Date: August 31st 2007

08 31 07

George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

STATUS REPORT: S-083107

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

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Mission: STS-120 - 23rd International Space Station Flight - U S Node 2 Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103) Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 Launch Date: Targeted for Oct 23, 2007 Launch Pad: 39A Crew: Melroy, Zamka, Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Nespoli and Tani Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51 6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No 3 this week, forward and aft closeout work continues The midbody closeouts are complete Closeout of the crew cabin airlock is under way The orbiter's main engines have been configured for rollover Workers are installing hard covers on the orbiter's windows

Stacking and closeout of the STS-120 solid rocket boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building are finished Mating of the external fuel tank to the boosters is targeted for Sept 5, pending completion of foam repair work that is being done on the tank's liquid oxygen feedline support brackets

Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight - Columbus Module Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104) Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 Launch Date: Targeted for Dec 6, 2007 Launch Pad: 39A Crew: Frick, Poindexter, Schlegel, Eyharts, Love, Melvin and Walheim Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51 6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No 1, workers continue making modifications to the orbiter's engine cutoff sensor wiring This work involves rerouting new wires and installing new resistors Inspections of the main propulsion system flow liners are complete, and the drag chute door has been installed Orbiter power system validation will begin next week after the vehicle is powered up

Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo Logistics Module, Dextre Robotics System Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 Launch Date: Targeted for Feb 14, 2008 Launch Pad: 39A Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman and Reisman Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51 6 degrees/122 nautical miles

In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No 2, two tiles damaged during the flight of STS-118 have been removed for inspection and testing The orbiter structure beneath the tile impact area has been inspected, and engineers have found no evidence of heat-related damage Additionally, three-dimensional measurements of the damage site found no appreciable change in volume resulting from heat affects

Also during inspections, two micro-meteorite impacts were observed on the payload bay door radiators They did not damage any of the radiator Freon coolant loops and did not reach the outer skin of the payload bay doors These impact areas can be repaired

Spacehab, part of the STS-118 payload, was removed from Endeavour's payload bay and returned to the Space Station Processing Facility Validation of the orbiter's main engine pneumatics and power systems is complete Workers have completed post-flight thermography inspection of the reinforced carbon-carbon, or RCC, on the nosecap

Thermography inspection of the left- and right-hand wing leading edge RCC panels is under way Preparations are being made for the forward reaction control system functional test Workers are deservicing the hypergolic fuel system today The orbiter's three main engines will be removed next week

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