Non so se è scaramanticamente il caso di aprire questo thread però visto che comincia già a muoversi qualche cosa… se è troppo presto o c’è qualche scaramantico rinominatelo pure e tenetelo come thread normale e non come “mission log” 
Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) - P3/P4 Solar Arrays Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104) Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical milesIn Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, Atlantis was powered up this
week to support payload testing. Early in the week, the auxiliary
power controller unit verification testing was successfully
completed. Preparations for installing engine No. 3 are finished,
with installation scheduled for Monday. Engines No. 1 and No. 2
already are in place on the orbiter.On Thursday, stacking for STS-115 began with the transfer of the right
aft booster segment from the Rotation Processing and Surge Facility
to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it was lifted into high bay 3
and placed on mobile launcher platform No. 2. The left aft booster
was transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building and lifted into high
bay 3 on Friday.
Non crederai che tra di noi ci siano dei superstiziosi, vero ? :^o 
Testicula tacta… 
Secondo me questa missione ha già battuto un record: l’Astronauta con il cognome più lungo ???
Piccoli lavori di rifinitura… autoradio? ok. cerchi in lega? ok. vetri oscurati? stiamo provvedendo… 
Ma non vi sembra (viste queste foto di tecnici NASA… o forse USA, nel senso di United Space Alliance) che vestano molto più casual di come eravamo abituati a vederli negli anni '70 quando lavoravano attorno alle capsule Apollo?
Forse a lavorare a stretto contatto con i loro colleghi russi hanno iniziato a vestirsi molto meno “seriosi” (cappellino bianco, camice bianco, sovrascarpe, guanti bianchi, pass appeso…).
Bè, in fondo non è l’abito che fa il bravo tecnico!
Ma non vi sembra (viste queste foto di tecnici NASA... o forse USA, nel senso di United Space Alliance) che vestano molto più casual di come eravamo abituati a vederli negli anni '70 quando lavoravano attorno alle capsule Apollo? Forse a lavorare a stretto contatto con i loro colleghi russi hanno iniziato a vestirsi molto meno "seriosi" (cappellino bianco, camice bianco, sovrascarpe, guanti bianchi, pass appeso...). Bè, in fondo non è l'abito che fa il bravo tecnico! :wink:
Si… però nel frattempo hanno contagiato i russi!!!
Ma forse questi non sono russi ma brasiliani… (visto lo stemma sul nose fairing).
E dal mare arriva il tank:
External TankThe external tank scheduled to fly with Atlantis on mission STS-115
departed the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Monday.
Liberty Star, the solid rocket booster retrieval ship towing the
tank, is scheduled to arrive at Port Canaveral on Friday.
External TankExternal Tank 118, which will fly as part of the STS-115 mission,
arrived via barge at the KSC turn basin Friday evening. It was
transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building the same day. On
Saturday, the tank was lifted into a checkout cell in high bay No.2,
where it is being processed for flight.
Ricominciamo…
Rescue Shuttle Tank Dented“In other NASA news, workers at the Kennedy Space Center damaged the external fuel tank for Space shuttle Atlantis. NASA says the workers accidentally struck the tank with a mobile work platform, denting the foam. The dent is about 3/8 of an inch deep on the upper part of the tank very close to the centerline.”
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/06/rescue_shuttle.html
Roba da matti…
Ma poi dico io, che li imbottissero di gommapiuma sti piani mobili…
Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum
Come dicono i greci: “Fà e desfà l’è tot laurà” (Fare e disfare è tutto lavorare)… 
Pronti per Atlantis:
Si... però nel frattempo hanno contagiato i russi!!!
Bhè ma per le foto di rappresentanza si fa questo e altro … tutti belli lustri e pulti
Mission: STS-115 - 19th International Space Station Flight (12A) - P3/P4 Solar Arrays Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104) Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 Launch Date: No earlier than Aug. 28, 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean and Stefanyshyn-Piper Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical milesIn Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, workers are making final
preparations for the rollover of Atlantis to the Vehicle Assembly
Building, currently scheduled for July 25. Forward closeouts continue
and T-0 umbilical disconnects are scheduled to be completed today.
The T-0 umbilical is the connection point for ground power to the
orbiter. Final orbiter “power down” for rollover is scheduled for
today. Final tire pressure for flight is under way. Procedures this
week include orbiter jackdown, weight and center-of-gravity
operations, which occur prior to the vehicle’s transfer to the
transporter. Atlantis will be placed on its transporter on Wednesday.
Altro giro altro regalo, si ricomincia con l’Atlantis:
MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-118Space Shuttle Atlantis Set to Move to Vehicle Assembly Building
NASA invites news media to witness an important milestone for the upcoming Space Shuttle Atlantis mission, designated STS-115. On 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.
Bene bene bene…