Atlantis (STS-135) = 8.07.11 19:29:04 ЛМВ - Kennedy

[Salo]

http://www.rian.ru/science/20110121/324306870.html

НАСА назначила на 28 июня последний запуск шаттла "Атлантис"[/size]
04:33 21/01/2011

МОСКВА, 21 янв - РИА Новости. Национальное агентство США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (НАСА) утвердило в четверг дату заключительного запуска шаттла "Атлантис", назначив его на 28 июня, сообщается на сайте аэрокосмического ведомства.

Ранее были утверждены даты и время последних стартов шаттлов "Дискавери" и "Индевор", которые станут последними в рамках космической программы НАСА Space Shuttle. По данным НАСА, запуск "Дискавери", переносившийся несколько раз из-за технических проблем, намечен на 24 февраля в 16.50 по местному времени (08.50 мск). Старт "Индевора", также перенесенный с 1 апреля ввиду дополнительных проверок топливной системы челнока, запланирован с космодрома на мысе Канаверал (Флорида) на 19 апреля в 19.48 по местному времени (10.48 мск).

Заключительным станет и запуск "Атлантиса", хоть он и не входит официально в программу Space Shuttle, так как конгресс США все еще не выделил необходимые для осуществления старта несколько сотен миллионов долларов, хотя договоренность об этом была ранее достигнута. Несмотря на этот факт, НАСА уже начало подготовку к этому полету, так как иначе специалисты агентства могут не успеть подготовить шаттл к запуску к 28 июня.

Основной задачей полета "Дискавери" будет доставка на МКС большого количества грузов. Кроме того, астронавты Эл Дрю и Тим Копра совершат два выхода в открытый космос для профилактических работ на установленном на внешней поверхности станции оборудовании. Они также закрепят там специальную платформу с запасными частями для системы энергоснабжения МКС. "Индевор" доставит на МКС магнитный спектрометр, а "Атлантис", помимо доставки грузов, заберет с МКС неисправный насос.

Ротация экипажей на Международной космической станции сейчас осуществляется при помощи российских кораблей "Союз". "Союзы" останутся единственным средством транспортировки на орбиту и возвращения космонавтов и астронавтов в программе МКС после закрытия программы Space Shuttle и до появления новых пилотируемых кораблей.

[Leroy]

А каков состав экипажа?

[Sharicoff]

А каков состав экипажа?

Фергюсон, Хёрли, Магнус, Уолхейм.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/sep/HQ_10-222_LON_Annc.html

[George]

На "Атлантис" полетит модуль "Рафаэлло". Он останется в составе МКС, как "Леонардо" или его вернут на Землю?

[Чебурашка]

На "Атлантис" полетит модуль "Рафаэлло". Он останется в составе МКС, как "Леонардо" или его вернут на Землю?

А его есть куда воткнуть?

[Salo]

http://space.flatoday.net/2011/01/atlantis-officially-designated-final.html

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Atlantis officially named final shuttle mission[/size]

Atlantis is now officially designated to fly the year's third and final shuttle mission before the fleet is retired.

In a weekly program meeting today, shuttle managers changed the flight's numeric designation from STS-335 to STS-135, signifying a shift from a potential "launch on need" mission to one formally on the manifest.

It is targeted for launch to the International Space Station at 3:48 p.m. EST June 28, though station managers would like to see the mission flown later in the summer to best serve the outpost's long-tern supply needs.

The mission has been anticipated since it was requested in the NASA authorization bill signed into law in October.

But funding has remained uncertain with NASA operating under a budget held at 2010 levels through at least March 4.

Today's change directs training and other preparations to proceed despite that ongoing uncertainty. A crew of four led by Chris Ferguson has already been named to fly the mission, which would launch with the Italian-built cargo module nicknamed Raffaello.

[Salo]

William Harwood (2010-11-19). "STS-135 Flight Plan". CBS News.

[Salo]

NSF: NASA managers approve STS-135 mission planning for June 28, 2011 launch

[anik]

На "Атлантис" полетит модуль "Рафаэлло". Он останется в составе МКС, как "Леонардо" или его вернут на Землю?

Raffaello возвратят на Землю.

[Salo]

http://space.flatoday.net/

Last shuttle mission patch released
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CollectSPACE has unveiled the design of the 135th and final shuttle mission, an Atlantis flight scheduled for this summer assuming funding is available.

CollectSPACE editor Robert Pearlman said the patch's designer is believed to be mission specialist Rex Walheim's wife, a graphic artists who designed the STS-122 mission patch.

Here's the narrative explaining the design:

The STS-135 patch represents the space shuttle embarking on its mission to resupply the International Space Station.

The shuttle is centered over elements of the NASA emblem depicting how the shuttle has been at the heart of NASA for the last 30 years. It also pays tribute to the entire NASA and contractor team that made possible all the incredible accomplishments of the space shuttle.

Omega, the last letter in the Greek alphabet, recognizes this mission as the last flight of the space shuttle program.

The STS-135 mission will launch on space shuttle Atlantis carrying the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. The crew is led by commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim.

posted by James Dean at 11:11 AM

[X]

ОГО!  Разрешили гостям писать в пилотируемых.  А давно?

[Старый]

Эмблема - готовое надгробие.

[us2-star]

Эмблема - готовое надгробие.

Эмблема как эмблема. С отсылками на 1-ю и 26-ю И подкова-"омега" в тему...

[X]

ромб в эмблеме, мне кажется, лишний. Пустив по кругу омеги имена астронавтов и без ромба эмблема была бы красивее....

[us2-star]

ромб в эмблеме, мне кажется, лишний. Пустив по кругу омеги имена астронавтов и без ромба эмблема была бы красивее....

Пожалуй согласен...
ромб и черная "ёлка" реактивных струй выглядит довольно мрачно... интересно, что символизирует их количество?

[X]

ромб в эмблеме, мне кажется, лишний. Пустив по кругу омеги имена астронавтов и без ромба эмблема была бы красивее....

Пожалуй согласен...
ромб и черная "ёлка" реактивных струй выглядит довольно мрачно... интересно, что символизирует их количество?

количество астронавтов в экипаже

[sol]

Странно - а чего Индевор не запускают как последний? Он же самый прокачаный и свежеизготовленный...

Или... его берегут на случай самого самого распоследнего внезапного запуска?

[Pavel Anisimov]

Национальное агентство США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (НАСА) утвердило в четверг дату заключительного запуска шаттла "Атлантис", назначив его на 28 июня

М-да...
Если назначили на 28 июня, значит полетит где-то в сентябре. В лучшем случае.  :roll:

[Salo]

Atlantis Crew Prepares For Last Shuttle Mission[/size]

Mar 24, 2011

By Mark Carreau

HOUSTON — At Johnson Space Center, preparations for STS-135 – a 12-day supply mission to the International Space Station and the absolute end of the shuttle program – are unfolding with increasing urgency despite the absence of congressional agreement on a 2011 budget.

The mission is slated to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on June 28 at 3:40 p.m. EDT.

At the Florida spaceport, Atlantis awaits the April 19 departure of Endeavour's final mission, STS-134, before taking a place at Launch Pad 39A. In Houston, STS-135 commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley, Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim have transitioned from training for the rescue role they would shoulder if Endeavour sustained damage to her thermal protection system to preparations for a demanding resupply flight.

"I think there is still some speculation as to whether we will actually fly this flight," Ferguson said March 23. "But with every passing day, I'm more and more convinced that NASA has the funding put aside and we have the tacit approval of Congress." The flight is included in the 2010 NASA Authorization Act.

Ferguson, Hurley and Magnus spoke of the mission plans during a demonstration of their station rendezvous training.

NASA has not flown the shuttle with a crew of four since STS-6, a five-day satellite deployment mission in 1983. The basic flight plan has changed considerably since the 2003 Columbia tragedy and now includes time-consuming heat shield inspections on the second and next-to-last mission days. In addition, station missions, which usually include six or seven astronauts, require "all hands" for the manually flown rendezvous and docking on flight day three.

Hurley says the demands on the small crew rival those of his previous flight, STS-127, a 16-day station assembly mission in July 2009 that included five spacewalks.

"It feels like I have three times as much stuff to do," he says. "Everyone has two, three or four other jobs and each of us has to back up somebody."

Without a shuttle on standby to serve as their rescue vehicle, Ferguson's crew also will be trained more extensively than usual in space station operations. Should Atlantis reach the station but be unable to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, the shuttle astronauts would rotate back to Earth aboard a succession of Soyuz flights. Walheim would return after three months, Ferguson after six months, Magnus after nine months and Hurley after a year.

To help spread the workload, the Atlantis crew will launch 2 hr. earlier in the crew day than usual. The change will give them 8 hr. to prepare on orbit for the heat shield inspection on day two.

[Salo]

Stacking of final shuttle rocket boosters underway[/size]
BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: March 29, 2011

The last-ever set of space shuttle solid-fuel rockets began taking shape Tuesday evening as technicians started stacking the boosters that will power Atlantis this summer.

Inside Kennedy Space Center's cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building, the left-aft segment was hoisted out of the handling crate around 5:30 p.m., slowly maneuvering into high bay No. 1 and then onto the mobile launch platform.


File image of lower booster segment in Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA
 
The assembly process will take a couple of weeks to complete. When the work is finished, the twin boosters will stand 149 feet tall and 12 feet in diameter.

Each motor is packed with 1.1 million pounds of propellant and burns about five tons per second. The rubber-like fuel, poured in like cookie dough and hardened to resemble the texture of a pencil eraser, is a blend of aluminum powder, ammonium perchlorate, HB polymer, iron oxide and an epoxy curing.

Built by Alliant Techsystems, the rockets provide 80 percent of the thrust that propel the space shuttle off the ground. A single shuttle solid rocket booster generates up to 3.3 million pounds of thrust during ascent.

The external fuel tank is in the Vehicle Assembly Building awaiting the its next move. Currently located across the aisle in the high bay No. 2-East checkout cell being readied for flight, the tank will be mated to the solids by month's end.

Atlantis is undergoing final testing at the nearby orbiter processing facility for her 33rd voyage. She will be rolled to the VAB for mounting to the tank and boosters in early May.

Launch of this final space shuttle mission is targeted for June 28 at 3:40 p.m. EDT to deliver a massive amount of supplies to the International Space Station using the Italian-made Raffaello cargo vessel.

Speaking with reporters in Houston last week, Atlantis astronaut Sandy Magnus said bringing the shuttle home for landing one last time will be a highly emotional event.

"It's going to be very sad. Actually, I told (commander Chris Ferguson) that I'm probably going to be crying when we land just because it's just so sad," she said.

"The shuttle has given so much to the country. You look at the different kind of missions it can do, and it built the space station, it's done science missions that range from taking the Spacelab up to big radar missions we've done, it's done astronomy, it's done biological science, material science, and then it's done satellite deploy, repair and retrieve. It's an incredible legacy that this vehicle has given us."

Ferguson and Magnus will be joined by pilot Doug Hurley and flight engineer Rex Walheim on the 12-day flight, returning to KSC for landing July 10 around 11 a.m. EDT.


File image of booster stacking. Credit: NASA