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

Index of STS-83/STS-94 images

• VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 (image)
• LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 1 at 2:37 p.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 17 at 7:23 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes
• CREW: Halsell, Still, Voss, Gernhardt, Thomas, Crouch and Linteris (image)
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Close-out work in Columbia's mid-body went well over the weekend with Spacelab transfer tunnel installation completed on Saturday and the interface verification test completed on Sunday. Spacelab close-outs are wrapping up today and the payload bay doors will be closed for flight this afternoon. The orbiter's move to the Vehicle Assembly Building is currently scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. The external tank and solid rocket booster stack await Columbia's arrival in high bay 1. Once in the VAB, wiring work will continue in the Shuttle's avionics bay 4 and electrical check-outs of an auxiliary power unit will pick-up.

STS-94 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

• Roll over to VAB for mate to external tank (no earlier than June 4)
• Shuttle interface test (June 9-10)
• Roll out to pad 39A (June 11)

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

Index of STS-85 images

• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: August 7 at 10:39 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 1 hour, 41 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: August 18 at 7:27 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: Close-outs of Discovery's aft engine compartment are in work this week. Mid-body close-outs continue on schedule. With engine installation completed, heat shield installation will begin next week. Solid rocket booster stacking operations continue in the Vehicle Assembly Building.

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

• Heat shield installation (June 6)
• Crew equipment and interface test (June 14)

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: 10 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: September 28 at 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: Off-loading of hypergolic propellants from Atlantis' orbiter maneuvering system is in work today. Preparations are underway for main engine removal currently scheduled for Thursday. Spacehab removal was completed today.

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

• Remove main engines (June 5)

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

• VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
• LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building bay No. 2
• 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: Endeavour will remain in temporary storage in the VAB until Columbia is rolled out of OPF bay No. 3 and to the VAB for mating operations. Once the OPF is open, Endeavour will be moved over and processing will begin for mission, STS-89.

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