Updates STS-135 Updates

[clickypens]

Are they going to be leaving OBSS on the ISS after this flight? I think I remember them mentioning at one point in time a year or more ago.

 

[IronRain]

AFAIK not. They left the OBSS of Endeavour behind during STS-134. Maybe you've heard that.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Are they going to be leaving OBSS on the ISS after this flight? I think I remember them mentioning at one point in time a year or more ago.

No, this OBSS will not remain on the ISS, since STS-134 left their OBSS on ISS, and the Station's arm can't grapple two OBSSs at once - so no need for another OBSS.

 

[IronRain]

MPLM berthing timelapse

 

[Moach]

nobody thinks it's mention-worthy that Sandy Magnus found her missing socks?
i'm happy for her - you see, she lad left them up there at her last mission, and now she got them back :lol:

i can only imagine that the ISS is probably the LAST place you'd wanna forget something of value... retrieving it may prove quite a logistics challenge :hmm:

 

[Capt_hensley]

nobody thinks it's mention-worthy that Sandy Magnus found her missing socks?
i'm happy for her - you see, she lad left them up there at her last mission, and now she got them back :lol:

i can only imagine that the ISS is probably the LAST place you'd wanna forget something of value... retrieving it may prove quite a logistics challenge :hmm:

And how bad do they smell?

Seriously, Did she leave them with the purpose of coming back for them?, if yes than I say she never lost them. They were simply in storage.

Cool I'm glad she found them. Now she can bring them back with her this time. Where were they?

 

[ky]

My Shuttle Program Tribute is almost done.I'll post it by tomorrow I hope.BTW it's a video.

 

[Moach]

i didn't get the part on "where" the socks were found... when i tuned in to nasa TV i just heard the guy commenting on that she had found her socks...

ah no, wait, first i heard her telling the other crewmembers about "the return of the socks" - then the announcer said that she had found them after leaving them up there the last time :lol:

good to know - if i ever find myself in space, check no personal items are left behind... going back to get it is less than always an option (unless you're THAT rich) :rofl:

 

[orb]

A couple of images of Liberty Star towing a spent booster from STS-135 back to Cape Canaveral:

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[Orbinaut Pete]

An extra day in space for Atlantis! :thumbup:

STS-135 UPDATE: Per L2, MMT approve the extension of the mission by one day.

New landing date/time: Thu July 21 at 5:56 AM EDT / 9:56 AM GMT (night landing).

 

[Donamy]

A couple of images of Liberty Star towing a spent booster from STS-135 back to Cape Canaveral:

Where's the other one ?

 

[ky]

What are they planning to do with the boosters after this flight?

 

[diogom]

Please send the SRB's to Europe :tiphat: They'd probably go to the UK or so, but at least I wouldn't have to cross the Atlantic to see them :lol:.

 

[Kyle]

What are they planning to do with the boosters after this flight?

Reuse them for whatever comes next, which will likely have SRBs.

 

[orb]

NASASpaceflight: STS-135 Flight Day 5 – EVA swaps Pump Module and install RRM

Where's the other one ?

Probably back at Cape too, but in the photo gallery, there were only pictures of this one.

 

[IronRain]

STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD4

RRM install timelapse

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AISf-YkRd_g&feature=feedu"]YouTube - ‪RRM install timelapse‬‏[/ame]

 

[IronRain]

Spacewalk is wrapping up. If you are able to watch the stream you might want to do it. This will be the last US performed spacewalk for (at least) a year.

http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv (HD)
http://www.livestream.com/spaceflightnow (Lower resolution)

 

[halcyon]

An extra day in space for Atlantis! :thumbup:



New landing date/time: Thu July 21 at 5:56 AM EDT / 9:56 AM GMT (night landing).

Oh man, this SUCKS!
The final shuttle flight in history and it has to land at night where we can't see jack?
All we get to see is the infrared camera in shades of black and white.

I'm totally bummed and disappointed by this.
I thought that the final shuttle flight deserved to be seen clearly on landing by generations to follow in recordings and in history books.

What a shame.

 

[IronRain]

Awesome photo by Ron Garan, taken during yesterdays spacewalk

http://twitpic.com/5pep4r

STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD5

 

[orb]

Awesome photo by Ron Garan, taken during yesterdays spacewalk

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Is there an indirect link to page where we could see that image?