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coverage by: Dennis Armstrong (NASA), Anna Heiney
(IDI) Web Development: Lynda Warnock & Debbie Barton (FDC) Video Production: Chris Chamberland & Mike Chambers (Johnson Controls) Countdown Clock by: Jim Fitzgerald (FDC) NASA Official: Dennis Armstrong (Dennis.Armstrong-1@ksc.nasa.gov) A Service of the NASA/Kennedy Space Center Roy D. Bridges, Director |
KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– Waving
to onlookers, the STS-112 crew members
depart the Operations & Checkout
Building in the silver Astrovan, headed
for Launch pad 39B. STS-112 is the
15th assembly flight to the International
Space Station, carrying the S1 Integrated
Truss Structure, the first starboard
truss segment, to be attached to the
central truss segment, S0, and the
Crew and Equipment Translation Aid
(CETA) Cart A. The CETA is the first
of two human-powered carts that will
ride along the ISS railway, providing
mobile work platforms for future spacewalking
astronauts. On the 11-day mission,
three spacewalks are planned to attach
the S1 truss to the Station.