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Topic: Photos: Shuttle Atlantis Revealed for STS-115
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-06-2006 02:50 AM
   
 At 3:50 p.m. CDT (2050 GMT) Tuesday, Sept. 5, NASA began retracting the Rotating Service Structure at Pad 39B to reveal shuttle Atlantis for today's planned 11:29 a.m. launch of STS-115.     |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-06-2006 05:48 AM
Nice to see that Atlantis name on the wing this time. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-06-2006 07:22 AM
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Originally posted by ejectr:
Nice to see that Atlantis name on the wing this time.
I probably should know that but that's the first time Atlantis has its name on the wing?
And anybody knows why the discolored texture on both wings? Chris. |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 09-06-2006 09:33 AM
What does FOD means? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-06-2006 09:51 AM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
I probably should know that but that's the first time Atlantis has its name on the wing?
And anybody knows why the discolored texture on both wings?
Atlantis has been printed on OV-104's wing since STS-51J in 1985, its maiden flight. I think Bob was referencing that its been a while since we have seen Atlantis; the last time she flew was in October 2002. [Edited by Robert Pearlman (September 06, 2006).] |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-06-2006 09:52 AM
quote:
Originally posted by lunarrv15:
What does FOD means?
Foreign Object Debris: "a substance, debris or article alien to a vehicle or system which would potentially cause damage."[Edited by Robert Pearlman (September 06, 2006).] |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 09-06-2006 10:02 AM
Starting with Challenger all of the shuttles had their name on the wing. Columbia was put on after its last OMD, before STS-109. FOD is for Foregin Object Debris, which is trash on the ground that can hurt planes/spacecraft. |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 09-06-2006 10:08 AM
Some of those white blotches on the wing cover where the old markings -- "USA" and the American flag to port, the NASA wurm and "Atlantis" to starboard -- were. That was done to make way for the current wing markings.In some of the pics of Columbia atop NASA 905 flying back to the Cape after her final refit in 2001, you can see on her starboard wing the distinct outline of where her original wide-spaced "U S A" markings were. jodie |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-07-2006 07:56 AM
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Originally posted by ea757grrl:
Some of those white blotches on the wing cover where the old markings -- "USA" and the American flag to port, the NASA wurm and "Atlantis" to starboard -- were. That was done to make way for the current wing markings.In some of the pics of Columbia atop NASA 905 flying back to the Cape after her final refit in 2001, you can see on her starboard wing the distinct outline of where her original wide-spaced "U S A" markings were. jodie
Thanks, Jodie.
Maybe NASA could have cleaned up the old markings. It doesn't look nice (ok, ok, it's not NASA's top priority, I know!) but rather shows how old the orbiter is- and hence gives ammo to the retirement of the fleet.
Chris. |
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