Cygnus OA-7 (CRS-7) - Atlas V - Canaveral SLC-41 - 18.04.2017 15:11 UTC

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04/17/2017 15:25  Atlas 5 is rolling

First motion has occurred and the Atlas 5 rocket's rollout to the launch pad is underway for tomorrow's liftoff.

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04/17/2017 16:08
A collection of crew provisions and new science investigations to improve life on Earth moved to the launch pad today for liftoff tomorrow to the orbital research post at the International Space Station.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus commercial cargo freighter mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was rolled out from the vertical assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 this morning.

Liftoff is scheduled for 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT) to deliver nearly four tons of supplies to the station.

"This will be our 7th mission to the ISS, it will be our fourth flight of our Enhanced Cygnus spacecraft and the third flight on an Atlas 5 rocket out of the Cape," said Frank DeMauro, Orbital ATK's vice president and general manager of its Advanced Programs Division in the Space Systems Group.

"We will be carrying about 7,500 pounds of cargo to the ISS. Included in that will be supplies for the crew, hardware for the space station and also scientific experiments and a lot of cubesats."

The Atlas 5 began its third-of-a-mile trek to the launch pad with first-motion at 8:24 a.m. EDT (1224 GMT), arriving atop Complex 41 just after 9 a.m. The first stage will be filled with 25,000 gallons of RP-1 fuel, a highly-refined kerosene, later today.
Countdown clocks begin nearly seven hours before launch.

It will be the third Cygnus cargo mission launched by an Atlas 5. Orbital ATK ordered the flight from United Launch Alliance just last November.

"We have a lot of familiarity, we've done two missions on the Atlas 5 with ULA not that long ago, so we're very comfortable with that. The KSC team, again, has been very supportive to help us pull this off," DeMauro said.

"We rolled out a program recently called RapidLaunch, and many of the things we put in place to enable quick turnaround integrations and allowed us to get this mission ready," added Vern Thorp, United Launch Alliance's program manager of Commercial Missions.

Weather forecasters give a 90 percent chance of good conditions for launch tomorrow.

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Michelle‏ @spacechelle 11 мин. назад

It's time for the #OA7 Pre-Launch press conference. Includes reps from @NASA @ulalaunch @OrbitalATK & Air Force. #GoAtlas #GoCygnus

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4 ч. назад

Launch countdown clock at @NASAKennedy Press site on L-1 day to #AtlasV #OA7

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Michelle‏ @spacechelle 2 мин. назад

There are 2 investigations happening in a "furnace" testing crystal melts. A bit different than typical crystal growth experiments #Science

(Ну как есть - вылитая Трындычиха из к/ф "Свадьба в Малиновке" )

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Michelle‏ @spacechelle 3 мин. назад

There are 38 @NanoRacks cubesats (from various investigators) being carried on #Cygnus for deployment from #ISS - Dr. Ruttley @ISS_Research

Michelle‏ @spacechelle 2 мин. назад

Will have pods to test heat shield data including possible design to be used on @NASA_Orion - Dr. Ruttley #OA7 #ISS

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Michelle‏ @spacechelle 1 мин. назад

Here's the weather report for tomorrow's #OA7 launch. This is what we like to see! Please be kind Mother Nature!! #GoAtlas #GoCygnus

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Orbital ATK‏Подлинная учетная запись @OrbitalATK 6 мин. назад

Among the science #Cygnus is carrying to @Space_Station is the RED-Data 2 investigation that will test new heat shield technologies

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Michelle‏ @spacechelle 3 мин. назад

34 of these will be deployed from the Kibo airlock & 4 will be deployed from the @OrbitalATK #Cygnus after it departs #ISS

Michelle‏ @spacechelle[/url] 20 мин. назад
There are 38 @NanoRacks cubesats (from various investigators) being carried on #Cygnus for deployment from #ISS - Dr. Ruttley @ISS_Research

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 2 мин. назад

.@OrbitalATK's Culbertson: #OA7 has ~300kg more cargo than orig. Continuing to work on carrying more cargo on Antares & #AtlasV

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Michelle ‏ @ spacechelle 2 мин. назад

There are 2 investigations happening in a "furnace" testing crystal melts. A bit different than typical crystal growth experiments # Science

 

(Ну как есть - вылитая Трындычиха из к/ф "Свадьба в Малиновке" )

Для читающих и смотрящих фото уточню.

Michelle‏ @spacechelle

выглядит подругому  , а это

Spacenews360‏ @SpaceNews360  31 мин31 минуту назад

Dr. Tara Ruttley reviewing details of medical and food and MANY other tests aboard the #ISS #OA7 #CR7

Michelle‏ @spacechelle  40 мин.40 минут назад
Dr. Ruttley (@spacemama)here to share some of the scientific investigations that are being launched aboard #OA7. #ScienceInSpace #ISS

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 31 мин. назад

Vern Thorp, ULA: launch delayed from last month by hydraulic issues on vehicle and ground support equip and subsequent anomaly review. #OA7

Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 36 мин. назад

David Craft, weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron: weather still 90% go for the #OA7 launch tomorrow; cumulus cloud rule primary concern.

Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 52 мин. назад

Orbital ATK's Frank Culbertson at this morning's #OA7 briefing: sorry we missed Easter, but sure the crew will be happy with their baskets.

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2  pnetmon, дык я Dr. Ruttley (aka spacemama) и имел ввиду - трещит, что тот пулемёт, впечатление, что если, не дай бог, перестанет говорить - ласты склеит   )

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Olaf пишет:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=41564.msg1667772#msg1667772

Cygnus capture at ISS 6am Saturday.

OA-7 will remain at ISS for ~80days

Т.е. отстыковка и отделение примерно 11 июля.

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Spacenews360‏ @SpaceNews360 1 ч. назад

Dr. Ruttley interesting stated bone minerality remains stable not sure re: bone density, which they think diminishes. #ScienceInSpace #STEM

Spacenews360‏ @SpaceNews360 1 ч. назад

Dr. Tara Ruttley reviewing details of medical and food and MANY other tests aboard the #ISS #OA7 #CR7

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Michelle‏ @spacechelle 38 мин. назад

It's amazing how many notes I get asking if @spacemama & I are sisters. Nope! But she is one of my besties! #Friends #SpaceGals

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/04/17/photos-atlas-5-rolled-out-with-oa-7-cygnus/

Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with OA-7 Cygnus
 April 17, 2017 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was transfered fr om its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 today for Tuesday's launch of a commercially-operated cargo ship to resupply the International Space Station.

Liftoff is planned for 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT).

The rocket was wheeled out aboard a mobile launcher platform, emerging from the hangar wh ere the rocket's two stages and the payload were integrated.

The slow drive from the 30-story Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad used a pair of specially-made "trackmobiles" to carry the rocket's 1.4-million pound launching platform along rail tracks for the 1,800-foot trip.

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The rocket is flying the 401 vehicle configuration. The version features two stages, a four-meter-diameter nose cone and no solids. It is powered off the launch pad by an RD AMROSS RD-180 main engine. The Centaur upper stage has an Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-1 cryogenic engine.

Photo credit: United Launch Alliance/Jeff Spotts

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 2 мин. назад

Given the audience cheering starting the "What's on Board" #OA7 briefing on NASA TV, this is not a briefing for the traditional news media.

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Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station 2 ч. назад

Two rockets on opposite sides of the world rolled out to their launch pads ready to blast off to the station. https://go.nasa.gov/2oPhcw2

Orbital ATK, ULA, NASA Kennedy / KSC и РОСКОСМОС

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SpaceFlight Insider‏ @SpaceflightIns 25 мин. назад

Arabidopsis is a member of the mustard (Brassicaceae) family. It's often used in genetics & molecular biology research. #STEM @ISS_Research




SpaceFlight Insider‏ @SpaceflightIns 16 мин. назад

Among @ISS_Research going on #OA7: antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs): highly potent biopharmaceutical targeted therapy for treating cancer.


SpaceFlight Insider‏ @SpaceflightIns 7 мин. назад

2016 Genes in Space winner, Julian Rubinfien, whose project is going up on #OA7 as part of #GenesInSpace - https://www.genesinspace.org/ 



SpaceFlight Insider‏ @SpaceflightIns 3 мин. назад

Julian is 16 years old, btw. #GenesInSpace is an annual program open to students in grades 7 through 12: https://www.genesinspace.org

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/04/17/u-s-russian-rockets-rollout-for-cargo-and-crew-deliveries/

U.S., Russian Rockets Rollout for Cargo and Crew Deliveries
Posted on April 17, 2017 at 11:37 am by Mark Garcia.

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The Cygnus spacecraft atop an Atlas V rocket (left) and the Soyuz MS-04 rocket rolled out to their launch pads today.

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Two rockets on opposite sides of the world rolled out to their launch pads today ready to blast off to the International Space Station. An American rocket rolled out to its pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Russian rocket was carted by train and raised to its vertical position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft is stacked atop the Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance and ready for its Tuesday launch at 11:11 a.m. EDT from Florida. The seventh contracted Commercial Resupply Services mission for Orbital ATK will deliver over 7,600 pounds science gear and crew supplies to the Expedition 51 crew. Cygnus is due to arrive Saturday morning for a robotic capture and installation to the Unity module.

Two new Expedition 51 crew members will be seated in the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft when it lifts off from Kazakhstan Thursday at 3:13 a.m. Just six hours and 10 minutes later the duo will dock to the Poisk module to begin a mission expected to last about 4-1/2 months.

Meanwhile, the orbiting trio of Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineers Thomas Pesquet and Oleg Novitskiy are getting ready for the new arrivals and continuing space research. Whitson explored how the brain adapts to microgravity while Pesquet set up hardware to collect body fluid samples for later analysis. Novitskiy focused on systems maintenance in the station's Russian segment.

This entry was posted in Expedition 51, Uncategorized and tagged cygnus, European Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Orbital ATK, Roscosmos, Soyuz on April 17, 2017 by Mark Garcia.