- VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
- LOCATION: Pad 39B
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: April 16, 1998 at 2:19 p.m. EDT
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
- *TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 3 at 11:07 a.m. EDT
- *EXPECTED MISSION DURATION: 16 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes
- CREW: Searfoss, Altman, Linnehan, Williams, Hire, Buckey, Pawelczyk
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees
*The mission is currently baselined to last 16 days (MET of 15/21:50). The option to add the 17th day, (MET of 16/21:48) if power margins permit, will be addressed during the flight. - Shuttle main engine Flight Readiness Test (March 25)
- Helium signature leak test (March 27)
- Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (March 30-31)
- Flight Readiness Review (April 2)
- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: OPF bay 2
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 28 at 8:05 p.m. EDT
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 7 at about 3:36 p.m. EDT
- MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes
- CREW: Precourt, Gorie, Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas (down)
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
- Payload premate test (March 24)
- Tunnel adapter installation (March 31)
- Shuttle main engine installation begins (April 2)
- Crew Equipment Interface Test (April 4)
- VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
- LOCATION: OPF bay 1
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 9, 1998, at 12:44 p.m. EDT (under review)
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 10 minutes
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 20, 1998 at 8:02 a.m. EDT
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes
- CREW: Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
- Remove right-hand orbital maneuvering system pod (April 2)
- Forward reaction control system removal (April 8)
- Remote manipulator system or robot arm installed (April 9)
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1998 (11:38 AM EST)
E-mail: Joel.Wells-1@ksc.nasa.gov
STS-90 -- NEUROLAB
NOTE: Shuttle Columbia arrived at Pad 39B yesterday at about 3:20 p.m. At about 7 p.m., the Rotating Service Structure was extended around the Shuttle. Launch pad validations began yesterday and will continue through this evening. Preparations are in work for the Shuttle main engine Flight Readiness Test tonight and the helium signature leak test on Friday. Workers will perform a routine freon flush of a gaseous nitrogen line on the Mobile Launch Platform today. The orbiter midbody umbilical unit is slated for standard leak checks today and orbiter hydraulic connections are scheduled for tonight.
STS-90 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
STS-91 -- 9TH AND FINAL MIR DOCKING, SPACEHAB-SM
NOTE: Rework on a connector for Discovery's orbiter docking system and the new androgynous peripheral docking system is complete. Potable water servicing is in work today and modifications of the orbiter's external tank (ET) separation camera continue. Cycling tests on the right-hand ET umbilical door are under way and power redundancy tests on the orbiter's airlock are in work.
Tunnel adapter hatch "D" is being installed in Discovery's midbody today and functional tests on hatch "C" and "D" will precede tunnel adapter installation set for next Tuesday. Preparations are in work for main engine installation late next week. In the Vehicle Assembly Building, preparations continue for orbiter/ET mate on Thursday.
STS-91 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(NODE-1, PMAs 1 and 2)
NOTE: Technicians completed deservicing Endeavour's oxidizer lines last night and fuel line draining will resume on Thursday. Torque checks of the orbiter's left wing-to-fuselage attach bolts continue. The manipulator positioning mechanism that supports the robot arm is being installed in the orbiter's midbody.
STS-88 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
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