11 02 06

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

STATUS REPORT: S-110206

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

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During a scheduled Space Shuttle Program meeting today, managers ratified the target launch dates for the first three missions in 2007 New dates are as follows:

STS-117 aboard Atlantis March 16 STS-118 aboard Endeavour June 28 STS-120 aboard Atlantis Sept 7

Mission: STS-116 - 20th International Space Station Flight (12A 1) - P5 Truss Segment Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103) Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 Launch Date: No earlier than Dec 7, 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Crew: Polansky, Oefelein, Curbeam, Higginbotham, Patrick, Fuglesang and Williams Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51 6 degrees/122 nautical miles

On Tuesday, drivers moved Space Shuttle Discovery atop the 76-wheeled orbiter transporter system from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building Discovery's first motion out of the processing facility took place at 9:23 p m

Once in the assembly building, technicians began attaching Discovery to its propulsion elements: an external fuel tank, designated ET-123, and twin solid rocket boosters The hard mate, the permanent connect of the vehicle to the tank, was completed this morning Following those operations, technicians began final integration, preparations and closeouts for flight

Discovery's next milestone is the 4 2-mile trip to Launch Pad 39B The rollout of the shuttle to the launch pad is scheduled for Nov 7, with first motion of the vehicle out of the assembly building targeted for 7 a m

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