One Million Seconds and Counting

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:41 pm

MISSISSIPPI- On Wednesday, Jan. 21 a milestone event in the Space Shuttle Program will occur, the one millionth second of Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) testing and flight operations.

Engineers plan to test fire a Space Shuttle flight engine for 520 seconds at 4:30 p.m. EST, during which the one millionth second of firing will occur. The test SSME is scheduled for use on STS-121, the mission following the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight (STS-114).

Words escape me to describe this event...

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:04 pm

Ok when did STS-121 become the second shuttle flight in the return to flight schedule. Last time i saw STS-114 would be followed by 115 and the flights would be in the correct order for several flights atleast till 118. Granted that was before the accident but i hadnt heard of that change.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:36 pm

I'm don't know what the schedule was before the accident, but if it was changed, I think it was during the return-to-flight planning to allow for a crew rotation. It's also a utilization and logistics flight, but I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

After STS-121 is 115 and then it continues in order until after STS-120.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 9:47 pm

Ok after i made the post i looked at the current flight manifest and your right it has been switched so 121 will be the second flight. Looks like what they did was switch the missions of 114 and 121. 114 was originaly supose to be a logistics and utilization flight and crew rotation. I don't know what 121 was originally but 114 is now a multi purpose logistics module flight so they may have just switched the 2 and pushed up 121 and pushed back 115. Dont know for sure but it sounds about right.

meg · Post by **meg** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:26 pm

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sts are numbered when they are conceptualized, not when they go up. originally, 114 and 115 were to proceed 107. 114 on atlantis was supposed to finish some of the experiments that 107 began and exchange crew on the station while 115 on endeavour was supposed to add another solar ray onto the iss. now, 114 will do experiments on safety along with some experiments from before, then 121 will go up and do more safety experiments and also exchange crews. then the order of flights will return to what was originally planned unless something new is brought up.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:47 pm

Well ofcourse a big part of the new 114 mission will be the testing of new safety procedures a big part will also be one of the multipurpoose logistics modules. Looks like 121 was moved up since it was probably already scheduled as a crew rotation flight and the timing should be about right for a crew changeout. I'll have to look and see what 114 was originally sheduled for besides the crew changeout i have the original crew photo it has that info but it seems to me it was something diffrent then a multi purpose logistics module. And believe eme i know the numbers on the flights dont nessecarily reflect flight order they really haven done so consistently since STS-41D. I dont remember anything about 114 continuing expirements of 107 but i guess its possible ill look at the info on the back of the crew photo and post the details here later.

meg · Post by **meg** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:51 pm

if i remember correctly, 121 was added just for the purpose of the safety experiments. it was just now wedged in between.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:13 pm

Ok this should settle it once and for all. I found the launch manifest prior to the columbia accident it also includes mission descriptions for each flight. STS-121 was scheduled already but for several flights down the road following the next hubble servicing mission on STS-122 which has also now been canceled. This manifest also includes the soyuz xhangeouts that were planned at the time of STS-107. STS-121 although scheduled was a diffrent mission than the one it will now fly although 114 and 115 for the most part are the same except for the crew rotations and the adding of the new safety procedures to 114. The below list comes from astronautix.com.

01 March 2003 - Cancelled: STS-114. Prime Crew: Collins Eileen, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson, Malenchenko, Kaleri, Lu,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-114 was to have been the seventeenth station flight (ULF1). It would have carried the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and carried out a crew rotation (replacing the ISS EO-6 crew of Bowersox, Budarin, and Pettit with the Malenchenko, Kaleri, and Lu. Instead the EO-6 crew would return in May aboard the Soyuz TMA-1 lifeboat already docked to the station, being replaced by a new two-man emergency crew of Malenchenko and Lu (launched aboard Soyuz TMA-2).

18 April 2003 - Cancelled: Soyuz TMA-2A. Prime Crew: Padalka, Duque, Kotov,
Soyuz TMA-2 was originally to switch lifeboats on the International Space Station. The crew would have returned to earth in the Soyuz TMA-1 already docked to the station. The presence of Kotov in the third seat of the spacecraft was not confirmed up to the time of the Columbia disaster. After the loss of Columbia, and the grounding of the remaining shuttles, it was decided instead that the EO-6 crew (Bowersox, Budarin, and Pettit) aboard the station would return in Soyuz TMA-1. Soyuz TMA-2 would be instead flown by a two-man skeleton crew (Malenchenko and Lu) to keep the station alive until shuttle flights could resume.

23 May 2003 - Cancelled: STS-115. Prime Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean, Stefanyshyn-Piper,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-115 was to have flown a ten-day ISS Assembly mission ISS-12A. It would have delivered the second left-side truss segment (ITS P3/P4); a solar array; and batteries. The crew would first have attached the P3/P4 Truss to the first port truss segment (P1 Truss). Then they would have deployed solar array set 2A and 4A, activated and checked out the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), and deployed the P4 Truss radiator.

24 July 2003 - Cancelled: STS-116. Prime Crew: Wilcutt, Oefelein, Curbeam, Fuglesang, Foale, McArthur, Tokarev,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-116 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-12A.1. It would have delivered the third left-side truss segment (ITS P5), logistics and supplies aboard a Spacehab single cargo module. The crew would have attached the P5 truss segment to the P3/P4 second port truss segment; deactivated and retracted the P6 Truss Channel 4B (port-side) solar array; reconfigured station power from the 2A and 4A solar arrays; and delivered the EO-8 Expedition Eight crew (Foale, McArthur, Tokarev) to the station and returned the EO-7 Expedition Seven crew (Malenchenko, Kaleri, and Lu) to Earth. Instead Malenchenko and Lu were to have been delivered to the ISS by Soyuz TMA-2 and Foale and Kaleri would make up the Soyuz TMA-3 crew that would replace them.

02 October 2003 - Cancelled: STS-117. Prime Crew: Sturckow, Polansky, Reilly, Mastracchio, Higginbotham, Forrester,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-117 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-13A. It would have delivered the second right-side truss segment (ITS S3/S4) and a solar array set and batteries. The crew would have attached the S3/S4 Truss to the first starboard truss, the S1, along with the third set of solar arrays. They then would have delivered four external attachment sites for truss-mounted exterior experiments and research; activated and checked out the S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); deployed the channel 1A and 3A solar arrays; reconfigured the station power supply; and retracted the P6 Truss Channel 2B (starboard) solar arra

12 November 2003 - Cancelled: Soyuz TMA-3A. Prime Crew: Dezhurov, Kuipers, Skripochka,
Soyuz TMA-3 was originally to switch lifeboats on the International Space Station. The crew would have returned to earth in the Soyuz TMA-2 already docked to the station. The third crew position (Skripochka) was uncertain -- a paying space tourist would have taken that spot if one could be found and trained in time. After the Columbia disaster, the remaining shuttles were grounded. The Soyuz was then the only means of keeping the station manned. It was therefore decided that Soyuz TMA-3 would fly with the skeleton crew of Foale and Kaleri.

13 November 2003 - Cancelled: STS-118. Prime Crew: Kelly Scott, Hobaugh, Parazynski, Williams Dave, Morgan, Nowak,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-118 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-13A.1. It would have delivered the a Spacehab Single Cargo Module with station supplies, and the third starboard truss segment (ITS S5). The crew would have attached the S5 Truss to the station.

15 January 2004 - Cancelled: STS-119. Prime Crew: Lindsey, Kelly Mark, Gernhardt, Noriega, Padalka, Fincke, Kononenko O D,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-119 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-15A. It would have delivered the fourth and final set of U.S. solar arrays along with the S6 fourth starboard truss segment. The crew would have relocated the P6 Truss from atop the Z1 Truss to its final assembly location attached to the P5 Truss (becoming the final port-side truss segment). The would then redeploy and activate the P6 Truss Channel 2B and 4B solar arrays. The misson would also have delivered the EO-9 crew (Padalka, Fincke, Kononenko) to the station and returned the EO-8 crew (Foale, McArthur, Tokarev) to earth.

19 February 2004 - Cancelled: STS-120. Prime Crew: Halsell, Poindexter, Lawrence, Sellers, Wilson, Foreman,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-120 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-10A. It would have delivered to the station the second of three station connecting modules, Node 2. This would be attached to the end of the US Lab and provide attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accomodation Module and later Multipurpose Logistics Modules. The future primary docking location for the shuttle would then be a pressurized mating adapter attached to Node 2. With this mission the redefined ISS US Core would have been completed. However due to budget cutbacks it would still not have been able to sustain the six-person crew required for full science missions.

15 April 2004 - Cancelled: STS-122.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. Columbia would have flown Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia.

May 2004 - Cancelled: Soyuz TMA-4A. Prime Crew: Musabayev, Schlegel,
Soyuz TMA-4 was originally to switch lifeboats on the International Space Station. The crew would have returned to earth in the Soyuz TMA-3 already docked to the station. The third crew position (was uncertain -- a paying space tourist would have taken that spot if one could be found and trained in time. After the Columbia disaster, the remaining shuttles were grounded. The Soyuz was then the only means of keeping the station manned. It was therefore decided that Soyuz TMA-4 would fly with the skeleton crew of McArthur and Tokarev.

Mid-2004 - Cancelled: STS-121. Prime Crew: Chiao, Phillips, Sharipov,
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-121 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-9A.1, delivering the SPP with 4 Solar Arrays to the station. It would probably have returned ISS EO-9 crew (Padalka, Fincke, Kononenko) to earth and delivered the EO-10 crew (Chiao, John Phillips and Sharipov) to the station.

Fall 2004 - Cancelled: STS-123.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-123 was to have flown ISS resupply mission ISS-UF4. It would have delivered the contents of an Express Pallet, plus the SPDM and AMS to the station.

Late 2004 - Cancelled: STS-124.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-124 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-1J/A. It would have delivered the Japanese JEM ELM PS module and SPP to the station.

February 2005 - Cancelled: STS-125.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-125 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-1J. It would have delivered the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module and JEM RMS to the station.

April 2005 - Cancelled: STS-126.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-126 was to have flown ISS resupply mission ISS-UF3. It would have carried an MPLM module and Express Pallet for delivery of equipment and supplies to the station.

June 2005 - Cancelled: STS-127.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-127 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-1E. It would have delivered the European Lab - Columbus (APM) to the station.

August 2005 - Cancelled: STS-128.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. Columbia would have flown Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Flight 5.

October 2005 - Cancelled: STS-129.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-129 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-2J/A. It would have delivered the Japanese hardware JEM EF and the Cupola to the station.

Early 2006 - Cancelled: STS-130.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-130 was to have flown ISS resupply mission ISS-UF5. Equipment and supplies would have been delivered to the station aboard an MPLM and Express Pallet in the cargo bay.

Spring 2006 - Cancelled: STS-131.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-131 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-14A. 4 SPP Arrays and the MMOD would have been delivered to the station.

Late Spring 2006 - Cancelled: STS-132.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-132 was to have flown ISS resupply mission ISS-UF6. Supplies and equipment would have been delivered via an MPLM and EXPRESS Pallet in the cargo bay.

Summer 2006 - Cancelled: STS-133.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-133 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-20A. Node 3 would have been delivered to the station.

Late 2006 - Cancelled: STS-134.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-134 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-16A. The Habitation module would have been delivered to the station.

Late 2007 - Cancelled: STS-138.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-138 was to have flown ISS resupply mission ISS-UF7. The Centrifuge Accomodations Module (CAM) would have been delivered to the station.

Early 2007 - Cancelled: STS-135.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-135 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-17A. An MPLM would have delivered Destiny lab racks and a CBA to the station.

Spring 2007 - Cancelled: STS-136.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-136 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-18A. The first US Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) would have been delivered to the station.

Mid-2007 - Cancelled: STS-137.
Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. No crew had been named at the time of the loss of Columbia. STS-137 was to have flown ISS assembly mission ISS-19A. An MPLM and other station hardware would be delivered.

meg · Post by **meg** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:51 pm

are they cancelled, or just postponed?

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 12:34 pm

I guess it kind of depoends on how you look at it. That flught manifest is pretty much defunct because its obvious they are reshuffling flights and changing some of the missions. So many if not all of the missions as listed there are now diffrent. So really i guess they are cancelled atleast as they are listed on that manifest, But those flights somewhat reformatted will happen eventually, Something will have to change for STS-122 since NASA announced friday that they will not be doing anymore Hubble servicing missions. I doub't they will just skip the mission altogether but they will either have to move all the other flights after it up or just give it a totaly new mission. But then again in 1984 and 1985 several planned flights were canceled altogether so its not unheard of.

meg · Post by **meg** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:18 pm

my understanding is that after 114 and 121 do their additions to safety procedures and necessary testing, the scheduled flights and purposes return to what they originally were. there should be no other change to flights unless a new problem or solution is detected.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:33 pm

Your probably right they probably will for the most part with the exfeption of mabye when crew rotations take place but they might be on schedule too after they get going again. I know STS 122 will have to be changed though because their will be no more hubble servicing missions. So either they will invent a new flight plan for that mission or move up the flights by one. Or as i said they could follow the prescidents set in the 80s of canceling the flight alltogether which they havent done since 1985.