**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).<\/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>**<\/font> click for <\/font><\/em>more screenshots of the damage.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n While Discovery and Endeavour enjoy smooth processing flows, the main concentration of work is being held inside the huge Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where continued work is being conducted on the hail damaged ET-124. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018Lockheed Martin schedule shows four days for ogive repair sprays, followed by shakedown inspections, another two days to reconfigure the platforms for pencil point area sprays, then will reconfigure and pull remainder of platforms back for rollout,\u2019 noted Monday\u2019s Shuttle Standup\/Integration report. \u2018This appears to lay out to May 16th rollout to pad.\u2019 <\/font><\/p>\n A May 16th rollout will leave only two days of pad contingency remaining in the current launch target of June 8. A review of the rollout date will take place on May 11, although the workforce received more praise from NASA shuttle management for their efforts thus far.<\/font><\/p>\n Work on the tank is extensive, with inspections on work that has been completed being undertaken at the same time as the final areas of repairs are being finished up. <\/font><\/p>\n \u201977 PDL Pour areas had the Conathane applied and the molds installed Monday night,\u2019 added Tuesday\u2019s Launch Operations report. \u2018The PDL application will be completed this morning and then trim work will begin on 1st shift today.<\/font><\/p>\n \u2018Additional ET Foam Hail Damage: 1 PDL Pour area had Conathane applied and molds were installed last night. The PDL application will be completed this morning and trim work will begin on 1st shift today.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n The removal is to allow detailed inspections for potential RepliSet contamination. The same process was carried out on Endeavour last week, with the delay to Atlantis\u2019 inspections being caused by clearance issues between the engines and scaffolding \u2013 which was removed on Sunday \u2013 that was erected for ET repairs. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018SSME removal\/reinstallation operations began yesterday with SSME #2 demate\/lowering. SSME #3 demate\/lowering is in work at this time. Engine removal\/flowliner inspection work continues through next week.\u2019 <\/font><\/p>\n At one point, the tank looked like it would replace ET-124, before managers decided they could ably repair the primary tank for Atlantis\u2019 mission. However, should inspections find anything serious, the tank swap could still be carried out. <\/font><\/p>\n Meanwhile, at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), the final External Tank has begun to take shape, as the New Orleans plant begins ET-138 construction. The tank is not manifested with any of the future shuttle missions, and will be used as a back up tank, should it be required. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018The panel is the first of 12 that will eventually construct the Liquid Hydrogen Tank aft dome for the final tank, ET-138,\u2019 noted Michoud information. \u2018The tank will be \u2018partially-built,\u2019 providing NASA with an important resource should it be needed to support a future, unplanned shuttle mission.\u2019 <\/font><\/p>\n Also inside the VAB this month will be the segments that make up the boosters for Endeavour\u2019s STS-118 mission. Reusable Solid Rocket Motor set (RSRM-97) and Booster Integration set (BI-130) will begin their build up in the VAB from the middle of May.<\/font><\/p>\n However, a future set of booster segments were involved in a train accident whilst en-route to KSC, as the train they were travelling on derailed late last week. No damage was noted to the booster segments, which were built at ATK\u2019s plant in Utar.<\/font><\/p>\n \u2018There was a railroad train incident on a shipment of eight segments and two exit cones on their way to KSC. The train was travelling east to Kansas at about 9:00 a.m. CDT Friday morning when it experienced derailment of a few of the wheels on three of the segment cars on the aft end of the train,\u2019 noted this week\u2019s Standup report.<\/font><\/p>\n The segments involved were the six remaining RSRM 98 center and forward segments (STS-120) and RSRM 99 aft segments (STS-122).<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018The train was travelling about 20 mph when this happened, and was brought to a stop safely about 3\/4 miles down the track. There are eight axles on each railroad car, with two wheels per axle. Two axles are tied together into a truck, and two trucks are tied together with a span bolster. 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\n<\/font><\/p>\nRemoval of Atlantis\u2019 main engines (SSMEs) is ongoing, with SSME 2 removed yesterday and placed into the VAB transfer aisle before being moved to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) engine shop. The same process is being carried out today on SSME 3. <\/font><\/p>\n
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\n<\/font><\/p>\nAlso now inside the VAB, ET-117 has being placed into HighBay 2W, following its removal from an extended stay inside the barge that transported it from MAF last month. ET-117 will fly with Endeavour on STS-118. <\/font><\/p>\n
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