Jacques van Oene
July 11th 05, 04:58 PM
Jessica Rye/Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
STATUS REPORT: S05-031
NASA'S 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)
Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Location: Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: July 13, 2005, 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
Following the start of the countdown clock last night at 6 p.m.,
technicians and the launch team began to work final procedures and
closeouts for Space Shuttle Discovery's launch to the International
Space Station on mission STS-114. Launch remains on schedule for 3:51
p.m., July 13.
Preparations are complete for the loading of the Power Reactant
Storage Distribution system. This is the operation where the liquid
hydrogen and liquid oxygen for the fuel cells is loaded on the
orbiter Discovery. The fuel cells provide power to the electrical
systems while the vehicle is on orbit. The byproduct is drinking
water.
Today, the L-2 day weather forecast shows that the probability of
weather prohibiting the launch of Discovery is 30 percent, with the
probability of weather prohibiting tanking at only five percent.
Temperature at launch time is forecast at 86 degrees and a relative
humidity of 70 percent.
The STS-114 crew will spend today in various reviews including a
payload systems briefing. Earlier this morning, Commander Eileen
Collins and Pilot Jim Kelly flew several landing approaches at the
Shuttle Landing Facility in the Shuttle Training Aircraft.
The Solid Rocket Booster retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star
will depart from KSC tomorrow at noon and travel to their location
for launch, about 140 nautical miles downrange of the launch pad.
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
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
STATUS REPORT: S05-031
NASA'S 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)
Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Location: Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: July 13, 2005, 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
Following the start of the countdown clock last night at 6 p.m.,
technicians and the launch team began to work final procedures and
closeouts for Space Shuttle Discovery's launch to the International
Space Station on mission STS-114. Launch remains on schedule for 3:51
p.m., July 13.
Preparations are complete for the loading of the Power Reactant
Storage Distribution system. This is the operation where the liquid
hydrogen and liquid oxygen for the fuel cells is loaded on the
orbiter Discovery. The fuel cells provide power to the electrical
systems while the vehicle is on orbit. The byproduct is drinking
water.
Today, the L-2 day weather forecast shows that the probability of
weather prohibiting the launch of Discovery is 30 percent, with the
probability of weather prohibiting tanking at only five percent.
Temperature at launch time is forecast at 86 degrees and a relative
humidity of 70 percent.
The STS-114 crew will spend today in various reviews including a
payload systems briefing. Earlier this morning, Commander Eileen
Collins and Pilot Jim Kelly flew several landing approaches at the
Shuttle Landing Facility in the Shuttle Training Aircraft.
The Solid Rocket Booster retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star
will depart from KSC tomorrow at noon and travel to their location
for launch, about 140 nautical miles downrange of the launch pad.
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