STS-123 (1 J/A) Mission thread

[MeteorWayne]

Dec. 14, 2007<br />Candrea Thomas<br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />321-867-2468<br />candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov<br />STATUS REPORT: S-121407<br />NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT<br /><br /><br /><br />Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo, <br />Dextre <br />Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 <br />Launch Date: Targeted for Feb. 14, 2008 <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman, Reisman<br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 2, orbiter closeouts for <br />Vehicle Assembly Building rollover continue. Main landing gear (MLG) <br />brake installation is scheduled for today. ECL GN2 3-day decay test <br />continues through Saturday. Final Ku-band self test and cable unwrap <br />is complete. MEDS MDU display verification is complete and good. R5R <br />vernier thruster flush, thruster drying and inspection, MLG strut <br />seal remove-and-replace work, potable water servicing microbial <br />testing, and ECL GN2 servicing and topoff were completed this week.<br /><br />In high bay No. 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, booster <br />integration activities continue. Stacking and joint closeouts are <br />complete. S&A devices are installed and the LSCs will be installed <br />today.<br /><br />In high bay No. 2E of the Vehicle Assembly Building, LH2/LO2 disc <br />measurements are in work and will continue through the weekend.<br /><br />Preps for external tank mate will resume on Dec. 17 following Friday's <br />external tank/solid rocket booster mate review. Final payload bay <br />door closure for Orbiter Processing Facility rollover to the Vehicle <br />Assembly Building is complete. <br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Hey, shuttle_guy, if you can translate all those acronyms, it would probably help us all <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Thanx, Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Thank you, my friend <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Dec. 21, 2007<br />George H. Diller<br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />321-867-2468<br />george.h.diller@nasa.gov<br />STATUS REPORT: S-122107<br />NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT<br /><br /><br />Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo, <br />Dextre <br />Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 <br />Launch Date: Targeted for Feb. 14, 2008 <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman, Reisman<br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 2, orbiter closeouts continue <br />for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ku-band antenna <br />has been stowed and the payload bay doors are closed for the holiday. <br />Testing of the hydraulic system is complete, and the aerosurfaces <br />(body flaps, rudder speed brake, elevons) have been positioned for <br />rollover. The wing leading edge sensor system flight batteries have <br />been installed. The orbiter's main propulsion system is configured <br />for flight. The external tank doors have been inspected and <br />positioned to centerline for flight. Final inspection of the thermal <br />protection system is nearing completion, and the tiles will be <br />waterproofed during the holiday period.<br /><br />In high bay No. 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, booster <br />integration and closeout activities are complete. The mate of the <br />external fuel tank is targeted for Jan. 2, pending the outcome of the <br />STS-122 ECO system analysis. <br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

Im sure everyone knows this, but STS-123 will be delayed until March at the earliest. 5 weeks minimum from launch of STS-122 (which is either 2nd or 8th Feb hopefully)

 

[3488]

The spent SRBs are not put on the next launch are they? <br /><br />How long does it take for the SRBs to be refurbished & restacked after being <br />fished out of the Atlantic?<br /><br />Or is the inspection to ensure that no new issues with them are showing up?<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Thanks again shuttle_guy.<br /><br />I did think as much, but not sure. <br /><br />As I said on the STS-122 1E thread, I learn more every time I look in.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

Me too. As you will know, getting any info about Nasa and shuttle missions through the UK media is nearly impossible. Having got my Internet connection a good few years back ive really got into anything Nasa related and in particular the shuttle missions as there is so much info out there.<br /><br />Seen about 7 shuttle launches and many Delta launches via Nasatv and each mission i learn many new things. Like what LCC and LDT stand for <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />

 

[3488]

Yes NASA TV sometinmes work & sometimes not with my set up. Last time it crashed. <img src="/images/icons/mad.gif" /><br /><br />As you say, in Britain, it is blooming difficult without internet access to get decent NASA<br />data through the main stream media, as that seems to be more interested in dumbed down <br />rubbish like celebrity & X Factor shinanigans, etc. <img src="/images/icons/mad.gif" /><br /><br />This is partly the reason why Science & Technology within the UK is going down the pan.<br /><br />Universities & Colleges are shutting labs & Science courses as students do not find<br />them PC or trendy enough (also because they require effort, money & intelligence to pass) & it is<br />getting worse. <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />A great shame, it really is for now, disastrous in the longer term.<br /><br />This is why I like coming here, because we can share interesting thoughts & also share<br />our fears.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Hopefully they understand the problem well enough so that the new connector will function perfectly.<br /><br />I suspect that will be the case <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

I'm a bit late posting this:<br /><br />Jan. 4, 2008<br />Candrea Thomas<br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />321-867-2468<br />candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov<br />STATUS REPORT: S-010408<br />NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT<br /><br /><br />Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo, <br />Dextre <br />Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 <br />Launch Date: Under Review <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman, Reisman<br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />Shuttle Program managers have authorized work to begin to remove the <br />foam on the feed-through connector on Endeavour's tank prior to the <br />STS-123 mission. Due to a five-week planning template used in <br />scheduling back-to-back launches off a single pad, STS-123 will not <br />launch on Feb. 14. The launch date will be updated consistent with <br />the progress on STS-122.<br /><br />In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 2, payload bay door strong <br />backs were installed Jan. 3 while main landing gear and nose gear <br />were retracted in support of positive pressure structural leak checks <br />and TPS work. A landing gear functional test is scheduled for today.<br /><br />In high bay No. 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, booster closeouts <br />are completed and the boosters are ready to support mate when <br />directed. <br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Jan. 11, 2008<br />Candrea Thomas<br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />321-867-2468<br />candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov<br />STATUS REPORT: S-011108<br />NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT<br /><br /><br />Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo, <br />Dextre <br />Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 <br />Launch Date: Targeting Mid-March <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman, Reisman<br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 2<br />- Shuttle orbiter galley functional checks completed today with no <br />issues<br />- Removal and replacement work will take place on the purge, vent and <br />drain valve, which is part of the non-breathing air conditioning <br />system, Jan. 14-18<br />- Nose landing gear strut hydraulic level checks and pressurization <br />for flight performed Wednesday<br />- Main landing gear struts' weight on wheels leak check scheduled for <br />Monday<br /><br />Vehicle Assembly Building high bay No. 1<br />- External tank/solid rocket booster mate in progress<br />- External tank is hard mated<br />- Closeout operations continue through this weekend<br />- Preparation for ECO sensor external connector replacement will take <br />place Saturday and Sunday <br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Jan. 18, 2008<br />Candrea Thomas<br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />321-867-2468<br />candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov<br />STATUS REPORT: S-011808<br />NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT<br /><br /><br />Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo, <br />Dextre <br />Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 <br />Launch Date: Targeting Mid-March <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman, Reisman<br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />Orbiter Processing Facility Bay No. 2<br />- Removal and replacement work on the purge, vent and drain valve, <br />which is part of the non-breathing air conditioning system completed <br />Thursday<br />- Landing gear was retracted<br />- Potable water servicing samples completed Wednesday<br />- Main landing gear struts' weight on wheels leak check completed<br /><br />Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay No. 1<br />- External tank/solid rocket booster closeout operations continue<br />- Re-foaming of the external tank assembly ring, that goes around the <br />solid rocket boosters near the aft most SRB field joint, is being <br />worked Friday<br />- ECO sensor system feed through work begins again Jan. 23 <br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[brellis]

Japanese astronaut to throw boomerang in space<br /><font color="yellow"> A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test how it can fly in zero gravity, an official said Wednesday.<br /><br />Astronaut Takao Doi, 53, is set to travel on a US shuttle in March to the International Space Station, where he will be in charge of construction of a Japanese scientific testing room.<br /><br />It is believed gravity is needed for a boomerang to fly back to the throwing spot, but no one has tried in zero gravity.<br /><br />"Mr. Doi said he will personally carry a paper boomerang for the upcoming mission and we presume he will try it when he has spare time," said an official of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.<br /><br />Doi reportedly decided on boomerang tests after he received a request from Yasuhiro Togai, a world boomerang champion from the western Japanese metropolis of Osaka.<br /><br />Doi later underwent training from the world champion on how to throw it, media reports said.</font><br /><br />cool - this is a good example of something cool to do on or with the ISS <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#ff0000"><em><strong>I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better.</strong></em></font> </p> </div>

 

[bpcooper]

"The launch target date is March 11th at 0323 Eastern day light time (0723 GMT)."<br /><br />KSC site says 231am EDT (0631 GMT).<br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-Ben</p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Bottom line is, a night launch.<br /><br />Good news for us further up the coast. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

The way this year is going, we might not get 10 inches of snow in total for the whole season <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />March isn't that cold anyway, for us.<br /><br />You would probably crack like a cheap plastic toy <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

We alter the clocks a few days before launch so thats probably the confusion

 

[MeteorWayne]

Feb 1 2008<br /><br />STATUS REPORT : S-020108 <br />NASA's Space Shuttle Processing Status Report <br /><br />Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo, Dextre <br />Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 <br />Launch Date: Targeting March 11 <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman, Reisman<br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />Orbiter Processing Facility Bay No. 2<br />- Final roll preparations and aft closeout for rollover under way<br />- Orbiter/external tank mate planned for Feb. 11<br />- Thermal protection system processing and closeout in process<br />- Aft compartment platforms and inspections continue<br /><br />Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay No. 1<br />- Engine cutoff sensor system electrical feed-through connector work is in work<br />- External tank is mated with the solid rocket boosters <br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

I don't understand shuttle_guy.<br /><br />Is the payload not loaded aboard the Shuttle in the VAB?<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Cheers shuttle_guy.<br /><br />Great to see that preparations are going very smoothly. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[honeyjones]

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[MeteorWayne]

Welcome to Space.com.<br /><br />Can you explain what you are talking about? <br /><br />Edit:<br />Oh, I see, you are in the wrong thread.<br /><br />Please go to the STS-122 thread.<br /><br />This one is discussing the next mission. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[brellis]

I just saw a blurb on STS-123 on NASA-TV. They're gonna be busy!<br /><br />I can't wait to see Dextre in action! <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#ff0000"><em><strong>I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better.</strong></em></font> </p> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

Ive just seen it too. Didnt know they had to leave Canadaarm at the station