NASA NEWS
Space
Shuttle Processing Status Report
Contact: Jessica Rye
Vol. 1 No.
25
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Space
Shuttle Processing Status Report
Note:
NASA’s
Discovery (OV-103)
Testing of the end effector, or grappling end, of the Space Shuttle
robotic arm successfully concluded this week. Installation of the wing leading
edge instrumentation is 50 percent complete. Closeout work was completed in the
orbiter midbody in bay 1 and in left-hand bay 9. Those areas will be covered and
closed out for flight.
Also accomplished this week were the flow liner
cleaning and inspection of Main Propulsion System Engine 2. Checkout of the computer
complex portion of the Data Processing System, which is part of the orbiter's
control system, was completed.
Atlantis (OV-104)
Final power-down work continues in the
Orbiter Processing Facility prior to the scheduled power up of Atlantis in
December. During the extensive power-down period, technicians performed Return
to Flight modifications including wiring installation for the External Tank
separation camera, wing leading edge sensors and relay units, and the Orbiter
Boom Sensor System.
Fuel cell No. 1 was
installed this week. Fuel cells use oxygen and hydrogen to provide electrical
power and water during a mission. In the mid-body of the orbiter, the left side
Manipulator Pedestal Mounts (MPMs) installations continue for the Shuttle
robotic arm. These posts will support the arm when it’s not in use. Freon
Coolant Loop No. 1, which cools electrical components during flight, was
serviced this week.
Endeavour
(OV-105)
Space Shuttle Endeavour is in its
Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003. Electrical
modifications continue in the crew module. Three-String Global Positioning
System wire routing in the avionics bay and flight deck continues.
Tent build-up for painting
of the body flap and the right hand wing leading edge is under way. Engine 1
dome heat shield painting began this week. The right main landing gear was
extended to support recession and compression tests on the thermal
barriers.
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