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To: La Enchiladita

No problem. I’ve found NASASpaceFlight to be the best resource around.

As far as the major events, they deployed the P4 array, and it had a tear (this was the first array that they had the most trouble with stowing way back late last year). They don’t know if the tear happened during the deploy or stow. But they had an “Apollo 13” moment where the ground team was working around the clock to figure out a fix and send procedures up to them. They ended up putting what they called “cufflinks” into the array to relieve the tension on the hinge. It seems to have worked because the arrays are holding and are properly tensioned.

Anyway, the payload bay doors are closed and the crew has manoeuvred into the communications attitude awaiting the deorbit burn. I’d love to provide live coverage but I’ll be out for most of entry, I’ll be back in time for wheels down if they take the first attempt, which it looks like they will.


15 posted on 11/07/2007 6:52:24 AM PST by AntiKev ("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
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To: AntiKev; KevinDavis; RightWhale; SE Mom; All

Thanks again. I’m back; where is everyone?
I’ve got NASA-TV on; they went into de-orbit burn on schedule.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

The link for NASA-TV live coverage is halfway down the sidebar at above-linked page.

STS-120 over Australian.... 59 MINUTES TO TOUCHDOWN.


17 posted on 11/07/2007 9:10:54 AM PST by La Enchiladita
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