's some images of an RSP (Resupply Stowage Platform) being loaded into the PMM.

A CTB (Cargo Transfer Bag) being loaded into the RSP.

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This image appears to show an ExPrESS rack (ER) installed in the deck of the PMM. I thought the PMM was only launching resupply racks, and so I'll do some checking on this. I'll try to find out the ERs intended location in the ISS.

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I should think that most of these RSPs will be returned to Earth in MPLM FM-2 "Raffaello" on STS-135, as they are useless on orbit (they are designed to hold CTBs during launch & entry).

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The PMM looking pretty bare at the moment.

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Here's some images of the HRSR (Heat Rejection Subsystem Radiator) being attached to ELC-4. This will be used to replace a damaged radiator on the S1 Truss during an EVA at some point in the future (likely 2011 or later).

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More images can be found here.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

This is a really good article about the PMM.

Florida Today: "Discovery's payload: Supply module reinforced for extended stay in space".

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASASpaceFlight: "Engineers find a flexible solution for Discovery's S-Band antenna cable".

11 days til I leave for Kennedy Space Center. 96 days til I leave for space! I can't wait! It's been a whirlwind to get ready.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

A nice photo of Robonaut 2 with the STS-133 crew from Robonaut 2 via Twitter:

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

FYI, Robonaut 2 is now on Twitter!

R2 will be Tweeting during its (his?) prelaunch processing, and will also be Tweeting from the ISS! :thumbup:

And when I say that R2 will be Tweeting, I mean just that - R2 will actually be doing the Tweeting, not its support staff! As you can see in this and this image, R2's staff program R2 with what keys to press, and R2 actually presses them! Here is the Tweet that you can see R2 typing in the images!

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

FYI, Nicole Stott is now Blogging about her training for STS-133 via Ron Garan's "Fragile Oasis" Blog!

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Discovery News: "NASA Robot to Tweet from Space".

SPACE.com: "Robot Butler for Astronauts Is a Hit on Twitter".

CNN Video: "Robot astronaut heading into space".

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

SpaceRef: "Wyle Helps Prepare Robonaut 2 for Launch to International Space Station".

Big day for me! Hanging round to be fitted for the SLEEPR (Structural Enclosure to Effectively Protect Robonaut).

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

collectSPACE: "Gallery: Robonaut readied to launch to the space station".

 

[Logifech]

Robonaut is Aweasome love ist he will make a graet job in Space.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Nicole Stott's 1st "Fragile Oasis" Blog Entry: "Docking is Cooperation".

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

My chariot awaits! That's my ride to KSC. I arrive on Monday.

Real Astronauts get the Astrovan, R2 gets...a truck? I thought they'd have flown R2 to KSC via Ellington Field.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASASpaceFlight: "STS-133: Discovery enters her final month of OPF processing ahead of rollover".

Alamogordo Daily News: "Shuttle crews train at White Sands".

 

[DaveS]

R2 in SSPF at KSC: http://twitpic.com/2d54i7

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Robonaut 2 has arrived at KSC!

Florida Today's "The Flame Trench" Blog: "Robonaut 2 arrives at KSC ahead of Discovery flight".

I'm at the guard station waiting to go into Kennedy Space Center. Now where is my badge...

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I'm at the dock waiting to come inside.

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In the airlock, but I'm still in my shipping box. I hope they let me out soon.

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My team just opened my box, but I'm still in my plastic. Here is a short clip.

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I'm peeking out!

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Here is the PMM that I'll be sitting in during launch. I prefer Mobile Mansion.

 

[DaveS]

R2 has been unpacked in the SSPF high bay:

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

SpaceRef: "Robonaut Packed for Space".

Hi-res photos of R2's arrival in the SSPF can be found at the R2 Flickr Account and the KSC Media Gallery.

I'm going through PIA (Pre Installation Acceptance). This verifies that all my systems are within norms. A little like your yearly checkup.