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\u201cECLSS (Environmental Control and Life Support System) GN2 service top off and sample Monday; three day decay leak check starts tomorrow (Tuesday). Orbiter close outs for roll to VAB continue,\u201d noted the NASA Test Director (NTD) report for Monday processing (L2).<\/p>\n
\u201cDPS (Data Processing System) MED (Multifunction Electronic Display) MDU (Multifunction Display Units) redline\/greenline display verification scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday). Brake\/Anti-Skid\/Nose Wheel Steering Checkout (in work).\u201d<\/p>\n
A clearance issue between Endeavour\u2019s Remote Manipulator System (RMS) and a connector in the payload bay is being evaluated, but is not expected to be an issue for the upcoming Flight Readiness Review (FRR) season.<\/p>\n
Inside the VAB\u2019s High Bay 1, mating of External Tank (ET-134) and the twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) is proceeding to plan, as closeout work remains on schedule to accept Endeavour for mating with the stack in less than two week\u2019s time.<\/p>\n
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\u201cET-134 \/ SRB BI-141 \/ RSRM 109 (VAB HB-1): Left and Right Hand EDAS (Enhanced Data Acquisition System) Installation; SRB Element is working installation. Left and Right Heater Cable Closeouts; Heater cables glued in place. Ready for RT-455 (insulation) application,\u201d added the NTD report.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeft and Right Lower Strut Closeout; L\/R Lower Strut Cover installation complete. RT-455 next. Left and Right O.I. Cable Connects & Camera Installation; Camera PR-1422 is in cure. Left and Right Forward Crossover Installation. L\/R RT-455 is in cure. Left and Right Upper Strut Electrical Connections; Connector mates complete. Safety wire complete. Photos & Ring Segments next.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Managers are also waiting on the results from an investigation into another series of foam losses from the intertank, this time suffered on STS-129\u2019s ET-133. The foam losses were far less than those seen with ET-131\u2019s events during STS-127\u2019s ascent.<\/p>\nAlso, all the loses originated on the backside (Minus D side) of the tank, which resulted in no foam impact threats to Atlantis. Regardless, an investigation is ongoing to understand why the foam liberated \u2013 especially after confidence was gained via pull tests on all recent tanks after the ET-131 incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cLockheed-Martin has reassembled the Fishbone Team that investigated the previous intertank loss to look at the failures seen on the Minus D side on this (STS-129) mission and to look for any similarities\/differences to what they already know,\u201d noted the Shuttle Standup\/Integration Report (L2).<\/p>\n
The ET-131 losses were believed to be caused by dust contamination finding its way on to the shell of ET-131\u2019s intertank during its fabrication at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. No intertank foam losses were observed on STS-128\u2019s ET-132 tank.<\/p>\n
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STS-130 will be the 24th flight of Endeavour and the 130th overall flight of the Space Shuttle Program, carrying Node-3 and Cupola as the primary payload, with various other 20A specific middeck payloads \u2013 as well as SIMPLEX, MAUI, and SEITE \u2013 rounding out the mission\u2019s payload.<\/p>\n
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Due to the United Launch Alliance (ULA) mission to launch NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) via an Atlas V on February 3 from Cape Canaveral, Shuttle managers have agreed to slip Endeavour\u2019s launch by two days to February 6.<\/p>\nWith the rollover from OPF-2 remaining on schedule for December 12, Endeavour will spend three weeks in the VAB \u2013 now agreed, following evaluations over the past week. A small engineering team will care for Endeavour during the holidays.<\/p>\n
It is possible \u2013 though not mentioned \u2013 that the slip also accommodates the docking of a Russian Progress resupply ship at the International Space Station (ISS) on February 5. The increasing rate of launches to the ISS was recently cited by Mission Management Team (MMT) chair Mike Moses as the biggest concern for schedule impacts to the five flight 2010 shuttle manifest.<\/p>\n
Early on Tuesday, one of those vehicles returned three crewmembers from the ISS to the Earth \u2013 when the Russian Soyuz TMA-15 landed north of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at around 7:15am UTC.<\/p>\n
The return of Commander Roman Romanenko, Flight Engineer\u2019s Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk, leaves the ISS with just two crewmembers \u2013 Expedition 22 commander Jeff Williams of NASA and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev \u2013 onboard.<\/p>\n
However, they will only have to wait three weeks for new crewmembers, when Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA\u2019s T.J. Creamer, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launch to the station December 20 on the Soyuz TMA-17 craft \u2013 which will arrive three days later.<\/p>\n
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