KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1998 (10:45 AM EST)
      Launch minus 1 day

      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: Preparations for Thursday's 2 p.m. launch of Shuttle Discovery continue on schedule and launch managers are not working any major technical issues at this time. This morning workers completed efforts to install the SPACEHAB experiments in the orbiter payload bay and the airlock has been closed for flight. Discovery's communication systems will be activated today and flight crew equipment late stow activities begin at about 3:30 p.m. The Rotating Service Structure will retract away from the Shuttle at 8 p.m. today and the launch countdown will resume counting at T-11 hours at 11:40 p.m. External tank loading operations begin at about 5:40 a.m. tomorrow.

      Air Force weather forecasters continue to indicate a zero percent chance that weather could prohibit launch on Thursday. The forecast calls for few clouds at 4,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; winds at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots from the northeast; temperature at 79 degrees F; relative humidity at 64 percent. Hurricane Mitch is still drifting westward away from Florida's coast and will not impact Thursday's launch attempt.

      Currently, the 24-hour and 48-hour scrub turnaround forecasts also indicate a zero percent chance of weather violation.

      Today some of the crew will take flights in the T-38 training jets from the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility this afternoon. The crew will also receive an orbiter and payload systems briefing this afternoon. After the Commander and Pilot perform runway approaches aboard the Shuttle Training Aircraft in the evening, the entire crew will visit the launch pad and say their preflight good-byes to visiting family members. The STS-95 crew are: Commander Curt Brown, Pilot Steve Lindsey, Missions Specialists Stephen Robinson, Scott Parazinski, Pedro Duque, and Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John Glenn.

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

      • Flight crew equipment late stow begins (Oct. 28 at 3:30 p.m.)
      • Rotating Service Structure retracted (Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.)
      • Activate orbiter fuel cells (Oct. 29 at about 11:40 p.m.)
      • External fuel tank loading (Oct. 29 from 5:40 a.m. to 8:40 a.m.)

      SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-95

      T-TIMELENGTH OF HOLDHOLD BEGINSHOLD ENDS
      T-27 hours4 hours12 a.m. Tues.4 a.m. Tues.
      T-19 hours4 hours12 p.m. Tues.4 p.m. Tues.
      T-11 hours23 hours, 40 minutes12 a.m. Wed.11:40 p.m. Wed.
      T-6 hours1 hour4:40 a.m. Thurs.5:40 a.m. Thurs.
      T-3 hours2 hours8:40 a.m. Thurs.10:40 a.m. Thurs.
      T-20 minutes10 minutes1:20 p.m. Thurs.1:30 p.m. Thurs.
      T-9 minutes10 minutes1:41 p.m. Thurs.1:51 p.m. Thurs.

      CREW FOR MISSION STS-95
      Commander (CDR):           Curt Brown 
Pilot (PLT):               Stephen Lindsey
Mission Specialist (MS1):  Stephen Robinson
Mission Specialist (MS2):  Scott Parazynski
Mission Specialist (MS3):  Pedro Duque
Payload Specialist (PS1):  Chiaki Mukai  
Payload Specialist (PS2):  John Glenn

      SUMMARY OF STS-95 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

      Thursday, Oct. 29 

        7:50 a.m.    Wake up 
* 9:35 a.m.    Breakfast/crew photo
 10:05 a.m.    Weather briefing
*10:30 a.m.    Flight crew don launch and entry suits
*10:45 a.m.    Depart for Launch Pad 39B
*11:15 a.m.    Arrive at white room and begin ingress
*12:30 p.m.    Close crew hatch
* 2:00 p.m.    Launch

      *Televised events (times may vary slightly)
      All times Eastern

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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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