STS-125 Shuttle Mission: Hubble Servicing Mission 4 - Page 6

conniefan · #**151** (**permalink**) 26-April-2009, 07:20 AM

Guess just being new to this it seems like the interaction is slow. Yeah! what a great mission here. The drama of last minute mission re-planning, training for new replacement tasks. I really am excited about it. I remember back in the pre net days when television was my only connection to mission coverage. The first repair mission was such a marvel of our new capability. And yet, something as simple as sun-side expansion of an access panel threatened an otherwise successful mission. We have come soooooooo far haven't we?

slang · #**152** (**permalink**) 26-April-2009, 04:34 PM

It may seem as watching grass grow, but that is probably because over here we start pretty early with paying attention to upcoming missions. Regular media are usually more of a "oh by the way, the Shuttle was launched! Now, back to Paris' latest adventures in the exciting world of fashion". Yeah, some of us have come very far

I hate watching grass grow.. two eyeblinks and has to be cut again...

conniefan · #**153** (**permalink**) 26-April-2009, 05:35 PM

Yeah, it's sad how television seems to have no "vision" anymore. To think that when I was just a year old, Nasa via Buzz Aldrin's good work was able to figure out that you had to anchor a person's feet for them to be able to turn a screw driver, now we're talking about performing near surgical operations involving a hundred screws ( or hundreds, I can't remember what I read on the complexity of these repairs), THATS what I mean about we've come a long way. Gosh, I hope they've firmed up procedures for keeping control of all those little bitty pieces. I have a hard enough time in my driveway with 5 lug nuts changing a tire.

01101001 · #**154** (**permalink**) 26-April-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by conniefan

Gosh, I hope they've firmed up procedures for keeping control of all those little bitty pieces. I have a hard enough time in my driveway with 5 lug nuts changing a tire.

You need the lugnut version of the Fastener Cover Plate (FCP), pictured in image 12 of Boston.com Big Picture: Preparing to rescue Hubble (gallery recommended much earlier, and still fun to view). It holds the (111) loose screws.

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Links to stuff:

NASA Space Shuttle Mission Pages
NASA STS-125 Mission Status Updates
NASA STS-125 Mission Information
NASA STS-125 Mission Overview
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 Overview
NASA News Twitter
Wikipedia: STS-125
NASA Launch Schedule
NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Countdown Status
NASA Shuttle Launch and Landing
NASA Shuttle Launch Blog (active about 6 hours before liftoff)
NASA Shuttle Landing Blog (active about 2 hours before touchdown)
CBS News Space Place
Spaceflight Now STS-125 Mission Coverage
Spaceflight Now STS-125 Mission Status Center
BANews Twitter
BAUT Forum topic STS-119 Space Shuttle Mission (previous mission)
NASA TV (or NASA TV Yahoo! source or high-resolution)

conniefan · #**155** (**permalink**) 26-April-2009, 07:14 PM

Thanks 01101001- Those pictures were some dandies. For whatever reason, I never saw half of them on the NASA picture galleries. That FCP is brilliant. I was imagining them using some huge sheet of carpet tape with majic marker showing that "screw number 23 goes here". Their solution seems much more elegant.

01101001 · #**156** (**permalink**) 28-April-2009, 12:01 AM

Aviation Week: Debris Precautions Set For Hubble Mission

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The space shuttle Atlantis will drop to a lower orbit as soon as it releases the Hubble Space Telescope to reduce the risk from orbital debris on the upcoming mission to service the orbiting observatory.

NASA estimates the risk of a catastrophic debris hit at the 350-mile altitude where the Atlantis crew will upgrade and maintain the telescope at 1 in 221, a calculation that includes the debris scattered when an operational Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian military communications satellite collided in February at an altitude of 490 miles.

NASA STS-125 Mission Status Updates

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The official launch date for space shuttle Atlantis will be set this Thursday [April 30] at the agency-level Flight Readiness Review, which will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA managers will hold a news conference to confirm the date following the wrap-up of the review. The purpose of the day-long meeting is to verify that the shuttle and payload are ready to go for the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The targeted launch date is May 11, with a liftoff time of 2:01 p.m. EDT.

Launch target
2009 May 11, 1101 PDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1401 EDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1801 UTC, Monday

13 days, 19 hours to launch

crosscountry · #**157** (**permalink**) 28-April-2009, 03:53 PM

Is this going to be the last shuttle mission? If not when? I'm young enough to only remember shuttles and nothing before.

Swift · #**158** (**permalink**) 28-April-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by crosscountry

Is this going to be the last shuttle mission? If not when?

No, that's not the plan. I think there are more missions after this one, all for bring things to the ISS. This webpage lists STS-127.

Here is the schedule of all launches and if you look through the list you find:

Date: June 13 + Mission: STS-127

Date: Aug. 6 + Mission: STS-128

Date: Nov. 12 + Mission: STS-129

Date: Dec. 10 + Mission: STS-130

Date: Feb. 11, 2010 + Mission: STS-131

Date: April 8 + Mission: STS-132

Date: May 31 + Mission: STS-133

Amber Robot · #**159** (**permalink**) 28-April-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by crosscountry

Is this going to be the last shuttle mission?

No, but it is the final mission to HST.

Nicolas · #**160** (**permalink**) 28-April-2009, 09:45 PM

I thought they'd learned their lesson a few years ago when they discovered some shuttles accidentally had their rudder actuators mounted in reverse, but apparently a new case of accidental reverse mounting of primary shuttle parts will likely cause a launch delay...they really should apply more asymmetrical connectors...

slang · #**161** (**permalink**) 28-April-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicolas

I thought they'd learned their lesson a few years ago when they discovered some shuttles accidentally had their rudder actuators mounted in reverse, but apparently a new case of accidental reverse mounting of primary shuttle parts will likely cause a launch delay...they really should apply more asymmetrical connectors...

Looks like NASA was not kidding!

KaiYeves · #**162** (**permalink**) 28-April-2009, 09:53 PM

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I'm young enough to only remember shuttles and nothing before.

You're right, after next year, it's going to feel so weird...

Extravoice · #**163** (**permalink**) 29-April-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KaiYeves

You're right, after next year, it's going to feel so weird...

It's called "getting old." I suggest you get used to it.

Now say the following, using your best "geezer" voice.

"I remember when we had space planes."

KaiYeves · #**164** (**permalink**) 30-April-2009, 12:10 AM

I mean, it's going to feel so weird knowing nothing carrying humans is going to launch from Cape Canaveral most of the time I'll be in college. Sure, they'll be Soyuz-es and SpaceShipTwo-s (Those plurals are awkward), and I'll watch those, but it won't feel the same.

(First Ares-Orion human flight, I'm going to take a road trip with my friends.)

conniefan · #**165** (**permalink**) 30-April-2009, 01:37 AM

What's going to be missing for me is the excitement of a heavy lift vehicle until the Ares V comes along. I'm sure Ares I will put on a good show, but, hey, I regret being too young for the Saturn V launches. My only Apollo launch was the ASTP. I know, I'm a spoiled Floridian fortunate enough to have caught most of the Shuttle launches, but...I love that thunder in the chest feeling, and will miss it.

01101001 · #**166** (**permalink**) 30-April-2009, 10:36 PM

NASA STS-125 Mission Status Updates

Launch target still May 11.

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STS-125 Readiness Review News Conference Under Way
Today, 2:03 PM
The Flight Readiness Review news conference is under way on NASA TV.

During the review that ended at 3:30 p.m. EDT, top NASA and contractor managers assessed the risks associated with the mission and determined the shuttle's equipment, support systems and procedures are ready for flight, and unanimously agreed to set May 11 at 2:01 p.m. EDT as the launch date.

Launch target
2009 May 11, 1101 PDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1401 EDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1801 UTC, Monday

KaiYeves · #**167** (**permalink**) 01-May-2009, 01:03 AM

I have a cousin named Padraic who is nearly two years old. Someday, when he is older, I can see myself sitting with him and saying:

"You know, the space shuttle Endeavour landed the day you were born."

And he'll look up at me and say "What's a space shuttle?"

And I'll say "Man, I feel old!"

ngc3314 · #**168** (**permalink**) 01-May-2009, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicolas

I thought they'd learned their lesson a few years ago when they discovered some shuttles accidentally had their rudder actuators mounted in reverse, but apparently a new case of accidental reverse mounting of primary shuttle parts will likely cause a launch delay...they really should apply more asymmetrical connectors...

They did learn that lesson in other contexts, as seen on one of the attachment points on the Shuttle Carrier aircraft.

Nicolas · #**169** (**permalink**) 01-May-2009, 09:30 AM

So that's why the orbiter has a black belly: it's color-coded! How smart.

01101001 · #**170** (**permalink**) 03-May-2009, 02:19 AM

NASA News Twitter

Twitter activity is expanding for this mission.

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We'll also be tweeting from inside launch locations for the first time. Stay close to your tweet receivers on May 11. [...]
about 11 hours ago from web
RT @Astro_Mike [Astronaut Mike Massimino] I will be able to twitter from space if I have time. I will email tweets to NASA who'll fwd. No promises. I will try my best.
about 11 hours ago from web

Launch target
2009 May 11, 1101 PDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1401 EDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1801 UTC, Monday

About 9 days to launch

01101001 · #**171** (**permalink**) 05-May-2009, 09:12 PM

NASA press release: NASA to Launch IMAX 3-D Camera to Film Hubble Servicing Mission

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The IMAX 3-D cameras will launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis, which is scheduled to lift off May 11. Astronauts will use the cameras to film five spacewalks needed to repair and upgrade Hubble. The IMAX footage will be combined with breathtaking detailed images of distant galaxies from Hubble in the upcoming IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures co-production, "Hubble 3D," set for release in spring 2010.

Launch target
2009 May 11, 1101 PDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1401 EDT, Monday
2009 May 11, 1801 UTC, Monday

About 6 days to launch

Amber Robot · #**172** (**permalink**) 05-May-2009, 10:53 PM

I've heard that it is a very short amount of time that they have enough actual film to record. Does anybody know the number on that?

KaiYeves · #**173** (**permalink**) 06-May-2009, 02:02 AM

I am totally going to see that IMAX movie when it comes out.

On an unrelated note, it's been 20+ years since The Dream is Alive, when are we going to get a feature, non-documentary film with scenes shot in space? (Not all scenes, obviously, but maybe just one or two.)

gaetanomarano · #**174** (**permalink**) 07-May-2009, 04:26 PM

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in the latest UPDATE to my SM4 article ( http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts/044sm4risks.html ) I suggest some ways to make this VERY RISKY mission a little SAFER

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slang · #**175** (**permalink**) 07-May-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gaetanomarano

in the latest UPDATE to my SM4 article I suggest some ways to make this VERY RISKY mission a little SAFER

Thank you for your concern.

Spaceflight Now multi page Mission preview:

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NASA's fifth and final mission to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope will add one of the most dramatic chapters yet to an ongoing saga that reads like "The Perils of Pauline." Or an over-the-top Hollywood screenplay about a scientific superstar repeatedly rescued from the brink of disaster.

KaiYeves · #**176** (**permalink**) 07-May-2009, 10:54 PM

You know, High School Musical and Hubble Servicing Mission have the same initials. This probably doesn't mean anything, I just noticed that.

slang · #**177** (**permalink**) 07-May-2009, 11:28 PM

http://www.google.com/custom?q=define%3Ahsm

Rue · #**178** (**permalink**) 08-May-2009, 02:14 AM

New York Times - Interactive feature (Flash) showing telescope surgery.

ToSeek · #**179** (**permalink**) 08-May-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gaetanomarano

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my proposal for the Hubble SM4 to have a SAFER mission:

1. slip the Ares 1-X test (and all launch pads' changes) to the end of the year (or delete the test forever, since completely useless!)

2. launch the Endeavour in june for its planned ISS mission

3. slip the STS-125 Hubble SM4 to july or august

4. add the extra life support to (both) STS-125 and STS-400 as suggested in my article: http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts/044sm4risks.html

5. keep the Discovery assembled in the VAB ready to launch for an STS-500 rescue mission of the Atlantis AND Endeavor crews

please note that my proposal for a safer SM4 did NOT need any "new vehicle" or "Star Trek technology" but (simply) a Shuttles launches re-scheduling plus, simple, cheap and ready available technologies!

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Let's keep this thread to a news-focussed discussion of the actual mission. You already have a well-established thread to publish your concerns - please continue to use that. Further use of this thread for that purpose will be considered disruptive behavior and treated accordingly.

ToSeek
BAUT Forum Administrator

Amber Robot · #**180** (**permalink**) 08-May-2009, 06:48 PM

I'm getting excited now! I fly out to Florida on Sunday morning.

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