Nov. 9, 2007

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

STATUS REPORT: S-110907

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
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Mission: STS-120 - 23rd International Space Station Flight - U.S. Node
2 (Harmony)
Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103)
Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3
Launch Date: Oct. 23, 2007
KSC Landing Date: Nov. 7, 2007
Crew: Melroy, Zamka, Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Nespoli and
Anderson
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

The STS-120 mission ended on Nov. 7 when Discovery touched down at
Kennedy Space Center’s runway 33 at 1:01 p.m. The mission lasted 15
days and Discovery completed 238 revolutions around the Earth and
traveled 6.25 million miles. Discovery delivered the Harmony Node
with its 2,600 cubic feet of pressurized volume. Harmony was placed
in a temporary location and will be relocated by the Expedition 16
crew over the next three weeks, before the next shuttle mission
arrives. The STS-120 crew also moved the Port 6 truss segment and its
accompanying solar arrays to its permanent home at the end of the
station’s truss, and repaired damage done to the solar array as it
was being redeployed.

Discovery is now back in its hangar at Orbiter Processing Facility bay
3. Preparations are under way for offloading the residual cryogenic
reactants this weekend, followed by opening the payload bay doors and
the start of detailed post-flight inspections. At this time,
Discovery appears to have few issues.


Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight - Columbus
Module
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building
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

On Nov. 3, Atlantis rolled from Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 to
the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it was lifted up and into high
bay 3 to be connected to the external fuel tank on the mobile launch
platform. Workers spent the week closing out connections between the
solid rocket boosters, tank and orbiter, and performing interface
tests to verify that all the space shuttle elements are working as a
fully integrated launch vehicle. Rollout from the assembly building
to Launch Pad 39A is scheduled for 4 a.m. Saturday. The Columbus
laboratory module will be installed into the orbiter’s payload bay on
Sunday. The terminal countdown demonstration test with the STS-122
astronauts is scheduled for Nov. 18–20.


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 2, installation of replacement
overhead window No. 8 is in progress. Installation of a new
reinforced carbon-carbon panel, RCC No. 10 right (10R), is under way.
Technicians are preparing the orbiter for installation of the
engines, scheduled for next week. The crew module hatch functional
test is nearing completion. Thermal protection system work continues
on the main landing gear doors, wings, elevons and orbital
maneuvering system pods. Payload pre-mate testing is under way.
Liquid oxygen tank No. 1 is installed and is undergoing leak checks.