- 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
- Orbiter docking base removal complete (July 28)
- Forward reaction control system installation complete (July 30)
- 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
- Payload premate test complete (July 30)
- Transfer tunnel adapter installation complete (July 31)
- 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, JULY 27, 1998 (2:52 PM EDT)  STS-95 -- SPACEHAB-SM, SPARTAN & HOST
NOTE: Thruster replacement work on Discovery's right-hand orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pod and subsequent leak checks and X-rays are complete. Functional checks of Discovery's newly installed crew seats are also complete. Over the weekend, technicians removed the leaky fuel cell No. 3 water relief valve and today, installation of a replacement valve is scheduled. Discovery's forward reaction control system will be delivered to the OPF today for installation into the orbiter later this week. STS-95 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONUNITY connecting module NOTE: Removal of Endeavour's remote manipulator system (RMS) is complete and repair of the RMS will follow. Testing of the orbiter's microwave scanning beam landing system is complete. Payload premate testing begins later this week. STS-88 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
NOTE: Calibration of Columbia's main propulsion system pressure transducer is complete. Replacement of the orbiter's overboard waste valve is in work and water spray boiler servicing continues. This week, workers will conduct pressure tests on the orbiter's flash evaporator system and install window No. 1. UPDATE: Orbiter Atlantis continues to undergo its planned OMDP for inspections, maintenance and enhancements in Palmdale, CA. Last week technicians completed the structural inspection portion of the overhaul reporting no significant problems. Work on the elevon flipper doors is also finished. Improvements to Atlantis' cockpit are nearing completion. Atlantis is scheduled to return to KSC on Sept. 30 to begin processing for its next mission. 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/ |