MISSION: STS-85 -- CRISTA-SPAS-2 (image)

Index of STS-85 images

• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: On orbit
• OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Aug. 7 at 10:41 a.m.
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Aug. 18 at 7:05 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 24 minutes
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/57 degrees

NOTE: The Space Shuttle Discovery and its six member crew have passed the halfway mark on this 10-day mission to study the Earth's atmosphere and conduct technology demonstrations. All orbiter systems are performing well and mission managers are not working any significant problems.

At Hangar AF, solid rocket booster inspections continue and the solid rocket motor nozzles are slated for shipment to Utah later this week.

STS-85 crew members: Commander Curtis Brown, Pilot Kent Rominger, Mission Specialists Jan Davis, Robert Curbeam and Stephen Robinson; and Payload Specialist Bjarni Tryggvason

MISSION: STS-86 -- 7th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM

Index of STS-86 images

• VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
• LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: No earlier than Sept. 22 at about 12:08 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 2 at about 4:17 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 4 hours, 9 minutes
• CREW: Wetherbee, Bloomfield, Parazynski, Titov, Chretien, Lawrence, Wolf (up), Foale (down)
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Atlantis is hard mated to the external tank and umbilical mating activities are complete. The Shuttle Interface Test will begin late tonight and continue through Friday. Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to the launch pad at 2 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18. Once the Shuttle is at the pad, managers plan to complete hypergolic loading activities before transferring the Spacehab payload to the pad. The payload is now scheduled for pad delivery on Aug. 28.

STS-86 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

• Roll Space Shuttle out to Pad 39A (Aug. 18)
• Spacehab payload transfer to Pad 39A (Aug. 28)

MISSION: STS-87 -- U.S. MICROGRAVITY PAYLOAD-4

• VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
• LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 19 at 2:46 p.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 5 at 7:19 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 33 minutes
• CREW: Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Work to change-out Columbia's freon coolant loop components will conclude this week. Functional testing of the Shuttle's aft and main propulsion systems continue. Work to locate and repair a leak in the oxidizer cross-feed line begins next week.

STS-87 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

• Power reactant storage and distribution system testing (Aug. 20)
• Auxiliary power unit servicing and checkout (Aug. 20)

MISSION: STS-89 -- 8th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM

Index of STS-89 images

• VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
• LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 15, 1998 at about 12:57 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 24, 1998 at about 5:20 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes
• CREW: Wilcutt, Edwards, Dunbar, Anderson, Reilly, Wolf (down)
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Leak checks on fuel cells No. 1 and No. 3 are complete and good. Installation of auxiliary power units No. 2 and No. 3 will continue through Friday. Leak checks on Endeavour's main propulsion system are in work and modifications of the left and right-hand elevon coves will conclude next week.

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