STS-127

à l'occasion du roll-out de STS-127, j'ouvre un sujet

ce sera l'occasion - rare - de voir 2 navettes au même moment sur les pads

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD FRIDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle
Endeavour's move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B
on Friday, April 17, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The
4.2-mile journey is scheduled to begin at 12:01 a.m. EDT and will
take approximately seven hours.

à ne pas manquer: la présence de 2 Navettes conjointement sur leur pad respectif pour la dernière fois ....

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD 39B

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour completed a 4.2-mile
journey to launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on
Friday, at approximately 6:15 a.m. EDT and was secured to the pad at
7:17 a.m.

Endeavour left Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building at 11:57 p.m.,
Thursday, traveling at less than 1 mph atop a massive
crawler-transporter.

Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue
mission is necessary during space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission
to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is targeted to
launch May 12. After Endeavour is cleared from its duty as a rescue
spacecraft, it will be moved to Launch Pad 39A for its STS-127
mission to the International Space Station. That flight is targeted
for launch June 13.

With the space shuttle fleet set for retirement in 2010, this is
expected to be the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at
the same time.

Video of Endeavour's move to its launch pad will be available on NASA
Television's Video File segment. For NASA TV downlink information,
schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

STS-125 n'est pas encore rentrée mais il faut déjà penser à STS-127

Shuttle Endeavour's 16-day flight, called STS-127, is targeted to
launch on June 13. The flight will deliver a new station crew member
and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's
Kibo laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of
the Japanese module that will serve as a type of "front porch" for
experiments that require direct exposure to space.

Mark Polansky will command the STS-127 crew, which includes Pilot Doug
Hurley and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom
Marshburn, Julie Payette and Tim Kopra. Kopra will join the space
station crew and replace Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata. Wakata will
return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month stay at the
station.

... un lancement par mois ...
Si seulement il y avait eu un tel rythme depuis le début

si j'ai bien compris c'est dû au fait que Endeavour servait de Navette de secours pour STS-125 ... ??

Tout à fait
C'est une mission solitaire sans le secours d'un refuge en orbite en cas de pb.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts127/

Le lancement pourrait être reporté à la mi-juillet par suite du temps orageux

ils vont nous faire un lancement le 20 juillet à 02:56 GMT??????

Dominique M. a écrit:

ils vont nous faire un lancement le 20 juillet à 02:56 GMT??????

:-))))

finalement, date retenue :

NASA managers completed a review Wednesday of
space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13
as the official launch date for the STS-127 mission to the
International Space Station. Commander Mark Polansky and his six
crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 7:17 a.m. EDT from NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Endeavour's launch date was announced following a daylong Flight
Readiness Review at Kennedy. During the meeting, 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.

The 16-day mission will feature five spacewalks and complete
construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo
laboratory. Astronauts will attach a platform to the outside of the
Japanese module that will allow experiments to be exposed to space.

The STS-127 crew members are Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission
Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra
and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will join
the space station crew and replace Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.
Wakata will return to Earth on Endeavour to conclude a three-month
stay at the station.

J - 6

Prelaunch Preparations Continue for Endeavour, Astronauts
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:16:12 PM UTC+0200

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is in the final week of prelaunch preparations for its upcoming STS-127 mission. The payload is secured inside Endeavour and the payload bay doors will be closed over the weekend.

The seven STS-127 astronauts wrapped up their terminal countdown demonstration test training at Kennedy on Thursday and returned to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The astronauts will go into quarantine Saturday and then return to Kennedy at 12:15 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9 for their final preps before Endeavour’s 7:17 a.m. launch time Saturday, June 13.

rappel: pour la France samedi 13h17 ... idéal

Endeavour is scheduled to lift off Saturday, June 13, at
7:17 a.m. EDT

Tout va bien :-)

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_announces_STS-127_activities_999.html

Suite à une fuite de LH2, le lancement est reporté

Jusqu'au bout la Navette restera une machine,belle,complexe,mais fragile...

pas de prise de risque à la NASA,l'avenir de l'agence serait en jeux...

Astroman a écrit:

Jusqu'au bout la Navette restera une machine,belle,complexe,mais fragile...

pas de prise de risque à la NASA,l'avenir de l'agence serait en jeux...

C'est sûr que ce n'est pas la ponctualité de la zemiorka ...

Ah la rusticité Russe...

18h26 heure de Paris

Astroman a écrit:

Ah la rusticité Russe...

Les dernières versions sont d'un niveau technologique tout à fait correct. Et puis avec le nombre de lancements est tel que la probabilité d'une panne est faible

Dominique M. a écrit:

18h26 heure de Paris

C'est le nouvel horaire ?

désolé, grossière erreur de traduction du communiqué NASA lu à toute vitesse:

les opérations de maintenance de la fuite débutent cet après-midi et le vol est reporté ... de toutes façons il faut 3 ou 4 jours je pense, le temps de vidanger - réparer - remplir ....

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Dominique M. a écrit:

désolé, grossière erreur de traduction du communiqué NASA lu à toute vitesse:

les opérations de maintenance de la fuite débutent cet après-midi et le vol est reporté ... de toutes façons il faut 3 ou 4 jours je pense, le temps de vidanger - réparer - remplir ....

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

OK ça semble plus logique

pas avant le 17:

NASA postponed space shuttle Endeavour's
launch to the International Space Station on Saturday because of a
leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the
shuttle's external fuel tank. The system is used to carry excess
hydrogen safely away from the launch pad. Managers scrubbed the
launch for at least 96 hours.

The earliest the shuttle could be ready to launch is June 17. However,
there is a conflict on the Eastern Range that date with the scheduled
launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation
and Sensing Satellite.

Mission managers will hold a meeting at 2 p.m. EDT Sunday to discuss
the repair options and Endeavour's launch opportunities.

patientons alors ...