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**Over 350mb of STS-116 related presentions and mission documentation <\/em>available on L2<\/em>**<\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Discovery STS-116 Processing Flow + ROLLOUT**<\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Atlantis STS-117 (STS-317) Processsing Flow**<\/em><\/p>\n The new system, AHMS, has been coming for some time, noted former astronaut Steve Oswald, vice president and program manager of the Boeing Space Shuttle program on Tuesday, who also noted the system could prove to be a useful technology outside of the SSMEs (Space Shuttle Main Engines) for which they are primarily designed. <\/font><\/p>\n Should the system prove useful, Oswald noted that the system could be a viable component for other engines, such as the J-2X, which is set to power the upper stage of the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle \u2013 the replacement for the Shuttle fleet. <\/font><\/p>\n The system has been developed by a large section of the Shuttle engineering community, including <\/i><\/b><\/font><\/font>MSFC, JSC, KSC, SSC Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc United Space Alliance Boeing Honeywell, Inc. <\/font><\/p>\n While the SSMEs have a superb service history with the Shuttle, engineers believe that having an advanced single controller in charge of the engine sensors is the best way forward for the final flights of the vehicle. <\/font><\/p>\n Meanwhile, final preparations for Discovery\u2019s rollout went to plan, although there were several technical issues with the mating operation inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). <\/font><\/p>\n SpaceX launch tickets (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n \u2018Sling was to be removed last Thursday, but right aft separation bolt strain gages read erratically,\u2019 noted the latest flow integration report (full reports on L2). \u2018First bolt R&R\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d (Removed and Replaced. Had same type issues on second bolt. <\/p>\n \u2018Engineering community decided to relax torque on bolts, and saw more consistent measurements. Last bolt remained installed, and performed six and 12 hours checks, which were both good. Sling was removed before the weekend.\u2019<\/p>\n Discovery\u2019s journey to the pad will last well into the morning over in Florida. This article will be updated throughout the rollout of the Shuttle.<\/em> **INFINITY: 10 minute STS-115 MUSIC VIDEO**<\/font><\/em> \u2013 **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/p>\n <\/font> Shuttle Discovery has arrived at launch pad 39B this morning, marking another milestone in her preparations for STS-116, which is set to launch early in December. Among STS-116 many milestones will be the inclusion of a new \u201cAdvanced Health Management System (AHMS),\u201d Boeing confirmed Tuesday, which it is hoped will reduce risk of main engine […]<\/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-41888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41888"}],"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=41888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/font><\/em>AHMS will not be a fully working system on Discovery, debuting for the purpose of evaluations on this \u2013 and the next \u2013 flight with Atlantis on STS-117, in \u2018monitor mode.\u2019 It should then become fully functional piece of hardware for all flights thereafter. <\/font><\/p>\n
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