Friday, July 21, 2006

Alantis moving out of Hangar




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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