STS-131/19A Mission thread (after Launch)

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 2:18:03:00 ( 2010.04.08 4:24 GMT )

Leonardo officially installed

STS-131 MET = 2:18:08:00

STS-131 MET = 2:18:24:00

SDC : Astronauts Deliver Moving Van to Space Station

by Robert Z. Pearlman
SPACE.com Contributor
posted: 08 April 2010
02:31 am ET

This story was updated at 2:03 a.m. ET.



HOUSTON – Astronauts moved a cargo module the size of a mini bus the short distance from space shuttle Discovery's payload bay to the International Space Station's (ISS) Harmony node Thursday morning, setting the stage for a carefully choreographed ballet to begin transferring tons of supplies and equipment to and from and the orbiting laboratory.

The space station special delivery was performed by STS-131 mission specialists Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki, Japan's second female astronaut, who as the shuttle crew's loadmaster -- or cargo chief -- will oversee the nearly 120 hours of transfer work.

Leonardo payload images :

STS-131 MET = 2:18:31:00

STS-131 MET = 2:18:34:00

STS-131 MET = 2:18:55:00
Operation complete

STS-131 MET = 2:18:56:00

 

[Zipi]

Some official NASA videos:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJoIsBVTp4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zMwjDEMTpc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX4bLGfl8k8[/youtube]

And this should have been posted to pre-launch thread:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJOH-aKEVY[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2e0ZdJN3-o[/youtube]

STS-131 MET = 2:19:57:00

STS-131 MET = 2:21:48:00

STS-131 MET = 2:22:37:00

STS-131 MET = 2:23:46:00

STS-131 MET = 2:23:54:00

 

[EarthlingX]

images from NASA TV (700+) - 2d < STS-131 MET < 3d


STS-131 MET = 3:00:29:00

STS-131 MET = 3:00:49:00

STS-131 MET = 3:00:54:00

Over N America ..

STS-131 MET = 3:00:59:00

STS-131 MET = 3:01:55:00
News conference

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-y1eiLJcM[/youtube]

STS-131 MET = 3:02:14:00
Leonardo's hatch is open, transfers begin.

STS-131 MET = 3:02:40:00

STS-131 MET = 3:03:31:00

STS-131 MET = 3:03:40:00

 

[EarthlingX]

http://spacefellowship.com : STS-131 Flight Day 5 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Thu Apr 8, 2010 9:54 am

0:51 GMT (8:51 pm EDT) – Discovery / ISS Crew Wakeup
1:26 GMT (9:26 pm EDT) – EVA #1 Preparations Resume
4:06 GMT (12:06 am EDT) – Discovery / ISS Transfers Resume
5:41 GMT (1:41 am EDT) – EVA #1 Begins (Mastracchio And Anderson)
5:56 GMT (1:56 am EDT) – S1 Old ATA FGB Retrieval & ATA Fluid Line
6:11 GMT (2:11 am EDT) – ATA Removal Preparations In Payload Bay
7:11 GMT (3:11 am EDT) – Handoff New ATA To SSRMS / SSRMS Maneuvers To ESP-2
7:56 GMT (3:56 am EDT) – MPAC / SEED Experiment Removal From JEF
8:41 GMT (4:41 am EDT) – AGB Retrieval From ESP-2 / Installation On ATA
9:26 GMT (5:26 am EDT) – S0 RGA #1 Removal / Replacement
10:41 GMT (6:41 am EDT) – P6 Battery Removal / Replacement
12:11 GMT (8:11 am EDT) – EVA #1 Ends
16:51 GMT (12:51 pm EDT) – ISS Crew Sleep Begins
17:21 GMT (1:21 pm EDT) – Discovery Crew Sleep Begins

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_H_1i4z5FE[/youtube]

Up Next For Astronauts: Spacewalk No. 1

By Clara Moskowitz
SPACE.com Senior Writer
posted: 08 April 2010
06:20 pm ET



Two space shuttle astronauts will exit the International Space Station early Friday to complete the first of three spacewalks planned for their mission.

The spaceflyers plan to prepare a giant tank of ammonia, used for coolant on the space station, to be installed on the backbone-like truss of the orbiting lab.

STS-131 mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson will step out of the spacecraft at 1:41 a.m. EDT (0541 GMT) to begin a six-and-a-half-hour excursion.

STS-131 MET = 3:14:30:00

Wake-up call ...

STS-131 MET = 3:15:01:00

STS-131 MET = 3:15:47:00
Ready to close the hatches.

STS-131 MET = 3:15:51:00
hatches closed, pressurization starts.

STS-131 MET = 3:15:55:00

STS-131 MET = 3:16:12:00
Ready to get in the press suits.

STS-131 MET = 3:16:28:00

STS-131 MET = 3:16:49:00

STS-131 MET = 3:17:13:00
Debugging minor comm issues with Rick Mastracchio's space-suit - problem with one direction of communication.

STS-131 MET = 3:17:16:00

STS-131 MET = 3:17:21:00
Comm fixed by putting it in a different mode.

STS-131 MET = 3:17:22:00

STS-131 MET = 3:17:29:00
Suits are ready.

STS-131 MET = 3:17:31:00

STS-131 MET = 3:17:37:00
Ready to re-pressurize the airlock
about 15 min early with preparations ..

STS-131 MET = 3:17:39:00

 

[Testing]

There is some highly distracting ponytail action on board ISS in this mission.

 

[EarthlingX]

I'm making a lot of shots

STS-131 MET = 3:18:04:00

STS-131 MET = 3:18:25:00
They might be about 10 min early with the space-walk.

STS-131 MET = 3:18:30:00
ISS side hatch to airlock is closed.

STS-131 MET = 3:18:41:00

STS-131 MET = 3:19:08:00
Hatch is unlocked ..

STS-131 MET = 3:19:09:00

STS-131 MET = 3:19:11:00
Suits on battery power, space-walk start.

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 3:19:13:00

STS-131 MET = 3:19:15:00

Red stripe, lead, Rick.

STS-131 MET = 3:19:39:00

STS-131 MET = 3:19:43:00
Spacewalkers saying 'hi' to Indonesia.

STS-131 MET = 3:19:44:00

STS-131 MET = 3:19:49:00

 

[Zipi]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INvGFsDt2_0[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 3:19:54:00

Over Australia, Rick is at the Shuttle's cargo bay.

Rick Mastracchio's camera number 18

Clay Anderson's camera number 16

STS-131 MET = 3:20:00:00

STS-131 MET = 3:20:00:00

V-guide (?) and something else loose ..

They are out of Ku-band range, no live video, still shots.

They will download videos a bit later, from ISS.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:04:00
Video will be back in about 5 min.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:05:00
Finishing job on the old tank assembly.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:07:00
handle for grappling with the robotic arm is moved.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:09:00
1h in EVA.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:10:00
First step of EVA complete, starting next.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:11:00
Team on the ground thinks, there will be no problem with the V-guide.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:14:00

STS-131 MET = 3:20:18:00
Starting with bolts.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:34:00

STS-131 MET = 3:20:36:00
First three bolts on ATA released.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:37:00

STS-131 MET = 3:20:47:00
Coming over UK.

STS-131 MET = 3:20:58:00

STS-131 MET = 3:21:06:00
First two tasks of EVA complete, working on the third.

STS-131 MET = 3:21:13:00
Problems releasing ATA, using alternative approaches ( nuke em' ! ) , ehrm, pry bar ..

STS-131 MET = 3:21:16:00
It's released, handing it to the robotic arm.

STS-131 MET = 3:21:19:00

STS-131 MET = 3:21:22:00
Arm is moving.

STS-131 MET = 3:21:31:00

STS-131 MET = 3:21:34:00
ATA in good position for moving ..

STS-131 MET = 3:21:36:00
Space-walkers moving away.

STS-131 MET = 3:21:37:00

STS-131 MET = 3:21:43:00
Rick moving towards Kibo, Clay in the cargo bay

STS-131 MET = 3:21:51:00

STS-131 MET = 3:22:00:00
Experiment is out.

STS-131 MET = 3:22:04:00

STS-131 MET = 3:22:15:00
Over East Coast, sunrise.

STS-131 MET = 3:22:17:00
Arm is in position, storing experiment in the airlock.

STS-131 MET = 3:22:21:00

STS-131 MET = 3:22:28:00
Over France

STS-131 MET = 3:22:34:00

STS-131 MET = 3:22:39:00
Handle is installed.

STS-131 MET = 3:22:41:00
Admiring palms at Dubai..

About 10 min ahead with the EVA schedule.

STS-131 MET = 3:22:44:00

STS-131 MET = 3:22:59:00

STS-131 MET = 3:23:06:00
Getting tool-bags ready for work at gyro.

STS-131 MET = 3:23:11:00
Changes in EVA plan, due to concerns over static charge on the batteries, working instead on P-clamps.

STS-131 MET = 3:23:12:00
( just over 4h in EVA )

STS-131 MET = 3:23:30:00

STS-131 MET = 3:23:37:00

STS-131 MET = 3:23:47:00
On their way over the Houston and into the sunrise.

STS-131 MET = 3:23:48:00

STS-131 MET = 3:23:59:00

 

[EarthlingX]

Images from NASA TV : 3 days < STS-131 MET < 4 days

STS-131 MET = 4:00:03:00

STS-131 MET = 4:00:18:00

New gyro working as expected.

STS-131 MET = 4:00:19:00

STS-131 MET = 4:00:25:00

STS-131 MET = 4:00:44:00

STS-131 MET = 4:00:54:00

STS-131 MET = 4:00:56:00
They are finishing the EVA, getting ready to move to airlock

STS-131 MET = 4:00:57:00

STS-131 MET = 4:01:18:00
Over USA.

STS-131 MET = 4:01:27:00

STS-131 MET = 4:01:33:00
Hatch is closed

STS-131 MET = 4:01:36:00
Pressurization starts, EVA complete

Shuttle Astronauts Take Mission's First Spacewalk

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 09 April 2010
08:22 am ET



Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station early Friday to begin the tricky task of replacing a large, old ammonia tank on the orbiting laboratory's hull.

Discovery shuttle astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson had to use a pry bar to pull the new ammonia tank off its mooring in Discovery's payload bay after it got stuck. But after that, its move to a temporary storage point on the station went smoothly.

"Clay, you did a great job holding that tank steady," the astronauts said.

The spacewalkers spent 6 1/2 hours working outside the station to disconnect an empty ammonia tank on the station and prepare its replacement for installation on a later spacewalk. It was the first of three spacewalks planned for their mission.

STS-131 MET = 4:01:39:00

STS-131 MET = 4:02:27:00

STS-131 MET = 4:02:39:00

STS-131 MET = 4:02:59:00

STS-131 MET = 4:03:00:00
Downloading space-walk recordings.

STS-131 MET = 4:03:10:00

STS-131 MET = 4:03:49:00

 

[EarthlingX]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrDiyL-EnF4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN3XumZmxr0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-CwYzo2tVE[/youtube]


STS-131 MET = 4:05:17:00

 

[EarthlingX]

SDC : NASA Extends Space Shuttle Mission By One Day

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 10 April 2010
12:08 am ET



Astronauts on the linked shuttle Discovery and space station tackled a mountain of cargo delivery work overnight Friday after getting an extra day added to their mission due to an antenna failure.

Mission Control decided to extend Discovery's 13-day mission by one extra day so the astronauts could use the space station's main antenna later in their flight to send home the results of a standard heat shield inspection since their own shuttle antenna is broken. Discovery is now slated to land in Florida on April 19 after a two-week flight.

Space station flight director Ed Van Cise said the decision allows Discovery's crew time to inspect their heat shield without sacrificing any of their remaining mission goals. Those goals include two more spacewalks and moving nearly 8 tons of cargo into the station while packing tons of trash and unneeded items up for the trip back to Earth.

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 Flight Day 6 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Fri Apr 9, 2010 8:07 am

1:21 GMT (9:21 pm EDT) – Discovery / ISS Crew Wakeup
4:26 GMT (12:26 am EDT) – WORF Transfer
5:51 GMT (1:51 am EDT) – ZSR Transfer
9:56 GMT (5:56 am EDT) – Nebraska Public Radio / CBS Newspath And Radio Network / KETV-TV Live Interviews
13:16 GMT (9:16 am EDT) – EVA #2 Procedure Review
15:46 GMT (11:46 am EDT) – EVA #2 Campout Begins (Mastracchio And Anderson)
16:51 GMT (12:51 pm EDT) – ISS Crew Sleep Begins
17:21 GMT (1:21 pm EDT) – Discovery Crew Sleep Begins

STS-131 MET = 4:18:39:00

STS-131 MET = 4:18:58:00

STS-131 MET = 4:19:03:00

Smoke alarm in Zvezda service module, getting answers.

STS-131 MET = 4:19:04:00

STS-131 MET = 4:19:05:00

Shuttle crew moving to the Shuttle, ground team still looking into cause.

STS-131 MET = 4:19:06:00

STS-131 MET = 4:19:07:00

False alarm reported by T.J. Creamer.

STS-131 MET = 4:19:12:00

None of the other sensors reports smoke, still checking.

Oleg Kotov was cleaning filters, thinks that might have caused the false alarm.

STS-131 MET = 4:19:15:00

STS-131 MET = 4:19:20:00

STS-131 MET = 4:19:25:00

Soichi reports WORF in place.

STS-131 MET = 4:19:42:00

STS-131 MET = 4:19:56:00

STS-131 MET = 4:21:23:00

STS-131 MET = 4:21:43:00
ExPRESS Rack is in the Destiny lab, moved and reported by Soichi and Naoko.

STS-131 MET = 4:21:56:00

STS-131 MET = 4:22:31:00

STS-131 MET = 4:22:45:00

STS-131 MET = 4:22:57:00

STS-131 MET = 4:23:36:00

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-Nx_ESe5o[/youtube]

STS-131 MET = 4:23:45:00

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 5:00:01:00

STS-131 MET = 5:02:49:00

STS-131 MET = 5:03:35:00

STS-131 MET = 5:06:45:00

STS-131 MET = 5:07:05:00
Sleep time for ISS and STS-131 crew

STS-131 MET = 5:07:07:00

Shuttle Astronauts Haul Cargo, Get Extended Mission

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 10 April 2010
12:08 am ET



This story was updated at 11:45 a.m. ET.

Astronauts on International Space Station and shuttle Discovery tackled a mountain of cargo delivery work early Saturday after getting an extra day added to their mission due to an antenna failure.

"Most of our day, a lot of us were involved in doing transfer, which is a lot like moving," teacher-turned-astronaut Dorothy "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger told Mission Control as the day wound down.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZerpR-poSA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iokt2j7KcGw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=323LoGA5000[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftwromsqui8[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

http://spacefellowship.com/ : STS-131 Flight Day 7 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:52 am

1:21 GMT (9:21 pm EDT) – Discovery / ISS Crew Wakeup
2:01 GMT (10:01 pm EDT) – EVA #2 Preparations Resume
4:01 GMT (12:01 am EDT) – Discovery / ISS Transfers Resume
6:16 GMT (2:16 am EDT) – EVA #2 Begins (Mastracchio And Anderson)
6:31 GMT (2:31 am EDT) – Release S1 Old ATA & Handoff To SSRMS
7:31 GMT (3:31 am EDT) – Old S1 ATA Tiedown To Port CETA Cart
8:16 GMT (4:16 am EDT) – P1 Grapple Fixture Stowage Beam Install
8:46 GMT (4:46 am EDT) – AGB Removal From New ATA
9:16 GMT (5:16 am EDT) – Install New ATA On S1 Truss
10:01 GMT (6:01 am EDT) – New ATA Eletrical & Fluid Line Connections
10:46 GMT (6:46 am EDT) – Release Old ATA From CETA Cart & Install AGB
11:46 GMT (7:46 am EDT) – Airlock MMOD Shield Retrieval From ESP-2
12:46 GMT (8:46 am EDT) – EVA #2 Ends
17:21 GMT (1:21 pm EDT) – ISS Crew Sleep Begins
17:51 GMT (1:51 pm EDT) – Discovery Crew Sleep Begins

STS-131 MET = 5:17:32:00

STS-131 MET = 5:17:39:00
Airlock hatch to ISS opened.

STS-131 MET = 5:17:49:00
About 1h early with EVA preparations.

STS-131 MET = 5:17:54:00
They will have Cuppola windows open during EVA, while space-walkers are more than 10 feet away, which is most, if not all of the EVA, after Soichi's call to ground control.

STS-131 MET = 5:17:58:00
About an hour to space-walk.

STS-131 MET = 5:18:01:00

STS-131 MET = 5:18:16:00
T.J. Creamer will be working on the Water Recovery System.

STS-131 MET = 5:18:20:00

STS-131 MET = 5:18:34:00
'Go' for de-press.

STS-131 MET = 5:18:35:00

STS-131 MET = 5:19:02:00
Ready to open the outside hatch.

STS-131 MET = 5:19:04:00

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 5:19:08:00

Suits on battery power, EVA begins.

STS-131 MET = 5:19:14:00

STS-131 MET = 5:19:39:00
(Graphics of current activities - LOS)

STS-131 MET = 5:19:42:00
(Still shot from Shuttle)

STS-131 MET = 5:19:49:00

STS-131 MET = 5:20:06:00

STS-131 MET = 5:20:08:00
Arm holds the ATA

STS-131 MET = 5:20:11:00

STS-131 MET = 5:20:19:00

STS-131 MET = 5:20:26:00

STS-131 MET = 5:20:47:00

STS-131 MET = 5:20:53:00
(Graphics of current activities - LOS)

STS-131 MET = 5:20:56:00

STS-131 MET = 5:20:59:00
ATA on cart.

STS-131 MET = 5:21:00:00

STS-131 MET = 5:21:07:00

STS-131 MET = 5:21:17:00
Getting ready for the next step.

STS-131 MET = 5:21:21:00
Over Cuba, on ther way over Miami.

STS-131 MET = 5:21:31:00

STS-131 MET = 5:22:24:00

STS-131 MET = 5:22:32:00

STS-131 MET = 5:22:40:00

STS-131 MET = 5:22:56:00
Problems with bolts holding ATA, checking it's position.

STS-131 MET = 5:22:58:00

STS-131 MET = 5:23:00:00
Pry bar action required.

STS-131 MET = 5:23:03:00

STS-131 MET = 5:23:08:00
Going back to air-lock for tool-box, pry bar effective only on one bolt.

STS-131 MET = 5:23:16:00
Over France.

STS-131 MET = 5:23:30:00

STS-131 MET = 5:23:32:00

STS-131 MET = 5:23:42:00

Still problem with the last bolt on ATA, ground team working on it.

STS-131 MET = 5:23:50:00
Plan is to get all the bolts out, try it one more time with better alignment.

STS-131 MET = 5:23:59:00

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 6:00:02:00

STS-131 MET = 6:00:10:00
Naughty bolt seated.

STS-131 MET = 6:00:15:00
In place.

STS-131 MET = 6:00:23:00

STS-131 MET = 6:00:24:00
Some small changes in EVA plan, skipping ammonia and fluid connections, meteorite shield.

STS-131 MET = 6:00:26:00

STS-131 MET = 6:00:54:00

STS-131 MET = 6:01:15:00
In the process of removing the old ATA.

STS-131 MET = 6:01:19:00
EVA will be about 30 min longer.

STS-131 MET = 6:01:31:00

STS-131 MET = 6:01:50:00

STS-131 MET = 6:02:02:00

STS-131 MET = 6:02:07:00
Moving back to the airlock.

STS-131 MET = 6:02:15:00

STS-131 MET = 6:02:23:00

STS-131 MET = 6:02:30:00
Closing the hatch.
Robotic arm is parked.

STS-131 MET = 6:02:31:00

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 6:02:35:00
Airlock pressurization started, EVA ended.

STS-131 MET = 6:02:36:00

STS-131 MET = 6:02:46:00

STS-131 MET = 6:02:52:00

STS-131 MET = 6:02:55:00

 

[MeteorWayne]

EVA length 7 hrs 27 minutes.

MISSION STATUS BRIEFING 11 AM EDT on NASA TV.

 

[EarthlingX]

SDC : Astronauts Tackle Tough Ammonia Tank Swap in Second Spacewalk

By Robert Z. Pearlman
SPACE.com Contributor
posted: 11 April 2010
07:43 am ET



This story was updated at 11:49 a.m. ET.

HOUSTON – Two astronauts battled with a stubborn bolt early Sunday while hooking up a massive new ammonia coolant tank outside the International Space Station during the second of three spacewalks dedicated to the in-space maintenance chore.

Discovery shuttle astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson ventured outside the station's Quest airlock at 1:30 a.m. EDT (0530 GMT) filled with confidence for what turned out to be a 7 1/2-hour service call on the orbiting lab.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1-99tl1WQ[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu0b2zEHiuk[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uftxel9ue3Y[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 Flight Day 8 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:39 pm

1:51 GMT (9:51 pm EDT) – Discovery / ISS Crew Wakeup
4:51 GMT (12:51 am EDT) – Crew Off Duty Period Begins
10:51 GMT (6:51 am EDT) – MPLM Transfers Resume
13:46 GMT (9:46 am EDT) – EVA #3 Procedure Review
15:36 GMT (11:36 am EDT) – ABC World News / MSNBC / Fox News Channel / KUSA-TV Live Interviews
16:46 GMT (12:46 pm EDT) – EVA #3 Campout Begins (Mastracchio And Anderson)
17:51 GMT (1:51 pm EDT) – ISS Crew Sleep Begins
18:21 GMT (2:21 pm EDT) – Discovery Crew Sleep Begins

STS-131 MET = 7:04:04:00

STS-131 MET = 7:05:51:00
Over Florida.

STS-131 MET = 7:05:56:00
Mission status briefing has been cancelled.

STS-131 MET = 7:09:00:00
Flight director update 3:30 pm EDT.

STS-131 MET = 7:09:03:00

 

[EarthlingX]

Astronauts Mark Space Anniversaries As Shuttle Retirement Looms

By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 12 April 2010
03:06 pm ET



The 13 astronauts aboard the linked shuttle Discovery and space station marked the twin anniversaries of the birth of human spaceflight and NASA's space shuttle fleet Monday, even as the U.S. space agency is winding down its reusable space plane program.

Discovery has been docked at the space station since last week as its crew hauls tons of cargo into the station. The first-ever shuttle mission, STS-1 aboard Columbia, launched 29 years ago today, exactly two decades after the former Soviet Union inaugurated the era of human spaceflight with the launch of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961.

Now, NASA plans to launch just three more shuttle flights after this one before retiring the three-orbiter fleet in September. To date, 131 shuttle missions – including Discovery's – have launched into space.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca0Mjoo-eGE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srrNVWJ72p0[/youtube]

http://yurisnight.net/

 

[EarthlingX]

http://spacefellowship.com/ : STS-131 Flight Day 9 Planned Activities

Published by Klaus Schmidt on Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:26 pm

2:21 GMT (10:21 pm EDT) – Discovery / ISS Crew Wakeup
2:56 GMT (10:56 pm EDT) – EVA #3 Preparations Resume
4:41 GMT (12:41 am EDT) – Discovery / ISS Transfers Resume
6:16 GMT (2:16 am EDT) – SSRMS Removes Old ATA From MBS
7:11 GMT (3:11 am EDT) – EVA #3 Begins (Mastracchio And Anderson)
7:26 GMT (3:26 am EDT) – AGB Removal From Old ATA
8:26 GMT (4:26 am EDT) – SSRMS Installs Old ATA In Discovery’s Payload Bay
10:11 GMT (6:11 am EDT) – LWAPA Retrieval From Columbus & Install In Discovery’s Payload Bay
10:41 GMT (6:41 am EDT) – CLPA #1 Install On SPDM / Camera Port #13 Light Removal / Replacement
13:41 GMT (9:41 am EDT) – EVA #3 Ends
18:51 GMT (2:51 pm EDT) – ISS Crew Sleep Begins
19:21 GMT (3:21 pm EDT) – Discovery Crew Sleep Begins

STS-131 MET = 7:17:42:00

STS-131 MET = 7:17:58:00
EVA will start earlier, 65 min
Changes in EVA plan due to problems with the bolt, added non-completed tasks at the beginning.

STS-131 MET = 7:18:06:00

STS-131 MET = 7:18:21:00
Over Australia. (LOS)

STS-131 MET = 7:18:35:00

STS-131 MET = 7:19:16:00
'Go' for de-press.

STS-131 MET = 7:19:29:00
Leak checks ..

 

[EarthlingX]

STS-131 MET = 7:19:53:00 ( 06:14 GMT )
Suits on battery power, EVA started.

Mastracchio is EV-1, wearing red stripes on his spacesuit and Anderson is EV-2, wearing a white spacesuit. Mastracchio’s helmet camera displays number 19 and Anderson’s displays 20.

STS-131 MET = 7:19:58:00
They had some problem with hatch handle.

STS-131 MET = 7:20:08:00

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Moving to remove meteorite debris shield.

STS-131 MET = 7:20:21:00
Mating the fluid lines

STS-131 MET = 7:20:34:00

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Done with connections, over Miami.

STS-131 MET = 7:20:41:00

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'Go' to activate the ammonia tank.

STS-131 MET = 7:20:51:00
Over Ireland.

STS-131 MET = 7:20:54:00
'Spectacular pass over England'.

STS-131 MET = 7:21:08:00

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Over Australia, going over Tasmania.

STS-131 MET = 7:21:38:00

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Handle removed, getting it stored.

STS-131 MET = 7:21:56:00

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Coming over Houston, on their way over Arkansas, Canada.

STS-131 MET = 7:22:18:00
On the way to meet at the airlock, over Canada.

STS-131 MET = 7:22:28:00

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Ready for ATA, over France, going over Africa.

STS-131 MET = 7:22:35:00

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ATA handed over, arm will move away.

STS-131 MET = 7:22:52:00

STS-131 MET = 7:23:04:00
Three bolts fixed, removing handle before securing the last bolt.

STS-131 MET = 7:23:09:00

STS-131 MET = 7:23:19:00
Ground team has problems with Nitrogen part of the new ATA, pausing activation.

STS-131 MET = 7:23:22:00

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Problems with the last ATA bolt, ground team thinks it's alignment.

STS-131 MET = 7:23:25:00

STS-131 MET = 7:23:34:00
Still problems with the last bolt on the old ATA, from close looks like miss-alignment.
Ground team discussing.

STS-131 MET = 7:23:36:00

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Meeting in the cargo bay to try it together.

STS-131 MET = 7:23:47:00
They are both in the bay.

STS-131 MET = 7:23:48:00

STS-131 MET = 7:23:50:00
Ground team thinks, all bolts will have to go out.