MISSION: STS-85 -- CRISTA-SPAS-2

STS-85 images

• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: OPF Bay 3
• KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Aug. 7 at 10:41 a.m.
• KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Aug. 19 at 7:08 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 27 minutes

NOTE: The Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely today at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility on Runway 33 at 7:08 a.m. EDT. Mission managers gave Discovery's Commander, Curtis Brown, the go ahead for deorbit burn at about 5:45 a.m. taking advantage of good weather conditions at KSC. Today's landing was the second attempt for the STS-85 crew as yesterday's landing opportunity was waived off by flight controllers due to the threat of ground fog in the SLF vicinity.

Discovery's mission lasted 11 days and 20 hours. The Space Shuttle landed on orbit 190 having traveled 4.7 million statute miles. After KSC ground crews completed safing and post-flight activities, Discovery was towed to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 where it arrived at about 11:30 a.m.

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

				     MET			  EDT
MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN	      	 11:20:26:59                  7:07:59 a.m.
NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN        	 11:20:27:09                  7:08:09 a.m.
WHEELS STOP		         11:20:28:07                  7:09:07 a.m.

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

STS-86 images

• VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
• LOCATION: Pad 39A
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 25 at about 10:31 p.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 5 at about 2:40 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: At Pad 39A, the Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits its launch day securely positioned behind the Rotating Service Structure. During standard operations to open the payload bay doors the right-hand door made contact with a hoist, causing a small scuff on the outer surface insulation. Engineers will evaluate the scratch and the door's hinges to ensure they are ready for flight.

Today, work begins to remove El Paso Community College's get away special payload from Atlantis' midbody. Desiring to reduce the orbiter's overall weight, managers will reassign the experiment to a future Shuttle mission. 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)
• STS-86 Flight Readiness Review (Sept. 12)

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: Work to install the strut pyrotechnic device for Columbia's nose landing gear is complete. Crew module fuel cell monitoring modifications continue through tomorrow. Final draining of the Shuttle's oxidizer cross-feed line is in work and leak repair efforts will follow its completion.

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

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: Main propulsion system leak and functional checks continue in work and auxiliary power unit close-outs are under way. Modifications of the left and right-hand elevon coves conclude this week and body flap repair work continues through next week.

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