- VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
- LOCATION: On orbit
- OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: April 17, 1998 at 2:19 p.m. EDT
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 3 at 12:09 p.m. EDT
- EXPECTED MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes
- CREW: Searfoss, Altman, Linnehan, Williams, Hire, Buckey, Pawelczyk
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees
 FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998 (4:17 PM EDT) Launch Day E-mail: Joel.Wells-1@ksc.nasa.gov  STS-90 -- NEUROLAB
NOTE: Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from KSC’s Launch Pad 39B on time today at 2:19 p.m. EDT. Following yesterday’s scrubbed launch attempt, workers replaced a faulty network signal processor located in the orbiter’s middeck last night. Once retests were complete, KSC launch managers worked no significant technical issues throughout the remainder of the launch countdown. STS-90 is the first Shuttle mission to focus completely on the study of the human nervous system. Researches expect to glean information that will help overcome the physiological challenges encountered during space flight and assist in the treatment of diseases here on Earth. The solid rocket booster recovery ships were deployed Wednesday and are expected to be on-station with the boosters in the Atlantis Ocean by 4 p.m. today. Recovery operations will begin this evening. The ships are expected to arrive at Port Canaveral with the boosters in-tow at about 3 p.m. tomorrow. For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC-originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release." Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm Information about the countdown and mission can be accessed electronically via the Internet at: http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/ and at http://shuttle.nasa.gov/ |