Jacques van Oene
April 23rd 05, 01:21 PM
Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-6185
STATUS REPORT: S2-15
SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing
Status Reports each week, 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.
Discovery (OV-103)
Mission: STS-114 - 17th ISS Flight (LF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics
Module
Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103)
Location: Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: Launch Planning Window: May 22 - June 3, 2005
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Collins, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson, Thomas, Lawrence and Camarda
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
On Wednesday, following the Space Shuttle Program's Design
Certification Review (DCR) the previous day, senior management
identified May 22 as the target launch date for STS-114 in the May 15
- June 3 launch window. This will allow additional time to complete
the required engineering analysis, validation and verification
testing of the Shuttle for a safe Return to Flight.
Work continues at Launch Pad 39B for Discovery's launch to the
International Space Station (ISS). The payload bay doors were opened
Tuesday and the Remote Manipulator System, or Shuttle arm, and the
Orbiter Boom Sensor System clearance checks are complete. Flight
readiness tests have been successfully performed on all three Space
Shuttle Main Engines.
This weekend, technicians will finalize work to prepare for loading
the hypergolic propellants for flight. This process includes loading
the propellants, monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide, into
the Orbiter Maneuvering System and the Forward Reaction Control
System. On April 28, the Rotating Service Structure will be rotated
away from the vehicle in preparation for hot-fire tests of the
Auxiliary Power Units on Discovery and the right-hand Solid Rocket
Booster Hydraulic Power Unit.
Two of the payloads that will travel to the ISS were installed into
the Payload Transportation Canister this week in preparation for
their move to Launch Pad 39B. The External Stowage Platform-2 (ESP-2)
was installed on Tuesday and the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment
Support Structure Carrier (LMC) was installed on Wednesday. The ESP-2
will carry replacement parts to the Station and will be deployed and
attached to the Station's airlock as a permanent spare-parts
facility. The LMC will carry a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope
and a tile repair sample test kit. The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Raffaello is scheduled to be installed on Monday, with transfer to
the pad scheduled to occur at the end of next week.
Mission: STS-121 - 18th ISS Flight (ULF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics
Module
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Launch Planning Window: July 12 - July 31, 2005
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Fossum, Nowak and Wilson
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Technicians continue processing Atlantis in Orbiter Processing
Facility bay 1 for its mission, designated STS-121, to the
International Space Station. On Thursday, the STS-121 crew arrived at
Kennedy Space Center for the Crew Equipment Interface Test. The test
provides the crew an opportunity to get a hands-on look at the
orbiter and equipment they will be working with on the mission.
Orbiter system testing is nearly 60 percent complete. Technicians
finished installing the engines' dome-mounted heat shields, the two
semi-circled-shaped sections of Thermal Protection System tile that
fit around the engine interfaces. The interface verification test
continues on the right-hand Orbiter Maneuvering System pod. Following
the installation of the new landing gear door thermal barrier seal,
the nose landing gear was retracted for seal compression checks.
Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) stacking for Atlantis' launch continues in
the VAB high bay 3. The External Tank remains in the checkout cell
for final testing. Following the completion of SRB stacking, the tank
will be moved and attached to the SRBs on May 6.
Endeavour (OV-105)
Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in
December 2003.
Previous Space Shuttle processing status reports are available on the
Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
-end-
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-6185
STATUS REPORT: S2-15
SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing
Status Reports each week, 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.
Discovery (OV-103)
Mission: STS-114 - 17th ISS Flight (LF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics
Module
Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103)
Location: Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: Launch Planning Window: May 22 - June 3, 2005
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Collins, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson, Thomas, Lawrence and Camarda
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
On Wednesday, following the Space Shuttle Program's Design
Certification Review (DCR) the previous day, senior management
identified May 22 as the target launch date for STS-114 in the May 15
- June 3 launch window. This will allow additional time to complete
the required engineering analysis, validation and verification
testing of the Shuttle for a safe Return to Flight.
Work continues at Launch Pad 39B for Discovery's launch to the
International Space Station (ISS). The payload bay doors were opened
Tuesday and the Remote Manipulator System, or Shuttle arm, and the
Orbiter Boom Sensor System clearance checks are complete. Flight
readiness tests have been successfully performed on all three Space
Shuttle Main Engines.
This weekend, technicians will finalize work to prepare for loading
the hypergolic propellants for flight. This process includes loading
the propellants, monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide, into
the Orbiter Maneuvering System and the Forward Reaction Control
System. On April 28, the Rotating Service Structure will be rotated
away from the vehicle in preparation for hot-fire tests of the
Auxiliary Power Units on Discovery and the right-hand Solid Rocket
Booster Hydraulic Power Unit.
Two of the payloads that will travel to the ISS were installed into
the Payload Transportation Canister this week in preparation for
their move to Launch Pad 39B. The External Stowage Platform-2 (ESP-2)
was installed on Tuesday and the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment
Support Structure Carrier (LMC) was installed on Wednesday. The ESP-2
will carry replacement parts to the Station and will be deployed and
attached to the Station's airlock as a permanent spare-parts
facility. The LMC will carry a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope
and a tile repair sample test kit. The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Raffaello is scheduled to be installed on Monday, with transfer to
the pad scheduled to occur at the end of next week.
Mission: STS-121 - 18th ISS Flight (ULF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics
Module
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Launch Planning Window: July 12 - July 31, 2005
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Fossum, Nowak and Wilson
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Technicians continue processing Atlantis in Orbiter Processing
Facility bay 1 for its mission, designated STS-121, to the
International Space Station. On Thursday, the STS-121 crew arrived at
Kennedy Space Center for the Crew Equipment Interface Test. The test
provides the crew an opportunity to get a hands-on look at the
orbiter and equipment they will be working with on the mission.
Orbiter system testing is nearly 60 percent complete. Technicians
finished installing the engines' dome-mounted heat shields, the two
semi-circled-shaped sections of Thermal Protection System tile that
fit around the engine interfaces. The interface verification test
continues on the right-hand Orbiter Maneuvering System pod. Following
the installation of the new landing gear door thermal barrier seal,
the nose landing gear was retracted for seal compression checks.
Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) stacking for Atlantis' launch continues in
the VAB high bay 3. The External Tank remains in the checkout cell
for final testing. Following the completion of SRB stacking, the tank
will be moved and attached to the SRBs on May 6.
Endeavour (OV-105)
Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in
December 2003.
Previous Space Shuttle processing status reports are available on the
Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
-end-
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info