MISSION: STS-94 -- Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (image)
Flight Day 8

Take a Virtual Tour of Columbia and the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 Payload!

Index of STS-83/STS-94 images

• VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
• LOCATION: on orbit
• OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 1 at 2:02 p.m. EDT (image)
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 17 at about 6:53 a.m. EDT
• MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 51 minutes
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: The mission continues with around-the-clock science investigations in the Spacelab module.

The crew of Mission STS-94: Commander Jim Halsell; Pilot Susan Still; Mission Specialists Janice Voss, Michael Gernhardt and Donald Thomas; and Payload Specialists Roger Crouch and Greg Linteris.

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

Index of STS-85 images

• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: August 7 at 10:41 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 1 hour, 41 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: August 18 at 7:29 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 48 minutes
• CREW: Brown, Rominger, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/57 degrees

NOTE: Discovery was rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building yesterday at about 10:45 a.m. Overnight the orbiter was mated to the external tank and solid rocket booster stack. Electrical and mechanical hook-ups are currently underway. The shuttle interface test is scheduled to begin Thursday and conclude Friday. Roll out to Pad 39A is set for Monday.

STS-85 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

• Shuttle Interface Test begins (July 10)
• Crista-Spas payload to pad 39A (July 10)
• Orbiter roll out to pad 39A (July 14)
• Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (July 22-23)

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

• VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
• LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: September 18 at about 1:39 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: September 28 at about 5:19 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes
• CREW: Wetherbee, Bloomfield, Parazynski, Titov, Chretien, Lawrence (up), Foale (down)
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Shuttle main engine securing and mid-body close-outs continue today. A functional test validating the orbiter docking system is complete and good. Fuel cell No. 2 must be replaced due to failed leak checks. Removal of the fuel cell from the orbiter's payload bay mid-body is in work today. Tests and vacuum checks continue on water spray boiler No. 3.

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

• Crew Equipment Interface Test (July 26)

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

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

NOTE: Leak checks on the main propulsion system are in work and servicing of Endeavour's freon coolant loop No. 2 is complete. Work to replace window No. 6 and modifications to the orbiter's elevon coves continue in work this week. Preparations to remove the liquid oxygen 17-inch umbilical began today.

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