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Old 27-November-2007, 06:55 PM
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NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission



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NASA managers will hold a flight readiness review on Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center marking the next major milestone for mission STS-122.

NASA officials, space shuttle program managers, engineers and contractors will discuss the readiness of space shuttle Atlantis, the flight crew and payloads to determine if everything is set to proceed for launch. Managers will also select an official launch date at the end of the session. Launch is targeted for Dec. 6 on a mission to install the Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station.
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A veteran space flier, Navy Cmdr. Stephen N. Frick, will command the STS-122 shuttle mission to deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. Navy Cmdr. Alan G. Poindexter will serve as pilot. Mission specialists include Air Force Col. Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love, Leland D. Melvin and European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel. Poindexter, Love and Melvin will be making their first spaceflight.

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, who is set to fly to the space station on the STS-120 mission, will return home with the STS-122 crew. STS-122 will deliver European Space Agency astronaut Léopold Eyharts to the complex.

STS-122 is the 24th shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
Overview: Space Shuttle Mission STS-122: The Voyage of Columbus

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“This is the next phase of the international mission,” said Michael Sarafin, lead shuttle flight director for STS-122. “We’re finally going to use a lot of that new capability that we’ve delivered. It really will be true utilization of the station by international partners.”

That utilization comes in the form of Columbus, a 23-by-15-feet research laboratory and the future center of the European Space Agency’s activities in space.
Other handy links:

NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Countdown Status
Wikipedia: STS-122
NASA STS-122 Launch Blog (active about 5 hours before liftoff)
CBS News Space Place
SpaceFlightNow STS-122 Mission Coverage (no main page, yet)
BAUT Forum topic STS-120 (previous mission)
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Launch target:
Thursday, 2007 December 6
- 1331 PST
- 1631 EST
- 2131 UTC
About 9 days to launch
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There they go...
(Hums Time Warp Trio theme song.)
Happy nearly-holidays, STS-122 crew and ISS!
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NASA managers are conducting the final Flight Readiness Review today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to confirm that the agency is ready to launch the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station. The officials will name an official launch date following the session. The mission is targeted to begin on Dec. 6 with a 4:31 p.m. EST liftoff.
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The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA Television no earlier than 4 p.m. EST.
Briefing should be on NASA TV soon.

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Launch target:
Thursday, 2007 December 6
- 1331 PST
- 1631 EST
- 2131 UTC
About 6 days to launch

Edit, 1439 PST, 1739 EST: Briefing on now. Shuttle Atlantis has been cleared by the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for her December 6 launch target.
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I am going to this launch (assuming it isn't delayed)!

I am so utterly excited that I can't even express it!
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I am going to this launch (assuming it isn't delayed)!

I am so utterly excited that I can't even express it!
Wow! Congrats, Robonaut!

(Is there a jealousy emoticon?)
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The next big step toward launch comes at 7 p.m. today when the countdown begins. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:31 p.m. EST on Thursday. Atlantis has a 10-minute window to launch so it can catch up with the International Space Station.
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I am going to this launch (assuming it isn't delayed)!

I am so utterly excited that I can't even express it!
Ditto on jealous. We expect lots and lots of pictures.
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Anyone have any pictures of where on the station columbus will be attached? Unless there's a big delay it doesn't look like I'll get any sightings of the mission from my place, but I can at least do a before/after picture of the station itself. I got the "before" picture with my neighbor's help last night and I want to know where to look for the "new addition" after the mission.
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Anyone have any pictures of where on the station columbus will be attached? Unless there's a big delay it doesn't look like I'll get any sightings of the mission from my place, but I can at least do a before/after picture of the station itself. I got the "before" picture with my neighbor's help last night and I want to know where to look for the "new addition" after the mission.
On this NASA page about ISS Assembly
Scroll down to "JSC2006-E-43504 (October 2006) --- Computer-generated artist’s rendering of the International Space Station after flight STS-122/1E. Columbus European laboratory module with Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure - Non-Deployable (MPESS-ND) is delivered and installed. (Credit: NASA) " There is a link to a picture.
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Congratulations, Robonaut.
Four days to launch.
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Thanks swift, that's exactly what I was looking for.
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Just to clarify it is this module:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...e43504_low.jpg

The one linked above shows the placement of the first Kibo segment on STS-123.
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Three days, counting today.
(I wrote it in my school planner. Is that normal?)
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Three days, counting today.
(I wrote it in my school planner. Is that normal?)
Normal for BAUT - yes.
Normal for normal people - no. But you are so much better than normal.
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"Things are going extremely well," Launch Director Doug Lyons said. "The launch team is executing the count in fine fashion. It's been a very, very smooth, clean count, which is how we like it."

NASA's Mission Management Team conducted its regular evaluation two days before launch and voted unanimously to continue the countdown.
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The weather outlook is also looking good, according to Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters. The forecast calls for a 90 percent chance of acceptable conditions.
Launch target remains:
Thursday, 2007 December 6
- 1331 PST
- 1631 EST
- 2131 UTC

48 hours to launch
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The launch team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is continuing its steady march toward a lift off Thursday afternoon for space shuttle Atlantis. The countdown is proceeding smoothly, NASA Test Director Jeff Spaulding said Wednesday.
Launch target:
Thursday, 2007 December 6
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- 2131 UTC

18 hours to launch
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Thanks for the update.
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it's back!!!!! the sensor problem

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts122/071206ecos/
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that's the engine cut-ff sensor
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Today's launch attempt scrubbed, according to spaceflight.nasa.gov. Briefing to follow on NASA TV.
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