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Posted by Jacques van Oene on July 8, 2005, 6:03 pm
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Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
STATUS REPORT: S05-027
NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
NASA's Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at Kennedy Space
Center (KSC), Fla.
Discovery (OV-103)
Mission: STS-114 - 17th ISS Flight (LF1)
Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Location: Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: July 13, 3:51 p.m. EDT
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Collins, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson, Thomas, Lawrence and Camarda
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
At Launch Pad 39B, final preparations for the launch of Discovery's
Return to Flight mission to the International Space Station continue.
Launch countdown preparations have begun in firing room 3 of the
Launch Control Center in anticipation of the countdown beginning on
Sunday at 6 p.m. at the T-43 hour mark.
Stowing of the flight crew equipment lockers into the orbiter mid-deck
is underway and will continue tomorrow. Mid-deck flight seats will be
installed on Monday. Ordnance installation is complete. Aft closeouts
continue and are scheduled to be complete tomorrow. Drag chute
instrumentation checkout is complete.
Loading of hypergolic propellants is complete. This process includes
loading the propellants monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide
into the Orbiter Maneuvering System and the Forward Reaction Control
System. Today, the hypergolic pressurization of the propellant
systems was completed.
Friday, the pad structure and surface will be washed down in
preparation for flight. Also tomorrow, the new wing leading edge
sensors that will monitor impacts or temperature changes will be
programmed for flight.
NASA weather officers are tracking Hurricane Dennis and its possible
impact at Kennedy Space Center. The current forecast shows only a
slight chance of more than 40 knot winds effecting KSC on Saturday. A
decision will be made this evening if preparations should begin for a
possible rollback of Space Shuttle Discovery. A decision on rollback
would not be made until tomorrow. At this point, none of the
preparations will impact the July 13 launch date.
Previous Space Shuttle processing status reports are available on the
Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
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