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This mission has been added to the weekly status reports:<br /><br />08.31.07<br />George Diller<br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />321-867-2468<br />george.h.diller@nasa.gov<br />STATUS REPORT: S-083107<br />NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT<br /><br />Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing <br />Status Reports periodically and is the source for information <br />regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and <br />payloads. Mission: STS-123 - 25th International Space Station Flight - Kibo <br />Logistics Module, Dextre Robotics System <br />Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105) <br />Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 <br />Launch Date: Targeted for Feb. 14, 2008 <br />Launch Pad: 39A <br />Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Doi, Behnken, Foreman and Reisman<br />Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles <br /><br />In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 2, two tiles damaged during the <br />flight of STS-118 have been removed for inspection and testing. The <br />orbiter structure beneath the tile impact area has been inspected, <br />and engineers have found no evidence of heat-related damage. <br />Additionally, three-dimensional measurements of the damage site found <br />no appreciable change in volume resulting from heat affects.<br /><br />Also during inspections, two micro-meteorite impacts were observed on <br />the payload bay door radiators. They did not damage any of the <br />radiator Freon coolant loops and did not reach the outer skin of the <br />payload bay doors. These impact areas can be repaired.<br /><br />Spacehab, part of the STS-118 payload, was removed from Endeavour's <br />payload bay and returned to the Space Station Processing Facility. <br />Validation of the orbiter's main engine pneumatics and power systems <br />is complete. Workers have completed post-flight thermography <br />inspection of the reinforced carbon-carbon, or RCC, on the nosecap.<br /><</safety_wrapper> <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>