Date: August 15th 2006

08 14 06

Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468

STATUS REPORT: S-081406

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

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Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) - P3/P4 Truss Segment and Solar Arrays Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104) Location: Launch Pad 39B Launch Date: No earlier than Aug 27, 2006 at about 4:30 p m EDT Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51 6 degrees/122 nautical miles

At Launch Pad 39B, functional tests and checkout of the shuttle and pad systems are under way Hypergolic propellant loading continues this week Ordinance installation is scheduled for Thursday and Friday The Orbiter Boom Sensor System sensor package has been installed and checkouts are complete T-0 instrumentation installation is under way The T-0 umbilicals are connection points on the aft of the orbiter through which electrical power, fuel and systems data flow The instrumentation will provide data during launch

On Tuesday and Wednesday, mission managers will meet for the Flight Readiness Review, during which they will thoroughly assess the status of Space Shuttle Atlantis for launch This meeting will yield a number of key decisions about STS-115, including selection of an official launch date

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