STS 132

Nasa, partito l'ultimo Atlantis
Sei astronauti verso stazione spaziale
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DEBUTTÒ NEL 1985. PORTÒ NELLO SPAZIO IL PRIMO ASTRONAUTA ITALIANO, FRANCO MALERBA
L'ultimo volo dello shuttle Atlantis
È decollato da Cape Canaveral per una missione
di 12 giorni con 6 astronauti a bordo
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2di7 http://www.ufoforum.it/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=6538&REPLY_ID=107238 ha scritto:Alle 8:56 a.m. EDT gli astronauti dell'Atlantis hanno iniziato l'ispezione dello scudo



purtroppo le operazioni sono rallentate dal malfunzionamento di un sensore:

The inspection of Atlantis' heat shield tiling is still hampered by a malfunctioning system on the sensor unit being used to scan the tiles. The crew discovered that a piece of hardware on the shuttle is pinching the so-called pan-and-tilt unit, which controls where the sensor is pointed.

"It is crystal clear exactly where the pinch is," Atlantis commander Ken Ham radioed to Mission Control. "No matter of panning is going to help change that situation."

The crew and mission managers are discussing how to move forward.

Source: space.com

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Update:

Astronauts Switch to Second Sensor System
15 May 2010 12:00 p.m. EDT

Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis have decided to give up on a balky sensor they've been using to scan their orbiter's heat shield. Instead, they'll switch to a second sensor system attached to a digital camera that will take pictures of the heat insulation tiling.

The trouble with the scan has eaten up some of the crew's time, so they may have to postpone some other tasks and take longer than usual to complete the normally six-hour inspection.

Source: space.com

Astronauts Complete Right Wing Inspection
15 May 2010 1:21 p.m. EDT

The crew of space shuttle Atlantis is proceeding, albeit slowly, with the inspection of their orbiter's heat shield using a backup sensor system. The astronauts finished scanning Atlantis' right wing, and are ready to move on to the shuttle's nose.

The crew is using a secondary sensor system that requires daylight, so they must wait out their current nighttime pass and begin work again in about 10 minutes when they have adequate lighting from the sun.

Source: space.com

Docking Day for Atlantis Crew
Sun, 16 May 2010 09:28:07 AM GMT+0200
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/rss_feed_above_snip_collection_archive_1.html
http://www.spaceweekly.com/?p=28659

Atlantis Docks with International Space Station
Sun, 16 May 2010 04:34:20 PM GMT+0200

At 10:28 a.m. EDT, Commander Ken Ham backed space shuttle Atlantis into pressurized mating adapter #2 on the International Space Station’s Harmony node. The two spacecraft were flying about 220 miles up over the South Pacific at the time they docked.

The shuttle and station crews will open hatches and hold the traditional welcome ceremony at about 12:30 p.m. Atlantis’ crew will be working with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and NASA's T.J. Creamer and Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

About an hour after hatches are open, Caldwell Dyson and Mission Specialist Piers Sellers will use the station’s robotic arm to move the Integrated Cargo Carrier from the payload bay to the station’s mobile transporter. This will enable the carrier and its attached hardware to be prepositioned for use throughout the mission.

Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Michael Good and Steve Bowen will transfer the spacesuits and spacewalk equipment over to the station’s Quest airlock and begin setting up for the first spacewalk.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/rss_feed_above_snip_collection_archive_1.html

Crew Prepares for Landing, Talks to Media
Tue, 25 May 2010 02:35:13 PM GMT+0200

At 3:40 a.m. EDT, space shuttle Atlantis' flight control system was checked out, and its maneuvering jets were tested at 4:50 a.m.

At 8:10 a.m., crew members participated in interviews with the Colbert Report, ABC Radio, and Cleveland's WEWS-TV.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html