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.

Monday, November 3, 2008

TB-40 is about 2 hours behind

TB-40 (Cold Start) was scheduled from 9PM to 10PM. It is now 11:30, and it still has not completed. Still pending ST#1 and instrument power-on. Check back, I'll update this blog.
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Propulsion Cold Fire Test Ongoing

TB-38 is ongoing. Orbiter Cold Start (TB-40) should begin about 8:50pm. That puts the long awaited Payload Integrated Functional (TB-44) about 4:56am

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1811
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Internet Explorer Issue Fixed

Apparently some Gadgets make IE unhappy. Posters should test their additions if they've done something fancy with their IE after posting. Routine update words, pictures seem fine so no need to test those.
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Problem if you use Internet Explorer

Something is now causing problems for people trying to see the BLOG with IE (so please tell your friends to try FireFox or Chrome for the moment). I will look into it.
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T-Vac Status - 11/3/08 @ 11:00am

Thermal declared survival balance at 10:30am this morning. We are currently in our 4 hour wait. Survival balance should be complete at 2:30pm, TB-36 will finally be done.

At that time, we will move onto TB-37 and TB-38 which will configure for and perform the propulsion cold fire test. TB-37 & TB-38 is expected to take ~5 hrs


Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
- Frank Herbert.
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At 7am still at TB-36

We are looking at maybe just maybe (Don't take my word for it) TB-38 Propulsion Cold Fire late afternoon early evening. Best bet we will know more by noon

"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain" Lily Tomlin

 
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Instrument teams - no powerups imminent

For the Instrument teams supporting either on-site or at home via realtime telemetry streams - as you can tell, reaching the TB-36 Cold Survival Balance point is taking longer than expected.  This also pushes out the subsequent Propulsion Cold Fire test prior to the Instrument powerups for TB-40 - Orbiter Cold Start, with the Payload Functional happening about a shift later.

Matt is recommending that the Instrument teams check in to this blog or the 301-286-8291 hotline around mid-day to get a better forecast on when TB-40 is likely to occur.  Doesn't seem probable until evening.

"I hate waiting".
Inigo Montoya, "The Princess Bride"
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Sunday, November 2, 2008

TB-36 Cold Survival Balance continues

We continue to cool off and move toward equillibrium. TB-37 and TB-38 (Cold Fire Prop Test) will happen no sooner than 1st shift on Monday 11/3.

"We’re waiting for Godot.", Samuel Beckett

"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time", James Taylor

"Man, if she don't get here soon, I'm going to have to wait some more", Cheech Marin
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