Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-6185 STATUS REPORT: S2-11 SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports each week, 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/kenn ...Continue Reading

03.18.05 Melissa Mathews/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1272/4769) Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) RELEASE: 05-80 SHUTTLE CREW CHECKS OUT EQUIPMENT FOR RETURN TO FLIGHT MISSION The astronauts of the Space Shuttle Discovery got a chance today to work with some of the equipment they will be taking to space. Flight commander Eileen Collins and her crew were at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for the Payload Crew Equipment Interface Test. The Return to Flight missi ...Continue Reading

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES STATUS REPORT MISSION: Deep Impact LAUNCH VEHICLE: Delta II 7925 LAUNCH PAD: Pad 17-B Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 12, 2005 LAUNCH WINDOW: 1:08:20 p.m. and 1:48:04 p.m. EST instantaneous The launch of the Deep Impact spacecraft has been officially rescheduled on the Eastern Range for Jan. 12. There are two instantaneous launch opportunities that day, at 1:08:20 p.m. and 1:48:04 p.m. EST. Work to remove and replace the Delta II inter-stage adapter has been completed. ...Continue Reading

2004 Report #57 2:30 a.m. CDT Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas A 10th crew has arrived at the International Space Station to begin a six-month stay. Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov smoothly guided his Soyuz craft to a linkup with the StationÂ’s Pirs Docking Compartment at 11:16 p.m. CDT Friday. Sharipov took over manual control of the Soyuz' flight part way through the approach when problems were experienced with an automated docking system.The docking proceeded flawlessly under ...Continue Reading