2005-026A
Discovery will fly LF1/RTF (formerly ULF 1), with ET-121. RSRM-92 is oldest RSRM hardware to fly.
Launch mass 121483 kg; landing mass 121057 kg. Cargo bay mass 13483 kg up, 11395 kg down (not including OBSS). Transfers 1676 kg MPLM, 2994 kg down. Consumables 881 kg.
On ISS, EMUS 3005, 3011 and 3013 with safers 1003, 1004 and 1006. 4 EMU aboard ; 3009 and 3010 will be left on ISS with 3013 and 2 currently on ISS, 3005 and 3011, brought down. SAFERs 1004, 1005 and 1007 to be left on ISS, 1003 and 1006 returned. EVAs will be done in EMUs 3004 and 3017 from Discovery's AL. EV1 is Noguchi, EV2 is Robinson.
EVA 1: Tile DTO 848., ESPAD from LMC to Quest; power cables for ESP-2; replace GPS antenna 2 on S0; OBSS scan of DTO box; repair CMG-2 power module; secondary power cable ESP-2 to S0, behind CETA carts.
EVA 2: CMG 1 remove, replace.
EVA 3: P1 VSSA external camera install, SSRMS install ESP-2, install MISSE PEC 5 (from AL) on P6, retrieve MISSE PEC 1/2 from Quest, retrieve FGRF from ESP2 to stbd TSA. end EVA, SSRMS grapple MLPM.
VSSA on ESP-2, cameras in AL; VSSA to AL to assemble with cameras, then P1.
After MECO, an enhanced ET photo survey will be conducted. The RMS with extension boom will be used to survey the exterior of the Shuttle; this will take one flight day. On approach to Station, at a distance of 180m Atlantis will stop and make a 360 degree turn in pitch to allow imaging from the Station.
An EVA will be conducted to carry out tile repair experiments inside the payload bay.
One of the control moment gyros in Z1 will be replaced. MISSE 1 and 2 will be retrieved, and replaced with PEC-5.
NASA has released its preliminary Return To Flight plan. I give some of the hardware highlights below.
Procedures are being developed for TPS inspection from ISS on approach. If repair were needed, Atlantis would first dock, then grapple ISS with the RMS, then undock while still attached by the RMS, rotating to place the appropriate part of the Orbiter in easy access to spacewalkers using the Station robot arm.
In September, inspection and testing on Atlantis' RCC panels and nosecap will be completed and they will be reinstalled on the orbiter.
In November 2003, the External Tank for STS-114 will be delivered with modifications to the bipod attach ramp and several other areas where foam could be lost.
Around November, pads 39A and 39B will be refurbished with recoating of any exposed zinc primer (which was washing off the pad tower and damaging RCC panels).
In December, NASA will install on the new ET a camera which will transmit in-flight photos of the bipod and of the underside of Atlantis. A camera will also be mounted on the nose cone of each SRB. (For STS-115, cameras will also be installed further down on each SRB for a better view of the Orbiter).
In December, ground tracking cameras will be refurbished, with new cameras due for delivery in March.
In January, redesign ET/SRB separation bolt catchers will be installed.
In early 2004, a boom with laser sensor packages will be fabricated for attachment to the RMS arm; it could be used for Atlantis to inspect itself while in orbit.
A tile repair kit will be delivered in early 2004. It's still not clear when an RCC repair method will be ready.
Modifications to the cameras in the Orbiter umbilical well will not be ready for STS-114, and the astronauts will use handheld cameras to image the ET, downlinking the images to Earth.
Atlantis is currently manifested for launch on 2004 March 11, although this is only a planning date - don't book your tickets yet!
| STS-114 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Mar 29 | Tow from OPF3 to VAB | ||
| 2005 Mar 31 | ET mate | ||
| 2005 Apr 7 | Roll to pad 39B | ||
| 2005 May 26 | Rollback to VAB | ||
| 2005 Jun 4? | Demate from ET/SRB | ||
| 2005 Jun | Restack | ||
| 2005 Jun 15 | Rollout to pad 39B | ||
| 2005 Jul 26 | 1439:00 | Launch by Shuttle | LC39B |
| 1441:01 | SRB sep | ||
| 1441 | Small debris drop from ET | ||
| 1441:12 | OMS Assist 2:15 | ||
| 1443:29 | OMS ASS CO | ||
| 1447:25 | MECO | ||
| 1447:47 | ET sep | 58 x 220 x 51.6 (PAO) | |
| 54 x 229 x 51.6 (OMS dV) | |||
| 1517:00 | T+38:08 OMS-2 30.4m/s 1:07 | ||
| 1518:05 | OMS 2 CO | 155 x 230 x 51.7 | |
| 1550? | ET reentry at 75 km over 160W 37S | ||
| 1614:45 | PLBD open | ||
| 1942:24 | OMS 3 NC-1 | 226 x 285 x 51.7 | |
| 1943:44 | OMS 3 CO | ||
| 2005 Jul 27 | 0800? | Unberth OBSS | |
| 0655:31 | OMS-4 NC-2 | 90.10 270 x 287 x 51.6 | |
| 0656:01 | OMS 4 CO | ||
| 0724 | RMS grapple OBSS | ||
| 1315 | Complete OBSS nose inspection | ||
| 1544 | Restow OBSS | ||
| 1704s | NC3 | ||
| 2005 Jul 28 | |||
| 0628:34 | OMS-5 NH 62fps 40s | ||
| 0629:14 | OMS-5 CO | ||
| 0715:35 | OMS-6 NC4 65fps | ||
| 0716:16 | OMS 6 CO | ||
| 0742:22s | NCC | ||
| 0840:04 | OMS 7L TI burn 8fps | ||
| 0840:15 | OMS 7 CO | ||
| 0900s | MC1 | ||
| 0930s | MC2 | ||
| 0947s | MC3 | ||
| 0957 | MC4 burn | ||
| 1010s | +R-bar (nadir) stop 200m | ||
| Imaging | |||
| 1039s | forward to V-bar, 100m | ||
| Approach along V-bar | |||
| 1118 | Dock | ||
| 1250 | Hatch open | ||
| 1354s | SSRMS grapple, unberth OBSS | ||
| 1544s | SSRMS handoff OBSS to RMS | ||
| OBSS/RMS out of way | |||
| 2005 Jul 29 | |||
| SSRMS-B? grapple lab | |||
| SSRMS-A? ungrapple MBS PDGF-1 | |||
| 0544s | SSRMS grapple MPLM | ||
| 0644s | MPLM unberth | ||
| 0709s | Begin connecting MPLM to Unity | ||
| Dock MLPM to ISS | |||
| 0924s | SSRMS ungrapple MPLM | ||
| 0940? | SSRMS A? grapple MBS PDGF-1 | ||
| SSRMS B? ungrapple Destiny | |||
| OBSS survey | |||
| 1500? | MPLM HO to ISS | ||
| 1630? | FD4 close ISS hatch to OV | ||
| 1700? | Depress OV to 10.2psi | ||
| Depress Quest CL | |||
| 2005 Jul 30 | FD5 EVA-1 | ||
| SSRMS B? grapple Destiny | |||
| SSRMS A? ungrapple MBS | |||
| 0935? | Depress ODS airlock | ||
| 0943 | HO | ||
| 0946 | Batt power | ||
| 1000? | Egress from ODS | ||
| 1005? | Translate to Quest CL hatch | ||
| 1010 | In vicinity of CL hatch | ||
| 1012 | CL TC open | ||
| 1013 | Open Quest CL hatch (Soichi) | ||
| 1013 | Noguchi ingress CL | ||
| 1017 | egress CL | ||
| 1020? | Close ODS hatch | ||
| 1022 | Robinson working at ODS hatch | ||
| 1024 | ODS TC closed | ||
| Repress ODS | |||
| Lawrence, etc. transfer to ISS from OV to control SSRMS | |||
| 1036 | Robinson opens DTO box on LMC | ||
| Working on tile experiments | |||
| 1109 | Reopen ISS hatches | ||
| 1235 | Noguchi get ESP power cables from ODS TSA | ||
| Robinson working on ESPAD on ICC | |||
| 1250 | Noguchi inspects trunnion pin cover | ||
| Noguchi to cable worksite on Quest | |||
| 1259 | Unberth ESPAD: Robinson on SSRMS | ||
| 1302 | SSRMS moving Robinson/ESPAD out of bay | ||
| 1315 | Working near ESPAD install location | ||
| 1320 | Problems getting soft dock of ESPAD to Quest | ||
| 1325 | ESPAD soft docked to Quest | ||
| 1328 | Noguchi in CL to get GPS antenna | ||
| 1337 | Noguchi egress CL | ||
| 1338 | CL TC closed | ||
| 1344 | Berth ESPAD to ISS Quest complete | ||
| 1407 | Replacing GPS antenna No. 2 on S0, Noguchi | ||
| 1410 | CMG-2 electronics patch by Robinson | ||
| 1420 | GPSA soft docked to S0 | ||
| 1444 | GPS antenna work complete | ||
| 1450? | Robinson remove MISSE 1 from Quest | ||
| 1500 | Rerouting cables in S1 for ESP | ||
| 1504 | Begin cleanup and LMC photography | ||
| 1526 | Retrieve MISSE 2 from Quest | ||
| 1540 | In PLB | ||
| Close ISS hatch | |||
| 1553 | Start to depress ODS from outside | ||
| 1557 | 3.5 psi | ||
| 1602 | Depress ODS complete? | ||
| 1603 | HO | ||
| 1604 | Ingress ODS Robinson | ||
| 1619? | Ingress ODS Noguchi | ||
| 1621 | TC closed | ||
| 1627 | HC | ||
| 1636 | Repress | ||
| 2005 Aug 1 | EVA-2 | ||
| 0829 | Depressing airlock | ||
| 0832 | 5psi, pause | ||
| 0834 | Resume depress | ||
| 0835 | 3psi | ||
| 0837 | 1psi | ||
| 0838 | Depress to 0.7psi | ||
| 0841 | HO | ||
| 0842 | Batt power | ||
| 0850 | Noguchi egress | ||
| 0853 | Noguchi at PMA | ||
| 0901? | Robinson egress | ||
| 0904 | ODS HC | ||
| 0908? | ODS repress | ||
| 0925 | EV1/EV2 at Z1 truss | ||
| 1000 | Unbolting CMG-1 | ||
| 1013 | CMG-1 free within housing | ||
| 1015 | Unberth CMG-1 from Z1 by Noguchi on SSRMS | ||
| 1045 | Installing CMG-1 on ball stack on LMC | ||
| 1056? | CMG-1 stashed on LMC | ||
| 1113 | CMG-1R unberth | ||
| 1118 | New CMG-1R stashed on LMC | ||
| 1134 | CMG-1 berthed on LMC | ||
| 1210? | CMG-1 work finished | ||
| 1215? | Begin to retrieve CMG-1R from ball stack | ||
| 1220 | Noguchi and CMG-1R moving away from PLB on SSRMS | ||
| 1236 | Noguchi near Z1 | ||
| 1248 | CMG-1R soft dock to Z1 | ||
| 1259 | CMG-1R bolted | ||
| 1307 | Connect power cable to CMG-1R | ||
| 1312 | Cable connections complete | ||
| 1337 | Noguchi on arm, heading back to CMG | ||
| 1344 | Reseat power connector | ||
| 1408 | Retrieving tools from ETSD on PMA | ||
| 1425 | On truss at CETA 2, tools for RJMC | ||
| 1445 | Try to open tool box in PLB | ||
| for TGF prybar and forceps | |||
| 1513 | Open tool box after some trouble | ||
| 1523 | TC open | ||
| 1523 | Begin ODS AL depress | ||
| 1527 | 3.5 psi | ||
| 1529 | ODS AL depress complete (0.7 psi) | ||
| 1531 | HO | ||
| 1532? | Ingress Robinson | ||
| 1538? | Ingress Noguchi | ||
| 1541 | TC closed | ||
| 1544:50? | HC | ||
| 1556 | Repress | ||
| 2005 Aug 2 | |||
| 1139s | SSRMS grapple ESP-2 | ||
| SSRMS unberth ESP-2 | |||
| 2005 Aug 3 | EVA-3 | ||
| 0834 | Prebreathe complete | ||
| 0839 | 5.0 psi | ||
| 0842 | Resume depress | ||
| 0844 | 2.2 psi | ||
| 0845 | 1.0 psi | ||
| 0846 | Depress complete | ||
| 0847 | HO | ||
| 0848 | Battery power | ||
| 0855 | Noguchi egress | ||
| 0902 | Robinson egress | ||
| 0903 | ODS HC | ||
| 0905 | Repress ODS | ||
| 0914 | At ESP-2 near Quest | ||
| 0939 | Ready-to-latch soft mate | ||
| 0942 | ESP-2 installation latched | ||
| 0954 | Bolted partially | ||
| 0955 | Problem with alignment | ||
| 1015 | ESP-2 relatched to fix alignment | ||
| ESP-2 bolted | |||
| 1027 | ESP-2 ungrapple | ||
| 1048 | Remove FGRF from ESP-2 | ||
| 1108 | Installed MISSE 5/PCSAT-2, opened | ||
| 1112 | Install complete | ||
| 1122 | Noguchi imaging from P6 top | ||
| 1125 | Noguchi climbing down | ||
| 1126 | Robinson stowed ESP-2 FGRF | ||
| 1129 | SSRMS A? ready to grapple MBS | ||
| 1131 | SSRMS B? ungrapple Lab | ||
| Tile gap repair | |||
| 1215 | Robinson waiting underneath Shuttle | ||
| 1246 | First gap filler removed by Robinson | ||
| 1254 | Second gap filler removed | ||
| 1330 | In PLB cleanup | ||
| 1334 | Robinson egress arm | ||
| Retrieve APFR | |||
| 1405 | Noguchi install extender tool on ESP-2 | ||
| 1407 | ODS TC open, Robinson | ||
| 1412 | Depress ODS AL, at 2psi | ||
| 1413 | At 1psi | ||
| 1414 | ODS HO | ||
| 1416 | Quest HC | ||
| 1418 | Quest TC closed | ||
| 1418 | Quest AL repress | ||
| 1425 | Begin OBSS blanket imaging | ||
| 1428 | Ingress Robinson | ||
| 1432 | Ingress Noguchi | ||
| 1433 | TC closed | ||
| 1439 | Hatch closed | ||
| 1449 | Repress | ||
| 2005 Aug 5 | |||
| SSRMS grapple Raffaello | |||
| 1142 | SSRMS unberth Raffaello | ||
| 1301 | SSRMS lowering R into PLB | ||
| 1303 | MPLM berthed and latched | ||
| 1312 | SSRMS ungrapple MPLM | ||
| 1355 | SSRMS grappple OBSS | ||
| 1358? | RMS ungrapple OBSS | ||
| Stow OBSS via SSRMS | |||
| Stow RMS | |||
| 2005 Aug 6 | |||
| 0514 | Hatches closed to ISS | ||
| 0723:45 | Undock | ||
| 0751 | Along +Vbar to 120m | ||
| 0751 | Begin flyaround | ||
| 0801 | To +Rbar | ||
| 0812 | To -Vbar | ||
| 0823 | To -Rbar 136m | ||
| 0837 | to +Vbar | ||
| 0837 | Sep-1 | ||
| 0849 | To +Rbar 580m | ||
| 0905 | Sep-2 | ||
| 2005 Aug 7 | Mass 107671 kg | 346 x 358 x 51.6 | |
| 2005 Aug 8 | |||
| 0510 | Close PLBD | ||
| 0921 | Open PLBD (weather waveoff) | ||
| 1219:00 | OMS-8 OA 24s 12.4m/s | ||
| 1219:25 | OMS-8 CO | ||
| 2005 Aug 9 | 0522:33 | Close PLBD | |
| 1106:18 | OMS DO 2:42 83.5 m/s over 12 19S 53 19E | ||
| 1109:02 | OMS DO CO | 40 x 353 km (MR) | |
| 1140:02 | EI | ||
| 1211:23 | Landing RW22 EAFB | ||
| 1212:36 | Wheels stop | ||
| 2005 Aug 19 | 1532 | NASA 905 takeoff from DFRC | |
| 1845 | NASA 905 land at Altus AFB, OK | ||
| 2115 | NASA 905 TO from Altus | ||
| 2235? | NASA 905 land at Barksdale | ||
| 2005 Aug 21 | 1125 | NASA 905 TO from Barksdale | |
| 1358 | NASA 905 land at KSC RW15 | ||
