{"id":42121,"date":"2006-03-15T20:46:19","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T12:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/sts-117-moves-into-2007\/"},"modified":"2006-03-15T20:46:19","modified_gmt":"2006-03-15T12:46:19","slug":"sts-117-moves-into-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/sts-117-moves-into-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"STS-117 moves into 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, STS-117 has been moved into 2007, with the new NET (No Earlier Than) date being January 18, 2007. <\/p>\n

Atlantis was originally on the manifest as the fourth mission of 2006 \u2013 although that was highly unlikely, even before the move to a July window for STS-121. NASA is still capable of three missions this year.\n<\/p>\n

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Previously slatted for a NET window of December 7, Atlantis\u2019 mission is the third International Space Station Assembly flight, post STS-121 \u2013 which is primarily a test mission, to evaluate the reduction in foam liberation on the External Tank (ET), post PAL ramp removal.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

STS-117 (ISS Assembly flight 13A) will carry the S3\/S4 truss to the ISS and will be the 28th mission undertaken by Atlantis.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

The move has very little impact on the 17 flight Shuttle manifest, as the mission moves into a empty period in flights, with the mission to follow (STS-118 with Endeavour) currently on a NET window beginning April 19, 2007<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Three flights in 2006 will still be based on processing flows, positive results on the performance of ET-119 with Discovery on STS-121, plus ET availability at the Michoud Assembly Facility.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Lockheed and MAF currently have ET-118 set to ship from New Orleans next month, with the tank set to fly with Atlantis on STS-115. <\/font><\/p>\n

The next tank to ship is likely to be between ET-120 \u2013 which had been set to fly with Discovery last year on STS-114, before problems with its ECO (Engine Cut Off) sensors, plus <\/font>nearly double the normal amount of cycles through the LH2 pressurization relief valve (hydrogen vent valve), <\/font>saw a rollback and tank swap with ET-121 \u2013 and ET-93. \"\"<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Both tanks are currently classed as \u2018test articles\u2019 \u2013 aiding Wind Tunnel computer evaluations, while undergoing modifications on their PAL ramps and ice\/frost ramps. <\/font><\/p>\n

However, Shuttle manager Wayne Hale is confident that three missions can be launched in 2006.<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\u2018I do think it\u2019s possible, we do need to work on the schedule a little bit and see how quickly we can get the vehicles turned around, but I wouldn\u2019t take that off the table at this point,\u2019 he said. <\/font><\/p>\n

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As expected, STS-117 has been moved into 2007, with the new NET (No Earlier Than) date being January 18, 2007. Atlantis was originally on the manifest as the fourth mission of 2006 \u2013 although that was highly unlikely, even before the move to a July window for STS-121. NASA is still capable of three missions […]<\/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-42121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42121"}],"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=42121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}