Monday, July 24, Atlantis is scheduled to be moved out of its hangar
at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The first motion is expected at
6 a.m. EDT. Media must arrive at Kennedy's News Center by 5 a.m. to
attend the event.
The move from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly
Building is referred to as a "rollover." Inside the assembly
building, Atlantis will be attached to its external fuel tank and
twin solid rocket boosters.
Atlantis' launch window begins Aug. 28. During its 11-day mission to
the International Space Station, the STS-115 crew of six astronauts
will install the Port 3/4 truss segment with its two large solar
arrays.
Crew members are:
- Commander Brent Jett
A veteran of three space missions, Jett will lead the crew of STS-115, the shuttle's 19th mission to the space station. - Pilot Chris Ferguson
Ferguson will make his first journey into space as the pilot of the STS-115 shuttle mission. - Mission Specialist Joe Tanner
With five spacewalks to his credit, STS-115 Mission Specialist Tanner will be making his fourth spaceflight. - Mission Specialist Dan Burbank
Assigned as a mission specialist for STS-115, Burbank previously flew on STS-106. - Mission Specialist Steve MacLean
On his second spaceflight, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut MacLean will visit the space station as an STS-115 mission specialist. - Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
A member of the 1996 astronaut class, Stefanyshyn-Piper is assigned to STS-115 as a mission specialist.
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