This blog follows the progress of the LRO mission through Integration and Testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and launch site processing at KSC\Astrotech. Its purpose is to enable communication to the entire LRO Team about the status of ongoing activities.

LRO was launched June 18th, 2009 at 5:32pm EDT from KSC. This BLOG will follow the progress of the mission as LRO travels to the Moon and establishes orbit around it.

This BLOG will be periodically updated during LRO's early mission but as the nominal mission unfolds the official NASA LRO website and the LRO Science Instrument's own websites will evolve into a more interesting sources of LRO science results as postings appear there first and LRO engineering and operations (source of this site) will become increasingly routine.

Friday, December 5, 2008

3rd times a charm.

The plan for our 3rd door closing:

Today: (2 shifts)

Reconfigure the chamber and test fixture.
Finish blanket closeouts.
Run SAS Range of Motion.
Run Diviner Self Portrait Scan
Upload WAC Init file and checkout.


Sat. 12/6: Start 3 shift operations.
Start 7am
7a-9a: Orbiter Trending.
9a-10a: LROC NAC Images
10a – 11a: Install LEND radiation source.
11a-12p: Close Chamber Door
11a – 2p: Run LEND Short Functional w/source
2p -3p: Power down Spacecraft
2p : Start Pumpdown
10p: When we get to 5x10^ -5,
Power up spacecraft
Flood shroud.

“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men (and women) who kept on working.”
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)