Also beginning today is another round of imaging — this time, using the backscatter method — on all of the tank’s stringers. Engineers at various NASA centers continue to analyze testing and imaging data.
The repair work is estimated to take 2 to 3 days. Any further work will be evaluated thoroughly during the week after additional data and analysis are reviewed.
Managers also continue to evaluate an option to perform known and practiced modifications on some stringers. Before breaking for the holiday, technicians reconfigured scaffolding to provide access for the modification work should it be required. A decision may be made on that work as early as today.
The next available launch date window for Discovery‘s STS-133 mission to the International Space Station remains February 3 through February 10.
Also beginning today is another round of imaging — this time, using the backscatter method — on all of the tank’s stringers. Engineers at various NASA centers continue to analyze testing and imaging data.
The repair work is estimated to take 2 to 3 days. Any further work will be evaluated thoroughly during the week after additional data and analysis are reviewed.
Managers also continue to evaluate an option to perform known and practiced modifications on some stringers. Before breaking for the holiday, technicians reconfigured scaffolding to provide access for the modification work should it be required. A decision may be made on that work as early as today.
The next available launch date window for Discovery‘s STS-133 mission to the International Space Station remains February 3 through February 10.