NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Plan of the Day - Times in GMT

Friday August 11

0800 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport

0800 weather/forecast.

0900 Flight Planning Discussion

0820-1530 Instrument access (up to 1600 if needed) 

1000 Lunch box ordering closes 

1000 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport and 10:20 Airport to Hotel

1600 weather/forecast

1700 All Hands #2

Saturday August 12

Science Flight

Group A: (Crew, ac scientists, forecaster A, ground flight scientist A)

0500 weather briefing

0430 Hotel Limited Breakfast

0500 Weather Briefing

0530 Go-NoGo; If Go, Shuttle Hotel to Airport

0610 2nd Shuttle Run Hotel to Airport

0600 P-3 pilot briefing if necessary

0730 P-3 doors closed

0800 P-3 takeoff

1600 P-3 Landing

1630 Shuttle Airport to Hotel

1730 2nd Shuttle Airport to Hotel

Group B: (Forecasters B, ground flight scientist B)

0900 Weather and chemical weather forecasts based on WRF - Chem predictions for next possible flight day (+1-3)

1000 Daily flight planning meeting - Discussion on targeted science objectives

1200 Preliminary flight plans are produced

Group A&B:

L+15 science team tag-up at airport: flight recap, notice of next day schedule, flight plans distributed

ESPO Numbers:

Bernie Luna +1-650-417-8810 & São Tomé +239-988-4243
Jhony Zavaleta +1-650-224-4825 & São Tomé +239-988-4417

Susan McFadden +1-312-804-1055 & São Tomé +239-988-4245