KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998 (2:44 PM EDT)

      KSC Public Affairs Contact: Joel Wells (fax: 407-867-2692)

      Launch Viewing Information

      MISSION: STS-95 -- SPACEHAB-SM, SPARTAN & HOST

      STS-95 images

      • 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

      NOTE: Technicians have gained access to Discovery's aft compartment and preparation for orbiter maneuvering system fuel tank draining is now in work. Yesterday, workers removed the orbiter's forward reaction control system and today it will be moved to the Hypergol Maintenance Facility for planned thruster replacement work. Initial inspection of the troubled Ku-band system is complete and engineering evaluation is under way. Payload demates are ongoing and payload removal occurs tomorrow. Dumping of the flight recorder data to ground support equipment is also complete. Shuttle main engine postflight inspections are in work this week.

      STS-95 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Payload removal (June 19)
      • Hypergolic propellant off load complete (June 22)
      • Main engine heat shield removal (June 26)
      • Main engine removal (June 30)
      MISSION: STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
      UNITY (Node-1)

      STS-88 images

      • 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

      NOTE: Endeavour's water spray boiler checks continue. Connection of the right-hand OMS pod crossfeed transfer lines is in work. Testing of the orbiter's network signal processor continues.

      MISSION: STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)

      STS-93 images

      • VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 3
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 21, 1999 time TBD
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 26, 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

      NOTE: Checks of Columbia's flash evaporator system are complete. The orbiter's Ku-band antenna has been stowed in the payload bay and the doors will be closed today. Drag chute installation is in work today and electrical connections begin tomorrow. Window inspections are in work and polishing begins next week. Columbia's auxiliary power units No. 3 and No. 1 will be installed into the orbiter beginning Wednesday.

      --end--

      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/

      Go to the Previous Space Shuttle Status Report
      Go to the Next Space Shuttle Status Report
      Go to the Status Reports Home Page