Updates STS-132 Updates

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Ascent Timeline and Abort Boundaries (for launch on May 14, 2:20 p.m. EDT)

 

[SiberianTiger]

I'm going to miss you Atlantis.. :-(

Don't jinx!

 

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NASASpaceFlight: Tanking approved – MMT working no issues with Atlantis.

Tanking operations started at 4:55 a.m. EDT (08:55 UTC) with transfer lines chilldown, and then followed by start of LH2 slow-fill at 5:05 a.m. EDT (09:05 UTC).


Nice pictures of RSS rollback from SpaceFlight Now.

 

[Kyle]

Sun starting to rise (pictures from NASAspaceflight.com)

No issues being worked atm.

 

[Star Voyager]

George Diller is PAO !

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

BBC News: "History beckons for NASA's Atlantis Space Shuttle".

BBC News: "UK-born astronaut on Shuttle's end".

Spaceflight Now: "An astronaut's first ride on Atlantis way back in '85".

 

[Star Voyager]

Good launch, no views from Tampa . However, my mom did get me out of school to watch it.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

STS-132 is on-orbit! What an awesome launch! Thanks for a beautiful last hoorah, Atlantis!

All these years I've been watching launches with ratty online connections, and I only just discovered I can get them on my 40" TV! :thumbup:

Anyway, I’m feeling kinda bittersweet right now...

 

[SiberianTiger]

Good luck and Godspeed, Atlantis!

 

[flytandem]

Does anyone here know the planned date and time of the docking with the ISS?

 

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Does anyone here know the planned date and time of the docking with the ISS?

Calendar event with a timer for Atlantis docking to ISS. It will be updated if something changes.

 

[Star Voyager]

Does anyone here know the planned date and time of the docking with the ISS?

Sun 10:19 AM...01...20...00...00...DOCKING

STS-132 Flight Plan, courtesy of Spaceflightnow.com.

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GOES 12 spots the launch from 22,000 miles!

http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=132055

EDIT: More pictures coming in! These are from the press site at Banana Creek:

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/press/

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

BBC News: “Atlantis launches on final voyage”.

Amazing hi-res KSC launch photos.

NASA TV launch video:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqoBx6haUc"]YouTube- STS-132 Underway - Atlantis Heads to Space Station[/nomedia]


Track Atlantis & the ISS together!

And check out this photo – the crew wore dinner suits to the pre-launch breakfast! I love their humour!

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Mike Massimino's STS-132 Behind The Scenes Volume 5:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzC9FiJh2sk"]YouTube- Spacewalkers Drill for Safety[/nomedia]

 

[anemazoso]

No matter what my views are on the future of NASA, I really am going to miss the shuttle program! Godspeed Atlantis!

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

First on-orbit views...

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Some videos for ya!

HD launch video:

1080i (.mov format, 161 MB).

720p (.mov format, 117 MB).

480p (.mov format, 62 MB).

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View of launch from forward facing camera:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XHUP3SpKa0"]YouTube- STS-132 Forward camera launch[/nomedia]


Post-separation ET handheld footage:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAjfLAd3yl8"]YouTube- Orbiters Spent Tank Cast Off[/nomedia]


Time-lapse of OBSS "swing-out" from PLB:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_X4Y6FzD6E"]YouTube- STS-132 Flightday 1 OBSS rotation timelapse[/nomedia]


FD-1 highlights:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oM862gQY00"]YouTube- Launch Tops STS-132 Crews First Day in Space[/nomedia]

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Index of STS-132 daily Execute Packages. (These are always humourous!)

 

[Kyle]

Having some trouble with the OBSS inspection.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

The first on-orbit images are up! :thumbup:

www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-132/flightday01/ndxpage1.html

www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-132/flightday02/ndxpage1.html

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FD-2 Crew Choice Downlink Video Part 1:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAg9d1yg0iw"]YouTube- sts-132 crew downlink fd 2 part 1[/nomedia]


FD-2 Crew Choice Downlink Video Part 2:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIj05EiIyd8"]YouTube- sts-132 crew downlink fd 2 part 2[/nomedia]


FD-2 Crew Choice Downlink Video Part 3:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1y7rbWanhM"]YouTube- sts-132 crew downlink fd 2 part 3[/nomedia]

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Atlantis has docked to the ISS for the final time!

Atlantis docked to ISS:

Atlantis docked to ISS:

ODS docking ring retracting:

ODS docking ring fully retracted, all hooks closed:

Atlantis docked to ISS, with ISS in free drift:

RPM video:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9ZGcEcu60"]YouTube- STS-132 RPM[/nomedia]


Docking video:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXN2JTNi19A"]YouTube- STS-132 Atlantis docking[/nomedia]

 

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• Atlantis docked to ISS at 14:28 UTC (10:28 a.m. EDT) [a minute behind the planned docking time].
• ISS' hatch opened at 16:07 UTC (12:07 p.m. EDT)
• Atlantis' hatch opened after pressure equalization at 16:18 UTC (12:18 p.m. EDT).
• All STS-132 astronauts were welcomed aboard ISS at 16:20 UTC (12:20 p.m. EDT).