- 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
- SPACEHAB/AMS IVT (May 13-15)
- 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)
 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 (10:48 AM EDT)  STS-91 -- 9TH AND FINAL MIR DOCKING, SPACEHAB-SM, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)
NOTE: Loading of hypergolic propellant into Discovery's onboard storage tanks is complete. Today, technicians will begin close-outs of the orbiter's aft compartment in preparation for Monday's tanking test of the first super lightweight external tank. Shuttle integrated voltage tests are scheduled for today. Opening of the orbiter's payload bay doors is under way and SPACEHAB interface verification testing (IVT) begins this morning. The AMS payload will undergo its IVT on Friday. STS-91 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):  STS-88 -- FIRST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONNODE-1 (Unity) NOTE: Leak and functional testing of the gaseous oxygen system on Endeavour's main propulsion system is complete. Radiator lower surface inspections and window No. 4 installation are also complete. Hydraulic pressurization tests of the main engine thrust vector control and elevons are in work.  STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
NOTE: Removal of Columbia's main landing gear brake assembly is complete. Downloading of the orbiter's experiment recorder data to the ground support equipment is also complete. Yesterday, workers removed Neurolab and the Spacelab transfer tunnel from Columbia's payload bay. Today, preparations for hypergolic deservicing are in work. Nose landing gear wheel and tire inspections and GAS canister removal efforts begin today. 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/ |