STS-130/(20A) Mission Thread

[EarthlingX]

Crews to Hold Dedication Ceremony
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:28:49 AM GMT

The combined crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:39 p.m. EST to dedicate Tranquility and the cupola before closing hatches between the spacecraft at 2:34 a.m. Friday.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO45KoVPsxk[/youtube]
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Crews Hold Dedication Ceremony, Prepare for Hatch Closure
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:28:49 AM GMT

The combined crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:39 p.m. EST to dedicate Tranquility and the cupola. They are scheduled to close the hatches between the spacecraft at 2:34 a.m. Friday.

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.. ground team shift change briefing ...
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.. Bob reports Quest airlock back in normal shape ..
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.. Mission status briefing at 2:00 am ET ( 07:00 GMT )
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1s1E2J444[/youtube]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPLobVBG8g[/youtube]
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Shuttle Astronauts Pack Up to Leave Space Station

posted: 18 February 2010
11:11 pm ET

This story was updated Feb. 19 at 5:16 a.m. ET.



Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour packed up their spaceship for the trip home Thursday after more than a week at the International Space Station, but not before holding a grand opening ceremony for the orbiting lab's newest room and stunning observation deck.

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.. Endeavour hatch closed ..
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.. ISS hatch closed ..
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[EarthlingX]

Shuttle and Station Hatches Closed
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:32:41 AM GMT

The hatches between space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station were closed at 3:08 a.m. EST.

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[EarthlingX]

2010.02.19 09:16 GMT

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0elUguk05b8[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVx5MDCstJ0[/youtube]


Astronauts Hold Winter Olympics in Space

posted: 19 February 2010
01:04 pm ET



They don't have snow or ice, but an international team of astronauts held their own weightless Winter Olympics this week. Their venue: a $100 billion space station.

STS-130 Flight Day 13 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:02 am

20:14 GMT (3:14 pm EST) – Endeavour / ISS Crew Wakeup
0:54 GMT (7:54 pm EST) – Endeavour Undocks From ISS
1:19 GMT (8:19 pm EST) – Endeavour Flyaround Of ISS Begins
2:37 GMT (9:37 pm EST) – Endeavour Final Separation From ISS
5:19 GMT (12:19 am EST) – RMS / OBSS Late Inspection Of Endeavour’s TPS Begins
12:14 GMT (7:14 am EST) – Endeavour Crew Sleep Begins

 

[EarthlingX]

Undocking Day for Shuttle and Station
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:25:18 PM GMT

The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 3:15 p.m. EST to the song “In Wonder” by Newsboys, played for Pilot Terry Virts.

The crews of the shuttle and International Space Station are making preparations for Endeavour to undock at 7:54 p.m. After initial spacecraft separation, Virts will take control of Endeavour’s stick for a fly around of the station. Later, the shuttle crew will unberth the orbiter boom sensor system for a “late inspection” scan of the shuttle’s heat shield.

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.. ground team hand-over briefing ..
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.. some more checks on the water recycling before undocking, they have one more toilet on ISS until the one in Tranquility is rechecked ..
.. plenty of water, if needed ..
.. they will also make an inspection on Soyuz thermal protection, by Roskosmos request ..
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.. undocking points seen on this picture, they will undock W of Africa, start procedure E of Australia
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.. crew conference with the ground centers ..
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.. no leaks found in the toilet, continuing checks and unpacking ..
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.. inside Kibo ..
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.. powering Endeavour, getting ready for undocking ..
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.. Endeavour maintaining attitude ..
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.. oxygen scrubber in Endeavour set up ..

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.. Endeavour in position for undocking ..
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.. everyone ready for the undocking ..
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.. undocking ..
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[EarthlingX]

Endeavour Undocks From International Space Station
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:03:09 AM GMT

While flying 208 miles above the Atlantic Ocean west of Mauritania and the western Sahara, space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station at 7:54 p.m. EST, nine days, 19 hours and 48 minutes after docking on Feb. 10. Shuttle pilot Terry Virts will grab the stick and perform a fly-around of the station, enabling his crewmates to conduct a photo survey of the complex. The station now is 98 percent complete by volume, 90 percent by mass.

Weather permitting, the deorbit burn is planned for 9:13 p.m. Sunday, leading to a landing at 10:16 p.m. at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.

NASA Television will air a Mission Status Briefing at 1:30 a.m. to discuss the progress of the STS-130 mission.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jMCh5l0hE8[/youtube]
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Shuttle Endeavour Undocks From Space Station

posted: 19 February 2010
07:56 pm ET

This story was updated at 9:45 p.m. ET.

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour cast off from the International Space Station late Friday, capping more than a week of orbital construction to add a phenomenal new lookout dome and room to the orbiting lab.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWdjte5Ttko[/youtube]
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.. first separation burn complete ..
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.. saying goodbyes ..
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[3488]

A couple of quick dumps from, the Endeavour fly around.

Andrew Brown.

 

[EarthlingX]

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.. Netherlands - Belgium border
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.. emptying the waste water tank ..
.. over Australia ..
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.. video down-link being set up ..
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.. mission status briefing ..
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r84pkCTlkgQ[/youtube]
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.. TPS inspection going on on Endeavour ..
.. crew video being sent down ..
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[EarthlingX]

2010.02.20 09:16 GMT

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.. final inspection, moving arm and the orbiter ..
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.. Endeavour crew entering pre-sleep period, TPS inspection video being downloaded ..
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.. about 50 miles away from the station ..
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.. something has flown out of the Shuttle cargo bay, they saw it on the video, ground team inspecting pictures ..
.. ground team thinks it's some non-Shuttle part, it happens occasionally ..
.. there is also a dent on one of the windows, probably caused by debris, or meteorite, ground team inspecting photos ..
.. third dent during this mission ..
.. crew shot HD video has been sent down ..
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVRNLXx_b9U[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY3U5U-gO6A[/youtube]

Spot the Space Station and Shuttle Together

posted: 07:23 am ET


When the space shuttle Endeavour leaves the International Space Station (ISS), skywatchers across much of the United States and southern Canada are in for a real treat early on Saturday and Sunday morning.

in comments:

Hi Orienteer,

It's best to actually check out Heaven's Above or search one of the other sites Joe mentions to get viewing information tailored for your specific location:

http://www.heavens-above.com/

The times and sky locations are different based on viewer location and latitude, but those sites will tell you exactly where to look and when and for how long.

Hope that helps and cheers,

Tariq Malik

Just a quick note, the NASA "sightings" site for the ISS has been updated with the new orbit.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/si ... index.html

Heavens-Above hasn't been yet. Very little change, other than for me, it eliminated the second of two early morning passes tomorrow morning. I suspect it slid too close to sunrise. The timing went a minute or so later, and elevation didn't change much.

Meanwhile, the Heavens-Above site lists daytime ISS passes as well; this one for me at 6:38 Am should be easily visible in the "daytime" sky. It's about 10 minutes before sunrise, so with a 60 degree pass (so the ISS should be at least -2 Mag) I should have no trouble spotting it, clouds permitting.

MW

STS-130 Flight Day 14 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:06 am

20:14 GMT (3:14 pm EST) – Endeavour Crew Wakeup
22:44 GMT (5:44 pm EST) – OBSS Berth
23:14 GMT (6:14 pm EST) – Cabin Stowage Begins
0:04 GMT (7:04 pm EST) – FCS Checkout
1:14 GMT (8:14 pm EST) – RCS Hot-Fire Test
2:49 GMT (9:49 pm EST) – ABC News/ CNN News / CNN Espanol/ Univision Interviews
8:05 GMT (3:05 am EST) – Orbital Adjust Burn
9:04 GMT (4:04 am EST) – Ku-Band Antenna Stowage
11:14 GMT (6:14 am EST) – Endeavour Crew Sleep Begins

 

[MeteorWayne]

Just witnessed the best twin pass I've ever seen in the history of the shuttle program. Endeavour was about 5 degrees (half a fist width) ahead of the ISS as they gracefully passed about 25 degrees above the northern horizon. I called my friend about 4 minutes before (not too many friends you can call at 5:15 AM!) and he got so see it too

 

[EarthlingX]

I had clouds on any pass that i noticed

They are nice from the above, though ..



just one of, not close to the top on my list

khm .. :roll:

 

[MeteorWayne]

I'm going to try and spot the ISS after sunrise this morning. And, armed with the knowledge of exactly how far ahead Endeavour is, I'm going to try and spot it with binoculars. For those futher west (I'm in NJ) in the US, there should be a good pass of both craft together in darker skies...if you're awake, don't miss it!!

 

[EarthlingX]

They are coming over N America !
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[EarthlingX]

Endeavour Crew Preparing for Sunday Landing
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:25:12 PM GMT

The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 3:15 p.m. EST to the song “The Distance” by Cake, played for the entire crew.

The entry team of flight controllers will be on console in Mission Control at 4 p.m. to prepare for Sunday's targeted landing. They will assist the crew in its checkout of Endeavour's flight control surfaces and a test fire of its reaction control system jets.

At 4:30 p.m., NASA Television will air a news conference with Space Shuttle Program Mission Management Team Chairman LeRoy Cain.

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[MeteorWayne]

Post MMT briefing News conf underway on NASA TV

 

[EarthlingX]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMsaUlSaQHE[/youtube]
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STS-130 Crew to Participate in Interviews
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:45:39 AM GMT

At 9:49 p.m. EST, the six Endeavour astronauts are scheduled to talk about their flight in interviews with CNN, CNN Espanol, and Univision.

The interviews will air live on NASA TV.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grJYTWXddto[/youtube]
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[EarthlingX]

Endeavour Landing Times Updated
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:19:19 AM GMT

STS-130 mission managers opted to forego a planned orbit adjust burn, changing space shuttle Endeavour's deorbit and landing times by a few minutes.

Weather permitting, Endeavour's deorbit burn will occur at 9:14 p.m. EST Sunday, leading to a landing at Kennedy Space Center at 10:20 p.m. There is a second Kennedy landing opportunity at 11:55 p.m. There also are two opportunities at Edwards Air Force Base in California early Monday at 1:25 a.m. and 3 a.m. Ground tracks for Endeavour's landing opportunities are posted on NASA's Web:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shutt ... nding.html

Forecasters are predicting a chance of showers within 30 nautical miles of Kennedy's shuttle landing facility and a cloud ceiling at 6,000 feet, both violations of landing flight rules. The forecast for Edwards also predicts violations for showers within 30 nautical miles of the runway and low cloud ceilings.

Earlier today, Endeavour's astronauts completed the standard day-before-entry checkout of the shuttle's flight control systems and reaction control system jets. Norm Knight, STS-130 entry flight director, will brief reporters on the status of Endeavour's landing preparations at 1:30 a.m. Sunday on NASA Television.

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[Testing]

Not good for Edwards.

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[EarthlingX]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR310vZMSQg[/youtube]
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[MeteorWayne]

Good pass of the shuttle and ISS this morning, more typical of what I see most of the time. The shuttle was about 2 or 3 minutes ahead. Today's guest was the newspaper guy ( who is always shocked to see me taking the paper by hand at 5:40 AM, but shouldn't be...it's when I get home from meteor observing many mornings ) I got to show him the shuttle in the southeast as the ISS was nearly overhead. Got a nice -4 flare from the ISS at about 40 degrees elevaion in the east; probably from the solar arrays.

 

[EarthlingX]

I had low clouds, again, and just came out of a technical trouble, that threw me off the Net :evil: and i couldn't do much about it ...

Anyway. back on-line ..

Will update what is missing in a min .. :arrow:

 

[EarthlingX]

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Weather Uncertain For Space Shuttle's Sunday Landing

posted: 20 February 2010
06:16 pm ET

This story was updated at 8:08 p.m. ET.



Astronauts aboard NASA's space shuttle Endeavour are preparing their spaceship for a planned landing in Florida Sunday night, but low clouds and rain may keep them in space an extra day.

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Local Weather Report for
Kennedy Space Center
Florida, United States

http://www.weathercity.com/us/fl/kennedy_space_center/

Weather for
Edwards Air Force Base, California

http://www.wunderground.com/US/CA/Edwards_AFB.html

(just in case)

Weather for
White Sands, New Mexico

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... ct=WEATHER

NASA : STS-130 Landing Ground Tracks

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Spot the Space Station and Shuttle Together

posted: 07:23 am ET


When the space shuttle Endeavour leaves the International Space Station (ISS), skywatchers across much of the United States and southern Canada are in for a real treat early on Saturday and Sunday morning.

in comments:

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It's best to actually check out Heaven's Above or search one of the other sites Joe mentions to get viewing information tailored for your specific location:

http://www.heavens-above.com/

The times and sky locations are different based on viewer location and latitude, but those sites will tell you exactly where to look and when and for how long.
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Just a quick note, the NASA "sightings" site for the ISS has been updated with the new orbit.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/si ... index.html

Heavens-Above hasn't been yet. Very little change, other than for me, it eliminated the second of two early morning passes tomorrow morning. I suspect it slid too close to sunrise. The timing went a minute or so later, and elevation didn't change much.
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MW

STS-130 Flight Day 15 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:57 am

19:14 GMT (2:14 pm EST) – Endeavour Crew Wakeup
22:14 GMT (5:14 pm EST) – Deorbit Preparations Begin
23:34 GMT (6:34 pm EST) – Payload Bay Door Closing
2:14 GMT (9:14 pm EST) – Endeavour Deorbit Burn
3:07 GMT (10:07 pm EST) – MILA C-Band Radar Acquisition Of Endeavour
3:20 GMT (10:20 pm EST) – KSC Landing

 

[Testing]

Does not look good for tonight East or West. Then On and Off West.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Hi Folk, this thread is long enough. Please lets be careful about what is included in the quotes. Repeating the same text numerous times doesn't really serve any purpose, does it?

You can edit what's between the quote tags.

Thanx

MW

 

[EarthlingX]

I was reacting to you saying you are going to re-post sighting opportunities ? Is it better or throw out ?

Plus, there is only one or two days left, and not many more Shuttles ..

 

[Testing]

Command and Control Computer issues of shutdown, transfer and such being worked. Safe control but an issue.