08.14.06

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

STATUS REPORT

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing
Status Reports periodically and is the source for information
regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and
payloads. If you are a member of the media and would like further
information, visit:
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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.