- 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
 THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1998 (2:52 PM EDT) Flight Day 3  STS-91 -- 9TH AND FINAL MIR DOCKING, SPACEHAB-SM, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)
NOTE: The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully docked with the Russian Mir Space Station today at 12:58 p.m. EDT. Solid rocket booster recovery ship Freedom arrived at Hangar AF today at about 10:30 a.m. with the left-hand booster in tow. Recovery ship Liberty arrived at about 12:30 p.m. with the right-hand booster in tow. Booster recovery operations, off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, went well with all parachutes recovered and no significant booster damage noted following preliminary inspections. Hands-on inspections are slated to begin Monday.  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONUNITY (Node-1) NOTE: Technicians completed installation of the hydraulic pump that supports Endeavour's auxiliary power unit (APU) No. 3. APU leak and functional testing continues and APU lubrication oil servicing begins today. Shuttle main engine heat shield attach point rework continues. Forward reaction control system interface verification testing is in work and preparations to replace orbiter window No. 8 are under way. Next week, water spray boiler servicing begins.  STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
NOTE: Leak and functional testing of Columbia's liquid oxygen main propulsion system is complete. APUs No. 1 and No. 3 lubrication oil off load is also complete, in preparation for removal of both APUs. Preparations to remove the orbiter's power reactant storage and distribution system tank set No. 5 continue and tank set No. 4 removal preparations will follow. 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/ |