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Re: STS-131
« Reply #45 on: April 19, 2010, 07:01:53 PM »
Landing cancelled for today. Weather not cooperating. Next attempt in 24hrs.

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Re: STS-131
« Reply #46 on: April 20, 2010, 12:20:25 PM »
Quote from: spaceboy7441 on April 07, 2010, 06:22:15 AM
What is the difference in docking manually without radar in terms we can understand with our SSM? Are we able to do it in SSM?

I got to visit the MPSR for the STS-130 docking.  This didn't get much press, but the TCS CW laser range/range-rate data for that rendezvous was flaky.  The backup is a handheld laser that they shine out of the Shuttle window at the ISS.  As for implementation in SSM, well...I'm not ground crew, so I have no comment there :).

More info (but you'll have to dig in the articles a little bit):
-http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/shuttle-space-station-docking-100210.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29
-http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/02/sts-130-eva-3-cupolas-opening-comm-issues-evaluated/
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Re: STS-131
« Reply #47 on: April 20, 2010, 12:31:26 PM »
Oh yeah, I'd also nominate STS-131 for inclusion as an add-on mission.  3 EVA's, and a Ku antenna failure leading to a late inspection while still docked to the station...some pretty tight RMS clearances, from what I hear.  That'd definitely be a challenge to pull off.
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Re: STS-131
« Reply #48 on: April 20, 2010, 07:15:44 PM »
Discovery is home safe!! I saw the streaking contrails and heard the sonic booms from my front yard! Most awesome especially since I was at the launch! Man that thing was moving!
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Re: STS-131
« Reply #49 on: April 20, 2010, 07:34:02 PM »
I followed it almost syncronized with the iPhone App mentioned in the update 5.30 thread.
The NASA-TV stream was lagging terribly but that app is cool.
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Re: STS-131
« Reply #50 on: April 21, 2010, 12:18:15 AM »
The clouds prevented me from seeing it x.x
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