How's Atlantis' processing going?

• #320 by DaveS on 23 Jun, 2006 12:32
• I believe ET/SRB mate has been delayed to the first week of July.
• #321 by shuttlefan on 23 Jun, 2006 13:47
• I think it was mentioned at last Saturday's post-FRR news conference, that ET/SRB mate is scheduled for the first week in July.
• #322 by Chris Bergin on 23 Jun, 2006 19:39
• Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) -
  P3/P4 Solar Arrays
  Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
  Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
  Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006
  Launch Pad: 39B
  Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper
  Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
  
  In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, the Crew Equipment Integrated
  Test with the crew of STS-115 is under way and will continue on
  Saturday. The test allows crew members to familiarize themselves with
  the vehicle, perform fit checks and verify hardware configurations
  that will be used on orbit.
  
  Closeout work in the aft and mid-body areas of Atlantis continues.
  Freon coolant loop No. 2 is serviced, and preparations for servicing
  water coolant loop No. 1 continue. The coolant loop is part of the
  system that cools the avionics bays in the mid-body and the aft of
  the orbiter.
  
  In high bay No. 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the
  STS-115 solid rocket boosters fuel segments is complete. The forward
  assembly sections are mated, and joint closeouts are in progress.
  
  Processing of the external fuel tank for STS-115, designated ET-118,
  continues in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Workers from the Michoud
  Assembly Facility in Louisiana are at KSC and have completed
  replacing the tank's liquid hydrogen engine cutoff sensors, or fuel
  gauges.
  
  This week, while workers repaired a minor nick on the side of the
  ET-118 tank facing away from the shuttle, they noticed a couple of
  beads of water come out of the foam. It appears the water got into
  the stringers of the intertank during Hurricane Katrina. An
  inspection is under way and is planned to be completed this weekend
  or early next week. The work is not expected to affect the
  launch-on-need support for STS-121 or STS-115.
  
• #323 by psloss on 24 Jun, 2006 00:25
• Some CEIT photos have been posted:
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4
  
  

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• #324 by shuttlefan on 24 Jun, 2006 00:53
• Will the 115 crew also go to the VAB and check out the already-stacked SRBs that will help launch them?
• #325 by astrobrian on 24 Jun, 2006 00:59
• Why not? I sure would
• #326 by Chris Bergin on 24 Jun, 2006 02:12
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  psloss - 24/6/2006  1:12 AM
  
  Some CEIT photos have been posted:
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4
  
  

  
  I'd want to give her a pat on the head in that photo. Not that it would be a clever thing to do
• #327 by shuttlefan on 24 Jun, 2006 14:09
• Chris Bergin:  " I would want to give her a pat on the head in that photo. Not that it would be a clever thing to do.   "
  
  Be careful with those tiles Chris!  ( laughing out loud )      
• #328 by shuttlefan on 24 Jun, 2006 14:19
• Also, nice to see the Canadian flag on Astronaut Steve Maclean's shoulder in those Crew Equipment Interface Test photos. My fellow Canadians would agree. I am equally interested in all the flights though.
• #329 by shuttlefan on 24 Jun, 2006 18:26
• Do they know for sure yet whether or not the water in the STS-300/115 ET is serious enough to cause delays, or are they still investigating?
• #330 by astrobrian on 24 Jun, 2006 20:15
• Last I heard it was a non issue and would be taken care of without a delay
• #331 by Avron on 26 Jun, 2006 04:51
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  shuttlefan - 24/6/2006  10:06 AM
  
  Also, nice to see the Canadian flag on Astronaut Steve Maclean's shoulder in those Crew Equipment Interface Test photos. My fellow Canadians would agree. I am equally interested in all the flights though.

  
  
  I just wonder if that Flag will be flying in 10 years... CEV and all the changes.. Maybe with ESA?
• #332 by shuttlefan on 26 Jun, 2006 13:44
• Hopefully Canadian astronauts will someday make it to the moon.
• #333 by psloss on 26 Jun, 2006 18:49
• S'more CEIT photos:
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4
  
  

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• #334 by Rapoc on 03 Jul, 2006 10:08
• Is the ET/SRB mating still on track for this week?
• #335 by Chris Bergin on 03 Jul, 2006 10:53
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  Rapoc - 3/7/2006  10:55 AM
  
  Is the ET/SRB mating still on track for this week?

  
  Yes, if the processing flow is anything to go on. They've now found three days contingency...so everything's looking on schedule.
• #336 by Mark Dave on 04 Jul, 2006 02:34
• What are those red covers on the RMS and OBSS?
• #337 by MKremer on 04 Jul, 2006 02:50
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  MarkD - 3/7/2006  9:21 PM
  
  What are those red covers on the RMS and OBSS?

  
  to protect against accidental dings and scrapes to the thermal covers and tubes
• #338 by Jim on 04 Jul, 2006 03:11
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  MarkD - 3/7/2006  10:21 PM
  
  What are those red covers on the RMS and OBSS?

  
  protective covers
• #339 by Spirit on 04 Jul, 2006 21:38
• Who will be the 7th astronaut on board Atlantis on STS-115?