11.10.05 Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1272) Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) STATUS REPORT: S-111005 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-121 - 18th International Space Station Flight, second test mission Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 Launch Date: TBD - No earlier than May 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson and Reiter In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 work continues to progress for Discovery's second space shuttle return-to-flight test mission, STS-121. Post-flight window inspections were performed on flight deck windows No. 2 and 3 on Monday. The remote manipulator system, or space shuttle arm, that was removed from orbiter Atlantis was transferred to the processing facility Tuesday. Preparations are under way for installation of the arm scheduled for today. The arms were switched because the arm that was installed on Atlantis has special instrumentation to gather loads data from the STS-121 mission. Atlantis (OV-104) Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight Payload: P3/P4 Solar Arrays Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 Launch Date: TBD Launch Pad: 39B Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper Atlantis processing continues on schedule in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 for its mission to the International Space Station. Technicians are continuing wire inspections and adding chafe protection to the reaction jet driver. The remote manipulator system was removed from the vehicle on Tuesday. Thermal protection system gap filler inspections and measurements continue in the forward and mid-body areas of the vehicle. Currently, all zones are identified and mapping is complete in nine of the 10 zones. This work is being performed due to two gap fillers that were protruding from the underside of Discovery on the first return to flight mission, STS-114. Endeavour (OV-105) Technicians continue to process Endeavour in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2, following a nearly two-year orbiter major modification period. Preparations are under way for painting in the mid-body scheduled to begin tomorrow. The bay will be cleared during the painting operations. In preparation for reinstallation of the body flap, the inboard and outboard actuators were installed and the fit check completed. Thermal protection system blanket work is being done in the area of the reinforced carbon-carbon nose cap. Previous Space Shuttle processing status reports are available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle 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
