1 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:04,999 good morning welcome today's mission 2 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:07,410 status breathing with us today is lead 3 00:00:10,940 --> 00:00:08,910 shuttle flight director quat see a 4 00:00:14,660 --> 00:00:10,950 laburo just coming off his orbit one 5 00:00:17,029 --> 00:00:14,670 shift what see good morning well the 6 00:00:20,210 --> 00:00:17,039 crew is continuing to have a fantastic 7 00:00:23,269 --> 00:00:20,220 time on orbit today we have finished 8 00:00:26,390 --> 00:00:23,279 packing of the NP LM the crew closed it 9 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:26,400 out and as we speak they're completing 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:28,710 the birthing activities which involve 11 00:00:33,830 --> 00:00:31,410 placing the MPL em back in the orbiters 12 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:33,840 payload Bay with the space station 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:36,750 robotic arm what's ahead of the crew for 14 00:00:40,490 --> 00:00:38,850 the rest of the day is to finish 15 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:40,500 mid-deck transfer they have about 16 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:42,120 another hour to hour and a half of mid 17 00:00:47,330 --> 00:00:45,090 dick transfer to complete and then 18 00:00:50,569 --> 00:00:47,340 they'll be egressing the international 19 00:00:53,619 --> 00:00:50,579 space station closing hatches saying 20 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:53,629 their farewells to the station crew and 21 00:00:58,610 --> 00:00:56,190 preparing to do the check out of their 22 00:01:01,310 --> 00:00:58,620 rendezvous tools which will be used for 23 00:01:03,650 --> 00:01:01,320 tomorrow's undocking and fly around on 24 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:03,660 the plan tomorrow shortly after the crew 25 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:07,250 wakes up they'll be powering up the 26 00:01:12,050 --> 00:01:10,290 additional computers that they'll use 27 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:12,060 for undocking as well as some of the 28 00:01:17,690 --> 00:01:14,130 additional equipment that's required and 29 00:01:20,630 --> 00:01:17,700 will maneuver the space station shuttle 30 00:01:22,789 --> 00:01:20,640 stack to the undocking attitude and then 31 00:01:25,940 --> 00:01:22,799 fairly early in the cruise day they will 32 00:01:27,679 --> 00:01:25,950 undock and and back away from the space 33 00:01:30,980 --> 00:01:27,689 station while the space station performs 34 00:01:32,810 --> 00:01:30,990 an attitude maneuver and do a half lap 35 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:32,820 fly around of the international space 36 00:01:36,140 --> 00:01:34,710 station and then separate completely 37 00:01:38,539 --> 00:01:36,150 from the space stations orbit and 38 00:01:41,450 --> 00:01:38,549 conduct their late inspection activities 39 00:01:43,730 --> 00:01:41,460 which involves using the orbiter boom 40 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:43,740 sensor system and the associated sensor 41 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:46,770 packages to look for any damage that 42 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:47,850 might have occurred to the thermal 43 00:01:52,069 --> 00:01:50,100 protection system during its time docked 44 00:01:54,139 --> 00:01:52,079 to the International Space Station now 45 00:01:55,969 --> 00:01:54,149 just refresh your memory as to what we 46 00:01:58,550 --> 00:01:55,979 can expect during the undocking 47 00:02:01,130 --> 00:01:58,560 fly-around we do have a video clip with 48 00:02:03,709 --> 00:02:01,140 an animation of what we expect the two 49 00:02:06,109 --> 00:02:03,719 spacecraft to be doing during the the 50 00:02:08,029 --> 00:02:06,119 undocking activities there you see the 51 00:02:11,059 --> 00:02:08,039 shuttle backing away from the space 52 00:02:14,030 --> 00:02:11,069 station pilot Doug Hurley will back away 53 00:02:15,949 --> 00:02:14,040 to about 600 feet and then the ISS 54 00:02:20,509 --> 00:02:15,959 will basically do a simple 90 degree yah 55 00:02:22,399 --> 00:02:20,519 maneuver to present the off-axis to the 56 00:02:25,039 --> 00:02:22,409 orbiter and while the other crew members 57 00:02:28,610 --> 00:02:25,049 are taking pictures pilot Doug Hurley 58 00:02:30,830 --> 00:02:28,620 will maneuver the spacecraft into about 59 00:02:34,069 --> 00:02:30,840 a half to three quarter lap fly around 60 00:02:37,759 --> 00:02:34,079 and then the shuttle will execute to 61 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:37,769 separation burns to basically leave the 62 00:02:41,690 --> 00:02:39,569 orbit of the International Space Station 63 00:02:44,119 --> 00:02:41,700 so that they can conduct the late 64 00:02:47,059 --> 00:02:44,129 inspection activities and also set up 65 00:02:50,539 --> 00:02:47,069 for the deploy of the Pico set payload 66 00:02:52,970 --> 00:02:50,549 on flight day 13 so this is really 67 00:02:55,659 --> 00:02:52,980 what's going to consume our time for 68 00:02:59,210 --> 00:02:55,669 tomorrow it should be an exciting 69 00:03:01,129 --> 00:02:59,220 exciting set of activities again 70 00:03:03,949 --> 00:03:01,139 bittersweet is all of these activities 71 00:03:05,990 --> 00:03:03,959 are but the team has been very focused 72 00:03:08,149 --> 00:03:06,000 they've been prepared we've gone over 73 00:03:10,220 --> 00:03:08,159 all of our rendezvous and undocking 74 00:03:12,289 --> 00:03:10,230 procedures gone over all of our 75 00:03:14,659 --> 00:03:12,299 checklists all of our rules and make 76 00:03:17,059 --> 00:03:14,669 sure that we understand what we need to 77 00:03:18,259 --> 00:03:17,069 do tomorrow so by my team is certainly 78 00:03:21,439 --> 00:03:18,269 looking forward to executing the 79 00:03:24,199 --> 00:03:21,449 undocking activities and that will 80 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:24,209 really conclude my team's involvement in 81 00:03:31,490 --> 00:03:27,769 the mission after my shift tomorrow will 82 00:03:34,189 --> 00:03:31,500 commend the the crew and the mission to 83 00:03:36,789 --> 00:03:34,199 the care of the entry team led by mr. 84 00:03:40,009 --> 00:03:36,799 Toney's achachi and they'll conduct the 85 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:40,019 the landing minus one day activities 86 00:03:43,879 --> 00:03:41,940 which include check out of the flight 87 00:03:45,490 --> 00:03:43,889 control system as well as other 88 00:03:48,619 --> 00:03:45,500 equipment that's required for landing 89 00:03:51,830 --> 00:03:48,629 cabin stow and other activities which 90 00:03:54,050 --> 00:03:51,840 which are standard and typical prior to 91 00:03:56,809 --> 00:03:54,060 prior to our expected d orbit and 92 00:03:58,369 --> 00:03:56,819 landing at Kennedy Space Center so 93 00:04:00,280 --> 00:03:58,379 that's summary of what we've got ahead 94 00:04:02,569 --> 00:04:00,290 of us and I'd be happy to take questions 95 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:02,579 Thank You Kwazii we'll start with 96 00:04:05,719 --> 00:04:04,049 questions here in Houston please 97 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:05,729 remember to step to the mic times here 98 00:04:08,990 --> 00:04:07,530 to ask your questions and please 99 00:04:14,450 --> 00:04:09,000 identify yourself by name and 100 00:04:20,070 --> 00:04:17,180 hi Robert Pearlman with collectspace.com 101 00:04:22,350 --> 00:04:20,080 with regards to tomorrows undocking and 102 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:22,360 fly around given the different 103 00:04:27,030 --> 00:04:24,310 orientation that the station will be in 104 00:04:28,830 --> 00:04:27,040 what type of visuals should we expect 105 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:28,840 the station to have of the shuttle 106 00:04:33,060 --> 00:04:30,730 because it'll be the last time that we 107 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:33,070 get to see the shuttle in flight okay 108 00:04:38,340 --> 00:04:35,850 that's great question i think the the 109 00:04:41,900 --> 00:04:38,350 station will have very good line of 110 00:04:44,850 --> 00:04:41,910 sight to the shuttle as it as it 111 00:04:47,010 --> 00:04:44,860 performs his fly around from the cupola 112 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:47,020 windows the cupola provides actually a 113 00:04:52,470 --> 00:04:49,930 number of different angles from which to 114 00:04:54,690 --> 00:04:52,480 view just about anything outside the 115 00:04:57,050 --> 00:04:54,700 spacecraft which we should also get 116 00:04:59,880 --> 00:04:57,060 pretty good photography from the station 117 00:05:02,970 --> 00:04:59,890 as the shuttle passes underneath the 118 00:05:06,140 --> 00:05:02,980 station from those those nadir sm 119 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:06,150 windows as well as the as well as 120 00:05:10,470 --> 00:05:08,710 possibly the the lab window however i 121 00:05:12,450 --> 00:05:10,480 think the lab window will will end up 122 00:05:14,210 --> 00:05:12,460 being closed the lab window shutter will 123 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:14,220 be closed due to contamination 124 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:16,930 constraints associated with thruster 125 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:19,090 operation so we should see some pretty 126 00:05:23,700 --> 00:05:21,310 good pretty good views from this space 127 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:23,710 station the Space Shuttle we expect will 128 00:05:28,290 --> 00:05:25,210 take some really interesting views of 129 00:05:30,420 --> 00:05:28,300 the station again the station will be in 130 00:05:33,150 --> 00:05:30,430 an orientation that it has not been in 131 00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:33,160 before during the shuttle fly around so 132 00:05:37,409 --> 00:05:36,190 we expect to see portions of the 133 00:05:40,230 --> 00:05:37,419 spacecraft that we've never really 134 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:40,240 gotten good direct high-resolution 135 00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:47,260 photography of in the past clara 136 00:05:52,110 --> 00:05:49,750 moskowitz with the space calm and I'm 137 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:52,120 wondering if just how cramped is it 138 00:05:56,540 --> 00:05:53,770 really for the four astronauts on the 139 00:05:59,810 --> 00:05:56,550 flight deck after they close the hatch 140 00:06:02,730 --> 00:05:59,820 ok for the astronauts on the flight deck 141 00:06:05,610 --> 00:06:02,740 for this mission is no more cramped than 142 00:06:08,310 --> 00:06:05,620 it has been in the past actually the 143 00:06:11,210 --> 00:06:08,320 four astronauts fit fairly comfortably 144 00:06:14,790 --> 00:06:11,220 on the flight deck of course they they 145 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:14,800 are in fairly close quarters but what's 146 00:06:20,190 --> 00:06:17,410 good about it is that with no crew 147 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:20,200 members sort of resident on the mid-deck 148 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:22,660 the aggregate amount of space that the 149 00:06:27,629 --> 00:06:26,110 crew has on the shuttle is better than 150 00:06:29,369 --> 00:06:27,639 what they're used to 151 00:06:32,339 --> 00:06:29,379 you know when when you have a crew of 152 00:06:34,230 --> 00:06:32,349 six or crew of seven on the shuttle 153 00:06:36,869 --> 00:06:34,240 without the additional volume of the 154 00:06:40,439 --> 00:06:36,879 International Space Station quarters are 155 00:06:42,719 --> 00:06:40,449 pretty close do we have additional 156 00:06:47,519 --> 00:06:42,729 questions here in Houston seeing none 157 00:06:49,980 --> 00:06:47,529 we'll go on to the phone bridge mark yes 158 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:49,990 thank you mark Kerr oh poor aviation 159 00:06:56,219 --> 00:06:53,289 week I believe this is the first long 160 00:06:59,629 --> 00:06:56,229 axis Y round of the space station I'm 161 00:07:01,980 --> 00:06:59,639 wondering is there anything specific 162 00:07:04,140 --> 00:07:01,990 you're looking for in the photo 163 00:07:05,939 --> 00:07:04,150 documentation or do you want to just 164 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:05,949 kind of get anything and everything you 165 00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:08,889 can with the photography we're really 166 00:07:12,830 --> 00:07:10,750 looking for anything and everything that 167 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:12,840 we can we don't have any particular 168 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:15,370 expectations of what we will see however 169 00:07:21,329 --> 00:07:18,310 the photographs that we expect to get 170 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:21,339 will be used as all of the fly around 171 00:07:25,649 --> 00:07:23,650 photographs are used for engineering 172 00:07:27,629 --> 00:07:25,659 evaluation of the overall health of the 173 00:07:31,079 --> 00:07:27,639 skin of the spacecraft the big thing we 174 00:07:33,570 --> 00:07:31,089 look for is micrometeoroid norbit abri 175 00:07:36,839 --> 00:07:33,580 impacts which of course we expect to see 176 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:36,849 and we have seen on various various 177 00:07:42,469 --> 00:07:38,710 surfaces of the spacecraft that's normal 178 00:07:45,329 --> 00:07:42,479 and expected and when we compare 179 00:07:47,219 --> 00:07:45,339 photographs of certain sections of the 180 00:07:49,829 --> 00:07:47,229 spacecraft from one flight to the other 181 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:49,839 from year to year to year that helps 182 00:07:56,730 --> 00:07:54,250 give us a very clear picture of how the 183 00:07:59,579 --> 00:07:56,740 spacecraft is holding up in the orbital 184 00:08:02,459 --> 00:07:59,589 environment that it sees so getting 185 00:08:03,869 --> 00:08:02,469 these photos of the long axis and and of 186 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:03,879 course we'll get some interesting photos 187 00:08:08,579 --> 00:08:06,370 of the truss but it's really the the 188 00:08:11,159 --> 00:08:08,589 off-axis photos of the main body of the 189 00:08:14,610 --> 00:08:11,169 space station the lab module the nodes 190 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:14,620 the the Russian segment modules etc that 191 00:08:19,980 --> 00:08:17,139 will that will help us in our overall 192 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:19,990 evaluation of the the health of the 193 00:08:27,029 --> 00:08:22,289 spacecraft in its orbital environment 194 00:08:28,889 --> 00:08:27,039 and if I might just follow up I guess 195 00:08:33,959 --> 00:08:28,899 you're essentially sort of just going 196 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:33,969 over the top is there you couldn't do a 197 00:08:39,719 --> 00:08:37,750 complete lap I gather well it's 198 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:39,729 physically possible to do a complete lap 199 00:08:43,290 --> 00:08:40,570 but 200 00:08:46,110 --> 00:08:43,300 chosen to do only a half lap because of 201 00:08:49,170 --> 00:08:46,120 timeline constraints as you can imagine 202 00:08:50,850 --> 00:08:49,180 we still managed to to pack this cruise 203 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:50,860 timeline very full even though they're 204 00:08:57,540 --> 00:08:54,670 incredibly incredibly efficient so in 205 00:09:00,390 --> 00:08:57,550 order to save time we've chosen to to do 206 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:00,400 a half lap constraint half lap fly 207 00:09:05,550 --> 00:09:02,860 around because the time that we that 208 00:09:07,620 --> 00:09:05,560 would be required with the additional 209 00:09:08,940 --> 00:09:07,630 time that we're committing to this yah 210 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:08,950 maneuver because that's really what's 211 00:09:15,450 --> 00:09:11,410 what's what's causing the the fly around 212 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:15,460 time to to be larger the additional time 213 00:09:19,890 --> 00:09:17,770 would put us over our constraints as far 214 00:09:23,550 --> 00:09:19,900 as crew scheduling for the day if we did 215 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:23,560 a full lap thank you very much ok barsa 216 00:09:30,150 --> 00:09:26,710 done yes good morning can you hear me 217 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:30,160 yes we hear you fine yes klutzy you know 218 00:09:36,030 --> 00:09:32,890 your your last shift is coming up and 219 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:36,040 I'm wondering how it feels for you and 220 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:37,420 your team if you should could just sort 221 00:09:41,690 --> 00:09:38,920 of talk a little bit about the emotion 222 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:41,700 going into your last full shift and also 223 00:09:46,140 --> 00:09:44,410 what your plans are for landing whether 224 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:46,150 you'll stay in Houston or come for the 225 00:09:52,830 --> 00:09:49,270 landing here at Kennedy ok both great 226 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:52,840 questions as far as the emotions I 227 00:09:57,690 --> 00:09:55,510 certainly can't speak for my entire team 228 00:10:00,060 --> 00:09:57,700 just yet I've been trying to keep my 229 00:10:04,410 --> 00:10:00,070 finger on the pulse and we talk a lot I 230 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:04,420 think it's fair to say that we 231 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:09,640 experienced vacillations between intense 232 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:11,710 pride and how well this mission is gone 233 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:15,250 and and some sometimes being somewhat 234 00:10:22,050 --> 00:10:16,810 freaked out for lack of a more technical 235 00:10:25,050 --> 00:10:22,060 term it's the finality of of our service 236 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:25,060 in this mission finality of the program 237 00:10:31,950 --> 00:10:28,750 it hits you with greater force the 238 00:10:34,350 --> 00:10:31,960 closer you get to the end the emotions I 239 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:34,360 think feel a bit more intense today then 240 00:10:40,350 --> 00:10:37,090 then they felt back on flight day two or 241 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:40,360 flight day three and I know it will be 242 00:10:45,060 --> 00:10:43,570 it'll feel very powerful tomorrow as we 243 00:10:48,740 --> 00:10:45,070 near the end of our shift after we've 244 00:10:53,590 --> 00:10:48,750 completed our separation burns 245 00:10:56,199 --> 00:10:53,600 personally I feel a great sense of honor 246 00:10:58,629 --> 00:10:56,209 and pride at being able to serve as a 247 00:11:01,960 --> 00:10:58,639 shuttle flight director it's been an 248 00:11:03,910 --> 00:11:01,970 extraordinary program there are a lot of 249 00:11:05,889 --> 00:11:03,920 people who would love to have had the 250 00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:05,899 opportunity to to be a flight director 251 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:08,870 for for Space Shuttle let alone for the 252 00:11:14,470 --> 00:11:10,880 last shuttle mission I feel intense 253 00:11:16,990 --> 00:11:14,480 gratitude and I'm very humbled by it I 254 00:11:18,910 --> 00:11:17,000 feel an intense sense of pride at the 255 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:18,920 accomplishments of my team my team have 256 00:11:23,439 --> 00:11:21,170 been absolutely fantastic I couldn't be 257 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:23,449 more proud of them and in the midst of 258 00:11:27,970 --> 00:11:25,910 these emotions from time to time I had 259 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:27,980 that thought of oh wow tomorrow is going 260 00:11:32,889 --> 00:11:30,050 to be my last shift as a space shuttle 261 00:11:34,990 --> 00:11:32,899 flight director I get kind of freaked 262 00:11:37,059 --> 00:11:35,000 out and had the sinking feeling in my 263 00:11:39,249 --> 00:11:37,069 stomach that lasts about you know five 264 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:39,259 or ten seconds and then I go back to 265 00:11:43,930 --> 00:11:41,690 doing an impersonation of a steely-eyed 266 00:11:45,610 --> 00:11:43,940 missile man so that's kind of that's 267 00:11:47,590 --> 00:11:45,620 kind of kind of what what it's been like 268 00:11:49,540 --> 00:11:47,600 for me today and I imagine they'll be 269 00:11:52,780 --> 00:11:49,550 more the same tomorrow now to answer 270 00:11:54,970 --> 00:11:52,790 your question about landing made my 271 00:11:56,319 --> 00:11:54,980 final decisions i'm going to spend i'm 272 00:11:58,780 --> 00:11:56,329 going to observe the landing from 273 00:12:00,879 --> 00:11:58,790 Mission Control I won't be traveling to 274 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:00,889 to Kennedy there'll be several several 275 00:12:06,490 --> 00:12:03,110 people of course doing that but I'm 276 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:06,500 going to I'm going to to end my my 277 00:12:09,850 --> 00:12:07,850 career as a space shuttle flight 278 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:09,860 director in mission control which i 279 00:12:14,110 --> 00:12:12,170 think is is entirely appropriate because 280 00:12:15,429 --> 00:12:14,120 that's of course how I've how I've lived 281 00:12:18,069 --> 00:12:15,439 not only my career as a flight director 282 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:18,079 but since I've been working in Mission 283 00:12:24,660 --> 00:12:20,810 Control for the duration of the ISS 284 00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:24,670 program its home so that's where I'll be 285 00:12:33,910 --> 00:12:26,839 thank you very much for your eloquent 286 00:12:36,939 --> 00:12:33,920 answer yeah hike watch the two questions 287 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:36,949 for me one in the fly around the way I 288 00:12:39,490 --> 00:12:38,300 should really look at this is to look 289 00:12:42,490 --> 00:12:39,500 angle that you're getting you're getting 290 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:42,500 to look down the sides of the modules i 291 00:12:46,059 --> 00:12:44,540 guess and a better angle on the outboard 292 00:12:47,110 --> 00:12:46,069 into the trust more than resolution 293 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:47,120 because it i don't see how the 294 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:48,649 resolution is any different am i wrong 295 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:50,810 or you're absolutely correct build the 296 00:12:53,740 --> 00:12:52,730 resolution is absolutely the same we're 297 00:12:56,230 --> 00:12:53,750 just shooting from a different angle 298 00:12:59,350 --> 00:12:56,240 that we haven't flown haven't flown 299 00:13:02,170 --> 00:12:59,360 before okay thanks in and to follow up 300 00:13:03,910 --> 00:13:02,180 on on marshes question a little bit what 301 00:13:05,530 --> 00:13:03,920 are you going to do after this program 302 00:13:06,930 --> 00:13:05,540 is if you decided whether to stay with 303 00:13:09,810 --> 00:13:06,940 the program are you going to maybe 304 00:13:11,850 --> 00:13:09,820 look look to something else well I 305 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:11,860 always like to think that that i'm open 306 00:13:17,070 --> 00:13:14,650 to to all opportunities and we'll 307 00:13:21,450 --> 00:13:17,080 evaluate them as a flight controller 308 00:13:23,940 --> 00:13:21,460 would based on the data for for the next 309 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:23,950 for the foreseeable future i'll 310 00:13:30,420 --> 00:13:27,010 certainly be looking at post flight 311 00:13:32,610 --> 00:13:30,430 reviews and closing out the the 312 00:13:35,010 --> 00:13:32,620 activities from this mission we actually 313 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:35,020 always have a fair amount of work to do 314 00:13:40,020 --> 00:13:37,510 after each mission which include lessons 315 00:13:41,910 --> 00:13:40,030 learned reviews debriefs and things like 316 00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:41,920 that so i'll be i'll be fairly busy with 317 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:44,590 with that stuff for for quite a few 318 00:13:48,930 --> 00:13:47,230 weeks hey quite do one last one for me 319 00:13:49,980 --> 00:13:48,940 i'm sorry i'll make it three questions 320 00:13:51,990 --> 00:13:49,990 real quick do you know how many people 321 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:52,000 on your team or facing layoffs when this 322 00:13:59,450 --> 00:13:55,870 mission is over I don't have an exact 323 00:14:02,970 --> 00:13:59,460 number what I can share with you is that 324 00:14:04,620 --> 00:14:02,980 since the pre-flight press conferences 325 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:04,630 that we did since the pre-flight 326 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:07,990 briefings a few more members of my team 327 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:11,770 have have either found or been selected 328 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:15,610 for positions in either in the space 329 00:14:21,180 --> 00:14:17,170 station world or some of the other 330 00:14:22,890 --> 00:14:21,190 programs that we have have going a few 331 00:14:27,270 --> 00:14:22,900 more of them have found found employment 332 00:14:30,330 --> 00:14:27,280 outside so the overall disposition of my 333 00:14:33,090 --> 00:14:30,340 team is better now than it was about 334 00:14:34,590 --> 00:14:33,100 three weeks ago as far as specific 335 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:34,600 numbers of people facing layoffs are 336 00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:37,470 still quite a significant number of them 337 00:14:43,470 --> 00:14:40,750 but you know we're grateful for for the 338 00:14:47,070 --> 00:14:43,480 the additional placements that folks 339 00:14:52,079 --> 00:14:47,080 have been able to achieve thanks for 340 00:14:55,740 --> 00:14:52,089 watching James Dean thanks a lot james 341 00:14:58,260 --> 00:14:55,750 dean with for today cuate i guess if i 342 00:15:01,140 --> 00:14:58,270 recall going in flight day 12 or 343 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:01,150 tomorrow's flight day was expected to be 344 00:15:04,110 --> 00:15:02,890 one of the busiest is that don't think 345 00:15:08,070 --> 00:15:04,120 it might be the busiest day of the 346 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:08,080 mission or with the crews success with 347 00:15:13,110 --> 00:15:10,720 the early earlier inspection you think 348 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:13,120 things might not be as as tough as they 349 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:15,490 were originally expecting to be well I 350 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:18,010 think the the undocking day which of 351 00:15:20,889 --> 00:15:20,350 course now is on flight day 12 preflight 352 00:15:22,629 --> 00:15:20,899 it was on 353 00:15:25,119 --> 00:15:22,639 like the 11 undocking day will still be 354 00:15:28,689 --> 00:15:25,129 a very busy day they'll have a great 355 00:15:29,710 --> 00:15:28,699 deal of activities to do I fully expect 356 00:15:32,859 --> 00:15:29,720 that even though this crew has been 357 00:15:34,090 --> 00:15:32,869 fantastic they've got a bit less energy 358 00:15:36,249 --> 00:15:34,100 now than they did on flight they too 359 00:15:38,259 --> 00:15:36,259 they've been working really hard for the 360 00:15:40,299 --> 00:15:38,269 last several days so so I expect 361 00:15:41,889 --> 00:15:40,309 there'll be a little slower maybe a 362 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:41,899 little bit more deliberate to keep from 363 00:15:46,389 --> 00:15:43,910 making mistakes the day that's going to 364 00:15:49,869 --> 00:15:46,399 be really packed that has absolutely no 365 00:15:52,389 --> 00:15:49,879 no margin for error is what is now 366 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:52,399 flight day 13 but think of it as the the 367 00:15:57,540 --> 00:15:54,050 end of mission day minus one that's 368 00:16:00,939 --> 00:15:57,550 where we do the pecos at deploy and and 369 00:16:03,189 --> 00:16:00,949 the cabin stow and check out of the 370 00:16:05,379 --> 00:16:03,199 orbiters calm and flight control systems 371 00:16:08,290 --> 00:16:05,389 for deorbit landing that day in general 372 00:16:11,799 --> 00:16:08,300 tends to be fairly busy that's a day 373 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:11,809 that we think will be challenging to get 374 00:16:15,699 --> 00:16:13,610 through with with the reduced number of 375 00:16:17,350 --> 00:16:15,709 crew because the number of activities 376 00:16:20,470 --> 00:16:17,360 that we have to do that they have not 377 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:20,480 decreased with the crew size as is the 378 00:16:24,249 --> 00:16:22,970 case with some other days so that's the 379 00:16:28,269 --> 00:16:24,259 day that we think will be really packed 380 00:16:30,819 --> 00:16:28,279 for them okay thanks and I wonder if you 381 00:16:33,009 --> 00:16:30,829 could just update the system's a little 382 00:16:36,189 --> 00:16:33,019 bit I think from what I've read in the 383 00:16:38,530 --> 00:16:36,199 notes it said that there's 13 hours of 384 00:16:42,189 --> 00:16:38,540 the cryo margin is that like one day 385 00:16:45,970 --> 00:16:42,199 plus 13 hours and also just again the 386 00:16:49,119 --> 00:16:45,980 the computers i guess are all up and 387 00:16:51,519 --> 00:16:49,129 running as as they would have been all 388 00:16:55,629 --> 00:16:51,529 along all right be happy to talk about 389 00:16:58,509 --> 00:16:55,639 the the cryo margin first after we went 390 00:17:01,030 --> 00:16:58,519 ahead and added the additional day now 391 00:17:03,429 --> 00:17:01,040 when we launched the specification for 392 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:03,439 our mission duration was essentially 12 393 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:07,370 + 2 12 being the nominal duration of the 394 00:17:12,059 --> 00:17:10,010 mission and plus 2 being sort of 395 00:17:15,579 --> 00:17:12,069 contingency reserve days that we reserve 396 00:17:17,470 --> 00:17:15,589 explicitly for intractable orbiter 397 00:17:20,380 --> 00:17:17,480 systems problems that would prevent us 398 00:17:23,590 --> 00:17:20,390 from safe reentry or for weather issues 399 00:17:27,010 --> 00:17:23,600 that that may prevent us from landing at 400 00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:27,020 Kennedy Space Center on time so so think 401 00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:29,659 of those 22 contingency days is 402 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:30,860 something that we sort of keep in the 403 00:17:38,170 --> 00:17:33,410 bank for a rainy day if you will 404 00:17:40,690 --> 00:17:38,180 so above and beyond the 13 plus two 405 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:40,700 because we gained enough margin to add 406 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:44,090 an additional nominal day so the new 407 00:17:51,820 --> 00:17:46,130 specification for the mission is 13 plus 408 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:51,830 2 we have about 12 to 14 hours of margin 409 00:17:58,420 --> 00:17:54,650 above that it's not nearly enough to to 410 00:18:00,720 --> 00:17:58,430 achieve yet another day on orbit but but 411 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:00,730 that margin is useful in the event that 412 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:03,050 weather absolutely doesn't cooperate 413 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:05,360 with us in and we have intractably 414 00:18:11,470 --> 00:18:08,330 unsafe weather conditions at all of our 415 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:11,480 landing sites and we may need to extend 416 00:18:18,460 --> 00:18:15,800 just the half a day in order to to get 417 00:18:22,390 --> 00:18:18,470 on a trajectory that puts us down safely 418 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:22,400 somewhere in the world so it you know 419 00:18:28,870 --> 00:18:25,910 although that additional 13 14 hours is 420 00:18:31,810 --> 00:18:28,880 not really useful for mission content it 421 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:31,820 can can make a difference to the entry 422 00:18:35,890 --> 00:18:33,410 team that's trying to find a place to 423 00:18:37,330 --> 00:18:35,900 put the orbiter down in the event that 424 00:18:39,430 --> 00:18:37,340 we have really bad weather our primary 425 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:39,440 landing sites now as far as the 426 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:42,340 computers all of the computers are in 427 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:46,370 nominal configuration our efforts to to 428 00:18:53,050 --> 00:18:51,170 restart GPC for we're successful we 429 00:18:55,540 --> 00:18:53,060 transitioned systems management 430 00:18:58,450 --> 00:18:55,550 functions back to GPC for which is our 431 00:19:00,310 --> 00:18:58,460 nominal on-orbit configuration GPC to 432 00:19:02,230 --> 00:19:00,320 which had temporarily taken over systems 433 00:19:06,490 --> 00:19:02,240 management functions that computer is 434 00:19:09,820 --> 00:19:06,500 now asleep in its GNC mode and tomorrow 435 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:09,830 for undocking we will bring up GPC too 436 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:15,290 and GPC 3 to join GPC one as GNC 437 00:19:19,530 --> 00:19:17,900 computers in a redundant set so those 438 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:19,540 three computers will be flying the ship 439 00:19:24,220 --> 00:19:22,490 while a GPC for will be performing its 440 00:19:26,950 --> 00:19:24,230 nominal systems management functions so 441 00:19:29,620 --> 00:19:26,960 nominal configuration now one thing I 442 00:19:32,470 --> 00:19:29,630 will note is that given that we did not 443 00:19:35,770 --> 00:19:32,480 find evidence of a software problem or 444 00:19:39,340 --> 00:19:35,780 software glitch that took down GPC for 445 00:19:41,290 --> 00:19:39,350 we have designated GPC for as what we 446 00:19:44,290 --> 00:19:41,300 call having experienced a hardware 447 00:19:46,210 --> 00:19:44,300 transient failure as a result our flight 448 00:19:48,909 --> 00:19:46,220 rules prohibit us from 449 00:19:51,310 --> 00:19:48,919 assigning one of the flight critical 450 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:51,320 strings one through three to be 451 00:19:55,870 --> 00:19:53,270 controlled by GPC for we can either use 452 00:19:59,110 --> 00:19:55,880 GPC for as a systems management computer 453 00:20:00,970 --> 00:19:59,120 which is what it's doing right now or we 454 00:20:05,010 --> 00:20:00,980 can assign it to sort of our main data 455 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:05,020 bus number four which has less critical 456 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:07,490 equipment less flight critical equipment 457 00:20:11,860 --> 00:20:10,370 on it then strings one through three so 458 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:11,870 we do have some restriction on how we 459 00:20:16,060 --> 00:20:14,390 can use GPC for but the good news is the 460 00:20:18,370 --> 00:20:16,070 nature of that restriction is such that 461 00:20:20,490 --> 00:20:18,380 we can still use it the way we nominally 462 00:20:23,409 --> 00:20:20,500 plan to use it it's just that we have 463 00:20:25,180 --> 00:20:23,419 one or two fewer options available to us 464 00:20:26,919 --> 00:20:25,190 in the event that we we have some 465 00:20:29,289 --> 00:20:26,929 permanent computer failures on any of 466 00:20:31,149 --> 00:20:29,299 the other any of the other four boxes so 467 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:31,159 hopefully that it addresses your 468 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:34,760 question yes thanks and just just one 469 00:20:38,860 --> 00:20:37,010 last one I know it's probably 470 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:38,870 ridiculously early to ask you a weather 471 00:20:42,370 --> 00:20:41,090 question but there is a tropical storm I 472 00:20:43,630 --> 00:20:42,380 guess off the east coast of Florida I 473 00:20:44,980 --> 00:20:43,640 don't think it's expected to be a 474 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:44,990 problem but can you just say if it's 475 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:47,330 something that you know is being being 476 00:20:52,690 --> 00:20:50,150 washed in is if it's any concern it's 477 00:20:56,049 --> 00:20:52,700 certainly being watched tropical storms 478 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:56,059 are always a concern it is still fairly 479 00:20:59,200 --> 00:20:57,890 early to know what the weather at the 480 00:21:01,899 --> 00:20:59,210 Cape is going to do preliminary 481 00:21:04,950 --> 00:21:01,909 indications are that it should be 482 00:21:07,029 --> 00:21:04,960 favorable but as we know from launch day 483 00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:07,039 you you never know what's going to 484 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:09,470 happen until you show up show up on game 485 00:21:16,419 --> 00:21:12,110 day lace up your cleats and get ready to 486 00:21:22,510 --> 00:21:16,429 play okay do we have any follow-up 487 00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:22,520 questions here in Houston Gina choose 488 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:25,669 sincerely ABC News remind me on this new 489 00:21:30,190 --> 00:21:27,770 fly around is that basically a shuttle 490 00:21:32,260 --> 00:21:30,200 maneuver or a station maneuver on 491 00:21:35,980 --> 00:21:32,270 departure and if it is a station 492 00:21:38,529 --> 00:21:35,990 maneuver what goes into that ok for the 493 00:21:40,750 --> 00:21:38,539 modified fly around the shuttle will do 494 00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:40,760 what it always does which is it will 495 00:21:47,919 --> 00:21:44,630 undock along the the v-bar or along the 496 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:47,929 velocity vector and back out to 600 feet 497 00:21:55,389 --> 00:21:51,770 and then Pilate will execute a fly 498 00:21:58,419 --> 00:21:55,399 around of essentially sweeping through 499 00:21:59,490 --> 00:21:58,429 an arc of approximately 600 feet and 500 00:22:00,750 --> 00:21:59,500 radius 501 00:22:02,550 --> 00:22:00,760 maintaining that distance of separation 502 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:02,560 between the shuttle and the station 503 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:05,200 what's different this time is that when 504 00:22:10,950 --> 00:22:06,850 the shuttle backs out to 600 feet the 505 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:10,960 station will turn what we call will 506 00:22:14,940 --> 00:22:12,850 perform a yaw maneuver which is just a 507 00:22:18,990 --> 00:22:14,950 simple turn to the left or right if you 508 00:22:22,170 --> 00:22:19,000 will by about 90 degrees what's involved 509 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:22,180 with that is simply for the station to 510 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:26,290 execute what we call a a maneuver cyclo 511 00:22:35,190 --> 00:22:30,610 Graham think of it as a a pre-programmed 512 00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:35,200 time lined maneuver that is executed by 513 00:22:40,230 --> 00:22:38,800 the Russian segment GNC computers that 514 00:22:42,210 --> 00:22:40,240 are in the service module those 515 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:42,220 computers at this phase of flight 516 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:45,240 actually physically fly the spacecraft 517 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:48,310 they do it in tandem with the u.s. GNC 518 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:50,050 computers on the US segment of the space 519 00:22:58,170 --> 00:22:52,810 station that that provide sensor data 520 00:23:00,450 --> 00:22:58,180 from GPS receivers rate gyros all kinds 521 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:00,460 of other instrumentation which helps the 522 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:02,530 spacecraft know what its current 523 00:23:07,860 --> 00:23:05,650 orientation is so between the u.s. GNC 524 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:07,870 computers and the Russian GNC computers 525 00:23:13,770 --> 00:23:11,710 that work in tandem and the Russian GNC 526 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:13,780 computers actually will engage the 527 00:23:21,690 --> 00:23:17,770 Russian thrusters to essentially turn 528 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:21,700 the spacecraft by 90 degrees and hold it 529 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:24,130 at that attitude while the shuttle 530 00:23:29,430 --> 00:23:25,810 performs its fly around once the shuttle 531 00:23:32,910 --> 00:23:29,440 separates and clears ISS airspace if you 532 00:23:36,390 --> 00:23:32,920 will those same computers will execute a 533 00:23:39,060 --> 00:23:36,400 pre-planned time maneuver to turn it 534 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:39,070 back to its normal orientation and go 535 00:23:43,860 --> 00:23:41,050 back to its its standard torque 536 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:43,870 equilibrium attitude where it flies 537 00:23:49,370 --> 00:23:47,890 routinely for for the duration ok and we 538 00:23:51,270 --> 00:23:49,380 have other questions here in Houston 539 00:23:53,850 --> 00:23:51,280 seeing none we'll conclude this 540 00:23:55,590 --> 00:23:53,860 breathing a quick reminder that you can 541 00:23:59,940 --> 00:23:55,600 follow shuttle and Space Station 542 00:24:01,590 --> 00:23:59,950 activities at WWDC gov quantity thank