Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:24:39 -0500
Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts will awaken at 9:59 p.m. EDT to begin Flight Day 13, the day before landing. They will do standard pre-landing checkouts of the shuttle’s flight control systems and reaction control system thrusters before deploying a PicoSat and fielding questions from network reporters.
Atlantis is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space center just before 6 a.m. on Thursday.
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Powiadomili też, że jest też dostępna druga godzina lądowania:
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:24:50 -0500
Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts activated one of the ship’s three auxiliary power units, APU 1, and performed a checkout of the orbiter’s flight control surfaces. This standard day-before-entry test assures the crew and Mission Control that Atlantis’ elevons and speed brake will provide control once the shuttle enters the atmosphere for Thursday’s landing.
Soon, the crew will “hotfire” Atlantis’ 44 reaction control system thruster jets to verify their ability to steer the shuttle through its entry profile before it encounters the atmosphere.
The Flight Dynamics Officer in Mission Control has slightly updated the times for Atlantis’ two Thursday landing opportunities at Kennedy Space Center:
Orbit 200
Deorbit burn - 4:49:04 a.m. EDT
Landing - 5:56:58 a.m. EDT
Orbit 201
Deorbit burn - 6:25:44 a.m. EDT
Landing - 7:32:55 a.m. EDT