07.09.05 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-6185) STATUS REPORT: S05-029 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 The STS-114 crew arrived at 6:30 p.m. today at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Gulf Stream aircraft from Johnson Space Center in Houston. Final preparations for the launch of Discovery's Return to Flight mission to the International Space Station continue at Launch Pad 39B. The ordnance reconnections are complete and the vehicle was powered up. The ordnance was previously disconnected in preparation for any possible concerns associated with Hurricane Dennis. Closeout of the aft compartment is complete. Launch countdown preparations are nearing completion in firing room 3 of the Launch Control Center. The STS-114 launch countdown begins tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. at the T-43 hour mark. The Solid Rocket Booster retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star will depart from KSC at noon on Tuesday 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/ -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
