07.08.05 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-6185) STATUS REPORT: S05-028 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 Final preparations for the launch of Discovery's Return to Flight mission to the International Space Station continue at Launch Pad 39B. Following the weather briefing at 6:30 a.m. today, hurricane rollback preparations were discontinued and processing resumed toward a July 13 launch. The only hurricane preparations that began last night were ordnance disconnects. The reconnection of that ordnance will begin late tonight. Due to weather concerns associated with Hurricane Dennis, the STS-114 crew will now arrive one day early via a Gulf Stream on Saturday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 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. Today, the pad structure and surface areas were prepared for launch activities. Also, the new wing leading edge sensors that will monitor impacts or temperature changes were programmed for flight. 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/ -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
