- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 2 at about 6:10 p.m. EDT
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
- MIR DOCKING DATE/TIME: June 4 at about 12:59 p.m. EDT
- MIR UNDOCKING DATE/TIME: June 8 at about 12:01 p.m. EDT
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 12 at about 2:03 p.m. EDT
- MISSION DURATION: about 9 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes
- CREW: Precourt, Gorie, Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas (down)
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
- Open payload bay doors for SPACEHAB/AMS testing (May 13)
- Tanking test of first super lightweight external tank (May 18)
- Flight Readiness Review (May 19)
- VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
- LOCATION: OPF bay 1
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: No earlier than Sept. 3 (under review)
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes
- 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: no earlier than Dec. 3 at 2:50 p.m.
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 8 at 1:57 p.m.
- 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
- Tunnel adapter removal (May 14)
- Main engine heat shield removal (May 20)
- Shuttle main engine removal (May 21)
 TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1998 (10:53 AM EDT)  STS-91 -- 9TH AND FINAL MIR DOCKING, SPACEHAB-SM, AMS
NOTE: Loading of hypergolic propellant into Discovery's onboard storage tanks continues. Oxidizer loading is complete and fuel loading begins today. Preparations for next Monday's tanking test of the new super lightweight external tank continue. Tomorrow, the payload bay doors will be reopened and SPACEHAB testing will begin. On Friday, the AMS payload will undergo orbiter interface verification tests. STS-91 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(NODE-1 (Unity), PMAs 1 and 2) NOTE: Endeavour's radiator deployment is complete and inspections of the radiator's lower surface are in work today. This week technicians will conduct leak and functional testing of the gaseous oxygen system on the orbiter's main propulsion system. Preparations to install window No. 4 are in work.  STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
NOTE: Removal of Columbia's main landing gear wheels and tires is complete. Brake assembly removal is slated for today. Functional checks of the orbiter's forward reaction control system (FRCS) are also complete and FRCS disconnection begins later today. Neurolab removal efforts began this morning. STS-93 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): 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/ |