- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: On orbit
- OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 2 at 6:06:24 p.m. EDT
- MIR DOCKING DATE/TIME: June 4 at about 12:58 p.m. EDT
- MIR UNDOCKING DATE/TIME: June 8 at about 11:57 a.m. EDT
- KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 12 at about 1:59 p.m. EDT
- MISSION DURATION: about 9 days, 19 hours
- CREW: Precourt, Gorie, Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas (down)
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
- VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
- LOCATION: OPF bay 1
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec. 3 time TBD
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 14 time TBD
- MISSION DURATION: 11 days
- 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. 26, 1999 time TBD
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 31, 1999 time TBD
- 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
 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1998 (2:45 PM EDT) Flight Day 2  STS-91 -- 9TH AND FINAL MIR DOCKING, SPACEHAB-SM, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)
NOTE: Following a successful launch yesterday at 6:06 p.m., Shuttle Discovery continues to orbit the Earth today every 90 minutes. Postlaunch inspections of Launch Pad 39A revealed no major damage and no unusual debris. The solid rocket booster recovery ships were on station with the STS-91 boosters at about 6:45 p.m. yesterday off the coast of Jacksonville, FL. Preliminary inspections revealed no significant damage to the boosters. The recovery ships are expected to arrive at Hangar AF late tomorrow morning with boosters in tow. Recovery ship Freedom is expected at the hangar by 10:30 a.m. and Liberty is expected to arrive at about 12:30 p.m.  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONUNITY (Node-1) NOTE: Today, technicians are installing the hydraulic pump that supports Endeavour's recently replaced auxiliary power unit (APU) No. 3. APU leak and functional testing continues through tomorrow with APU lubrication oil servicing also slated for tomorrow. Shuttle main engine heat shield attach point rework continues. Thursday, workers will replace orbiter window No. 8. Next week, water spray boiler servicing begins.  STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
NOTE: Replacement of Columbia's nose landing gear wheels and tires is complete. Technicians removed the extended duration orbiter (EDO) pallet last week. Preparations to remove the orbiter's power reactant storage and distribution system tank set No. 5 are in work. Main propulsion system leak and functional testing continues. Preparations to remove APUs No. 1 and No. 3 from the orbiter begin this week. 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/ |