**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 1600mb of presentations, over 45 Flight Data Files, Manuals, Memos and Exclusive Hi Res Images and video \u2013 the most expansive overview of the mission. <\/em><\/font>**Click here for sample**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n L2 FLIGHT DAY LIVE: MER\/MOD\/MMT Live Updates (live console updates, live MMT presentations, for every flight day)<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE updates on Discovery STS-120 FLIGHT DAYS**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n Article:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n STS-120 Status:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n NASA will utilize EVA time to fully check into the SARJ on the opposite side of the station, starting with around 40 minutes of \u2018spare\u2019 time in EVA-3, to be conducted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n With EVA-4 now dedicated to a full inspection of the starboard SARJ, the previously planned TRAD test has now been deleted from the STS-120 timeline. It may now return back to its orginal mission, STS-126.<\/p>\n This change to the mission\u2019s timeline was intimated earlier in the day, after discussions which went on through the night to work on a forward plan, following EVA-2\u2019s findings on the starboard SARJ.<\/p>\n \u2018Flight \u2013 SARJ shavings are metallic. Likely EVA-3 will ask to do a Port SARJ survey,\u2019 noted information. \u2018Likely also to add a docked day between EVAs 4 and 5.\u2019 This has since been confirmed, with the additional docked day required to allow for a rest day in-between the two spacewalks. <\/p>\n \u2018EVA \u2013 EVA4 will be full duration EVA if the day gets added between EVA4 and 5,\u2019 added information. Discussing what activities will go on each EVA.\u2019<\/p>\n This won\u2019t be a problem for Discovery, with her SSPTS (Station-Shuttle Power Transfer System) working fine, allowing for over three days of margin for STS-120\u2019s mission duration. EGIL \u2013 cryo margins 1d19h (no SSPTS), 3d7h (SSPTS). Looking at adding extra day. Preliminarily looks like we could support.\u2019<\/p>\n EVA-3 Preview:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n With the inclusion of the inspection of the port SARJ, EVA-3 will be a seven hour spacewalk, conducted by Scott Parazynski (EV1) and Doug Wheelock (EV2). The EVA is expected to start at 5:28am EDT.<\/p>\n EVA-3\u2019s objectives include: Attach P6 to P5 (with SSRMS); Connect P5 to P6; Remove SSU (Sequential Shunt Unit) Shroud; Release P6 outboard Radiator Cinches; Inspect portside SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint).<\/p>\n \u2018Late timeline change; Transfer spare MBSU (Main Bus Switching Unit) with SRMS from Shuttle PLB to ESP-2 (External Storage Platform 2); and Reconfigure P1 & S1 SFUs (Squib Firing Units) after their use for the radiator deployments. <\/p>\n Other Flight Day 8 objects include: SSRMS moves P6 truss to P5 pre-install position; P5 installation on P6 and umbilicals mating; P6 Thermal Radiator deploy; P6 2B SAW (Solar Array Wing) redeploy; and P6 4B SAW redeploy. <\/p>\n \u2018Subsequent steps will depend on the findings of the ongoing investigation, up to and including possible R&R of the trundle bearing with an onboard spare, if required. New insight is also expected by the analysis of the \u2018shaving\u2019 samples collected by EV3 Tani, after their return on STS-120.\u2019<\/p>\n According to one of the many ISS handbook (on L2) \u2013 concentrating on electrical systems on the ISS \u2013 most of the SARJ\u2019s components can be replaced on orbit. The only issue relates to which spares are on board the ISS and which need to be brought up on a future flight. <\/p>\n \u2018Replacement\/Location: The SARJs major components, which include RJMCs, DLAs, trundle bearings, and UTA are all designed to be on-orbit replaceable. <\/p>\n \u2018The race rings are not replaceable but the SARJ can be converted from its nominal inboard operations mode to outboard operations by reversing the directions of the trundle bearings and moving an RJMC and a DLA from the inboard side to the outboard side. <\/p>\n \u2018Conversion to outboard mode allows the SARJ to sustain damage to the outboard race ring teeth without complete loss of SARJ capability.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n Leading up to EVA-3 were a number of Flight Day 7 activities, all successfully completed.<\/p>\n \u2018Heat rejection Radiators (PVRs) #1\/outboard & #3\/inboard on the S1 segment were unfolded (12:52am-1:52am) during crew sleeptime (but observed by crewmembers); P6 truss segment, with retracted solar arrays, was handed off to the SRMS (Shuttle Remote Maneuvering System) from the SSRMS (Space Station RMS), after overnight parking,\u2019 added the status report, available daily on L2.<\/p>\n \u2018Mobile Transporter (MT), with the SSRMS based on it, has rolled on its rails to Worksite 8 (WS-8) on the station\u2019s port side; P6 truss handed back to & grappled by the SSRMS for overnight parking until tomorrow\u2019s installation on the P5 truss.\u2019<\/p>\n See live threads for up-to-the-second live coverage.<\/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> -. The Mission Management Team (MMT) have decided to approve a request by International Space Station (ISS) managers to increase STS-120\u2019s mission by one day, as they work a plan to fully investigate the problem with the starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint). 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\u2018Because of yesterday\u2019s discovery of metal shavings sticking to the Stbd SARJ\u2019s race-ring, brackets and other areas under the #2 thermal cover (of 22 total) , the IMMT (ISS Mission Management Team) has decided to modify EVA-3 timeline by adding an inspection of the identical SARJ on the opposite port side,\u2019 noted Monday\u2019s ISS On Orbit Status report. <\/p>\n
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