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The shuttle is quickly departing the vicinity of the space station following separation burn No. 2. This was a 42-second burn resulting in a 10 feet per second change in velocity. The astronauts will wrap up their day and go to sleep at 7:03 p.m. EDT this evening. Tomorrow will be spent using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System to inspect the shuttle's wing leading edge panels and nose cap to look for any space debris or micrometeoroid damage that could have occurred during the mission. Standard day-before-landing tests of Endeavour's flight controls and thrusters, along with packing up the cabin for entry will fill the crew's Thursday in orbit. Landing at the Kennedy Space Center to conclude this 16-day spaceflight is scheduled for 10:48 a.m. EDT on Friday. The early weather forecast for Friday at the Kennedy Space Center has concerns about showers and thunderstorms around the landing site that would prohibit the shuttle's return. The outlook also includes a few clouds at 3,000 feet, scattered clouds at 8,000 feet and a broken deck at 25,000 feet, seven miles of visibility, a south-southeasterly wind from 160 degrees of 5 peaking to 8 knots. Saturday's forecast again predicts the chance for rain or storms, a few clouds at 3,000 feet and a broken deck of clouds at 25,000 feet, seven miles of visibility and a southeasterly wind from 120 degrees of 7 peaking to 11 knots. The backup landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California looks favorable both Friday and Saturday. Here's an updated look at the landing times for Friday, Saturday and Sunday at KSC and Edwards: (all times EDT) ORBIT...SITE....DEORBIT.......LANDINGFriday, July 31248.....KSC...09:45 AM.......10:48 AM249.....KSC...11:20 AM.......12:23 PMSaturday, Aug. 1264.....KSC...10:05 AM.......11:08 AM265.....KSC...11:41 AM.......12:43 PM266.....EDW...01:10 PM.......02:12 PM267.....EDW...02:46 PM.......03:48 PMSunday, Aug. 2279.....KSC...08:50 AM.......09:53 AM280.....KSC...10:25 AM.......11:27 AM281.....EDW...11:55 AM.......12:58 PM282.....EDW...01:30 PM.......02:32 PM283.....EDW...03:07 PM.......04:08 PM
The automated rendezvous sequence continues for the Progress M-67 cargo freighter. The craft has closed within a half-mile now and is beginning its flyaround maneuver to align with the aft docking port of the Zvezda service module. The resupply ship is about 650 feet away from the International Space Station. The station is occupied by the Expedition 20 crew of commander Gennady Padalka, NASA astronauts Michael Barratt and Tim Kopra, European astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk. Padalka is standing by to manually dock the Progress via remote control if the automated system experiences a problem. The Progress M-67 spacecraft was launched atop a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan last Friday at 1056 GMT (6:56 a.m. EDT). It reached a preliminary orbit nine minutes later, then deployed two power-generating solar arrays that span 35 feet and unfurled communications and navigation antennas. A series of precise engine firings have led the freighter to this point for its automated linkup. Russian flight controllers have instructed station commander Gennady Padalka to take over manual control of the Progress M-67. The spacecraft has performed its automated flyaround of the station but did not get into the correct orientation behind the complex.
DOCKING CONFIRMED. Just 18 hours after space shuttle Endeavour departed the International Space Station, an unmanned resupply ship has successfully arrived at the outpost. Expedition 20 commander Gennady Padalka flew the remote-controlled docking after the automated system aboard the freighter developed some sort of problem. The Russian-made Progress M-67 freighter is delivering two-and-a-half tons of supplies to the station. The "dry" cargo tucked aboard the Progress amounts to 2,718 pounds in the form of spare parts, life support gear and equipment hardware. The refueling module carries 1,830 pounds of propellant for transfer into the Russian segment of the complex to feed the station's maneuvering thrusters. The vessel also has 463 pounds of water and 110 pounds of oxygen. Space station commander Gennady Padalka aborted the automated approach of an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship today after a problem of some sort left it in the wrong orientation, taking over manual control and remotely guiding the craft to a picture-perfect docking. The shuttle astronauts, meanwhile, are performing now-standard heat shield inspections to look for space debris damage.
Here's a look at today's deorbit and landing timeline for Endeavour's planned 10:48 a.m. EDT homecoming to the Kennedy Space Center: (All times are EDT) Rev. 248 Deorbit to KSCDeorbit burn: 09:42:02 AMChange in velocity (dV): 218 mphBurn duration (dT): 03:04Crossrange: 760 smRange from EI to KSC: 5,033 smTurn: 215-degree left turn to runway 1505:42 AM......Begin deorbit timeline05:57 AM......Radiator stow06:07 AM......Mission specialists seat installation06:13 AM......Computers set for deorbit prep06:17 AM......Hydraulic system configuration06:42 AM......Flash evaporator checkout06:48 AM......Final payload deactivation07:02 AM......Payload bay doors closed07:12 AM......Mission control 'go' for OPS-307:22 AM......OPS-3 transition07:47 AM......Entry switchlist verification07:57 AM......Deorbit PAD update08:02 AM......Crew entry review08:17 AM......CDR/PLT don entry suits08:34 AM......IMU alignment08:42 AM......CDR/PLT strap in; MS suit don08:59 AM......Shuttle steering check09:02 AM......Hydraulic system prestart09:09 AM......Toilet deactivation09:22 AM......MCC 'go' for deorbit burn09:28 AM......MS seat ingress09:37 AM......Single APU start09:42:02 AM...Deorbit ignition09:45:06 AM...Deorbit burn complete10:16:35 AM...Entry interface10:21:42 AM...1st roll command to left10:35:20 AM...C-band radar acquisition10:36:06 AM...1st left-to-right roll reversal10:41:59 AM...Velocity less than mach 2.510:44:09 AM...Velocity less than mach 110:45:08 AM...215-degree left turn to runway 1510:48:20 AM...LandingIf the weather or some problem prevents Endeavour from returning to Earth on schedule, there is one additional landing opportunity available today one orbit later. Here is the timeline for that: Rev. 249 Deorbit to KSCDeorbit ignition: 11:16:55 AMChange in velocity (dV): 218 mphBurn duration (dT): 3:04Crossrange: 292 smRange from EI to KSC: 5,086 sm259 Left turn to runway 1510:56 AM......MCC 'go' for deorbit burn11:02 AM......MS seat ingress11:11 AM......Single APU start11:16:55 AM...Deorbit ignition11:19:59 AM...Deorbit burn complete11:50:54 AM...Entry interface11:55:57 AM...1st roll command to left12:05:41 PM...1st left-to-right roll reversal12:16:13 PM...Velocity less than mach 2.512:18:27 PM...Velocity less than mach 112:19:07 PM...259-degree left turn to runway 1512:22:42 PM...Landing
GO FOR THE DEORBIT BURN! Weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center is acceptable to welcome home the space shuttle this morning, allowing entry flight director Bryan Lunney in Mission Control to give final approval for Endeavour to perform the deorbit burn at 9:41:10 a.m. EDT that will commit the spacecraft for the journey back to Earth. Touchdown in Florida on Runway 15 is set for 10:48 a.m. EDT, completing a mission that finished construction of the Japanese science facilities at the international space station.
DEORBIT BURN IGNITION. Flying upside down and backwards more than 200 miles above the Indian Ocean just west of Malaysia, Endeavour has begun the deorbit burn. The firing of the twin Orbital Maneuvering System engines on the tail of the shuttle will last two minutes and 51 seconds, slowing the craft by 207 mph to slip from orbit. The retro-burn will send Endeavour to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a touchdown at 10:48 a.m. EDT.
DEORBIT BURN COMPLETE. Endeavour has successfully completed the deorbit burn for the trip back home. Landing is scheduled for 10:48 a.m. EDT at the Cape to conclude this latest shuttle run to the space station.
Sixty minutes to touchdown. Endeavour is maneuvering to the orientation for entry. The shuttle will hit the upper atmosphere at 10:16 a.m.
Now 50 minutes from touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center to conclude Endeavour's 15-day, 16-hour, 45-minute flight.
ENTRY INTERFACE. Endeavour's thermal protection system is feeling heat beginning to build as the orbiter enters the top fringes of the atmosphere --a period known as entry interface. The shuttle is flying at Mach 25 with its nose elevated 40 degrees, wings level, at an altitude of 400,000 feet over the southern Pacific Ocean. Touchdown remains set for 10:48 a.m. EDT in Florida. Now 30 minutes from touchdown as Endeavour plunges into the upper atmosphere. The path will take the spacecraft over the Pacific before reaching Costa Rica. The trajectory continues soaring high over the Caribbean and Cuba before reaching Florida.
WHEELS STOP. Shuttle Endeavour and crew have safely returned from their thrilling spaceflight that mixed delicate robotics with the muscle of spacewalkers to continue constructing and maintaining the International Space Station. The mission gave the orbiting complex an outdoor science research facility for astronomy and probing the exposed conditions of space, pre-staged critical spare parts for the outpost and replaced aging batteries in the power grid. "We are happy to be home," says commander Mark Polansky as Endeavour rolled to a stop.
Here are the landing times in Eastern Daylight Time and Mission Elapsed Time: Main Gear Touchdown10:48:08 a.m. EDTMET: 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes, 58 secondsNose Gear Touchdown10:48:21 a.m. EDTMET: 15 days, 16 hours, 45 minutes, 11 secondsWheels Stop10:49:13 a.m. EDTMET: 15 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes, 3 seconds
All seven astronauts have exited the space shuttle. They are inside the Crew Transport Vehicle -- a modified airport "People Mover" -- that pulled up to the side hatch for the astronauts to enter. The CTV features beds and comfortable seats for the astronauts to receive medical checks after returning to Earth's gravity from the weightless environment of space. Six of the astronauts, all but returning long-duration space station astronaut Koichi Wakata, have left the Crew Transport Vehicle for the traditional walkaround inspection of the space shuttle on the runway. There to greet them is new NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. The astronauts are heading for crew quarters to be reunited with their family members and have some dinner. The towing of Endeavour from the runway to its processing hangar is expected to begin within the next couple hours.
Сейчас Индевор пролетает над Украиной.
Цитата: Александр Репной от 31 Июл 2009 [17:21:57]Сейчас Индевор пролетает над Украиной.Такое впечатление, что шаттл всё время летает над гнездом кукушки.Модераторы! Ну, сделайте же что-нибудь.
какая скорость у МКС? за сколько полный оборот делает вокруг Земли?В Википедии прочитал, что угол наклона станции 51 град. Что это за наклон?
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