**The most comprehensive collection of Shuttle, Ares, Orion and ISS related presentations and mission documentation, plus expansive daily processing documentation and updates are <\/em>available to download on L2<\/em><\/font> **<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **<\/font>STS-124 Sub Section (over 2900mb already) \u2013 Includes Flight Plans, S0007 Documents. Mission Overview CGI Videos. Plus 25 Flight Readiness Review (FRR) Presentations, a multitude of mission presentations and extensive, live, processing flashes, updates. MMT level Live Flight Day Coverage has begun.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n RPM, ET Umbilical Well, 40 Pad Damage Images (Exclusives) and 120mb Engineering Replays of Launch. Super Hi Res EVA images. Several stunning TPS Evalaution Images that include all RPM and Tile evaluation images and data \u2013 now available.<\/p>\n **STS-125\/LON-400 Sub Section Special already over 1600mb in size \u2013 special section Now Live, with over 40 superb mission presentations. 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Overgloves will be worn at all other times during the EVA unless crew fatigue\/safety is at risk.\u2019<\/p>\n However, thanks to the successful use of the modified EMU gloves, the use of the Overgloves have not been required.<\/p>\n Following the S1 NTA install, the SRMS (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System) was moved to the final JEM (Japanese Experiment Module) RMS deploy viewing position.<\/p>\n Though documented ahead of the mission as a get-ahead, the requirement to reinspect the port SARJ has gained importance, following observations of what appears to be grease on the race ring. <\/p>\n At present, engineers do not know where the grease is coming from, though it may be leaking from the associated Trundle Bearing Assembly (TBA). <\/p>\n However, the port SARJ does not appear to be suffering from the same problems as noted on the starboard SARJ, though samples will be taken for further evaluations once Discovery returns home. 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Evaluations into the starboard SARJ has been ongoing since inspections back on STS-120\u2019s mission, which found metallic shavings \u2013 consisting of 1505 Nitride material \u2013 that had been grinding away from the race rings.<\/p>\n
\u2018APU 3 lube oil offload and purge was accomplished Thursday; preps continue Friday in support of the SCAPE (Self-Contained Atmospheric Protection Ensemble) ops Saturday to R&R the APU,\u2019 noted the latest processing report on L2.<\/p>\n