- 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
- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: VAB high bay 1
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 2 at about 6:04 p.m. EDT
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 12 at about 12:45 p.m. EDT
- MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes
- CREW: Precourt, Gorie, Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas (down)
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
- Rollout to Pad 39A (May 2)
- Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (May 6-7)
- Tanking test of first Super Lightweight Tank (May 18)
- Flight Readiness Review (May 20)
- VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
- LOCATION: OPF bay 1
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: under review
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 10 minutes
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: under review
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes
- CREW: Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1998 (3:13 PM EDT)  STS-90 -- NEUROLAB
Flight Day 13 NOTE: Columbia continues to provide a stable platform for neurological science research and all systems on board are operating very well. The Space Shuttle orbits Earth every 90 minutes traveling 17,500 miles per hour. To date, Columbia has completed more than 175 orbits of the Earth. Tomorrow mission managers are expected to make a decision on extending the mission by one day.  STS-91 -- 9TH AND FINAL MIR DOCKING, SPACEHAB-SM
NOTE: Yesterday, Discovery was transferred from Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The orbiter arrived in the VAB just after 5 p.m. yesterday. Efforts to mate Discovery to the new super lightweight external tank in high bay 1 will conclude this afternoon. The entire Shuttle stack is scheduled for transport to Pad 39A later this week. NASA managers decided today to move the STS-91 target launch date to June 2. The additional time will accommodate orbiter processing requirements and launch preparations at Pad 39A. STS-91 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(NODE-1, PMAs 1 and 2) NOTE: Endeavour's power reactant storage and distribution checks continue. Right-hand orbiter maneuvering system pod interface testing is under way. Technicians continue efforts to replace window No. 1. Preparations for remote manipulator system installation are complete. Functional tests of the orbiter/external tank umbilical doors are scheduled to occur this week. 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/ |