**The most comprehensive collection of Shuttle, Ares, Orion and ISS related presentations and mission documentation, plus expansive daily processing documentation and updates are available to download on L2<\/em><\/font> **<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n Special STS-118 L2 Section now live, filled with documentation, processing memos, mission notes, videos, handbooks, checklists, and our very special live updates of actual live NASA mission notes direct from mission control, allowing you to follow the mission at the same time as NASA, along with real NASA\/USA engineers helping update and explain status live. All totally unavailable anywhere else on the net.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE: FLIGHT DAY SPECIFIC COVERAGE**<\/font><\/em> (Including links to all NASA Video \u2013 press conferences and mission milestones \u2013 for free).<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n Article:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n The RPM allows the ISS crew to perform a high resolution photo survey of the lower surface thermal protection system (TPS) tiles to screen for ascent debris damage.<\/p>\n The maneuver was debuted on STS-114\u2019s Return To Flight mission, following months of planning by shuttle experts at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). <\/p>\n They were tasked with the limitations on crew and sensor visibility, maneuvers conducted about an unstable orbital stationkeeping position, inherently unstable attitude dynamics, thruster plume impingement on the ISS, shuttle propellant limitations, and a very tight set of lighting and geometry constraints for the inspection photography.<\/p>\n Last week, Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov have successfully completed a standard 30-min Shuttle RPM skill training exercise, head of the arrival of Endeavour. <\/p>\n The two Russian used their DCS-760 digital still cameras with 400 and 800mm lenses at SM windows 6 and 8 to take target imagery.<\/p>\n A large set of data has already been gathered on the health of Endeavour\u2019s heat shield, followng Flight Day 2\u2019s OBSS (Orbiter Boom Sensor System) scans, with most areas seen to be free of any damage (images and presentations on L2). <\/p>\n As with all flights, even the smallest area of interest gains the attention of engineers on the ground, ensuring nothing is left to chance. <\/p>\n Called ROIs \u2013 or Regions Of Interest \u2013 several have been spotted already, notably on both OMS (Orbital Maneuvering System) Pods.<\/p>\n One Pod is noted to have a blanket pulled back with some slight protrusion. Although the wording is similar to that noted for Atlantis\u2019 OMS Pod blanket issue during STS-117 \u2013 which required a spacewalk to pin back into place \u2013 Endeavour\u2019s OMS Pod blanket protrusion is not as \u2018obvious\u2019 to the naked eye, and is unlikely to require any action at this stage. <\/p>\n The other ROI relates to the adjacent OMS Pod, which is deemed to have a protruding gap filler. Both Pods will receive further evaluation before \u2013 and after \u2013 the upcoming RPM.<\/p>\n Other ROIs already noted include the need for more imagery of horsecollar gap fillers on the lower starboard panel and on the starboard RCC panel (number 22).<\/p>\n This maneuver will also aid confirmation that the ET (External Tank) doors on the orbiter have closed properly, to the point no yellow lines are visible. 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