**The most comprehensive collection of STS-117 onwards related presentions and mission documentation are <\/em>available to download on L2<\/font><\/em> <\/em>**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Atlantis STS-117 VAB Flow**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Endeavour STS-118 (LON-318) Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Discovery STS-122 (LON-322) Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/font> <\/font>Related documentation on L2<\/font>: Standup Reports. Daily Processing Ops Reports. Lockheed Martin Schedule Presentations. Daily ATK Processing information. Daily ET Repair Assessment Presentations \u2013 plus more (vast)\u2026.the ultimate place to follow Shuttle processing.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n **Previous articles related to the ET damage events: <\/font><\/em>Article 1<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 2<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 3<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 4<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 5<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 6<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 7<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 8<\/em><\/font> \u2013 <\/em><\/font>Article 9<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font> \u2013 Article 10<\/font><\/font> \u2013 <\/font>Article 11<\/font> \u2013 Article 12<\/font> \u2013 Article 13<\/font> \u2013 Article 14<\/font> \u2013 Article 15<\/font> \u2013 Article 16**<\/font><\/font> \u2013 Article 17**<\/font> \u2013 <\/font>Article 18<\/font>** \u2013 Article 19**<\/font><\/font> \u2013 Article 20**<\/font> click for <\/font><\/em>more screenshots of the damage.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Should the evaluations \u2013 which were ongoing on Thursday through Friday \u2013 prove the low foam areas require re-work, engineers will need to trim out the undersprayed area, re-apply conathane and re-spray the affected area.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n <\/font> <\/p>\n The machine trim was performed on the pencil sharpener area on Wednesday, where it was noticed that several large patches around the top of the LO2 tank appeared to be undersprayed.<\/font><\/p>\n Images show the trim was successful. However, observations showed that some of the \u2018smoothed\u2019 down areas in question had what appeared to be dips, which are the areas where Lockheed Martin engineers are evaluating a course of action, which could include flying as-is. <\/font><\/p>\n Other options include another trim operation, then respraying the cone area. The evaluations include how the area will react with the thermal issues associated with loading the tank with super cold propellants, and aerodynamic issues with the tank during ascent<\/font>.<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lockheed Martin today decided to trim down some areas of the tank today, and more is expected to be trimmed on Friday, in what is a delicate operation. 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