June 17, 2005

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-3749)

Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

STATUS REPORT: S05-024

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-024

NASA's Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at the Kennedy Space 
Center (KSC), Fla. 

Discovery (OV-103)

Mission: STS-114 - 17th ISS Flight (LF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics 
Module  
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
Launch Date: Launch Planning Window July 13 - 31, 2005
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Collins, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson, Thomas, Lawrence and Camarda
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

Discovery was rolled out Wednesday to Launch Pad 39B on a Crawler 
Transporter. The four-mile journey began at 1:58 a.m. EDT and ended 
at 12:17 p.m. 

The payload canister, including NASA's Italian-built Multi-Purpose 
Logistics Module Raffaello, was transferred to the launch pad on June 
13. Payload installation began today. Payload connections are 
scheduled this weekend. Payload/orbiter interface testing begins 
early next week. 

Loading hypergolic propellants is scheduled for June 22. This process 
includes loading the propellants, monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen 
tetroxide, into the Orbiter Maneuvering System and the Forward 
Reaction Control System. 

Atlantis (OV-104)

Mission: STS-121 - 18th ISS Flight (ULF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics 
Module
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
Launch Date: Lighted Launch Planning Window September 9 - 24, 2005
Launch Pad: 39B
Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Fossum, Nowak and Wilson
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

Power-up system testing is nearly complete for Atlantis' mission to 
the Space Station. The payload bay was cleaned for flight and the 
doors closed. Around the hinge line of the doors, technicians 
installed the Shuttle's Thermal Protection System (heat shield 
tiles). The doors were opened to perform tile checks and closed for 
the final time prior to flight. 

Technicians continue performing nose and main landing gear cycles to 
check compression of new thermal barrier seals. The landing gear 
functional test is scheduled for the middle of next week. 

In the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the External Tank (ET-120) and 
Solid Rocket Boosters originally scheduled to fly with Shuttle 
Discovery are in high bay 1. This stack will fly with Atlantis for 
STS-121. The liquid oxygen feedline bellows heater has been added to 
this tank and final foam closeouts are progressing. 

Endeavour (OV-105): In Orbiter Major Modification period (begun in 
December 2003). 

External Tank/Solid Rocket Booster  

The third redesigned External Tank (ET-119) arrived today at KSC. It 
will be offloaded Monday and transferred to the VAB. ET-119 is 
scheduled to fly with Atlantis on mission STS-115. 

Previous Space Shuttle processing status reports are available on the 
Internet at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight 



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