The astronauts are now in their pre-sleep routine.
The astronauts are now in their pre-sleep routine.
BTW...The ISS was right over Detroit today at about 2:37pm.
I actually watched the launch from yesterday on HDNET about an hour ago. It was the last 20 minutes pre-launch and about the first 15 minutes after launch. Pretty interesting stuff in HD.
Astro's are sleeping now till 4:45EST.
Tommorow is about docking and stuff, then Hans sleeps in the air lock tommorow night preparing for his spacewalk on Sunday. He'll be getting the Columbus module out of the Shuttlel's payload bay and attaching it to the ISS. Mans man, right there.
Shuttle docked with the ISS at 11:17 Central time. They have completed their pressure checks and the 2 crews have united in the ISS.
Hans Shlegal was removed from his scheduled space walk by NASA medical staff. NASA is very tight lipped, but the crew called down to the Shuttle Surgeons on the ground with an issue. NASA won't say who it is, or what it is about, but since Hans Schelgal is being replaced, I'd say he isn't feeling well.
Headline...Hans sick!
Tahoe, with Schlagel out of the picture, who is the new favorite for Shuttle MVP?
Don't even say Mr. Lions.
If I told you that I had minor occupational involvement with this, you wouldn't believe me.
Uncle Mxy for Shuttle MVP!!
Very interesting, Mr. Nasa.
Thoughts and prayers to the entire Schlagel family, btw.
Stan Love, who's name doesn't hold a candle to Hans Schlegel, will join Rex Walheim on the delayed space walk.
Today the Detroit Lion performed magnificently. He used the ISS' robotic arm to unbirth the boom extension from the shuttle, and station it so the Shuttle's robotic arm can attach to it. The Shuttles arm will be lifting the new Columbus module out it's payload bay and attach it to the ISS.
This has been delayed a day due to Hansie falling ill.
BTW...This is the first time a Shuttle has docked on the Harmony node. It was brought up and attached on STS-120 or 121. I think the ISS can have 2 shuttles docking at the same time now.
It also still has the unmanned Progress expendable shuttle attached. It will be sent back to earth and burn upon reentry after the Shuttle crew leaves. They load it with all the trash before they burn it up.
GD...are you going to take my name off the title if I told you that I spelled Hans last name wrong? :(
DON'T FIRE ME!
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Hans was born in UberLingen, Germany in 1951. This is his 2nd Shuttle flight. STS-55 in 1993.
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Dan Tani was officially switched to the STS 122 crew today from the Expedition 16 crew. Leopold Eyharts (france) transfers from STS122 to the Expedition 16 crew.
Dan Tani was scheduled to return in mid-December, but due to shit breaking, he had to stay up there till now...or till at least a week from now. NASA added a day to the Shuttle mission cuz Hans got sick, so Dans return date is still uncertain.
BTW...there is always a Russian Soyuz capsule docked to the ISS. Just in case shit gets reall hairy up there ,they can get on it and come home. I think it only holds 3 though.
There is a tear in a thermal blanket in the rear of the shuttle. It doesn't appear serious right now. They'll take some more pics Sunday.
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Hans sighting. This morning Hans was sighted in the ISS Airlock assisting Stanley Love, who will replace Hans on EVA1.
I rewatched the welcoming of the shuttle astros and kept my eye on Hans (how couldn't you) and I watched the subsequent safety meeting and Hans looked a lil unstable, imo.
Then we didn't see him for a long while. We saw the Detroit Lion and the rest of the crew, but no Hans.
So I was relieved to see him this am helping his replacement, he looked much better to me. DISCLOSURE...I'm not a doctor or anything like that...some of you might have gathered that.
I must admit, the thought crossed my mind (when Hans was missing) that we might have a 'weekend at Bernie' situation going on. I don't trust NASA. So all seems back on track. Hans IS still scheduled to make EVA4 I think it is.
BTW...the it takes the Soyuz almost 3 days to catch up to and dock with the ISS, but its return to Earth takes about 3 hours. The vehicle lands on the flat steppes of Kazakhstan in central Asia.
Now that sounds like a wild ride home.
So on the first EVA, that Hans douched on, the Astro's will connect a graple(sp?) adapter to the Columbus module so the Shuttle arm can connect to it. The actual connection of the Columbus module to the Harmony node takes place on EVA2.
They will demate the power from the Shuttle to the Columbus module. I think the robotic arm has a power adapter to bring power to the Columbus module while the module is awaits its attachment to the ISS. I'm pretty sure the Columbus module needs power continuously, and prolly environmental control too.
Then the Astros will prolly take some more pics of what NASA calls an 'area of interest' which is a tear in a thermal blanket.
They will also replace a nitrogen tank or 2. The ISS is running low. The new tank will have an adapter so that it can just be refilled instead of being replaced.
The EVA begins at 8:35 Central time.
My wife doesn't laugh a lot but she LHAO reading the thread names.
Love and Walheim are now in the ISS Airlock. They are breathing pure oxygen, or something and will be in there all night. This purges the nitrogen from their blood stream. Cuz in their space suits, the pressure is brought down to something like 10.4 pounds and the nitrogen would release from their cells at that low pressure and that would be bad.
On a clear day you CAN see the ISS orbiting with the naked eye, especially when the Shuttle is docked.
If you want to know when its over Detroit, let me know.
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And you are a dumb fuck!
The thread title says what its about. If you don't want to read it, don't fucking open it.
Exactly. Way to tell that Sparty asshole, Tahoe.
Correctoin....The ISS Airlock's pressure will be brought to 10psi, the space suit pressure will be 4.5psi.
EVA1 began a few minutes early, 6:17am central time. They have been out there for almost 2 hours now.
The power to the Columbus module was demated.
Stanley Love(porn star name) was attached to the boom and detached the graple attachment from the shuttle so it can be attached to the module. Obviously they would have liked to attach the graple fixture on earth but the payload bay doors wouldn't have been able to shut.
Rex was running a lil behind taking off the doors of the Columbus module so the graple attachement can be attached. But they are just about to finish attaching the graple fixture to the module. It looks like there will be no major probs there.
Then they will take a nitrogen tank off the shuttle payload and replace the empty on the ISS. The empty tank will be stowed back in the payload bay for a return flight to Earth.
They will also be taking off protective covers on Columbus and the Harmony node where the 2 will be matted.
The Detroit Lion is running the ISS robotic arm that Stanley Love is riding on. Someone is putting a lot of trust in a Detroit Lion, I'd say.
No MVP candidates stepping forward yet. If the Detroit Lion on board's mission had a larger degree of dificulty, he might be my choice. But for now no one is standing out.
The ISS robotic arm is really something. It has like 2 shoulders, 3 elbows and 5 wrists or something.
The ISS robotic arm, controlled by a Detroit Lion, has now grappled the Columbus module. It is being maneuvered to its location on the Harmony node.
The 2 spacewalkers are still out there...almost 7 hours now. They don't have a lot of O2 left(thats oxygen for you layman) but they need to be outside for the actual attaching of the module to the node. So hopefully it will be done here in the next hour.
If Hans would have been out there, it would have been done a long time ago.
Its OFFICIAL! 3:44 Central time, Columbus is officially docked to the ISS.
7:58 minute space walk today. They are back in the Airlock and doing the Repress now. Repress is a repressurization for you layman.
The fuck did you just call me?
when do we see the space station
lol Swam.
Where do you live DBTM? roughly
NASA, the ISS crew and the Shuttle crew decided to cancel their DPC for tonight. Tommorows will go off as planned.
Stanley Love performed really well today considering he didn't do any NBL's for EVA1.
Today the crew kind of regroups and prepares for tommorows space walk. They will be busy outifitting their new addition, the Columbus module. The can access it from the ISS now. Its has air and everything like that.
BTW...AS far as what does space travel do for us? NASA has been advertising...or whatever the word is...communicating to the public that because of space travel they have come up with a way to make swimsuits faster. Just so you know that your tax dollars are hard at work.
NASA's release goes as follows...
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NASA Langley has researched drag reduction for aircraft, spacecraft and even boats for decades. NASA Langley drag reduction technology made an America's Cup sailboat faster in 1987 and can be used to improve aircraft fuel efficiency. Thats one reason Speedo Swimsuits came to NASA Langley and has signed and agreeement to have 60 more fabrics tested over the next 2 years.
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Tahoe, when are you going to take us on the field trip?
Yea, I'd like to blast your ass off into space sometimes.