Date: June 5th 2006

06 05 06

Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla (321) 867-2468

STATUS REPORT: S-060506

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports periodically 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

Mission: STS-121 - 18th International Space Station Flight (ULF1 1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103) Location: Launch Pad 39B Launch Date: Launch Processing Window July 1-19, 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson and Reiter Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51 6 degrees/122 nautical miles

The launch pad crew performed preparations on Space Shuttle Discovery over the weekend to support the launch to the International Space Station in July

The team has completed prelaunch loading of hypergolic propellants (monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide) into the forward and aft reaction control systems and the orbital maneuvering system pods, as well as fuel loading for the orbiter's auxiliary power units Late this week, workers will begin loading the hypergolic fuel into the solid rocket booster hydraulic power units

Technicians at the pad are in the process of opening Discovery's payload bay doors The doors will remain open for about three and a half days for payload testing and sensor installation in the orbiter boom sensor system Tomorrow, integrated testing of the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo is scheduled to begin

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