**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>: Major STS Flight Schedule Changes (New FAWGs) \u2013 March 27 \u2013 NASA White Paper on Manifest Changes \u2013 March 27 \u2013 Shuttle Flight Preparation Status Charts to STS-124. ET Repair Documentation \u2013 from start of March to April \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> Click for <\/em>more screenshots of the damage.<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Following NASA\u2019s careful assessment of ET-124 hail damage, which led to the approval to continue with repairs \u2013 as opposed to swapping with ET-117, technicians have completed 938 out of the 2,741 areas of damage. <\/font><\/p>\n With the repair effort showing that around 300 areas of repair are being completed each day, it is possible that the tank will be repaired within a week. As far as the estimated repair schedule, work on the tank is only down by a day or two \u2013 well within the NET June 8 launch possibility. <\/font><\/p>\n However, those tank repairs have gotten in the way of the requirement to remove Atlantis\u2019 SSMEs (Space Shuttle Main Engines), due to scaffolding \u2013 which was erected for the ET-124 repairs \u2013 providing lower than required clearance for the removal of the engines. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018During a walkdown in preparation for engine removal, several scaffolding issues were noted. To ensure ET-124 repair efforts were not impacted, engine removal will be rescheduled to begin on April 24,\u2019 noted processing information acquired by this site at the start of this week. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018This change in the schedule is not expected to impact the rollout date of May 6 nor the NET launch date of June 8.\u2019 <\/font><\/p>\n This was explained further by information produced a few days later, which noted clearances of only 1.5 inches, which isn\u2019t enough, given the stack is capable of moving around three inches while inside the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building). <\/p>\n \u2018Reviewed engine removal timeline and procedure: A question was posed to the Loads Panel on the clearances to the scaffolding and how much the vehicle would move once the engines are removed. Checked the clearances on the scaffolding, and in some areas have scaffolding clearance of only one inch or 1.5 inches. 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