NASA STS-121/ULF1.1 FD 09 Execute Package
MSG 069A (13-0658A) – FD09 MISSION SUMMARY
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Good morning, Discovery
Another great day yesterday – you guys are the best Shuttle crew this year, so far. Plus, now that it looks like camera D has pink eye, and obviously it got pink eye from Station’s S1LO, you have proven that viruses can be transmitted in the space environment. Brilliant!
Have a wonderful EVA day. And by the way, the news of your talk with the President has spread to the four corners of the world after having been released to the media by the White House. Again, great job.
MSG 073 (13-0661) – FD08 MMT SUMMARY
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FD8 MMT Crew Summary
The FD 8 MMT meeting lasted about an hour. Both Programs were extremely happy with the results of EVA 2 and a post EVA review of the data indicates that all hardware is properly secured with the proper bolt torques. The MT is now fully redundant and a good Mobile Servicing System (MSS) checkout including the mast camera has been completed by the ISS teams. In terms of significant decisions, the ISS Program confirmed they are in agreement with pre-flight EVA 3 priorities but would like to see the grapple bar transferred only if time is available after the TPS Repair DTO. The ISS Program was also very appreciative of the EV hatch picture and no additional pictures of the scratch will be required. The MMT also concurred with the FES troubleshooting plan, which will be scheduled the day before entry after FCS Checkout and RCS hotfire are completed. More details on a few of the items are listed below to review at your leisure.
Transfer – The preliminary estimate from FD 8 is that the MPLM is ahead of schedule with about 90% of the total MPLM transfer complete. Estimates at the time of the MMT were that approximately 93% of the MPLM re-supply and 88% of the MPLM return items are complete. The middeck transfer appears to be ahead of schedule and there was no change from the FD 6 status which was ~44% complete (68% re-supply/10% return) based on the data presented at the MMT.
EVA #3 – The locking problems with EV1’s SAFER were discussed and there were no issues voiced at the MMT with using this SAFER for EVA 3 including the possible use of Kapton tape for EVA 3 to keep the mechanism in the lock position.
WLE Sensors – The WLE sensors continue to provide data for the orbit data takes and all of the data to date has been nominal. WLE aft port sensor 1009 (panels 8, 9, 10 region) is declared failed but there are two other sensors in the area that provide overlapping coverage.
FES Troubleshooting – Since FES PRI B was noisy on STS-114 during deorbit prep and since the FES cannot be functionally checked out on the ground in the OPF, on-orbit troubleshooting is key to attempt to determine the cause of the anomalous FES PRI B post insertion behavior. The plan is for Steve to perform about an hour of troubleshooting on FD 13 (FCS Checkout day). The plan includes data collection on FES PRI A to provide baseline data, then operations on FES PRI B, and lastly operations on the Secondary controller, which will address any potential icing that could occur if FES PRI B does not operate nominally. The troubleshooting procedure will be PV’d on FD 9 in the SMS by Steve Frick prior to uplink to the crew. Regardless of the troubleshooting results, FES PRI A will be used for entry.
