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Next, on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report.

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The month of June begins with many Return to Flight preparations at Kennedy Space Center.

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The anticipation builds as progress on Space Shuttle Discovery takes place inside the Vehicle

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Assembly Building, paving the way for a date to roll out to the launch pad.

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And, with sights set on a late summer launch for Atlantis, technicians prepare for the arrival of

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the third Return to Flight External Tank.

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The Space Shuttle Status Report starts right now.

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I'm Tim O'Brien, NASA Ground Operations Manager, and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report.

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This week in Return to Flight news, Discovery was removed from its External Tank and Solid Rocket

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Boosters inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 2nd.

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The "de-mate" as it's called, was necessary so that Discovery could be attached to a different flight stack.

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On Monday June 6th, the orbiter was mated to it's new tank and boosters. This External Tank is

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outfitted with a new heater modification to the tank's feedline bellows.

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Focus now turns toward rolling Discovery out to launch pad 39B in the coming days to prepare for

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a launch window that opens July 13th.

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Meanwhile, some additional work is being performed on one of Discovery's payloads, called Raffaello.

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The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module was transferred to the Space Station Processing Facility

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where the mission processing team is checking fasteners inside the module.

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This additional work will not affect the STS-114 launch planning window.

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Technicians continue power-up testing on Atlantis inside Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 for

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its mission designated STS-121 to the International Space Station.

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Forward, mid-body and aft-area closeouts continue.

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And, as early as next week, technicians are beginning the cleaning of the payload bay doors for final closure prior to flight.

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That's all the time we have for this week's Space Shuttle Status Report.

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Be sure to check back next week for the latest updates as NASA prepares for a safe Return to

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Flight mission to the International Space Station this July.

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Until then, log-on to nasa.gov for Return to Flight updates and other NASA mission news.

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I'm Tim O'Brien for the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report.

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