Talk:STS-124/Archive 1

Shuttle Processing for week of 11-9-07
Discovery is now back in its hangar at Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. Preparations are under way for offloading the residual cryogenic reactants this weekend, followed by opening the payload bay doors and the start of detailed post-flight inspections. At this time, Discovery appears to have few issues.JeremyWheat 23:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 11-16-07
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 3, the end-of-mission/integrated roll-in operations are complete. The payload bay doors were opened last weekend and the Ku-band antenna was deployed. Orbiter power system validations and radiator inspections have finished. The orbiter boom sensor system was removed and transferred to bay No. 2 for installation in Endeavour. Inspections of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels on the wing leading edges are under way. The external airlock hatch functional test is complete. Preparations are in progress for offloading hypergolic fuel. Post-flight inspection of the thermal protection system is halfway complete. JeremyWheat (talk) 00:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 11-21-07
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 3, hypergolic fuel has been off-loaded from the orbital maneuvering system. Inspections of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels on the wing leading edges are complete. The main engine dome heat shields have been removed, and preparations are under way for removal of the three main engines next week. Functional checkout of the forward reaction control system is in progress, and window No. 1 has been removed and replaced. Post-flight inspection of the thermal protection system is 70 percent complete. JeremyWheat (talk) 04:37, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 12-01-07
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 3, engine No. 2 was removed this week, and engines No. 1 and 3 will be removed next week. Functional checkout of the forward reaction control system is finished. Thermography inspection of the nose cap and chin panel is under way. The functional checkout of the orbital maneuvering system pods is also in progress. Window No. 4 was removed and replaced. Post-flight inspection of the thermal protection system is 89 percent complete. The removal and replacement of fuel cell No. 1 began today.JeremyWheat 22:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 12-14-07
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 3, the orbiter PVD door functional test, fuel cells 1 and 3 functional checkout, and RMS turnaround verification preps were completed. Port MPMs were moved to the vertical position on Dec. 13. The MADS data recorder removal, replacement, and retest are scheduled for Friday. The floor plate, side panels and phenolic panels were installed this week for aft skirt joint closeout and floor plate installation. JeremyWheat (talk) 23:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 12-21-07
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 3, the remote manipulator system verification testing is finished. The hydrogen separator was removed and replaced. Workers continue preparations for installing BRI tiles, a new, stronger type of thermal tile, around the external tank doors and main landing gear doors. All three liquid hydrogen engine feedline eddy current inspections are complete. JeremyWheat (talk) 20:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 1-5-08
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 3, the shuttle's payload bay doors are open. The Ku-band antenna was deployed Jan. 2. The fuel cell single-cell voltage test is scheduled for today. Window No. 7 purge barrier installation was performed Jan. 3. Radiator repairs will continue Saturday and Sunday. JeremyWheat (talk) 01:11, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 1-11-08
Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 3 - Thermal control system checkout completed with no anomalies - Drag chute alignment and installation completed Thursday - Space shuttle main engine No. 1 liquid oxygen transducer leak checks performed Thursday with nominal results - Solid rocket booster stacking date selection expected Jan. 14 - Aft bulkhead check valve retest completed Wednesday with no issues

JeremyWheat (talk) 02:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Shuttle Processing for week of 1-18-08
Orbiter Processing Facility Bay No. 3 - Vernier thruster pressure chamber flushes continue in preparation for inspections - Ku band antenna stow scheduled for Friday - Drag chute flight door checkout scheduled for Friday - Solid rocket booster stacking scheduled for Jan. 31 - Power redundancy testing was successfully completed - External tank separation camera interface verification is complete - Payload premate testing completed Tuesday JeremyWheat (talk) 02:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

March 25?
I'm guessing that with Endevour still being in space as of today (March 24), STS-124 is no longer planned to launch tomorrow. Does anyone have the new revised date? --Jfruh (talk) 15:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That's why it says May and not March :D --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:34, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh geez. Time to get the eyes checked, I guess... --Jfruh (talk) 17:52, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Crew photo caption
Is it correct ? The guy on the far right is the only one who looks "Japanese". 189.70.113.143 (talk) 07:06, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well spotted. There used to be another photo of the crew there for which the caption was correct. When we updated the photo, it appears someone forgot to change the caption. I have fixed it now. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Timeline from press kit
For some previous Shuttle missions, the "Timeline Overview" section of the NASA press kit has been used to create a "Mission timeline" section for the Wikipedia article, largely via "copy and paste"-style editing. Does anyone want to do that for this mission? (sdsds - talk) 22:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

STS-124 Insignia
The current STS-124 mission insignia on the STS-124 main page is a pre-version. The official version looks different (STS-124 title in center, crew names with more distance to each other). See http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-124/html/sts124-s-001.html STS-Chris - (talk) 10:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems like those are errors in the conversion to an SVG render. I will ask the SVG author/drawer to take another look at it. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Correction. It appears that the software on the mediawiki servers which generates PNG thumbnails of the SVG files is the problem here. If I directly request the SVG file and let Safari render it, then it shows correctly. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Does anybody know what the Japanese characters on the bottom of the STS-124 insignia mean in English? Jungworld.com (talk) 07:54, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 'Kibo', I believe - or 'Hope' in English. Colds7ream (talk) 14:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That is exactly correct. The piece it is bringing up is called Kibo, which is Japanese for Hope, and that is what it stands for. Also, that is why there is a Japanese flag located on the insignia. Ssmercedes18 (talk) 17:05, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Flight day 1 inconsistency
I thought the OBSS was not launched with Discovery this time, so there cannot have been a detailed heatshield inspection on Flight Day 1. Also the reference there is changing and has changed away already, so its probably bad.

-MarcusMeissner (talk) 21:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Just a note to back up MarcusMeissner: it really doesn't help the article much to cite a web page where you know the content is going to change! Please see the flight day 3 link for the location of MCC status report pages that will continue to retain their content! (sdsds - talk) 06:00, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

There was no inspection of underside of orbiter, no OBSS on board. They used SRMS(Canada Arm) for inspection of OMS pods, Wing Leading edge and nose cone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steveie85 (talk • contribs) 14:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Sighting
I don't know if this should be included, but I spotted the Space Shuttle and it's fuel tank burning up last night. I am from Ireland. It was just a white light with an orange light underneath it going at the same speed. It's the first time I've ever seen one. It was mentioned in the media here that it would be visible in the western sky at 10.18 local time, after it's launch at 10.02. I also spotted the ISS 4 minutes before. The space shuttle was trying to catch up, as I'm sure you're well aware. Would every space shuttle be visible like this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Padddy5 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes every space shuttle launch will be like that. Note that if you see it now it will be one white light. steveie85 —Preceding comment was added at 15:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Infobox
I know this isn't the perfect place to ask but why are you still using a mission Parameter list in this types of articels whereas you have the option to write it in the infobox?--Hendrikharry (talk) 06:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That covers most of the info. Where would the mass go?  I don't see a field in Template:Infobox Space mission for that. -Fnlayson (talk) 12:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunate choice of word...
while "sayonara" has a high level of formality and respect, it generally connotes a parting which may last for a great time, which seems a bit unlucky in the context of spaceflight. Much better for Cmdr. Kelly to have used "iterasai" (have a nice trip) or "ja mata ne" (see ya later). But it was still a wonderful gesture to use Japanese to bid Kibo farewell. Kasreyn (talk) 12:51, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Launchpad damage
Should there be any mention of the launch pad damage? (For various news sources, Google: sts-124 launch pad damage) 217.45.238.49 (talk) 10:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Seems like there should be since that appeared in quite a few media reports, so it's a well-sourced event and one of unusual magnitude. Though, not much else is known at this time, so... I have no strong opinion either way - either a short summary of what was reported or to hold it back until more is known would be fine by me. Being an encyclopedia, we have the luxury of time, unlike the mainstream media. What do others think? 64.209.16.204 (talk) 04:13, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Please add info, where can i find info on it? Does anyone know exactly what happened to the launch pad? Lovingnews1989 (talk) 06:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


 * One news example is http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=88594 NASA pictures: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=36309 http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=36308 http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=36311 http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=36310

The forces exerted by the shuttles main engines and twin solid rocket boosters caused the brick in the flame trenches to be thrown several miles away. Also the concrete which the bricks adhere too and the steal underneath were also destroyed. Nasa is estimating anywhere from a few weeks to a few months and said it should have no impact on STS-125's launch in October.--Steve (talk) 15:51, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

I rewrote this section. Copying and pasting the bulk of the news article does not seem appropriate, even if proper attribution is given. — HorsePunchKid (talk) 2008-07-10 15:00:56Z

Apogee/Perigee Error?
can someone check to see if the apogee/perigee data has been switched? I'm not good on this stuff but they seem reversed to me... - Acq3 (talk) 05:23, 17 June 2008 (UTC)