**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 STS-122 L2 Special NOW LIVE. **Click here for sample of L2 menu and content**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font>**STS-122 Special: 12 MOD Flight Readiness Review (FRR) Presentations, Baselines and Mission Overviews. 17 Shuttle FRR Presentations. Payload Presentations and vast amounts of live, uploaded images and presentations. Installation Movies (several) \u2013 already 2100 megabytes strong** <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **COMPLETE Section on ECO\/Feedthrough Connector issues and troubleshooting, graphical and data based \u2013 expansive.**<\/p>\n **LIVE updates on Atlantis STS-122 Troubleshooting Latest**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **LIVE updates on Discovery STS-124 Processing**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/u><\/em><\/p>\n Space Shuttle models (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n<\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Endeavour STS-123 Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **Click here for FRR overview articles: Article 1 \u2013 Article 2** \u2013 Click *HERE* for all our articles on the STS-122 ECO\/Feedthrough Connector issue. STS-122 Latest:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n Shannon himself noted that early February was the realistic launch date target for Atlantis, while January 24 was the \u2018earliest possible\u2019 date they could launch, if they could save time via weather and the related cure time of the foam that will be reapplied to External Tank ET-125. <\/p>\n However, schedules show that the special team from the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) won\u2019t even begin the process of closing up the LH2 Feed-through connector area of the tank for foam curing until January 24, making the same date to launch impossible.<\/p>\n The only possibility of taking Atlantis back into a launch posture in time for January 24 would be a full acceleration of the schedule, finishing the physical installation of the replacement connector hardware at least a week ahead of the schedules. <\/p>\n Due to paper work, certification, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) testing and the actual repair process, this is deemed hugely unlikely \u2013 as per official NASA schedules.<\/p>\n The problem relating to last Thursday\u2019s teleconference reference to a January 24 potentially opens NASA up for more negative media, feeding off \u2018delay\u2019 headlines, when the next re-alignment to February is officially announced. This is despite the fact last Thursday\u2019s PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting produced schedules to show that February 2 had become the new NET date. <\/p>\n Some of the confusion surrounded the fact that January 24 is not a NET date, rather a \u2018work to\u2019 date, which the program sends to various centers, such as the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as periodic \u2018bumps\u2019 to milestone requirements. <\/p>\n The mistranslation that the program is now aiming to launch Atlantis on January 24 \u2013 and STS-123 with Endeavour on February 28 \u2013 required clarification, which came in the form of an e-mail sent by Koerner, and acquired by L2. <\/p>\n \u2018SSP (Space Shuttle Program) has given MOD (Mission Operations Directorate) and FCOD (Flight Crew Operations Directorate) updated \u2018work-to\u2019 dates of 1\/24 for STS-122\/1E and 2\/28 for STS-123\/1JA. These are NOT official \u2018NET\u2019 dates. They\u2019re dates to give us relief on our milestones,\u2019 noted Koerner. <\/p>\n \u2018All of the schedules presented (Thursday) show us marching to an EARLY FEBRUARY launch \u2013 but there\u2019s plenty of wiggle room in the dates and they assume no unexpected findings in the testing. <\/p>\n \u2018Absolutely everything would have to fall the right way and we\u2019d have to make up time in the proposed schedules to meet 1\/24. I expect an updated real launch date within the next two weeks. If not, then we\u2019ll definitely get another \u2018work-to\u2019 date.\u2019 <\/p>\n On Friday, the issue with the ATVC (Ascent Thrust Vector Control) Box, requiring replacement at the pad, immediately made February 2 as the absolute earliest date STS-122 can shoot for, as per documentation. <\/p>\n It should also be stated that February 2 \u2013 without a tanking test, or February 8 \u2013 with a tanking test, are dates that could yet move slightly more to the right, dependant the installation at the pad, and the testing at MSFC \u2013 the latter required to confirm the initial findings that the external element of the LH2 Feed-through connector is at fault. <\/p>\n Thus, an element of \u2018programmatic risk\u2019 is associated with this forward plan, which will also be mirrored on Endeavour\u2019s tank (ET-126) \u2013 currently residing inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). <\/p>\n A decision on the new NET for STS-123 won\u2019t be forthcoming until after Atlantis launches, though the only constraint relates to the five weeks of turnaround (one week of post launch pad work, prior to four weeks of pad integration with the STS-123 stack at 39A.) <\/p>\n \u2018They\u2019re proceeding with the redesign on ET-125\/STS-122 with the knowledge that they are accepting some amount of programmatic risk by not having completed the testing on the removed connector. As the testing and redesign are proceeding in parallel, things might change or have to be redone on ET-125,\u2019 added Koerner. <\/p>\n \u2018Also approved was the removal of foam and connector (external and feed thru) on ET-126\/STS-123 to set up for modifying that tank as well. Note that even with no impact to the ET work on STS-123, that launch date will slip day for day with the STS-122 launch date because of pad turn around constraints.\u2019 <\/p>\n Meanwhile, Atlantis has been powered up at the pad, allowing for the hydraulics tests related to an IPR (Interim Problem Report) on the ATVC Box 2, due to erratic measurement on RH (Right Hand) Solid Rocket Booster\u2019s TVC (Trust Vector Control). <\/p>\n A replacement ATVC 2 unit was installed over the weekend, with the process of installation completed ahead of the deadline for allowing the required full retesting procedures \u2013 for a February 2 NET launch date. Any delay would have caused a day-to-day slip from that date onwards. <\/p>\n Power up was slightly delayed due to a minor issue that was reported by engineers, requiring the \u2018retaking of mold impressions for cold plate issues.\u2019 Current processing shows Atlantis will be powered back down late on Sunday. **STARLIGHT: NEW STS-117 MISSION REVIEW MUSIC VIDEO** \u2013 STS-118 and STS-120 Mission review video also available.<\/font><\/em><\/font> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE: STS-117 MISSION REVIEW MUSIC VIDEO \u2013 AS SEEN BY THE STS-117 CREW!!**<\/font> -. While some level of confusion in the media was caused by deputy shuttle manager John Shannon\u2019s January 24 reference last week, STS-122 will \u201cdefinitely\u201d get another \u201cwork to\u201d launch date in around a week\u2019s time. NASA, United Space Alliance and Lockheed Martin schedules show STS-122 is currently NET (No Earlier Than) February 2, leading to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/em><\/font>L2: STS-122 to STS-127 documentation already available.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n
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