- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. EST
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 7 at 12:04 p.m. EST
- MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 22 hours and 4 minutes
- CREW: Brown, Lindsey, Parazynski, Robinson, Duque, Makai, Glenn
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 310 nautical miles/28.45 degrees
- Shuttle main engine installation (Aug. 19)
- Payload premate test (Aug. 21)
- External tank and SRB mate (Aug. 24)
- Crew Equipment Interface Test (Aug. 27)
- VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
- LOCATION: OPF bay 1
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec. 3 at 4:45 a.m. EST
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 14 at 12:45 a.m. EST
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours
- CREW: Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman, Krikalev
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
- Transfer tunnel adapter installation (Aug. 21)
- Power converter unit interface verification test (Aug. 24)
- Shuttle main engine installation complete (Sept. 4)
- VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
- LOCATION: OPF bay 3
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 21, 1999 at 11:37 a.m. EST
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 26, 1999 at 10:40 a.m. EST
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 43 minutes
- MISSION DURATION: 4 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes
- CREW: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 153 nautical miles/28.45 degrees
 MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1998 (11:55 AM EDT)  STS-95 -- SPACEHAB-SM, SPARTAN & HOST
NOTE: Discovery's ammonia servicing work was completed Friday. Preparations are under way for Shuttle main engine installation this week. Installation and testing of the integrated vehicle health monitoring system continue and water spray boiler servicing is in progress. Standard torque checks of the wind to fuselage attach bolts are slated for today. STS-95 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONUNITY connecting module NOTE: Cable testing of Endeavour's orbiter docking system is in work and ODS functional testing begins tomorrow. Replacement of the orbiter's aft hatch seal is under way and leak checks will follow. Installation of power converter units No. 1 and No. 2 continues. Tunnel adapter installation begins Friday. STS-88 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
NOTE: In the Orbiter Processing Facility, technicians have completed rework of hypergolic ground support equipment that will support Columbia this processing flow. Preparations for ball valve leak checks are in work today. Orbiter window No. 5 is being installed this week. The STS-93 super lightweight external fuel tank arrived at KSC last week and was moved into the VAB transfer aisle yesterday. For automatic e-mail subscriptions to these Shuttle status reports 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/ |