NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT, 06.09.06
- From: "Jacques van Oene" <oene0072@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:59:54 +0200
06.09.06
Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-2468
STATUS REPORT: S-060906
NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing
Status Reports periodically and is the source for information
regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and
payloads. This report does not necessarily reflect the chronological
order of future space shuttle missions. If you are a member of the
media and would like further information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/index.html
Mission: STS-121 - 18th International Space Station Flight (ULF1.1) -
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103)
Location: Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: Launch Processing Window July 1-19, 2006
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson and Reiter
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Work continued at the pad this week to support electrical testing and
payload vertical operations on Discovery. On Thursday, the payload
bay doors were closed in preparation for fuel loading of the solid
rocket boosters. The doors will be reopened on Monday. In the payload
bay, the installation of sensors and cameras in the shuttle robotic
arm and boom was completed.
Following replacement of a faulty integrated electrical assembly box
in the left solid rocket booster, hypergolic fuel loading began today
into the solid rocket booster hydraulic power units.
Next week the crew will be at KSC for the Terminal Countdown
Demonstration Test. This is a launch dress rehearsal that occurs
prior to each shuttle mission.
Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) -
P3/P4 Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, engine #3 was installed in
Atlantis and leak checks of the system are under way. Testing and
checkout of the orbiter boom sensor system is complete. Window #2 was
replaced, with plans to replace window #5 next week.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the STS-115 solid rocket
boosters continues. The right forward center section was lifted into
high bay 3 and onto mobile launcher platform no. 2 on Wednesday.
The external fuel tank for STS-115, ET-118, is scheduled to arrive via
barge at the KSC turn basin late this afternoon and will be
transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building this evening. It will be
lifted into a checkout cell in the VAB this weekend, so that
technicians can begin processing the tank for launch.
Endeavour (OV-105)
Powered-up system testing continues on Endeavour in Orbiter Processing
Facility bay 2 following an extensive modification period. This work
includes main propulsion system leak and functional testing and
potable water leak checks. The flash evaporator functional testing
was completed. The flash evaporator provides supplemental cooling to
the orbiter in flight. Technicians began test and checkout of the
docking mechanism this week.
Work continues on the orbiter's thermal protection system, with tee
seal installation between the reinforced carbon carbon panels on the
wing leading edges and replacement of gap fillers on the underside of
Endeavour. To date, approximately 500 new gap fillers have been
installed.
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