Updates STS-134 Updates

[Donamy]

Not to take anything away from the STS-133 mission, but I finished the STS-134 payload.:hello:

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Not to take anything away from the STS-133 mission, but I finished the STS-134 payload.:hello:

Ooooh Don, you've done it again! :thumbup:

 

[Kyle]

Not to take anything away from the STS-133 mission, but I finished the STS-134 payload.:hello:

You should put that on orbithangar :thumbup:

Reminder, keep your eyes peeled to the KSC video feeds tomorrow. STS-134's rolling over to the VAB to be mated with its ET.

Rollout still on the 10th of March.

 

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Rollover to VAB is scheduled to begin at around 7 a.m. EST / 12:00 UTC today.


Spaceflight Now:

• Mission Status Center (NEW!)
• Endeavour ready to leave hangar Monday morning
• STS-134 Flight Plan (Updated: Feb. 27, 2011)

 

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Endeavour has rolled over to the VAB. The rollover began at 6:57 a.m. EST / 11:57 UTC and was complete at 11:20 a.m. EST / 16:20 UTC.

Spacefligth Now:

• Endeavour backs out of the hangar (PHOTO GALLERY)
• Endeavour rolls into VAB (PHOTO GALLERY)

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

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As has been the custom of late, Endeavour was rolled three-quarters of the way down the transfer road from her OPF (Orbiter Processing Facility) to the VAB and then stopped for several hours to allow her processing team, KSC workers, and media representatives the chance to revel in her glory, reflect on her career, and spend some precious time with youngest orbiter in NASA Shuttle fleet.

Tasked with the longest and most-complex of the final vehicle flights, Endeavour’s STS-134 mission will deliver two major cargo elements to the International Space Station, among which is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer: the keystone scientific experiment for the orbital laboratory complex.

STS-134 is currently classed as a 14+2+1 day, 4 EVA mission that is scheduled to launch on 19 April 2011 at 1948 EDT – 5 minutes before sunset at the Kennedy Space Center.

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In preparation for this morning’s rollover, Endeavour’s processing team completed all OPF work a week and a half ago, mating Endeavour to the Orbiter Transport System – a 72-wheeled vehicle specially designed for transporting the Shuttle orbiters – on February 15 and performing final landing gear retractions for flight on Feb. 16.

In the final days before Endeavour was mated to the OTS, her technicians and engineers performed final testing on her Internal Measurement Units (IMUs) and her Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System (MSBLS). Final MEDS (Multifunctional Electronic Display System) calibrations and weight & Center of Gravity calculations were also performed prior to OTS mate.

But Endeavour was not the only element of the STS-134 vehicle undergoing final preparations and work during the month of February; Endeavour’s External Tank, ET-122, was put through the wringer as dozens of MAF (Michoud Assembly Facility) engineers converged on the tank to perform the same Radius block installations to its LOX/intertank flange stringers as was performed on ET-137.

This work on the tank was completed last week, exactly as tank engineers said it would be.

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Videos of the rollover and photos from going vertical in the VAB

Rollover videos:

• Timelapse of the rollover:
  

  STS-134 Timelapse Video Of Space Shuttle Endeavour Rollover To The VAB at KSC

• Selected scenes from the rollover:
  

  STS-134 Endeavour Rolls Over To the VAB at KSC for Launch, various scenes

Spaceflight Now:

• Shuttle goes vertical for last time (PHOTO GALLERY)
• Shuttle hoisted by heavy-duty crane (PHOTO GALLERY)
• Endeavour lowered next to shuttle stack (PHOTO GALLERY)

NASA: NASA'S Space Shuttle Endeavour Set For Final Trip To Launch Pad

 

[Dambuster]

Rollover videos:

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  Spaceflight Now:
  • Shuttle goes vertical for last time (PHOTO GALLERY)
  • Shuttle hoisted by heavy-duty crane (PHOTO GALLERY)
  • Endeavour lowered next to shuttle stack (PHOTO GALLERY)
  
  NASA: NASA'S Space Shuttle Endeavour Set For Final Trip To Launch Pad

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  That is so insanely amazing...

 

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NASAtelevision:

• Shuttle Endeavour Attached to Boosters, Tank for Final Mission:
  

  Shuttle Endeavour Attached to Boosters, Tank for Final Mission

Spaceflight Now: Endeavour bolted to fuel tank and solid rocket boosters

Florida Today - The Flame Trench: Endeavour secured to external tank

 

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NASASpaceflight: STS-134: Endeavour put through her interface test – eventful VAB flow:

{...} Endeavour, is deep into preparations to rollout to Pad 39A. Following Endeavour’s final rollover for the STS-134 mission, and indeed her career, mating operations between the orbiter and the stack are complete – although her Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) operations have not been incident-free.

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[IronRain]

Roll-out of Endeavour is delayed by 24 hours because of bad weather. Weather for tomorrow (03-10-2011) evening looks more promising.

 

[diogom]

When is the roll-out to the pad scheduled for?

 

[IronRain]

When is the roll-out to the pad scheduled for?

It was scheduled for today but now it's rescheduled for tomorrow

 

[Kyle]

SFN's streaming camera of the rollout of Endeavour.

Only one more time this will happen folks..
http://www.livestream.com/newchannel/popoutplayer?channel=spaceflightnow

Endeavour's primed to go for the final time!
1992 - 2011. To be 25 amazing missions.

This is how shuttles are suppose to fly, 24 hours after one lands.. one goes to the pad. Only a few days after Endeavour lands, Atlantis will rollout to LC-39A. Right up to the end, history will record the last 3 launching and landing one right after another, just as was intended.

 

[IronRain]

Beginning of the Roll-out

---------- Post added at 11:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 AM ----------

Endeavour arrived on LC-39A for the final time. Endeavour was secured onto the pad's pedestals to complete the rollout at 3:49 a.m. EST.

SpaceFlight Now image gallery
SpaceFlight Now live mission center (+live video)

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Roll-out recap

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Incident at Launch Pad 39A.
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:13:04 PM GMT

At about 7:40 a.m. EDT this morning, a United Space Alliance worker fell at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. NASA emergency medical personnel responded, but they were unable to revive the man. Because of medical privacy, currently we're not able to release any additional details about this fatality. Family members are being notified.

All work at Launch Pad 39A has been suspended for the rest of the day, and counseling and other employee assistance are being provided to workers. Right now our focus is on our workers and for the family of the USA employee.

The incident is under investigation.

My thoughts and prayers are with the worker's friends and family at this difficult time.

 

[IronRain]

My thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and colleags.

This shows how much effort people give to sent humans into space. We sometimes forget that not only the astronauts are taking risks for human spaceflight

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

We could be getting a Soyuz flyabout on STS-134! Ooooh yeah.


NASASpaceflight: "STS-134: Mission Timeline and Contingency Options Take Shape".

It is also possible that the +1 day could be used to enable a Soyuz flyaround of the ISS/Shuttle complex since those discussions with the Russians are underway and under evaluation for STS-134.

 

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NASASpaceflight: Endeavour pushing on for April 19 launch following traumatic opening pad flow:

With the realigned Russian Soyuz TMA-21 schedule not impacting on STS-134′s launch date, Endeavour is pressing on with her April 19 target, after completing the first week of what will likely be her final pad flow. The week has been marked by the usual Interim Problem Reports (IPRs) and the slight drama of a dropped tool, but it’ll mostly be remembered for the tragic death of one of her loyal engineers.

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Spaceflight Now: Station payloads readied for Endeavour (PHOTO GALLERY)

A few of them:

You can view more photos from the payload and payload canister processing in KSC Media Gallery, STS-134 category.

 

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The payload canister will be moved to the pad between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. EDT today (22:00-00:30 UTC), and payload unloaded into the clean room tomorrow. The RSS is now in PARK position awaiting for the payload.