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\u201cHappy New Year. (I) hope the majority of the team had the chance to take some time off, take some time with family and catch some rest,\u201d noted Mr Shannon on the Shuttle Standup\/Integration report (L2).<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year was a tough year. It is a tough year ahead of us.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe focus for your teams is to just get our heads back in the game from the holidays and pick back up where we left off before the holidays last year so we can execute well this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
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And this year started in earnest with the return to full processing of the orbiters, which opened with the removal of STS-131\u2019s External Tank \u2013 ET-135 \u2013 from the Pegasus Barge, following its arrival from New Orleans on Christmas Day.<\/p>\nRocket building kits
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The tank will undergo evaluations in the Checkout Cell inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Wednesday, following its lift from the Transfer Aisle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to colleagues at the Cape for their work to help retrieve the washer. Mr. Shannon added it was a great job by the team getting ET-135 to the Cape over Christmas. It was a great effort,\u201d added the Standup report.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Endeavour \u2013 as the STS-130 stack \u2013 will head to Pad 39A, after spending the holidays inside the VAB. The extended stay in the VAB was to allow for maintenance work on Pad Complex 39, which underwent power outages as a matter of routine.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the holiday period, had no planned processing activities. Getting backing into processing,\u201d noted KSC Integration on the Standup report. \u201cAt the VAB, will be doing pre-rollout inspection, retracting platforms, and getting into a posture to roll to the pad at 0400 Wednesday morning. Still on track.\u201d<\/p>\n
S0044 operations \u2013 know as the Launch Countdown Simulation \u2013 was also completed on Tuesday, which involves the testing of controller\u2019s reactions to simulated issues during the countdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cOrbiter: OV-105 \/ ET-134 \/ SRB BI-141 \/ RSRM 109 (VAB HB-1): The team is working towards a February 7th launch date. S0044 Launch Countdown Simulation Tuesday,\u201d noted NASA Test Director processing information (L2). Vehicle rollout preparations picked up Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cCall to Stations (CTS) is scheduled for 1700hrs today and first motion is scheduled for at 0400hrs tomorrow. CTS will be initiated earlier than originally planned due to a purge (heaters and purges) requirement and projected low temperatures overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Endeavour had no issues during her powered down period in the VAB, with only the removal and repair to an area of the ET \u2013 following the discovery of an embedded washer \u2013 worked ahead of Christmas.<\/p>\n
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Also discussed on Tuesday was the continually refined plan for the amount of sensors that will fly on Endeavour, in order to gain additional data on Main Engine Ignition (MEI) Acoustic and SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engine) Ignition Overpressure (IOP) Environments.<\/p>\n\u201cAt the Noon Board (Tuesday), there will be a couple of waivers. The big item will be the MEI instrumentation plan out of the PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) action given to discuss prior to the tile mod to put the two acoustic sensors on the left RCS (Reaction Control System) stinger,\u201d noted the Standup report.<\/p>\n
\u201cWednesday, the teams are going to look at the engineering, schedule and weather.\u201d<\/p>\n
STS-129 debuted MEI related instrumentation, as engineers checked for real data on a potential fatigue concern with the small stinger attach point between the RCS and OMS Pods. Endeavour will spot additional instrumentation, to provide yet more data.<\/p>\n
Also building up are the meetings that will discuss all elements of the vehicle and mission at the Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs), including this week\u2019s Payload Readiness Review (PRR).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Payload Readiness Review is scheduled for January 7 at 8:00 a.m. ET at KSC. Had a pre-PRR late last year, so a delta pre-PRR will be held to make sure everything is still in line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Node-3 and Cupola will be Endeavour\u2019s primary payload, with various other 20A specific middeck payloads, as well as SIMPLEX, MAUI, and SEITE, rounding out the mission\u2019s payload.<\/p>\n
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