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The Hubble Project
Excerpts from Kennedy Report
Friday | Jan.
18, 2002
The NICMOS Cryogenic Cooler for Hubble arrived at KSC yesterday.
The Reaction Wheel Assembly is scheduled to be delivered to
KSC in eary February.
Kennedy
Space Center
Vehicle: Columbia/OV-102
Shuttle & Payload Processing Status Report
 Thursday
| Jan. 17, 2002
Shuttle Columbia rolled over from its Orbiter Processing Facility
(OPF) bay to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) yesterday
afternoon. The Orbiter will be mated to the External Tank
(ET)/Solid Rocket Booster stack in the VAB high bay today.
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The monoball interface assembly will be connected between
the Orbiter and the ET this weekend. The space vehicle will
be powered up for the Shuttle interface test on Monday. Rollout
to the launch pad is scheduled for next week.
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FOR MORE IMAGES...
Monday | Jan. 14, 2002
Final preparations are underway for the rollover of Shuttle
Columbia from its Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay to
the Vehicle Assembly Building for space vehicle mate on Wednesday.
Aft closeouts were completed over the weekend and forward
closeouts are being worked. The Orbiter will be jacked down
for weight and balance and center of gravity checks tomorrow.
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