KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1997 (11:33 AM EDT)

      KSC Public Affairs Contact: Joel Wells (fax 407-867-2692)
      E-mail: Joel.Wells-1@ksc.nasa.gov
      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 10:34 p.m.
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
      • MIR DOCKING TIME: Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m. EDT
      • UNDOCKING TIME: Oct. 3 at 11:46 a.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 5 at 6:56 p.m.
      • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 20 hours, 19 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, main propulsion system ball seal leak checks and helium signature leak checks are complete and good. Preparations continue for tomorrow's loading of hypergolic reactants. Atlantis' midbody umbilical unit will be mated Friday and the Spacehab payload will be transferred to the pad Sept. 3.

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

      • Spacehab payload transfer to Pad 39A (Sept. 3)
      • 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: Repair of Columbia's oxidizer cross-feed line is complete and leak checks are in work today. Leak checks on fuel cell No. 2 are complete and good. Work to install the Shuttle's drag chute is under way. The auxiliary power units are undergoing leak and functional tests and reservicing of Columbia's freon coolant loop No. 2 is also slated for this week. Midbody fuel cell monitoring modifications begin this week and Columbia's window No. 7 is slated for replacement.

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

      • Remote Manipulator System installation (August 27)
      • Shuttle main engine installation begins (Sept. 8)
      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: Flushing of Endeavour's ammonia boiler is complete and gaseous nitrogen purging is scheduled for today. Main propulsion system leak and functional testing will occur today and preparations for tomorrow's installation of fuel cell No. 2 are in work.

      MISSION: STS-91 -- 9th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM
      • VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
      • LOCATION: OPF Bay 3
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 28 at 8:33 p.m.
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 7 at 12:17 a.m.
      • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes
      • CREW: TBD
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Discovery's payload bay doors are open and payload removal is slated for tomorrow. Post-flight inspections of the orbiter's thrusters, main propulsion system and main engines are under way.

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