Date: October 13th 2007

10 12 07

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

STATUS REPORT: S-101207

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

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

At Launch Pad 39A, the hypergolic propellants have been loaded into the solid rocket booster hydraulic power units, as well as into Discovery's orbital maneuvering system, forward reaction control system and auxiliary power units On Thursday, the rotating service structure at the pad was rotated away from Discovery to allow for the auxiliary power unit hotfire, which was successfully completed The rotating service structure was returned to the mate position later that day Orbiter aft closeout work begins today

On Sunday, the STS-120 crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center for the terminal countdown demonstration test, which involves a launch dress rehearsal Crew activities included practicing emergency egress operations at the pad, reviewing the payload bay configuration, and suiting up and climbing into the crew cabin of the orbiter to run through the prelaunch checklist

On Tuesday and Wednesday, a program-level flight readiness review was held at Kennedy Space Shuttle Program managers concluded the review with a recommendation to proceed toward a targeted launch on Oct 23 An agency-level review will take place on Oct 16 at Kennedy, where an official launch date will be decided

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, midbody closeout and inspection work is complete and the payload bay doors were closed for rollover Workers continue to close out and inspect the forward and aft sections The landing gear functional test was successfully performed

In the Vehicle Assembly Building, processing continues on ET-125, the external fuel tank for mission STS-122 Repairs to the liquid oxygen feedline support bracket foam are complete and access platforms are being removed In high bay No 3, stacking of the solid rocket boosters is finished

Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo, Dextre 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, window No 1 was removed and replaced this week, and the removal and replacement of window No 6 is in progress The external airlock upper hatch functional test is complete

Technicians continue to inspect the main propulsion system flow liners, feedlines and gimbal joints Preparations for installation of BRI tile around the main landing gear doors continue The BRI tile is a stronger tile designed for critical areas on the orbiter Work is under way to configure the payload bay for the STS-123 cargo

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