**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-120 L2 Special includes over 1950mb of presentations, over 45 Flight Data Files, Manuals, Memos and Exclusive Hi Res Images and video \u2013 the most expansive overview of the mission. **Click here for sample**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font>**STS-122 Mission Documentation Build-Up Surge already in work on L2 \u2013 including 12 MOD Flight Readiness Review Presentations \u2013 Nov 5**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n L2 FLIGHT DAY LIVE: MER\/MOD\/MMT Live Updates (live updates, live MMT presentations, for every flight day)<\/font><\/p>\n **LIVE updates on Discovery STS-120 FLIGHT DAYS**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n SpaceX launch tickets (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Atlantis STS-122 Rollover and VAB Processing**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Article:<\/p>\n Discovery Latest: <\/u><\/em><\/p>\n The final inspections on Discovery\u2019s TPS were conducted via a fully working OBSS sensor package. No worrying items of interest were found on the orbiter\u2019s RCC (reinforced carbon-carbon) panels.<\/p>\n \u2018Late inspection was nominal. Management Decisions Summary notes GO For D\/O (Deorbit),\u2019 noted the MMT on Flight Day 14.<\/p>\n The plan is to leave the crew on orbit for one more day, which will allow for the scheduled hot fire of Discovery\u2019s RCS (Reaction Control System) thrusters and flight control systems \u2013 ensuring all are in working order ahead of their use during re-entry and landing. This was completed during the opening hours of Flight Day 15.<\/p>\n While the target is to land at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Wednesday, on one of two landing opportunities available at 1:02 p.m. and 2:36 p.m Eastern, a delay to Thursday would be the last day Discovery would stay in space.<\/p>\n This insurance of bringing the crew home by Thursday at the latest \u2013 which would see all three primary landing sites being called up \u2013 is not due to consumables, but to ensuring the crew don\u2019t become fatigued after such a long mission.<\/p>\n \u2018This has been a long mission and we might need to think about bringing them home Wednesday or Thursday somewhere,\u2019 noted deputy shuttle manager John Shannon to the Mission Management Team (MMT).<\/p>\n All three primary sites are ready to support a landing. \u2018KSC: EOM (End Of Mission) convoy ready to support. Landing aids have no issue (MSBLS DME alarm resolved). Range is go \u2013 Delta launch moved to 11\/10,\u2019 noted the MMT. <\/p>\n \u2018EDW (Edwards Air Force Base: Convoy will be in place tomorrow. Landing aids ready to support. Range and airfield have no issues. Temp runway ECD 1\/28\/08. WSSH (White Sands Space Harbor). Minimum convoy in place. Landing aids and airfield ready to support.\u2019<\/p>\n With the mission coming to a conclusion, NASA management have been heaping deserved praise on their workforce for their hard work, in what has been \u2013 notably on the P6 4B solar array repair \u2013 a huge team effort.<\/p>\n \u2018I want to congratulate the entire team on this huge effort,\u2019 noted shuttle manager Wayne Hale to the MMT. \u2018Lot of people worked night and day and this showed the world what the NASA team can do. We have received a lot of congratulations already.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Thank you very much, this wasn\u2019t the mission we planned when we started out. Definitely showed the flexibility of the team (ISS, shuttle, Engineering etc.) to step up with the problems and overcome them,\u2019 added ISS manager Kirk Shireman to the teams at the MMT. \u2018To the shuttle guys, we appreciate the risk trade you had to make.\u2019<\/p>\n The only anomaly that is currently outstanding relates to the starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint). However, thanks to samples of the metallic shavings, found and collected during EVA-2, progress will soon be made on what may be causing what appears to be elements of the machinery grinding against each other.<\/p>\n \u2018We are already working a plan for testing the SARJ samples to understand what it was in the starboard SARJ \u2013 (destow on the runway),\u2019 added Shireman, pointing to immediate investigation on the metallic fillings, which will point to what element(s) of the machinery are causing the problem. Replacement parts may be sent on a future mission.<\/p>\n One other interesting note, which drew the attention of the MMT recently, was an \u2018unidentified light source\u2019 on Discovery\u2019s -Y Star Tracker. However, this has since been cleared as simply a reflection from the P6 truss.<\/p>\n This article will be updated during the Flight Day.<\/em><\/p>\n L2 members<\/em><\/font>: All documentation and quotes \u2013 from which the above article has quoted snippets \u2013 is available in full in the related L2 sections, updated live.<\/em><\/p>\n **STARLIGHT: NEW STS-117 MISSION REVIEW MUSIC VIDEO** \u2013 STS-118 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> -. Discovery has been cleared for re-entry, following a day of Late Inspections to her Thermal Protection System (TPS) \u2013 ahead of Wednesday\u2019s planned return to Earth. 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