Archive - Dec 2006
December 22nd
Shuttle Payload Bay Doors Close for Landing
The STS-116 crew closed Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay doors
about 12:13 p.m. EST in preparation for a 3:56 p.m. landing at Kennedy
Space Center, Fla.
If flight controllers elect to take this landing opportunity, Commander
Mark Polansky will fire Discovery's jets to begin the descent to Kennedy
at 2:49 p.m.
All three landing sites have been activated today due to forecasts of
questionable weather at Kennedy and Edwards Air Force Base in
California. The forecast for the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico
is favorable.
December 21st
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
RAFT and ANDE reports
Feel free to post any reports and telemetry info from these satellites here.
ISS Radio Report
December 20th
MEPSI and RAFT Deploy Videos
MEPSI Deploy Video available here: http://www.aj3u.com/mepsi.php
RAFT Deploy Video available here: http://www.aj3u.com/raft.php
A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
Crew Inspects Heat Shield, Prepares for Landing
STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick used the shuttle's robotic arm and boom extension sensor system to check the heat shield for any space junk or micrometeoroid hits that may have occurred while the orbiter was docked to the International Space Station.
Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam, Christer Fuglesang, Joan Higginbotham and Thomas Reiter are stowing items in preparation for the return to Earth. Discovery is slated to touch down at 3:56 p.m. EST Friday.
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html