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June 12, 2007 Vol. 12, No.

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Atlantis delivers crew, solar Dawn fueled, weighed, ready


arrays to ISS for third-stage fitting

ELV Update: Dawn spacecraft event, so get your tickets by this Friday.
technicians successfully completed fuel- All KSC/CCAFS employees and stu-
ing/pressurization operations on Sunday. dents are invited and off-center guests
Upcoming activities include the space- can attend! The purpose is to foster posi-
craft's weighing and spin balance today, tive employee relations at KSC and
mating to the payload attach fitting and to welcome summer students and faculty.
third stage on June 21 and its move to a The meal tickets include an entrée
transporter on June 25. (chicken and/or ribs), potato salad, baked
beans, bread, dessert and a drink. Tickets
June 2007 Cardiovascular Disease are $5/student or $10/employees.
(CVD) Screening — The hours are 7 to Chicken and ribs combo is $14.
8 a.m. on Wednesday at the KSC Occu- Get your tickets from Maria Bland,
pational Health Facility and Thursday at HQ 2641B; Wanda Petty, HQ 2114B;
the KSC MFF Cafeteria/Launch Area Benita DeSuza, HQ 3350D (students);
Mission Update: After a magnifi- Clinic. No appointment is necessary. Maxine Daniels, SSPF 3228X; Valarie
cent launch at 7:38 p.m. Friday, Atlantis You must fast (water only) for 12 hours Franklin, O&C Bldg. 1020A; Charmel
linked up with the International Space prior to screening. If you take prescrip- Jones, O&C Bldg. 1073M2; Maggie
Station on Sunday to begin a joint mis- tion medications, ask your doctor how to Forbes, O&C Bldg. 5318Q; Linnette
sion that will increase the complex’s manage these medications during your Daniels, Hangar N/CCAFS; Patricia
power generation capability. The photo fasting. Johnson, Hangar R Room 138; and
above of the space station was taken on- The two-page CVD questionnaire Debra Dukes, RPSF Room 103.
board Atlantis. forms can be picked up at any medical
Using the shuttle and station robotic facility. The updated forms can also be Call for Speakers at the NASA
arms and conducting three spacewalks, downloaded from the SGS home Project Management Challenge 2008
the astronauts will install another set of page/forms at: http://kscboc- — Download the speaker requirements
giant solar array wings on the station and forms/KSCForms2/ref/KSC28- document at:
retract another array, preparing it for a 1010V2.itr. This form can be filled out http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/Spea
future move. online (single-sided only, please) and ker2008.htm. Speaker abstracts and bi-
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson be- then printed. In addition, the forms can ographies are due Sept. 14.
gins a four-month stay on the station, re- be printed from a PDF version at: The event will be held at the Hilton
placing Suni Williams who will journey http://hewp.ksc.nasa.gov/heart.cfm. Oceanfront Hotel in Daytona Beach Feb.
home on Atlantis. Williams has been on Please be sure to answer all the questions 26-27. Registration opens Nov. 1. For
the station since December and will re- on the forms and print each page sepa- more information, go to:
turn to Earth with a record for the longest rately. http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov.
female spaceflight in history. If you have any questions, please call
Countdown is published every Tuesday & Thurs-
After reaching orbit, Atlantis’ crew 867-3414. day for NASA KSC employees. Deadlines are
began procedures to open the shuttle’s 10 a.m. Mondays & Wednesdays. E-mail news to
Last Week to Buy BEST BBQ
payload bay doors and set up computers anita.barrett@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov. For questions or
Tickets — The KSC BEST BBQ will be
and other equipment. They powered up information, e-mail or call 321-867-2815. You can
held from 3 to 6 p.m. on June 22 at
the shuttle's robotic arm to check its op- also find Countdown on the Web at
KARS Park I. Tickets will not
eration and used the arm on Saturday to nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/countdown/co
be available for sale on the day of the untdown-toc.html.
inspect Atlantis’ heat shield.

www.nasa.gov

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