Latest official Status<br /><br />07.13.07<br />George Diller<br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />321-867-2468<br />STATUS REPORT: S-071307<br />NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT<br /><br /><br />Mission: STS-122 - 24th International Space Station Flight - Columbus <br />Laboratory Module <br />Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 <br />Launch Date: Targeted for Dec. 6, 2007 <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Frick, Poindexter, Schlegel, Eyharts, Love, Melvin and Walheim <br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 1, overall inspection of the <br />orbiter's thermal protection system is about 80 percent complete. <br />This includes thermography inspection of the left and right wing <br />reinforced carbon-carbon panels, along with the chin panel and nose <br />cap. The main landing gear tires have been removed, the strongbacks <br />were installed on the payload bay doors, and the doors have been <br />opened. The forward reaction control system thruster and vernier <br />inspection began this week, as did removal of the main engine dome <br />heat shields. Preparations for engine removal are under way.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>