Status Report

NASA Releases Revised International Space Station Assembly Sequence

By SpaceRef Editor

March 3, 2006

Filed under International Space Station, ISS, NASA HQ, US

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Transcript of Heads of Agency ISS News Conference, NASA KSC

DR. GRIFFIN: Good afternoon. This is an exciting time in the space program – not just for the United states space program – but for the space programs of our partner nations. The annual Heads of Agencies meeting is always a time of taking stock. This time it is a good process. We reached agreement as agency heads on the final configuration of the International Space Station with no major changes from the configuration you have come to know and love.

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Date	Assembly Flight	Launch Vehicle	Element(s)
No earlier than May 2006	ULF1.1	Discovery STS-121	Return to Flight test mission Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC)
No earlier than Aug. 2006	12A	Atlantis STS-115	Second port truss segment (ITS P3/P4) Second set of solar arrays and batteries
Under review	12A.1	U.S. Orbiter STS-116	Third port truss segment (ITS P5) SPACEHAB single cargo module Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC)
Under review	13A	U.S. Orbiter STS-117	Second starboard truss segment (ITS S3/S4) with Photovoltaic Radiator (PVR) Third set of solar arrays and batteries
Under review	13A.1	U.S. Orbiter STS-118	SPACEHAB Single Cargo Module Third starboard truss segment (ITS S5) External Stowage Platform 3 (ESP3)
Under review	ATV1	Ariane 5	European Automated Transfer Vehicle
Under review	10A	U.S. Orbiter STS-120	Node 2 Sidewall – Power and Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF)
Under review	1E	U.S. Orbiter	Columbus European Laboratory Module Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure – Non-Deployable (MPESS-ND)
Under review	1J/A	U.S. Orbiter	Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module – Pressurized Section (ELM-PS) Spacelab Pallet – Deployable 1 (SLP-D1) with Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, Dextre
Under review	1J	U.S. Orbiter	Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS)
Under review	15A	U.S. Orbiter STS-119	Fourth starboard truss segment (ITS S6) Fourth set of solar arrays and batteries
Under review	ULF2	U.S. Orbiter	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
Under review	3R	Russian Proton	Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA)
Under review	2J/A	U.S. Orbiter	Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF) Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module – Exposed Section (ELM-ES) Spacelab Pallet – Deployable 2 (SLP-D2)
Under review	17A	U.S. Orbiter	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC) Three crew quarters, galley, second treadmill (TVIS2), Crew Health Care System 2 (CHeCS 2)
Establish Six Person Crew Capability
Under review	HTV-1	H-IIA	Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle
Under review	ULF3	U.S. Orbiter	EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2)
Under review	19A	U.S. Orbiter	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC)
Under review	*ULF4	U.S. Orbiter	EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 (ELC3) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4)
Under review	20A	U.S. Orbiter	Node 3 with Cupola
Under review	*ULF5	U.S. Orbiter	EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 5 (ELC5) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1)
ISS Assembly Complete
Under review	9R	Russian Proton	Research Module
* Two shuttle-equivalent flights for contingency
Notes: Additional Progress and Soyuz flights for crew transport, logistics and resupply are not listed.

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