Fri, Jan 15, 2010
Recent Cold Weather In Florida Has Made For Special
Precautions
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers at Launch Pad
39A began loading fuel into space shuttle Endeavour's orbital
maneuvering system and auxiliary power units. The process was
expected to be completed Thursday.
Cold weather in Florida has been an issue as technicians
continue prelaunch propellant loading on space shuttle Endeavour at
Launch Pad 39A.
NASA managers weighed all options and have decided to continue
working toward a Feb. 7 launch with full mission content. A
decision was made to select an alternate hose design, assembled
from shorter hoses that were previously certified and tested, for
use aboard the station as the primary jumper.
Also, managers decided on the
accelerated development of a redesigned set of hoses, based on the
design that failed, for use in the event a problem arises with the
new primary design. Discussions were discontinued related to
partial activation of the Tranquility module.
The payload for the STS-130 mission, consisting of the
Italian-built Tranquility node and its attached cupola, will be
transported to the pad beginning at 0400 EST Saturday. Once there,
it will be lifted and stored in the payload changeout room.
Near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mission Specialists
Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken will be immersed in the massive
pool in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab to practice techniques for their
first spacewalk. Meanwhile, Commander George Zamka and Pilot Terry
Virts will practice shuttle landings at White Sands Space Harbor in
Las Cruces, N.M., in the Shuttle Training Aircraft.
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