KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1998 (2:42 PM EST)
      Launch Day

      KSC Public Affairs Contact: Joel Wells (fax 407-867-2692)
      E-mail: Joel.Wells-1@ksc.nasa.gov

      Launch Viewing Information

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

      STS-89 images

      • VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
      • LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 22, 1998 with a preferred time of 9:48 p.m. EST
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 10 minute window (opens at 9:43 p.m. EST)
      • MIR DOCKING DATE/TIME: Jan. 24 at about 3:12 p.m.
      • MIR UNDOCKING DATE/TIME: Jan. 29 at about 11:52 a.m.
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 31, 1998 at 5:36 p.m.
      • MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes
      • CREW: Wilcutt, Edwards, Dunbar, Anderson, Reilly, Sharipov, Thomas (up), Wolf (down)
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: The launch countdown for Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-89 proceeds on schedule with no major technical issues being worked by the KSC launch team. Final preparations of the Shuttle main engines for flight were completed this morning and launch pad close-outs concluded at about 11 a.m. Loading of the external tank with 500,000 gallons of cryogenic fuel began at about 1:50 p.m. Tanking was delayed more than an hour to allow workers to adjust a gaseous nitrogen regulator valve on the Fixed Service Structure.

      Air Force weather forecasters briefed launch managers this afternoon that there is now a 30 percent probability that weather could prohibit launch tonight. A cold front and low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico seem to be moving thunderstorm debris clouds and anvil clouds north of KSC. Managers will continue to monitor the possibility of thick cloud coverage at the launch site. The 24-hour delay forecast now indicates a 70 percent chance of launch commit criteria violation with clouds and precipitation as primary concerns. The 48-hour launch delay forecast indicates a 20 percent chance that weather could prohibit launch activities.

      SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-89
       T-TIME            LENGTH OF HOLD       HOLD BEGINS         HOLD ENDS 

T-3  hours             2 hours       3:52 p.m. Thurs.    5:52 p.m. Thurs.
T-20 minutes          10 minutes     8:32 p.m. Thurs.    8:42 p.m. Thurs.
T-9  minutes    about 46 minutes     8:53 p.m. Thurs.    9:39 p.m. Thurs.

      CREW FOR MISSION STS-89
               Commander (CDR):  Terrence Wilcutt
             Pilot (PLT):  Joe Frank Edwards
Mission Specialist (MS1):  James Reilly
Mission Specialist (MS2):  Michael Anderson
Mission Specialist (MS3):  Bonnie Dunbar
Mission Specialist (MS4):  Salizhan Sharipov
Mission Specialist (MS5):  Andy Thomas (up)
Mission Specialist (MS6):  Dave Wolf (down)

      SUMMARY OF STS-89 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES
      Thursday, January 22

 9:49 a.m.    Wake up 
10:19 a.m.    Breakfast
 3:44 p.m.    Lunch
*4:48 p.m.    Crew photo 
 5:18 p.m.    Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
 5:18 p.m.    Don launch and entry suits (MS1, MS3, MS4 & MS5)
 5:28 p.m.    Don launch and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)
*5:45 p.m.    Suit up photo
*5:58 p.m.    Depart for launch pad 39A
*6:28 p.m.    Arrive at white room and begin ingress
*7:43 p.m.    Close crew hatch
*9:48 p.m.    Launch

      *Events to be carried live on NASA TV

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