Pad hold time from PRSD load in the launch countdown through the eventual launch will be >96 hrs, with cryo oxygen being the limiting consumable.Ītlantis’s water tanks will also undergo a standard 180 lbs offload during final prelaunch activities.Ītlantis will launch with one powered GLACIER freezer and one powered CGBA.
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The International Space Station’s Expedition 28 crew will consist of Commander Andrey Borisenko, Flight Engineer (FE) Ron Garan, FE Alexander Samokutyaev, FE Sergei Volkov, FE Mike Fossum, and FE Satoshi Furukawa.Īt liftoff, Atlantis will carry a full 5 tank Nitrogen load and a near-full 5 cryo tank load for her Fuel Cells – there will be a 375 lbs offload of cryo oxygen. Together, they will make up the only 4-person Shuttle crew to launch to the ISS and the smallest Shuttle crew since the 4-person STS-6/Challenger crew in 1983.
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The mission will feature seven (7) full days for docked operations between Atlantis and the International Space Station, plus one docking day and one undocking day, 1 scheduled EVA (Spacewalk) by the ISS crew, and 30 hours of middeck transfers to and from Atlantis and the ISS.ĭuring the docked operational period (assuming a launch in the July window), Atlantis will be docked to PMA-2 on Node-2 “Harmony,” two Soyuz vehicles will be docked to MRM1 and MRM 2, the 42P Progress will be docked to DC1, and the 43P Progress docked to SM aft.Ītlantis’s crew will consist of Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialist 1 Sandy Magnus, and Mission Specialist 2/Flight Engineer Rex Walheim. Targeting launch on Friday, 8 July 2011 at approximately 11:26:46 EDT, the STS-135/ULF-7 flight of OV-104 Atlantis will be a 12+0+2 day non-SSPTS mission – meaning there are 12 nominal flight days, zero on-orbit extension days, 2 landing contingency days, and no ability to draw power from the International Space Station.
During the Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) FRR, the STS-135/ULF-7 flight timeline was thoroughly reviewed ahead of clearance to proceed to the Space Shuttle Program FRR on June 21. Meanwhile, NASA and mission managers met this week for the main Flight Readiness Reviews (FRR). With just three weeks to go before the final launch of the Space Shuttle, Atlantis remains on course for her big day on July 8.
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