KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1998 (10:36 AM EDT)

      Launch Viewing Information
      MISSION: STS-95 -- SPACEHAB-SM, SPARTAN & HOST

      STS-95 images
      STS-95 Press Kit

      • VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
      • LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B
      • KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. EST
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 7 at 11:49 a.m. EST
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours and 30 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes
      • CREW: Brown, Lindsey, Parazynski, Robinson, Duque, Mukai, Glenn
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 300 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: Final preparations to begin the STS-95 launch countdown are on schedule. At the launch pad yesterday, workers successfully completed torque verifications in the external airlock. Payload bay closeouts are complete and the payload bay doors are closed for flight. Flight crew equipment stowage is in work today. Forecasters are monitoring the progress of Hurricane Mitch in the Caribbean, but preliminary weather forecasts indicate generally favorable conditions for Thursday's launch of Shuttle Discovery. Launch managers will receive an official weather briefing from Air Force weather forecasters Monday. The flight crew is slated to arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Monday at about 2 p.m.

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

      • SPACEHAB late stow (Oct. 26)
      • Launch countdown begins (Oct. 26 at 8 a.m.)
      • Flight crew arrival at KSC (Oct. 26 at about 2 p.m.)
      MISSION: STS-88 -- 1ST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
      UNITY CONNECTING MODULE

      STS-88 images

      • VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
      • LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec. 3 at about 3:55 a.m. EST
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 14 at about 10:19 p.m. EST
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 - 10 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 18 hours
      • CREW: Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman, Krikalev
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Endeavour's main engine testing concluded last night. Orbiter hydraulic work will resume next week. The Unity Connecting Module payload arrives at the pad Monday for installation into the payload changeout room.

      STS-88 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Unity payload arrives at Pad 39A (Oct. 26)

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      Author: Joel Wells / NASA Public Affairs
      Curator: Kay Grinter (kay.grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov) / Information Dynamics, Inc.
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