**The most comprehensive collection of Shuttle related presentions and mission documentation, plus expansive daily processing documentation and updates are <\/em>available to download on L2<\/em><\/font> **<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n L2 Members: All documentation used in this article is available to download on the L2 section. Special STS-118 L2 Section coming soon. **LIVE news updates on Atlantis STS-117 Post Flight Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Endeavour STS-118 Mating Operations**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Discovery STS-120 (LON-320) Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n Rocket building kits (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n Article: <\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Atlantis \u2013 via a number of pit stops and two overnight stays \u2013 is now back home at KSC, and is about to be towed back to her OPF (Orbiter Processing Facility) \u2013 once demated from the SCA at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF).<\/p>\n Thousands of people watched Atlantis return from various vantage points, including nearby Cocoa Beach.<\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019ve had a great ferry mission across the country, which took us a few days, but it really went very well\u2019 said KSC manager and Flight Controller Leroy Cain, speaking next to Atlantis and the SCA on the SLF runway.<\/p>\n \u2018Atlantis is in great shape as you can see \u2013 and we\u2019re really glad to have her back here and have her processed for the next mission in December. <\/p>\n \u2018We really appreciate the effort of all the folks on the ground team here to receive us and it\u2019s great to be home.\u2019<\/p>\n Due to the extended trip \u2013 mainly due to weather \u2013 safing of the vehicle will involve a number of engineers having to work through the July 4 holiday.<\/p>\n The latest news is Atlantis remains on top of the SCA and hasn\u2019t yet been removed. High powered lights have been placed around the MDM (Mate De-Mate) facility next to the SLF, as engineers continue to work to free her, ahead of the trip back to her OPF.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Endeavour has been lifted over to the awaiting ET-117 and booster stack, ahead of mating operations. Currently, rollout to launch pad 39A is scheduled for July 10, ahead of the August 7 launch date. L2 members<\/font>: All documentation \u2013 from which the above article has quoted snippets \u2013 is available in full in the related L2 sections, updated live.<\/em><\/p>\n **STARLIGHT: BRAND NEW STS-117 MISSION REVIEW MUSIC VIDEO**<\/font><\/em><\/font> -. **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Atlantis has arrived back at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on top of the SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft) Tuesday morning, following a cross-country piggyback ride back from California. However, engineers are struggling to remove her from the SCA. In tandem, mating operations with Endeavour and ET-117 \u2013 along with the twin Solid Rocket Boosters \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
STS-118 Flight Plan and handbooks already uploaded, along with a large amount of mission documentation.<\/font><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n**Ride home through the fire and plasma of re-entry with Atlantis on STS-115 \u2013 And now also with Discovery on STS-116 \u2013 TWO Stunning high quality 2hr, 355mb videos \u2013 from deorbit burn to post landing**<\/font><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Ready for vehicle at KSC today. Arrival either day will probably require work on July 4 on safing, which requires about 50 individuals in OPF,\u2019 added the latest integration report. \u2018(Shuttle manager) Mr. (Wayne) Hale is sorry they would need to work on the holiday.\u2019<\/p>\n
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\n\u2018OV-105 Rollover to the VAB, Orbiter Sling Connection & OV-105 Lift & Rotate to Vertical was completed yesterday. OV-105 Lift into H\/B-1 & Mate will be in work today (ahead of) S0008 \u2013 Orbiter\/ET interface testing is scheduled for Friday at 1700 hours\u2019 noted processing information today.
\n\u2018SSV Rollout to the PAD is scheduled for Tuesday <\/b>(07\/10<\/b>) @ 0001 hrs.\u2019
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\nDespite the operations taking a day longer than normal, managers are pleased with the smoothness of the operation, despite a some of the workforce \u2013 who normally work such operations \u2013 being out on strike.
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\n\u2018Operations completed today with first motion of the vehicle at 7:20 am. Orbiter\/ET mate operations are in work in the VAB. The orbiter has been rotated to vertical and disconnect of the aft spreader beam and 175 ton crane are in work,\u2019 noted another processing update.
\n\u2018Plan to release the prime crane crew after the 175 ton crane is disconnected and pick up with lift to HB1 and mate in the morning. Not working any issues at this time.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/font><\/p>\n
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