STS-131 – Discovery – Kennedy LC-39A – 05.04.2010 10:21 UTC

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The seven-member STS-131 crew will deliver the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo, filled with resupply stowage platforms and racks, to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery. Work to attach a spare ammonia tank assembly to the station's exterior and return a European experiment from outside the station's Columbus module will be conducted during three spacewalks. STS-131, targeted for launch on April 5, will be the 33rd shuttle mission to the station and the 131st shuttle mission overall.

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Image above: Seated are Commander Alan Poindexter (right) and Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. From the left (standing) are Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Naoko Yamazaki and Clayton Anderson. Image credit: NASA

Commander Alan Poindexter will lead the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery. Jim Dutton will serve as the pilot. Mission Specialists are Rick Mastracchio, Clay Anderson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Discovery will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks to be transferred to laboratories on the International Space Station. The mission will feature three spacewalks.

Mastracchio and Anderson will conduct three six-and-a-half-hour-long spacewalks on flight days 5, 7 and 9 to replace an ammonia tank assembly, retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station's exterior and switch out a rate gyro assembly on the S0 element of the station's truss.

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Дятлы

 With rollover to Pad 39A is completed, further repairs will take place on the stack's External Tank (ET-135), following "avian induced damage" to the tank's TPS (Thermal Protection System) foam.

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[Бродяга]

Однако, три дамы в экипаже.

 Такое было уже когда-нибудь?

[Leroy]

Однако, три дамы в экипаже.
Такое было уже когда-нибудь?

Было. STS-40, STS-96.

[Космос-3794]

Проблемы с одним из клапанов системы подачи гелия для наддува топливных баков сборки OMS. Инженеры говорят что клапан не может обслуживаться на пусковой площадке. Если проблема не разрешиться каким-нибудь обходным путем, то возврат в VAB, отделение ET и ремонт в ангаре. А это значительная отсрочка:

Engineers are troubleshooting the apparent failure of a helium isolation valve in the shuttle Discovery's right-side orbital maneuvering system rocket pod, officials said Saturday. If the problem cannot be resolved at the pad - and sources said the engineering options are limited - NASA could be forced to haul the shuttle back to its hangar for repairs, delaying a planned April 5 launch.
Managers and engineers plan to review the issue Monday and to discuss repair options as well as possible rationale to fly as is.
The two OMS pods on either side of the shuttle's tail fin house the big braking rockets used for major maneuvers and to drop the shuttle out of orbit, along with smaller reaction control system steering jets. Helium tanks provide the pressure needed to push propellants from storage tanks to the rocket thrusters.
The isolation valve issue cropped up overnight Friday during work to load propellants into the OMS pods. Data indicated a major leak in the right OMS pod's fuel line plumbing, the apparent result of an electrically driven isolation valve failing to "seat."
Engineers familiar with the system said the valve cannot be directly serviced at the launch pad. If the problem cannot be resolved by indirect methods or development of an acceptable flight rationale, the only option would be to roll Discovery back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, detach it from its external tank, haul it to its processing hangar and remove the OMS pod for repairs or replacement.
Launch on a three-spacewalk space station assembly and resupply mission currently is targeted for April 5. A decision to roll Discovery back to its hangar to swap out the OMS pod would trigger a major delay. But a NASA spokesman said it was too early to tell how the issue might ultimately be resolved. In the meantime, launch processing is continuing

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100313omspod/

[Космос-3794]

В выходные инженеры NASA должны были провести дополнительные тесты клапанов системы наддува топливных баков. Если лететь "как есть" небезопасно, то отсрочка на три месяца:

Over the weekend, NASA engineers will conduct additional tests to determine if Discovery can launch "as is" or have to be rolled back for repairs — which would mean a three-month delay for the STS-131 mission. Helium regulator assemblies downstream from a failed isolation valve in the shuttle's right rear maneuvering engine pod must work perfectly to provide a system redundancy that would justify proceeding with the flight. If they don't, then the regulator assemblies and the valve would need to be repaired or replaced, and neither can be done at the launchpad – meaning Discovery would have to be rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, de-mated from the SRBs and external tank, and sent to the Orbiter Processing Facility for repairs. But if the regulators check out, and no other problems arise, mission managers could give the 'go' to launch Discovery as is on April 5, 2010.

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/19/will-discovery-be-go-for-launch-or-forced-to-roll-back/#more-60177

[anik]

Решено запускать шаттл 5 апреля в 14:21 ЛМВ.

[Бродяга]

На МКС соберутся 4 дамы?

[Lesobaza]

Традиционная просьба к знающим людям дать актуальную ссылку на ресурс, который будет транслировать пуск.

Спасибо!!

[Not]

Webcams
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/

Audio Only
http://www.nasa.gov/178952main_Mission_Audio_UP.asx


150kbit/s
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369080
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368161

300 kpbs
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369081
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368162

500 kpbs
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368570

1200kbit/s
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163

[Dude]

еще
RealPlayer

QuickTime
http://www.nasa.gov/qtl/151335main_NASA_TV_QT.qtl

[Dude]

Экипаж в кабине. Идут проверки связи.
Готовят люк к закрытию. Люк закрыт.
Идет проверка герметичности люка.

[Frontm]

И всё-таки по этой ссылке ближе к реал-тайм))
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/status.html

[Сергей Пиденко]

Плюс - комментарии в реальном времени

[Liss]

Оперативнее всего тут: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21112.165

[Dude]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/status.html

текстовое сопровождение там супер, но видео мне не нравится, зачем еще коментарии вместо переговоров по радио?

[Frontm]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/status.html

текстовое сопровождение там супер, но видео мне не нравится, зачем еще коментарии вместо переговоров по радио?

:shock:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
отстаёт минуты на две?