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

Index of STS-85 images

• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: Pad 39A
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: August 7 at 10:41 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 1 hour, 39 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: August 18 at 7:05 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 24 minutes
• CREW: Brown, Rominger, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/57 degrees

NOTE: Space suit installation and check-out are complete. Discovery's aft compartment close-outs will continue through the weekend. Ordnance installation was delayed due to work on the orbiter's connections to a ground coolant unit. The connections are being replaced to ensure that no further freon leakage occurs. Replacement of Mass Memory Unit No. 1 is in work and reload is slated for today. Because of the damaged oxidizer drain line found on Columbia, inspections of Discovery's oxidizer drain line are being performed as well.

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

• Ordnance installation complete (July 31)
• CRISTA-SPAS cryogenic servicing (Aug. 1)
• Begin countdown (3 p.m. Aug. 4)
• Crew arrival (Aug. 4)
• Close payload bay doors for flight (Aug. 5)

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 1:42 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: September 28 at about 5:51 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 4 hours, 9 minutes
• CREW: Wetherbee, Bloomfield, Parazynski, Titov, Chretien, Lawrence (up), Foale (down)
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Landing gear functional tests are complete and Atlantis' aerosurfaces are positioned for roll over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Aug. 11. Roll over preparations and aft compartment close-outs are in work. Installation of thermal protection tiles for the forward reaction control system continues and will conclude next week. In the VAB, external tank/solid rocket booster close-outs continue on schedule.

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

• Orbiter roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (Aug. 11)
• Roll Space Shuttle out to Pad 39A (Aug. 20)

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

• VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
• LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: November 19 at 2:46 p.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 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: Removal of the MSL-1 Spacelab module from Columbia's cargo bay is under way and the laboratory will be returned to the Operations and Checkout Building later today. A controller was replaced on the overhead crane that delayed yesterday's planned Spacelab removal. Deservicing of the orbiter's oxidizer cross-feed line continues. Shuttle main engine removal is now slated for next week.

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

• Remove Space Shuttle main engines (Aug. 7)

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: 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: Preparations continue for installation of fuel cells No. 1 and 3 today. Installation of the Ku band deployment assembly is under way and modifications of the left and right-hand elevon coves are scheduled through next week. Docking mechanism installation preparations continue.

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