- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. EDT
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 7 at 12:04 p.m. EDT
- 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
- Heat shield removal complete (July 9)
- Shuttle main engine removal (July 10)
- OMS thruster replacement complete (July 10)
- Remote manipulator system removal (July 15)
- 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
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
- 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, 7 minutes
- CREW: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 153 nautical miles/28.45 degrees
 MONDAY, JULY 6, 1998 (1:48 PM EDT)  STS-95 -- SPACEHAB-SM, SPARTAN & HOST
NOTE: Last week, the power converter units that supported the STS-91 payloads were removed from Discovery's cargo bay. Functional testing of Discovery's main propulsion system is in work. Preparations are under way to remove the Shuttle main engines later this week. Today, main engine heat shield removal is continuing. Postflight waste management system servicing is in progress. Installation of the integrated vehicle health monitoring system (IVHM) begins this week. The IVHM upgrade, already installed on Columbia, provides real-time Shuttle system monitoring capability to ground and flight controllers. STS-95 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONUNITY (Node-1) NOTE: Endeavour's forward multiplexer demultiplexer and its dedicated signal conditioner are being replaced. Corrosion repair on the main engine heat shield attach points continues. Technicians are working to replace a pyrotechnic electrical harness on the orbiter's fire protection system. Testing of Endeavour's power reactant storage and distribution system is scheduled this week.  STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
NOTE: Corrosion repair of Columbia's external tank umbilical doors continues. Workers are servicing the coolant loops for the orbiter's three fuel cells. Replacement of water spray boiler No. 3 is in progress. Auxiliary power units No. 1 and No. 3 will be installed beginning Thursday. 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/ |