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<\/em><\/font>**STS-121: Launch: July 4 LIVE Launch\/Debris\/Flight Day 1**<\/font> \u2013 review the day\u2019s events in full. <\/font>**STS-121: Flight Day 2 Live Updates**<\/font><\/p>\nA vast collection of hi-res images \u2013 and a new video showing slow-motion impact from foam strike, can be viewed on L2.<\/p>\n <\/font>Scan-panel: I-07. Sensor: LDRI. Comment: 3 ROIs found, 1 white scuff mark and 2 white dots found near the middle of the panel.<\/p>\n Scan-panel: I-09. Sensor: LDRI. Comment: 4 ROIs found. The largest area of foam liberation \u2013 although nothing even close to that seen shedding from the PAL ramp on STS-114\u2019s ET-121 \u2013 is missing TPS (Thermal Protection System) foam, forward of an Ice\/Frost ramp at location xt 1269 on the tank. <\/font><\/p>\n Photography shows that the closeout area where the PAL ramp was removed from the tank suffered no damage or liberation. Importantly, the modified Ice\/Frost ramps also remained intact \u2013 despite fears from some sectors of NASA, prior to flight. <\/font><\/p>\n Currently classed as \u2018possible missing TPS\u2019 \u2013 potential shedding can be seen in another image, showing what appears to be a white patch \u2013 consistent with foam loss \u2013 on the Y Side of the LO2 feedline. This area is very small and just visible on the photography.<\/p>\n A very high resolution image, showing the tank after it was separated from Discovery, shows very little damage on the tank overall. Some areas below the Bi-Pod ramp show signs of \u2018popcorning\u2019 although that is inconclusive and not proven by the documentation surrounding the images. Also, images of the area prior to launch show similar patterns and \u2018pits\u2019.<\/font><\/p>\n Discovery is currently carrying out inspection of her TPS (Thermal Protection System) via the use of the 50-foot Orbital Boom Sensor System (OBSS). This inspection will be used to confirm the orbiter did not suffer damage from foam strikes during ascent.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Article shows cropped and reduced images.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/font><\/font>**FREE VIDEOS**<\/font><\/em> \u2013 <\/font><\/em> Five videos of the debris events. Full T-30 mins to T+60 mins STS-121 launch video and all views of launch, plus more. <\/font><\/font> **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/u><\/p>\n Handheld and umbilical well photography of External Tank (ET-119) has shown very little foam liberation, during the ascent stage of yesterday\u2019s STS-121. A collection of high resolution images \u2013 acquired by NASASpaceflight.com \u2013 back up the initial findings made by Shuttle manager Wayne Hale, who last night noted his optimism that the tank had performed […]<\/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-42017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42017"}],"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=42017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}OBSS INSPECTION LATEST:
<\/font><\/font>Scan-panel: I-06. Sensor: LDRI. Comment: ROI Found, white mark found near the T seal.<\/p>\n
**Above image has been deemed to be bird poo**<\/em>
Main article:<\/u><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\nOne of the latest images to be acquired is from camera ORU130, tagged \u2018First Umbilical Well Image \u2013 Missing TPS and Ablation.\u2019 This image shows two areas of foam loss. It is neither noted nor worth guessing how large the liberation was.<\/p>\n
It is currently known that one strike did occur \u2013 as seen in video footage from the ET camera \u2013 during ascent, although NASA has noted they aren\u2019t concerned about potential damage, given the strike occurred in the late stages of ascent.<\/p>\n
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