**The most comprehensive collection of STS-117 onwards related presentions and mission documentation, plus expansive daily processing documentation and updates are <\/em>available to download on L2<\/em><\/font> ** Including all FRR documentation and presentations.<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Atlantis STS-117 PAD FLOW \u2013 LIVE**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Endeavour STS-118 (LON-318) Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Discovery STS-120 (LON-320) Processing**<\/font><\/em> <\/font><\/p>\n The FRR was approved by all members, which discussed launch safety criteria such, including the repaired External Tank (ET-124) which initially caused the delay to the launch until June. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018We had a very good review over the past day and a half,\u2019 said associate administrator Bill Gerstenmaier. \u2018We\u2019ve set the launch date for June 8. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018We often talk about a high performance team and how folks work together, across the contractors and work as a true team to get things done. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen an effort done as well as this External Tank team.\u2019 <\/font><\/p>\n Other items that were discussed involved the Composite Overwrap Pressure Vessels (COPV)<\/font> in Atlantis, the aluminum housing\/inserts for flange bolts that hold the Low Pressure Oxidizer Turbo Pump (LPOTP<\/font>) in place inside the main engines, the Pan Tilt Unit (PTU) Qual Unit Failure issue, and a crack in one tile \u2013 all of which gained flight rationale.<\/font><\/p>\n In all, over 100 issues were up for discussion. <\/font>However, it was the External Tank that continued to gain the majority of the comments during the post-FRR media briefing, with Shuttle manager Wayne Hale paying a special tribute to the workforce involved.<\/font><\/p>\n \u2018I can come to you today and say we are extremely confident that we have done a perfectly good repair and that we have a tank that is safe to fly \u2013 which is all due to the very hard work of this team which as you know is still recovering from Katrina,\u2019 said Hale. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018In the face of all the work they had to do to get this particular tank repaired and ready for flight, they have also had to do a major redesign change to the Ice Frost Ramps (IFR) for ET-120 and for a final design change for ET-128 onwards, and keep production up on the schedule that we asked them to do. <\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Adversity can breed character and resilience, and I\u2019m extremely proud of this team that has come through all of these difficulties and be stronger for it.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Another article will appear shorly, reviewing the FRR documentation acquired by this site on L2.<\/em> **INFINITY: 10 minute STS MUSIC VIDEO**<\/font><\/em><\/font> \u2013 COMING SOON: Atlantis\/Starlight. **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font><\/em> <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shuttle managers have concluded their Flight Readiness Review (FRR) by approving Shuttle Atlantis to proceed with the first launch attempt of STS-117 on June 8. The as-expected announcement follows a meeting that lasted one and a half days, which shuttle managers used to discuss all elements regarding the vehicle and the upcoming mission. **The most […]<\/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-41707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41707"}],"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=41707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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