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. 19 at 7:08 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 27 minutes
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/57 degrees

NOTE: At about 6 a.m. EDT today mission managers decided to waive off Discovery's only landing opportunity of the day. At decision time, forecasters indicated the possibility of ground fog developing in the vicinity of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the intended 7:14 a.m. landing time. Discovery is now slated to land in Florida tomorrow at 7:08 a.m. The deorbit burn is scheduled for 6:08 a.m. Again, only one landing opportunity is available at KSC tomorrow.

Forecasters anticipate favorable weather conditions to support tomorrow's landing, but will again monitor the probability of fog developing to determine visibility at the SLF.

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: Pad 39A
• 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: The Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled out to launch pad 39A at about 2 a.m. today and was hard down at 8:30 a.m. The Rotating Service Structure was rolled around Atlantis at about 11 a.m. Main engine flight readiness testing begins tomorrow. The Spacehab payload is slated to join the orbiter at the pad Aug. 28.

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

• Spacehab payload transfer to Pad 39A (Aug. 28)
• Vertical payload installation (Aug. 29)
• Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Sept. 9-10)

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 2:18 p.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 5 at 6:51 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: Replacement of a flow valve on fuel cell No. 2 is complete. In Columbia's crew module, fuel cell monitoring modifications continue. Removal of the Shuttle's oxidizer cross-feed line from the orbiter maneuvering system was completed on Saturday and final draining of the line is in work.

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 1:03 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 24, 1998 at about 4:47 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes
• CREW: Wilcutt, Edwards, Dunbar, Anderson, Reilly, Wolf (down)
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Auxiliary power units No. 2 and No. 3 are installed and validations are in work through Wednesday. Modifications of the left and right-hand elevon coves conclude this week.

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