Talk:STS-132/Archive 1

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It must be an error!! Atlantis flies STS-131, and then immediately STS-132? Doesn't sound right! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.207.116.98 (talk) 11:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Which shuttle is doing STS-132

There is an ongoing edit war concerning this subject. Please let's resolve this. The official sources, primarely the nasa.gov official governement website, contuniously states that the Discovery will be flying STS-132. The website has been updated numerous times over the last weeks (latest update on april 17th 2009) and each time STS-132 is flown by the Discovery, not the Atlantis, which does fly STS-131. If there has been a change in the schedule, then it has to be visible on the nasa.gov website. L33tj0s (talk) 08:13, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

It's a difficult problem. What about this, Start with official information, and directly quote the "unofficial but much more likely correct"-information, and the reason why there is doubt about which orbiter will fly a mission. Then name both shuttles in the infobox and remove the orbiter specific navigation box.

"STS-132 is a mission to visit the International Space Station, preliminarily scheduled to be flown by the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 8, 2010. Due to changes in NASA planning however, it is possible that the mission will be flown by Atlantis instead."

Because, to be honest, the manifest put out by NASA public affairs, is simply a crappy source and totally out of sync with behind the curtains reality. There sometimes might even be press releases (about crew selection for instance) that contradict the official manifest. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:38, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Atlantis is going to fly this misson because she was switched with Discovery on STS-128. And launch date for STS-132 with ATLANTIS is May 13 2010. STS-132 will be Atlantis last misson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opelzafira (talk • contribs) 18:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

With official records stating Discovery as the used orbiter, it would be best to follow TheDJ's suggestion of displaying both orbiters on this page. That is until official reports say otherwise.

Where does [1] get it's information? If it comes from official sources then the information on the site counts as verifiable. It just looks like it is created and run by enthusiasts.L33tj0s (talk) 14:40, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

On nasa.gov Atlantis is now the used orbiter for this mission! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opelzafira (talk • contribs) 19:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Crew

Interesting to see a crew announced with no rookies. You'd think they would be using some slots for astronauts who have not flown yet. If those rookies aren't assigned to STS-133, it'll be a long wait until Orion (except for those flown to the ISS by Soyuz). Rillian (talk) 15:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

• All unflown astronauts were assigned as of STS-131. This was a goal of the Astronaut Office since STS-132, 133, and 134 were not guaranteed to happen. It may appear there are still unflown astronauts on the roster but they are assigned to the training flow for ISS expeditions which means they will fly, only it will be on Soyuz. Php man (talk) 02:09, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
• As far as I know, this is not an official announcement, but insider information provided by the site mentioned in the previous section. There has been no NASA press release. Hektor (talk) 17:44, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Crew error

There has to be an error in the crew table. First it says that Michael T. Good is Specialist 1, then it says he is Specialist 2. Somebody resolve this! Jeremy (talk) 03:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

seat numbers, wake up...

Is that important ...?--DAI (Δ) 14:10, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

The seat numbers is debatable on weather it is important, however it is informational so I don't see the harm in it. The wake-up calls has been discussed numerous times, with consensus being to keep it and add it to all articles as appropriate as it has historical value.--NavyBlue84 15:54, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

seat chart error?

The seating chart has Sellers and Reisman switching seats for landing. Is there a reason for this, or is it an error? 68.32.201.53 (talk) 18:10, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

It is not an error. They sometimes switch seats for various reasons. The fact that Reiseman is doing EVA 3 and probably assigned to do contingency EVA's is a factor, but that is speculation and there are probably many other reasons why they are doing this.--NavyBlue84 23:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

mission poster

mission poster

Does anyone, other than the anonymous IP editor who keeps removing it, have a problem with the mission poster being included in the article? These posters are produced by the NASA Space Flight Awareness office for each shuttle mission and station expedition since STS-116 and Expedition 3 respectively. This is in addition to the crew photo and often incorporate elements specific to that mission (tools, payloads, etc.) --RadioFan (talk) 05:06, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't have a problem with it and think it should be put in. Maybe a little write up about it could go in with the mission insignia section and it could be put there. Maybe if you get the time Radiofan, you could add the others to there respective articles. Some of the posters, esp. the some of the last few crew posters, are really cool looking.--NavyBlue84 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I am the anonymous IP editor (actually, I have an account but some times edit without logging) who removed the poster as at least in this poster, there is no important information conveyed other than the astronauts playing baseball. There are many crew photos appearing in various NASA sites that are also cool. The problem I see with these kind of inclusions is that a lot of editors will follow and populate the pages with cool photos with no associated text ! which really diminishes the encyclopedic value of the page. Wiki commons has a gallery related to STS-132 and other missions and it would be an appropriate place to dump these kind of photos (in my view). I wont delete your poster inclusion again but wanted to convey my opinion as well.152.226.7.202 (talk) 14:16, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

It may seem playful and unimportant but there is a story behind each of these and they are usually very specific to the mission (thus are appropriate for the mission article). The crew chose this setting to underscore the teamwork involved in their mission. The crowd behind them is made up of Houston NASA and contract employees associated with the astronaut office (further extending the teamwork concept). There are other pertinent details that can be highlighted as well (e.g. British born MS4 Piers Sellers is pictured with a cricket bat rather than a baseball bat) I've not added these details yet because I've not found a solid source for them yet. A separate section covering the mission poster and patch design would be nice to have since each has specific meaning. Sourcing the information will be difficult but not impossible. To answer Navyblue's comment/question, several other missions have had their mission posters uploaded and added to their articles as well.--RadioFan (talk) 06:49, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

All veteran crew

I believe it is extremely unusual that a US spaceflight only contains veteran astronauts. I have only found the following missions (apart from STS-132): Apollo 10 (all had flown two (Stafford and Young) or one (Cernan) Gemini mission), Apollo 11 (all had flown one previous Gemini mission) and STS-97.

• Are there any other all-veteran missions you know of (US or Russian)
  • Plenty of Shuttle flights: STS-26, STS-31, STS-61, STS-62, STS-76, STS-79, STS-80, STS-81, STS-82, STS-94, and the already-mentioned STS-97.
  • As to Russian flights (going by who launched since crew swaps are common): Soyuz 8, Soyuz 16, Soyuz 18a, Soyuz 18, Soyuz 19 (Apollo-Soyuz), Soyuz T-10-1, Soyuz T-13, Soyuz T-15, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-31, Soyuz TMA-2, Soyuz TMA-3, Soyuz TMA-6, and in the future Soyuz TMA-03M -MBK₀₀₄ 08:47, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

• • • With that many veteran crews by NASA alone, this fact has become trivia - I've removed from this article and STS-97. Rillian (talk) 11:44, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
• Shall the point be made clearer (other than that it was the first all-veteran since STS-97)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.65.45.244 (talk) 10:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

• • STS-132 is also the first US all-male crew in quite a while, I think. Of course, this isn't so significant historically, since all pre-Shuttle US spaceflights and many early Shuttle flights had all-male crews, but recently most flights have had at least one woman on board. 88.85.134.42 (talk) 08:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Ok, good someone did a better homework than I did. Thanks for checking! </Matthijs>

Video of Liftoff

At the Featured Picture Candidates we're discussing promoting a video of the last liftoff of Atlantis, see: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/STS-132 Liftoff Space Shuttle Atlantis. The candidate video is that of the shorter version of the liftoff where NASA provided HD versions for download. We could not find HD videos of the longer version. I'm starting this conversation to discuss the merits of having a lower quality longer version linked in or having the shorter version that might be a Featured Picture with HD options linked in with possibly a link as well in it's caption to the longer version. I'd like to see this shorter version used in this article somehow, any suggestions? — raekyT 14:05, 29 July 2010 (UTC)