{"id":42130,"date":"2006-03-06T21:03:03","date_gmt":"2006-03-06T13:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/opf-3-incident-srms-roped-off\/"},"modified":"2006-03-06T21:03:03","modified_gmt":"2006-03-06T13:03:03","slug":"opf-3-incident-srms-roped-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/opf-3-incident-srms-roped-off\/","title":{"rendered":"OPF 3 incident \u2013 SRMS roped off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Potential damage to Discovery\u2019s SRMS (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System) is being evaluated, after an impact occurred with the robotic arm, during work on the orbiter. <\/p>\n

Discovery is currently in OPF 3 (Orbiter Processing Facility), undergoing final preparations for her rollover to the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building), where she\u2019ll be mated with her External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters, ahead of STS-121, currently scheduled for May.\n<\/p>\n

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The incident started on Friday, when a tile technician bumped into a heat lamp, which smashed against a handrail, showering a small amount of glass in the aft midbody of the orbiter\u2019s payload bay.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Work took place on Saturday to clean up the glass, but one of the buckets used came into contact with the arm in the payload bay.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018PR RMS-303-0135 was generated to document the bridge bucket making contact with the RMS,\u2019 noted a NASA Ops Daily Report. \u2018The incident occurred Saturday at approx 2210 hrs after technicians were finished cleaning glass from the payload bay (reference previous entry). <\/p>\n

\u2018The technicians had just dropped off equipment on the 13 platforms and were in the process of stowing the bucket when the contact occurred. Since the sensor pad that shuts down the bucket upon contact was below the plane of impact, the bucket did not stop automatically.\u2019<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

An investigation into any damage on the arm is taking place. The last time a similar incident occurred was prior to STS-113, when a worker bumped into Endeavour\u2019s  RMS. Following an investigation, the arm, RMS 201, was deemed to be undamaged \u2013 and was cleared for flight.<\/font> \"\"<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

A similar investigation is taking place for this incident, with some of the blankets that protect the arm to be removed to confirm the RMS is undamaged.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018Marks were noted on the blanket in two places. The entire west side of the 13 platforms is controlled and an investigation board has been formed,\u2019 added the report. \u2018RMS Engineering was also notified. <\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018Once the investigation board releases the area for work, the blankets will be removed and the RMS will be inspected.\u2019<\/p>\n

Discovery is due to rollover to the VAB, early in April. The orbiter is due to have her payload bay doors closed next week, as part of preparations for her departure from the OPF.<\/font>
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Potential damage to Discovery\u2019s SRMS (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System) is being evaluated, after an impact occurred with the robotic arm, during work on the orbiter. Discovery is currently in OPF 3 (Orbiter Processing Facility), undergoing final preparations for her rollover to the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building), where she\u2019ll be mated with her External Tank and […]<\/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-42130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42130"}],"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=42130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}