# NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT S-062806

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06.28.06

Tracy Young  
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.  
321-867-2468

STATUS REPORT: S-062806

NASA’S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

Note: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing  
Status Reports periodically and is the source for information  
regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and  
payloads. This report does not necessarily reflect the chronological  
order of future space shuttle missions. If you are a member of the  
media and would like further information, visit:

> **[Kennedy Space Center News - NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/kennedy/kennedy-space-center-news/)**

Mission: STS-121 - 18th International Space Station Flight (ULF1.1) -  
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module  
Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103)  
Location: Launch Pad 39B  
Launch Date: July 1, 2006, 3:49 p.m. EDT  
Launch Pad: 39B  
Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson and Reiter  
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

The countdown for the Space Shuttle Discovery launch begins at 5 p.m.  
today at the T-43 hour mark. Launch remains scheduled for Saturday at  
3:49 p.m.

Discovery’s flight crew is relaxing today and reviewing its flight  
data file. The Launch Complex 39 avian detection and monitoring  
continues through launch.

On Tuesday afternoon, a lightning strike was detected near the south  
perimeter of Pad B. Discovery was not powered up and was not struck.  
There was one report of hail that was not confirmed. Initial  
walkdowns indicate there was some damage to facility electrical  
equipment supporting liquid hydrogen operations, but no vehicle  
damage was reported. None of the damage is expected to impact  
Discovery’s launch. Further assessments of the shuttle and facilities  
will continue today.

U.S. Air Force weather officers are forecasting a 60-percent chance of  
weather prohibiting a launch attempt on Saturday. The primary weather  
concerns are anvil clouds from inland thunderstorms, cumulus clouds  
within 10 nautical miles of the flight path, and showers within 20  
nautical miles of the Shuttle Landing Facility. The forecast is  
similar in the event of a 24-hour delay.

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