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The STS-118 payload was installed in Endeavour's payload bay on Launch Pad 39A. Checkout of the flash evaporator system heater is complete on Endeavour. Two of the three engines were scheduled for installation this past weekend.
The STS-118 payload was installed in Endeavour's payload bay on Launch Pad 39A. Checkout of the flash evaporator system heater is complete on Endeavour. Two of the three engines were scheduled for installation this past weekend.
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The STS-118 payload was installed in Endeavour's payload bay on Launch Pad 39A. Checkout of the flash evaporator system heater is complete on Endeavour. Two of the three engines were scheduled for installation this past weekend.
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Payload ready in Endeavour, Phoenix in final stages
testing ongoing on other orbiters for move to pad 17-A Shuttle Update: ELV Update: Engineers success- served basis, so arrive early! If you have On Sunday, the STS-118 fully performed the spin testing of Phoe- any questions, please contact Layla Hig- payload was installed in nix last week. Mating of Phoenix to the gins at layla.m.higgins@nasa.gov . Endeavour's payload bay upper-stage booster was scheduled for FREE Showing of "In the Shadow on Launch Pad 39A. today. Final installation of the heat shield of the Moon" for Employees July 20 In Orbiter Processing onto the cruise stage will occur Wednes- — NASA and THINKFilm have part- Facility bay No. 3, check- day. Phoenix will be transported to Pad nered to offer two complimentary em- out of the flash evaporator 17-A on CCAFS and mated to the Delta ployee viewings of In The Shadow Of system heater is complete on Discovery. II on July 23. The Moon on Friday at the Kennedy Testing of the engine cutoff sensor sys- Space Center Visitor Complex Astronaut tem, payload pre-mate testing and rigging NASA To Learn From Apollo Vet- erans — The Apollo panel discussion Encounter Theater. The film, presented of the latching mechanism for the orbiter by Ron Howard, brings together surviv- boom sensor system are all under way. with retired engineers to be held Friday will air on public, education and media ing crew members from every single Two of the three engines were scheduled Apollo mission that flew to the moon, for installation this past weekend. channels on the dates and times below. The engineers will share lessons learned and allows them to tell their story in their Stacking of the STS-120 solid rocket own words. boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Build- with current NASA employees working on the Constellation Program, which will This unique screening opportunity ing is scheduled to begin this week. for KSC and CCAFS badged employees On Atlantis, in Orbiter Processing return humans to the moon by 2020. is in commemoration of the 38th anniver- Facility bay No. 1, overall inspection of Friday: 4, 7 and 10 p.m. sary of the first moon landing. Showings the orbiter's thermal protection system is Saturday: 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7 and will be at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and are about 80 percent complete. This includes 10 p.m. limited to 300 seats per event. Tickets thermography inspection of the left and are available at Exchange Stores on a first right wing reinforced carbon-carbon pan- NASA Science News — A pair of come, first served basis. Contact the els, along with the chin panel and nose robots named ASTRO and NextSat have NASA Public Services Division at 867- cap. The main landing gear tires have been working together in Earth orbit, 7711 if you have any questions. been removed, the strongbacks were in- docking, undocking, flying around and stalled on the payload bay doors, and the refueling, as if they have minds of their Reminder — The deadline to submit doors have been opened. own. Their adventures may herald a revo- a slogan for the 2007 Combined Federal The forward reaction control system lution in the way we explore space. Read Campaign is tomorrow. Go to the CFC thruster and vernier inspection began last the full story at Slogan Web site to enter. For more in- week, as did removal of the main engine http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007 formation, call Patty Hepburn, 867-2527, dome heat shields. Preparations for en- /06jul_astroandnextsat.htm?list947891. or Elizabeth Rodriguez, 867-9166. gine removal are under way. STS-117 Crew Return Presenta- Countdown is published every Tuesday & Thurs- tion — Please welcome back the crew of day for NASA KSC employees. Deadlines are STS-117 after their very successful mis- 10 a.m. Mondays & Wednesdays. E-mail news to Road Work — The Indian River sion! All employees are invited to attend anita.barrett@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov. For questions or Bridge will be reduced to one lane of the STS-117 crew return visit on information, e-mail or call 321-867-2815. You can traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The presentation will be held also find Countdown on the Web at Tuesday and Wednesday for repairs. at 1:30 p.m. in the OSB II, room 5109. nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/countdown/co untdown-toc.html. Seating is available on a first come, first