Updates STS-133 Updates

[Orbinaut Pete]

Some rendezvous photos from Paolo. :thumbup:

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[IronRain]

I'm not sure if it's already posted but here's another launch video from a... somewhat different perspective

 

[David413]

Here is an interesting photo during final approach:

http://www.spaceweather.com/submiss...b-Bullen-ISS_Discovery-26feb11_1298758133.jpg

 

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FD4 Videos & FD3 Highlights + a few articles & photo galleries

NASAtelevision:

• STS-133 Flight Day 3 Highlights - STS-133 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, Docking & Hatch Opening:
  

  Flight Day 3 Highlights

• STS-133 DAY 4 Mission Status Briefing:
  

  FD4 Mission Status Briefing

• STS-133 and Expedition 26 Crews Talk With Media:
  

  STS-133 and Expedition 26 Crews Talk With Media

• POST MMT Briefing - DAY 4:
  

  FD4 POST MMT Briefing

Ronsmytheiii:

• Flight Day 4 OBSS ops SSRMS walk off timelapse:
  

  OBSS ops SSRMS walk off timelapse

• EVA-1 Overview:
  

  STS-133 EVA-1 Overview

Spaceflight Now:

• Astronauts working on busy Sunday aboard the station (MORNING STORY)
• Astronauts having on busy Sunday aboard the station (LATER STORY)
• Flight Day 1 photo gallery (PHOTO GALLERY)
• Flight Day 2 photo gallery (PHOTO GALLERY)
• Flight Day 3 photo gallery (PHOTO GALLERY)

NASASpaceflight: STS-133: Pristine Discovery enjoying her docked mission swansong.

CBS News Space: Discovery astronauts prep for spacewalk; heat shield in good shape.

SPACE.com: For Astronauts in Space, No Time for the Oscars.

collectSPACE: STS-133 • Discovery • Flight Day 4.

 

[Cairan]

Kind of late, but here's a view of STS-133's launch from a jetliner cruising north over Florida... at the right place and the right time!

 

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NASA: STS-133 Flight Day 5 Execute Package (PDF - 357 Kb)

Florida Today - The Flame Trench: Astronauts Aim To Tackle 1st Spacewalk

Florida Today: Spacewalk set for today for space shuttle Discovery astronauts

 

[McWgogs]

Here's a picture i've made yesterday. http://spaceweather.com/submissions..._name=MichaA-Nyklewicz-iss-lol_1298849225.jpg

 

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FD4 Highlights

NASAtelevision:

• STS-133 Flight Day 4 Highlights: Spacewalk One Preparations:
  

  STS-133 Flight Day 4 Highlights

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

My personal pick of cool photos from the mission thus far:

An awesome view of the Nadir side of the ISS. Notice ATV-2 at SM Aft.

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A close-up shot of ATV-2 docked to SM Aft. Notice also the white, rectangular object protruding from the Port (left) side of the SM - that is the Radiometria experiment, recently installed on RS EVA-28.

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A great shot of Discovery's PLB and the SPDM with HTV-2's ORUs, taken from the Cupola.

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A very odd attitude for ISS (taken during the extended free-drift period post-docking).

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A great shot of ATV-2's interior.

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Another great shot of ATV-2's interior.

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[Orbinaut Pete]

Soyuz flyaround is off.

STS-133 UPDATE: Soyuz Flyabout for historic ISS/Discovery imagery is NO GO on the Russian side. So that's over.

 

[Donamy]

Well that stinks !!!:thumbsdown:

 

[Wishbone]

Safety 1st.

 

[Wally]

Well, we have some great photos so far... Plus the shuttle final fly-around, which will be awesome as well.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

EVA-1 has now ended. All objectives were completed (J612 extension cable install, PM relocate to ESP-2, CP3 camera wedge installation) and a get-ahead task was accomplished (S1 rail stubs). STS-133 has also been officially extended by one day, even though the Soyuz flyaround is now off.

Here's a fantastic time-lapse video of EVA-1.​

 

[Bonanza123d]

Kind of late, but here's a view of STS-133's launch from a jetliner cruising north over Florida... at the right place and the right time!

YouTube - Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane

That pilot of that aircraft is

 

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Spaceflight Now:

• Spacewalkers install backup power extension cable
• Arm controls shut down, force workstation change
• Astronauts stow space station's failed pump module
• Spacewalk concludes with all objectives accomplished
• Mission extended one day
• Revision D of NASA TV schedule for STS-133 mission (PDF)

NASASpaceflight: STS-133: EVA-1 completed; Endeavour Rolls to VAB one last time.

 

[C3PO]

Soyuz flyaround is off.

We need an unplanned SAFER test during an EVA. Remember to bring camera! :lol:

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Soyuz flyaround is off.

...or maybe not...yet. On today's Mission Status Briefing, Royce Renfrew, lead ISS FD for the mission, said he still hasn't heard back from the Russians about any decisions on the fly-around. In his words, "Still in a posture we came into originally.". The decision should come tomorrow at the space station Mission Management Team meeting, after more discussions with the international partners.
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So don't give up hope yet! Or, in the words of Orbinaut Pete, "So, would someone kindly call Mr. Perminov, and tell him that he can have a crate of vodka on me if he says "da" to the flyaround. ":rofl:

 

[N_Molson]

No cash, no pics !

 

[SiberianTiger]

"So, would someone kindly call Mr. Perminov, and tell him that he can have a crate of vodka on me if he says "da" to the flyaround. ":rofl:

Well, might work on him 40 years ago, when he was a Strategic Rocket Force Lieutenant and on a limited supply of vodka...