STS-122

[Tractorman]

Great info as usual, thanks. 

[rdale]

Nearly 300(!) pages of review documents for the FRR available at NSF...

[dembree]

We have been waiting 2 months for this. We are only 10 days away from launch!

[dembree]

FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW TOMORROW! Nasa mission managers will hold the flight readiness review to determine the readiness of the Shuttle, systems, flight crew, and payload and then set a formal launch date. The crew will arrive at KSC on the night of Febuary 4 to begin last minute training and checks. Launch remains targeted for the early afternoon of Febuary 6.

[dembree]

FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW TODAY! Nasa mission managers are meeting today to determine if the Shuttle, systems, flight crew, and payload are ready for flight and also makee any changes to the plan since the last launch attempt on December 9, 2007. They will also set a formal launch date. Launch remains targeted for the early afternoon of Febuary 7.

[dembree]

FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW COMPLETE, MISSION MANAGERS LOOKING AT RADIATOR HOSE PROBLEM! Nasa mission managers have approved the Feb. 7 launch date. There is one issue that is being discussed and that is a kinked radiator hose. Managers will be meeting on Saturday to decide what to do. I will have more on this issue soon. As of now it looks good for Febuary 7. It is unknown whether this hose needs to be repaired, if it can happen on the pad, or If it will need to go back to OPF.


Launch date: Febuary 7, 2008

Launch time: 2:45 P.M.

[dembree]

CORRECTION HERE! Nasa mission managers have tentatively scheduled Atlantis's launch for next Thursday pending this radiator hose issue. What happens is the shuttle's computers and other electronic systems are mounted on cold plates that use circulating water to carry away heat. That heat is then transferred to two Freon coolant loops that, in turn, carry it to the cargo bay radiators for dissipation into space or to an internal system that boils water to accomplish the same goal.

The concern with the kinked line is that launch vibrations, coupled with stress on the line, could cause a leak. That could force the crew to bypass the radiator in question and rely instead on the flash evaporator system, an option that could affect the duration of the mission. Again launch targeted tantatively for next Thursday Pending this issue. There will be a meeting on Saturday about this issue. Nasa however is confident that they can fly "as-is" with this issue and repair it in the turnaround between STS-122 and STS-125.

[dembree]

I have the plan of action on this radiator hose issue. During launch preparations at Kennedy, technicians noticed a small section of a braided metal hose that was bent in a shape similar to the Greek letter Omega. The radiator retract hose, part of the shuttle's cooling system that carries Freon, is designed to flex. However, engineers wanted to make sure they were not overlooking potential problems and designed a tool to guide the hose back into the storage box. Testing in Huntington Beach, Calif., has proven successful and program managers gave the go ahead to close payload bay doors using the tool on Sunday evening. Atlantis’ seven astronauts will arrive at Kennedy Monday at 10:30 a.m., and the countdown clock will begin ticking down Monday at 5 p.m.


Launch date: February 7, 2008

Launch time: 2:45 P.M.

[dembree]

One programming Note:

Fueling coverage will begin at 5:15 a.m. not 5:30 a.m.

[dembree]

PAYLOAD BAY DOORS TO BE CLOSED TOMORROW! Technicians out at LC-39A are set to close the payload bay doors for flight tomorrow in preparation for launch on Thursday.

[dembree]

I have a launch weather report. A weak cold front appears to be moving in late Wednesday into early Thursday which could kick off a stray shower or storm. The NWS has a 20% chance of a shower on Wednesday night, but dry on Thursday. The USAF also has just a 10% chance of a shower.

[rdale]

I have a launch weather report. A weak cold front appears to be moving in late Wednesday into early Thursday which could kick off a stray shower or storm. The NWS has a 20% chance of a shower on Wednesday night, but dry on Thursday. The USAF also has just a 10% chance of a shower.

This looks vaguely similar -- no, exactly the same -- as the weather report I came up with on NASASpaceflight.com  Are you also a meteorologist and developed this on your own, identical to mine, or are you just copying things from NSF and posting them here as your own snippets without regard for their real source?

[dembree]

Rdale, I'm an honest person. I'm sorry. You can call me David by the way. I didn't read the terms and conditions of NSF carefully enough i don't think.

[dembree]

I watch the Weather Channel though.

[dembree]

I have gotton my information that i put on this site from www.nasaspaceflight.com and I will not post any information on the STS-122 thread unless it contains a link to that article and did not mention this before now.