- 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 6:10 p.m. EDT
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
- MIR DOCKING DATE/TIME: June 6 at about 12:59 p.m.
- MIR UNDOCKING DATE/TIME: June 8 at about 12:01 p.m.
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 12 at about 2:16 p.m. EDT
- MISSION DURATION: about 9 days, 20 hours, 6 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
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours
- CREW: Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1998 (3:04 PM EDT)  STS-90 -- NEUROLAB
Flight Day 14 NOTE: Space Shuttle Columbia's onboard systems continue to perform well on orbit as the flight crew wraps up their neurological research activities. NASA managers decided today that Columbia will return to Earth as scheduled on Sunday, May 3. With preliminary weather forecasts indicating favorable conditions to support a Shuttle landing at KSC on Sunday, mission managers are not calling on Edwards Air Force Base, CA, to support Sunday's landing activities. The first Sunday landing opportunity at KSC is at 12:09 p.m. EDT with a second opportunity at 1:43 p.m. EDT.  STS-91 -- 9TH AND FINAL MIR DOCKING, SPACEHAB-SM
NOTE: Discovery has been hard-mated to the new Super Lightweight External Tank in VAB high bay 1 and umbilical interface connections continue on schedule. The Shuttle Interface Test began yesterday and will conclude tomorrow. Discovery is scheduled to begin its roll out to Pad 39A on Saturday, May 2 at about 3 a.m., atop the mobile launch platform and crawler transporter. STS-91 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(NODE-1, PMAs 1 and 2) NOTE: Testing of Endeavour's power reactant storage and distribution system is complete. Installation of the remote manipulator arm is slated to begin today. Right-hand orbiter maneuvering system pod interface testing continues. Functional tests of the orbiter/external tank umbilical doors are scheduled for this week. The main propulsion system liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen systems are slated for leak and functional tests this week as well. 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/ |