August 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Crew Members Flex Robotic Arms to Install Stowage Platform
by Arthur Rowe 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Members Flex Robotic Arms to Install Stowage Platform* ISS015-E-22166 : Barbara Morgan Image above: Mission Specialist Barbara R. Morgan smiles for a photo near the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Image: NASA - TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html With the use of Canadian-built robotic arms, STS-118 astronauts installed a new stowage platform on the exterior of the International Space Station. External stowage platform-3 (ESP-3) is the third of its kind to be installed on the station. The first two, however, were attached during spacewalks on previous missions. The stowage platforms are used to hold spacewalk tools and spare equipment. Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan used Space Shuttle Endeavour’s robot arm to lift ESP-3 out of the payload bay and to hand it off to the station arm. STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson used the station arm to attach the platform to the station’s Port 3 truss segment. Inside the shuttle/station complex, cargo transfers between the two spacecraft continue. Also on tap for today are preparations for STS-118’s third spacewalk scheduled for Wednesday. The crew began the day at 6:07 a.m. with a wakeup call wishing Caldwell happy birthday. Animations: + External Stowage 3 (ESP-3) Overview <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')> | + ESP-3 Installation <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')> *Mission Management Team Update* Mission managers have determined that damage to a small section of Endeavour’s heat shield poses no threat to crew safety or mission operations. However, they are discussing options for possible repair work that would ensure preparations on the ground for Endeavour’s next flight will go more smoothly. The damage occurred during the climb to orbit on Aug. 8. + View video of tile damage <http://www.nasa.gov/mov/186009main_STS118_Site1_Rev2.mov> *NASA TV* Morgan and Williams will take time out of their schedule at 2:01 p.m. to field questions from ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox. Then at 5:09 p.m., Morgan, Anderson and Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Alvin Drew will participate in an education event with students at the Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise. Both events will be aired live on NASA TV.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-14 15:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-14 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kursk Explorer Group, Mount Elbrus, Russia (***) Successful Thu 2007-08-09 15:14 UTC (***) McCall-Donnelly School District, McCall, Idaho, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) Thu 2007-08-16 15:14 UTC 28 deg (***) Simulcast on Echolink and IRLP. (***) Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China, direct via BY4RRR Sun 2007-08-26 10:44 UTC 53 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 309. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-08-14 15:30 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-08-14 15:30 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Expedition 15 future: Daniel Tani KD5DXE STS-118 docked (***) Scott Kelly, Charles Hobaugh, Dave Williams, Barbara Morgan KD5VNP, Richard Mastracchio KC5ZTE, Tracy Caldwell, Benjamin Drew ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

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Installed New Station CMG
by Arthur Rowe 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Mastracchio, Williams Install New Station CMG * Rick Mastracchio removes failed CMGImage above: Astronaut Rick Mastracchio holds the failed control moment gyro shortly after its removal from the Z1 truss. Image: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html STS-118’s second spacewalk is now in the history books. Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio successfully installed a new control moment gyroscope (CMG) onto the International Space Station’s Z1 truss during the excursion, which ended at 6 p.m. EDT. The new CMG replaces a faulty gyroscope, which was removed during the first half of the spacewalk. The new gyroscope is one of four CMGs that are used to control the station’s attitude in orbit. Before concluding the 6-hour, 28-minute excursion, the orbital duo relocated the faulty CMG to external stowage platform-2, where it will stay until it is returned to Earth on a future shuttle mission. Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell served as the spacewalk coordinator, and STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson operated the station’s robotic arm. The next spacewalk is scheduled to take place Wednesday. Mastracchio and Anderson will team up to prepare the station’s Port 6 truss for relocation during STS-120. A fourth spacewalk was added to the schedule when STS-118 was extended by three days. In other activities, crew members continued cargo transfers between Endeavour and the station. Experts on the ground continued to analyze imagery collected Sunday during the STS-118 crew’s focused inspection of five areas of concern on the Endeavour’s heat shield.

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New NASA Software Monitors Space Station Gyroscopes
by Arthur Rowe 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Aug. 13, 2007 > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > katherine.trinidad(a)nasa.gov > > John Bluck > Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. > 650-604-5026 > jbluck(a)mail.arc.nasa.gov > > Lynnette B. Madison > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > lmadison(a)ems.jsc.nasa.gov > > > NEW NASA SOFTWARE MONITORS SPACE STATION GYROSCOPES > > HOUSTON - NASA has added a new computer program to help monitor the > four gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station properly > oriented without the use of rocket fuel. During a spacewalk on > Monday, two astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour removed and > replaced a gyroscope that failed in late 2006. > > Computer scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, > Calif., designed the new software for the space station. The > Inductive Monitoring System will be added to a group of existing > tools to identify and track problems related to the gyroscopes. > > "If the system does something unexpected, the software alerts ground > controllers that something is different, an anomaly, and that allows > them to analyze the situation and take preventive measures as > necessary," said David Iverson, the computer scientist at Ames who > spearheaded the five year-effort to develop the software. > > During its development, researchers used the software to analyze > several months of normal space station gyroscope data collected by > the International Space Station Mission Control Center at NASA's > Johnson Space Center, Houston. In these tests, problems with the > gyroscopes were noticed long before the previous system flagged > glitches. NASA started using the software earlier this year. > > The software program also has been used in F-18 fighter planes and by > the space shuttle's leading edge impact detection system, as well as > for electric power plant and water quality monitoring. > > For more information about the International Space Station, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > >

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Station, Shuttle Crews Working Together
by Arthur Rowe 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Station, Shuttle Crews Working Together* Image above: The International Space Station's robotic arm prepares to hand off the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 15 crew and the visiting STS-118 crew continue joint operations aboard the International Space Station. Since the seven STS-118 astronauts arrived on Aug. 10, the station has grown in size and received a new attitude control gyroscope during two spacewalks. The Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment was attached Saturday during STS-118’s first spacewalk. The S5 will serve as a spacer segment between the Starboard 4 and 6 (S6) segments. The S6 and its solar arrays will be attached during a future shuttle mission. During Monday’s spacewalk, a faulty control moment gyroscope (CMG) was replaced. The station has four CMGs that control its orientation in space. They are located in the Z1 truss. Two more spacewalks will take place during STS-118’s stay at the station. In other activities, the two crews have been transferring cargo between Endeavour and the station. STS-118’s stay at the station is slated to wrap up when Endeavour undocks Aug. 20.

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Space Station Grows With Addition of Truss Segment
by Arthur Rowe 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Space Station Grows With Addition of Truss Segment* ISS's robotic arm, Orbital Boom Sensor System and Endeavour's robotic armmage above: The International Space Station's robotic arm prepares to hand off the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Already the largest human-made object orbiting the Earth, the International Space Station continued its on-orbit growth spurt with the addition of the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment. The S5 was attached Saturday during STS-118’s first spacewalk. The S5 will serve as a spacer segment between the Starboard 4 and 6 (S6) segments. The S6 and its solar arrays will be attached during a future shuttle mission. The S5 is the newest piece of the station’s backbone, called the Integrated Truss Structure, which will eventually span the length of a football field and contain four sets of solar arrays. Three more spacewalks will take place during STS-118’s stay at the station. One of the tasks during the upcoming spacewalks is the replacement of a faulty attitude control gyro. The two crews are also transferring cargo between Space Shuttle Endeavour and the station. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson welcomed the seven-member STS-118 crew aboard the station Friday at 4:04 p.m. EDT. The STS-118 crew arrived at the station a couple of hours earlier when Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at 2:02 p.m. STS-118’s stay at the station is slated to wrap up when Endeavour undocks Aug. 20. *Command and Control Computer Shuts Down, Backup Takes Over* The main command and control computer in the International Space Station’s Destiny Laboratory shut down about 3:52 p.m. EDT Saturday. The primary backup computer immediately took control and assumed the backup duties. There was no impact to the spacewalk being conducted by the STS-118 crew. Flight controllers are working to resolve the issue.

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Mastracchio, Williams Install New Station CMG
by Arthur Rowe 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > *Mastracchio, Williams Install New Station CMG * > > Rick Mastracchio removes failed CMGImage above: Astronaut Rick > Mastracchio holds the failed control moment gyro shortly after its > removal from the Z1 truss. Image: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html > > STS-118 spacewalkers Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio installed a > new control moment gyroscope (CMG) into the International Space > Station’s Z1 truss. They will secure the faulty CMG and equipment > before wrapping up the excursion. > > The new CMG replaced a faulty gyroscope, which was removed during the > first half of the spacewalk. The failed gyro will remain at its > temporary stowage location on the station’s exterior before it is > returned to Earth on a later shuttle mission. The new gyroscope is one > of four CMGs that are used to control the station’s attitude in orbit. > > The excursion began 11:32 a.m. EDT. Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell > is serving as the spacewalk coordinator, and STS-118 Pilot Charles > Hobaugh and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson are operating > the station’s robotic arm. The spacewalk is scheduled to wrap up about > 6 p.m. > > Meanwhile, crew members are transferring cargo between Endeavour and > the station. Experts on the ground continue to analyze imagery > collected Sunday during the STS-118 crew’s focused inspection of five > areas of concern on the Endeavour’s heat shield.

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Spacewalkers to Replace Station Gyro Today
by Arthur Rowe 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio will go spacewalking for the second time today. Their primary task is to replace a faulty attitude control gyro on the International Space Station. The spacewalk is slated to begin at 11:31 a.m. EDT ( 1531 UTC ) and last 6.5 hours. The faulty gyro is one of four devices, called control moment gyros (CMGs), located in the Z1 truss that are used to control the station’s orientation. The new CMG rode to the station on External Stowage Platform-3 in Space Shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay. Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell will resume her role as the mission’s spacewalk coordinator and Pilot Charles Hobaugh will operate the station’s robot arm. Two more spacewalks are scheduled for STS-118’s stay at the station. Meanwhile on Earth, experts continue to analyze imagery collected Sunday during the STS-118 crew’s focused inspection of five areas of concern on the Endeavour’s heat shield. *Managers Add Three Days to Shuttle Mission* Mission managers decided Sunday to extend the STS-118 mission by three days. The decision came after the successful operation of the new Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS). Endeavour is now scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Aug. 20 and land Aug. 22. In addition to the extra time at the orbital outpost, managers added a fourth spacewalk that is scheduled to take place Aug. 17. The SSPTS reroutes power from the space station to the shuttle during docked operations, allowing the orbiter to conserve materials needed to generate power and spend more time in space.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-13 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-13 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: School in Russia on Mount Elbrus Thu 2007-08-09 15:14 UTC Waiting on contact confirmation (***) Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China, direct via BY4RRR Sun 2007-08-26 10:44 UTC 53 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 308. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-08-13 06:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-08-07 15:30 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Expedition 15 future: Daniel Tani KD5DXE STS-118 docked (***) Scott Kelly, Charles Hobaugh, Dave Williams, Barbara Morgan KD5VNP, Richard Mastracchio KC5ZTE, Tracy Caldwell, Benjamin Drew ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

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Managers Add Three Days to Shuttle Mission
by Arthur Rowe 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Managers Add Three Days to Shuttle Mission* Mission managers decided Sunday to extend the STS-118 mission by three days. The decision came after the successful operation of the new Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS). Endeavour is now scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Aug. 20 and land Aug. 22. In addition to the extra time at the orbital outpost, managers added a fourth spacewalk that is scheduled to take place Aug. 17. The SSPTS reroutes power from the space station to the shuttle during docked operations, allowing the orbiter to conserve materials needed to generate power and spend more time in space. *Crew Concludes Heat Shield Inspection, Prepares for Next Spacewalk* The STS-118 crew completed Sunday’s focused inspection of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s heat shield and has turned its attention to Monday’s spacewalk. Using the shuttle robotic arm and 50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), the crew collected imagery of five areas on Endeavour’s underside that may have been damaged during the climb to orbit on Aug. 8. STS-118 Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell and Barbara Morgan and Commander Scott Kelly operated the shuttle’s robotic arm. STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson were at the controls of the International Space Station’s robotic arm. The data collected during the inspection will be analyzed by experts and engineers at the Mission Control Center in Houston. Mission Specialists Dave Williams and Rick Mastracchio are preparing for their second spacewalk. The preparations include spacesuit and tool checkouts. The crew members will review the excursion’s timeline Sunday before the spacewalkers begin the overnight campout in the station’s Quest Airlock. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 11:31 a.m. EDT Monday. The primary task is the replacement of a faulty control moment gyro in the station’s Z1 truss. The station has four gyros that are used to control the station’s attitude. *Mission Information* + View Barbara Morgan Video <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('','http://mfile.akamai.com/18565/rm/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/real…','http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')> + STS-118 Mission Overview <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/index.html> + STS-118 Fact Sheet (900 Kb PDF) <http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/184910main_sts118_factsheet4.pdf> + STS-118 NASA TV Schedule <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html> + STS-118 Briefing Animations <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/multimedia…> + STS-117 Mission Archive <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/main/index…>

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