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Primary tasks that were pre-scheduled for EVA-3 included the transferring of HPGT (High Pressure Gas Tank) from ELC-2 to the ISS Airlock with assistance from SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) arm, along with the installation of the MISSE 7 experiment on ELC-2.<\/p>\n
Several get-aheads were easily added to the spacewalk, though which tasks depended on the progress of EVA-3. The plan was to have the EVA completed in just under five hours, although work on the P1\/p3 and S1\/S3 jumper cables \u2013 a final getahead task \u2013 has resulted in the EVA being extended past that timeline.<\/p>\n
\u201cFlight Day 8 (today) planned: EVA-3 by Satcher and Bresnik (Transfer High Pressure Oxygen Gas Tank and MISSE-7 (Materials International Space Station Experiment) to Quest and jettison MMOD shields),\u201d listed the latest plan via the NASA Test Director on Monday.<\/p>\n
With Atlantis performing well on orbit, along with the superb docked phase of the mission proceeding to plan, LeRoy Cain \u2013 co chair of the MMT (Mission Management Team) \u2013 spoke of his pleasure with STS-129\u2019s status.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe mission is going really well. A Focused Inspection is not required, which is an excellent indicator of how clean and ready to go the vehicle truly is,\u201d Mr Cain noted on the latest Shuttle Standup\/Integration report (L2).<\/p>\n
\u201c(Mr Cain) expressed appreciation for how much work the MOD Team is performing and complemented everyone on how well the various teams are working together. We are taking the time needed to be sure we understand what we are seeing and following our processes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Over in High Bays 1 and 2 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), ET-134 being mated with the twin SRBs, as the STS-130 stack builds up ahead of the arrival of Endeavour \u2013 currently scheduled for mid December. Endeavour has been tasked with the mission to carry Node 3 and Cupola to the ISS.<\/p>\n
\u201cSRB BI-141 \/ RSRM 109 (VAB HB-1): OI Cable Routing installation on both sides are complete. Optics for ET\/SRB mate complete. S0003 ET\/SRB Mate preps; Hardware preps complete,\u201d noted KSC Ground Ops. \u201cET-134 (VAB HB-2E) Platform preps are in work. ET Mate taking place Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Endeavour herself is undergoing closeouts, alongside work to install instrumentation for the Main Engine Ignition (MEI) acoustic over pressurization data gathering effort, instrumentation which debuted on Atlantis at the request of shuttle managers \u2013 who are looking at additional instrumentation in the aft and on the stinger to develop a list of priorities to examine.<\/p>\n\u201cSTS-130\/OV-105: MEI instrumentation work continues. RH (Right Hand) stinger door carrier panel installation was completed. The base heat shield tile was received, and the first pre-fit is complete. The tile was bonded this weekend, maintaining the planned schedule for rollover. Base Heat Shield installation is proceeding well. OMS pod instrumentation activity has begun,\u201d added Ground Ops and NTD status.<\/p>\n
\u201cPayload Bay Doors were closed in support of roll over. Drag Chute Door retorque was completed. Closeouts in the forward and aft continue. The vehicle is on track for rollout on December 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe STS-130\/20A walkdown has been completed. A dynamic clearance issue (0.1\u201d) is being tracked between a connector and the RMS (Remote Manipulator System),\u201d added Flight Operations and Integration. \u201cThis will be tracked through the VLA cycle, but is not expected to present a flight constraint.\u201d<\/p>\n
Endeavour has also received a clean bill of health for her Reaction Control System (RCS) jets, following the failure of her F2F thruster on STS-127.<\/p>\n
\u201cA total of four thrusters on the last few flights have failed. One of these was F2F on STS-127\/2JA; it failed off during an RCS hotfire,\u201d added the Standup report. \u201cIn this particular incident, a piece of RTV was found in the PC tube. This thruster will be thoroughly cleaned before being returned to spares.\u201d<\/p>\n
While December 10 is the current target on processing milestones, this may slip by a couple of days. Managers are also discussing whether to keep the STS-130 stack inside the VAB over the Christmas holidays \u2013 with a decision expected in the next few days.<\/p>\n
\u201cWork on the rollout date for STS-130 continues. The internal target is December 10, with the vehicle ready to roll by December 12-14,\u201d added the Standup report. \u201cThe question as to whether the vehicle will stay at the pad or in the VAB during the Christmas Holiday is under consideration. This information will be provided to the Board over this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
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