Revision T, PCN-4 March 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 218 STS-129/ULF3 LANDING SITE/ SSME-TL CREW LAUNCH SITE, RUNWAY, NOM-ABORT SRB ORBIT PAYLOAD MISSION HIGHLIGHTS (6 UP/6+1 DN) FLT ORBITER LIFTOFF TIME, CROSSRANGE EMERG RSRM FSW WEIGHTS, (LAUNCH SCRUBS/DELAYS, NO. LANDING LANDING THROTTLE AND INC HA/HP PAYLOADS/ TAL WEATHER, ASCENT I-LOADS, TITLE, NAMES SITES, TIMES PROFILE ET EXPERIMENTS FIRSTS, SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES, ETC.) & EVA'S ABORT TIMES FLT DURATION, ENG. S.N. WINDS Revision T, PCN-4 March 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 218 STS-129/ULF3 STS- OV-104 CDR: KSC 39A KSC 33 KSC 104/104/ BI-140 51. DIRECT OI- CARGO: Brief Mission Summary: The STS-129 (Flight 31) Charles O. Hobaugh 320:19:28:10Z (72) 109% 6 INSERTION 34 38893LBS (31th mission to ISS) main objective was 129/ (31) (2) ATLANTIS (Flt 3 - STS-104, STS- 1:28:01 PM CST 331 / RSRM to deliver nearly 14 tons of ISS systems ULF3 118) (P) 14:44:21Z PREDICTED: 108 POST OMS- PAYLOAD spares. The most critical spares being P810/R268/V188/M23 2:28:01 PM EST 8:44:21 AM 100/104.5/1 2 CHARGEABLE: transferred were two 600 lb. control SEQ OMS PODS 4 (A) CST 04.5/ ET-133 125.0x84.8 29372 LBS moment gyros. "They've done a FLT # LPO4-30 Monday (15) Saturday (24) 72/104.5 SLWT NM tremendous job of really outfitting station 129 RPO1-38 PLT 11/16/09 (15) 11/7/09 (14 ) 37 DEPLOYED: with all the spares that are going to be FRC4-31 Barry E. Wilmore ACTUAL: 27615 LBS needed, essentially through its lifetime,” KSC-129 P811/R348/M301 LAUNCH DEORBIT 100/104.5/1 DEORBIT Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate WINDOW: BURN: 00/ ET HA 191.9 NON- Administrato for Space Operations. PAD 39A MS 1 9M 01S (Total) 331:13:37:09Z 72/104.5 IMPACT NM DEPLOYED: (52) Leland Melvin 4M 28S 1:14:13 HP 23.3 1404 LBS KSC W/D XRANGE: (Flt-2 - STS-122) (Preferred) 1 = 2048 MET NM OPF: 113 days + 10 non-workdays + 1 holiday 344.1NM P812/R319/V209/M27 (10) MIDDECK: VAB: 7 days + 1 contingency day MLP-3 5 EOM PLS: KSC 2 = 2044 LAT: ENTRY 353 LBS PAD A: 32 days + 2 contingency days ORBIT DIR: A/L TAL: ZZA (12) 36.434 VELOCITY: Total Work Days = 152 (OPF processing occurred (43) 31th MS 2 TAL WX: MRN, 3 = 2058 S 25867 SHUTTLE over a total time period of 124 days.) AIM PT: (Close- SHUTTLE Randy Bresnik FMI (Cloud (4) FPS ACCUMULATE In) FLIGHT P813/R349/M302 Ceiling) LONG: D POSTPONEMENTS: TO ISS M 3 EOM: 158.53 ENTRY WEIGHTS: - Baselined STS-129 to FDRD - launch date of MLGTD: 2971 MS 3 SELECTED: WEIGHT: 1 W RANGE: DEPLOYED: 10/15/09 on 10/06/08. FT Mike Foreman RTLS: 206917 LBS 4390.31 1606885 LBS - Ppd. to 11/12/09 on 12/04/08. Interim 331:14:4 (Flt 2 -STS-123) KSC33N/N X CG: NM manifest while HST final placement is 4:20Z P814/R324/V210/M280 TAL: ZZA 30L 1083.8 IN NON- considered. VEL: 184 KGS N/SFD DEPLOYED: - Ppd. to 11/16/09 at10/29/09 FRR. Slip due to 197 MS 4, EV2 AOA: KSC 33 LANDING: 1625396 LBS latest SSP planning. KEAS Robert Satcher, Jr. N/N WEIGHT: KSC-2009-5945 (28 Oct. ST HDOT: -2.1 P815/R350/M303 1 DAY PLS : 207200 LBS 2009) --- NASA's new CARGO LAUNCH SCRUBS: None. EDW 22L N/N FPS X CG: Ares I-X test rocket TOTAL: MS 5 DN 4131080 LBS LAUNCH WINDOW: Total launch window was TDEL: TD NORM 195: 1084.6 IN launches from PAD 39B EXP20/21 FLT ENG 9M 01S with window open at 320:19:23:37Z 0.000 (P) 298 Nicole Stott 9 FT as STS-129 readies for PERFORMANC and close at 320:19:32:38Z. Preferred Launch -0.072 (A) P816/R347/F47 E Time was 320:19:28:10Z (In-Plane Time) for a DRAG CHUTE MARGINS launch window of 4M 28S. MAX Q NAV: DEPLOY: 189 (LBS): 760.9 (P) SS EVA 145 KEAS FPR: 2908 LAUNCH DELAYS: 733.8 (A) DOCKED QUEST EVA 331:14:4 FUEL BIAS: - None. Launch occurred on time at 63 4:24Z 1059 320/19:28:10Z, 2:28:10 PM EST, Monday, SRB STG: EMU/TETHERED EVA FINAL TDDP: November 16, 2009. A cloud ceiling below 2:03.0 (P) Continued… 138 2228 5000 feet developed early in the morning, 2:04.0 (A) SCHEDULED EVA 136 RECON: 2041 violating flight rule limits. The ceiling lifted to DURATION 6:37 above flight rule limits about 5 hours prior to PERF: NOMINAL PAYLOADS: launch, but continued to violate US Air Force SS EVA 146 PLB: Range Safety cloud criteria. Astronaut Steve DOCKED QUEST EVA 2 ENG TAL ISS-ULF3 (ELC Lindsey, flying weather reconnaissance, 64 (ZZA): 1, provided measurements of the cloud thickness EMU/TETHERED EVA 2:36 (P) 2:43 ELC 2, SASA, for the 45th Space Wing’s Launch Weather 139 (A) MISSE 7A, Officer and found the thickness to be SCHEDULED EVA 137 MISSE 7B) acceptable about 3 hours prior to launch.. DURATION 6:08 NEG ZZA (2@ (Courtesy NWS SMG Post-Mission Summary.) 104): Continued… 3:52 (P) Continued… 3:57(A) Continued… PTA (U/S 157 FPS): 5:08(P) http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/389937 5:09(A) main_2009-5728.jpg Ares 1-X Rocket (1st Test Flight) and STS-129 Shuttle (background) on their respective launch Revision T, PCN-4 March 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 218 STS-129/ULF3 Revision T, PCN-4 March 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 219 STS-129/ULF3 LANDING SITE/ SSME-TL CREW LAUNCH SITE, RUNWAY, NOM-ABORT SRB ORBIT PAYLOAD MISSION HIGHLIGHTS (6 UP/6+1 DN) FLT ORBITER LIFTOFF TIME, CROSSRANGE EMERG RSRM FSW WEIGHTS, (LAUNCH SCRUBS/DELAYS, NO. LANDING LANDING THROTTLE AND INC HA/HP PAYLOADS/ TAL WEATHER, ASCENT I-LOADS, TITLE, NAMES SITES, TIMES PROFILE ET EXPERIMENTS FIRSTS, SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES, ETC.) & EVA'S ABORT TIMES FLT DURATION, ENG. S.N. WINDS Revision T, PCN-4 March 2010 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS SUMMARY Page 219 STS-129/ULF3 STS- Continued… Continued… Continued… Continued… Continued… 129/ SS EVA 147 PTM (U/S 181 BRK DECEL PAYLOADS: TAL WEATHER: Weather on launch day ULF3 DOCKED QUEST EVA FPS): FPS 2 : MIDDECK: caused a couple minor issues at back-up site, Continue 65 6:11(P) AVE 6.4 PK ISS-ULF3, Istres. Weather conditions at Zaragoza, the d… EMU/TETHERED EVA 6:13(A) 7.9 MAUI, prime TAL site, and Moron were observed and 140 SEITE, forecast acceptable throughout the countdown. SCHEDULED EVA 138 SE PRESS 104 WHEELS STOP: SIMPLEX, However, a cloud ceiling developed at Istres 2 DURATION 5:42 6:56(P) 331:14:45: RAMBO-2 hours prior to launch limiting the use of that 6:56 (A) 04Z landing site. (Courtesy NWS SMG Post-Mission 955 5 CRYO TANK Summary.) Istres became GO close to launch MECO CMD: 7 FT SETS update. 8:24.2(P) ROLLOUT: ODS, SRMS 8:24.3 (A) 658 (86), PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS: 6 FT OBSS Include the standard set plus: 1) PE Operational VI: 0:44 High Q - TRN/NOV, 2) OMS Assist, 3) a 52 25819(P) M:S nautical mile MECO, and 4) Del Psi 25819(A) WINDS: 11H KTS -1L FLIGHT DURATION CHANGES: OMS-2: KTS None. Landed on KSC Runway 33 at 37:55 (P) OFFICIAL: 331:14:44:21Z, Friday, November 27, 2009, 38:15(A) 33011P17KTS at8:24:21 CST. 98.8(P) X1P2H11P17) 96.7(A) FPS FIRSTS/SECONDS/LASTS : DENS ALT : - Second child born while astronaunt dad in 473 FT STS129-S-027 (16 Nov. 2009) --- NASA space. Randy Bresnik's wife, Rebecca, gave MCC WHITE FLIGHT mission managers monitor Atlantis birth to Abigail Mae Bresnik, 6 lbs 13 oz, at FCR (59) FLT DURATION: launch from KSC FR 4. Bill 11:04 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21st, in Houston. 10:19:16: Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate First “dad while in space” was Mike Fincke in FLIGHT DIRECTORS: 14 Administrato for Space Operations is at 2004 on ISS during a 6 mo tour- a girl. SHUTTLE: S/T: bottom left. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill First Orthopedic Surgeon in space: Dr. Robert A/E- Bryan Lunney 1235:41:41:4 Satcher,Jjr. LD/O1- Mike Sarafin 1 First flight of new variable Alt DAP O2- Gary Horlacher First flight ET replaced LH2 ice Frost Ramp (IFR) Planning- PaulDye OV-10 4: base TPS with NCFI at 14 locations MOD – John 281:23:59: First Flight SSME Nozzle Corrosion Inhibitor Mccullough 12 Application Change Team 4- Kwatsi First Monarch Butterflies delivered to ISS. Alibaruho DISTANCE: Butterflies took flight on 12/09/09 as monitored ISS 4,490,138 by thousands of students back on Earth. O1 - Emily Nelson sm Super Bowl XLIV opening-toss coin flown to ISS & returned. LD/O2 – Brian Smith TOTAL SHUTTLE O3 – Jerry Jason DISTANCE: NIGHT LAUNCH: N/A Team 4 - Heather 507,595,07 Rarick 2 sm RENDEZVOUS: #76 Rendezvous and dock with ISS. EVENTS: Continued… - FD1: OMS2 ignition at 320:20:06:25Z resulted in a 125.0 by 84.8 NM orbit. - FD2: RCC inspection found no areas of concern - T1 maneuver at 322:14:05:57Z resulted in a 185.6 by179.5 NM orbit ISS021-E-029824 (18 Nov.