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Topic: Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test dates
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astro-nut Member Posts: 1046 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-26-2022 04:32 PM
I am looking for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) dates for the following space shuttle missions:STS-5, STS-6, STS-7, STS-8, STS-9, STS 41-B, STS 41-C, STS 41-D, STS 41-G, STS 51-A, STS 51-C, STS-51-D, STS 51-B, STS 51-G, STS 51-F, STS-51-I, STS 51-J, STS-61-A, STS 61-B, STS 61-C, STS 51-L, STS-26, STS-27, STS-29, STS-30, STS-28, STS-34, STS-33, STS-32, STS-36, STS-31, STS-41, STS-38, STS-35, STS-37, STS-39, STS-40, STS-43, STS-48, STS-44, STS-42, STS-45, STS-STS-46, STS-47, STS-52, STS-53, STS-54, STS-55, STS-58, STS-62, STS-68, STS-66, STS-71, STS-91, STS-96, STS-93, STS-103, STS-99, STS-101, STS-106, STS-97, STS-98, STS-102, STS-100, STS-104, STS-105, STS-108, STS-109 and STS-110. These are when the astronauts are suited up and practice the countdown in the space shuttle cockpit/flight deck/mid deck. These occurred on the launch pads as well. Some space shuttle missions may of have had two TCDT due to launch scrubs/aborts and mission schedules changing? Any information on TCDT would be very helpful. Thank you. |
atlas5guy Member Posts: 38 From: Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 01-30-2022 02:30 AM
The dates of all those shuttle TCDTs can be found in the Space Shuttle Almanac that details all 135 shuttle missions in exhaustive detail. |
Aeropix Member Posts: 62 From: Dubai Registered: Apr 2010
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posted 02-02-2022 09:16 AM
That Space Shuttle Almanac I can highly recommend it! |
astro-nut Member Posts: 1046 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-23-2024 04:34 PM
I am still looking for the dates for the following space shuttle practice countdowns, also called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). - STS-40 with O'Connor, Gutierrez, Seddon, Bagian, Jernigan, Gaffney and Hughes-Fulford
- STS-43 with Blaha, Baker, Lucid, Adamson and Low
- STS-48 with Creighton, Reightler, Buchli, Brown and Gemar
- STS-44 with Gregory, Henricks, Musgrave, Runco, Voss and Hennan
- STS-42 with Grabe, Oswald, Thagard, Hilmers, Readdy, Merbold and Bondar
- STS-47 with Gibson, Brown, Lee, Apt, Jemison, Davis and Mohri
- STS-52 with Wetherbee, Baker, Shepherd, Veach, Jernigan and MacLean
- STS-53 with Walker, Cabana, Bluford, Voss and Clifford
- STS-62 with Casper, Allen, Ivins, Thout and Gemar
- STS-68 with Baker, Wilcutt, Wisoff, Bursch, Jones and Smith
- STS-66 with McMonagle, Brown, Ochoa, Parazynski, Tanner and Clervoy
- STS-71 with Gibson, Precourt, Dunbar, Baker, Harbaugh, Solovyev and Budarin
- STS-98 with Cockrell, Polansky, Ivins, Jones and Curbeam
- STS-102 with Wetherbee, Kelly, Voss, Helms, Thomas, Richards and Usachev
- STS-100 with Rominger, Ashby, Parazynski, Phillips, Hadfield, Guidoni and Lochakov
- STS-108 with Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani, Bursch, Walz and Cosmonaut Onufrienko
- STS-109 with Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Linnehan, Currie, Newman and Massimino
- STS-110 with Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Ochoa, Smith, Lee and Morin
Thank you for all help with the dates. |
brianjbradley Member Posts: 173 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 05-24-2024 07:43 AM
If you can get into the KSC old photo database — I use Wayback Machine sometimes to access archived web sites — there are photos of TCDTs for STS-71 onward. | |