- VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
- LOCATION: OPF bay 2
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 16, 1999 at 8:47 a.m. EDT
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Sept. 27, 1999 at 12:52 p.m. EDT
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours and 30 minutes
- MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 4 hours and 5 minutes
- CREW: Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 126 nautical miles/57 degrees
- Shuttle rolls out to Launch Pad 39A (Aug. 18)
- Hot fire tests of Auxiliary Power Units (Aug. 18)
- Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test complete (Aug. 27)
- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: OPF bay 1
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 14, 1999 at 5:42 a.m. EDT
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 24, 1999 at 3:20 a.m. EDT
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 42 minutes
- MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 21 hours and 38 minutes
- CREW: Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 317 nautical miles/28.45 degrees
- Forward reaction control system installation (Aug. 11)
- Engine heat shield installation complete (Aug. 17)
- Crew Equipment Interface Test (Aug. 25)
- VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
- LOCATION: VAB bay 2
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: December 2, 1999
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 13, 1999
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 5-10 minutes
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days and 19 hours
- CREW: Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams, Malenchenko, Morukov
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1999 (7:12 PM EDT)
STS-99 -- SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM)NOTE: Endeavour is now scheduled to roll to the VAB no earlier than Thursday morning. This afternoon Shuttle managers reconvened to review the results of electrical wiring inspections on orbiters Columbia and Atlantis. Also presented in the meeting were the results of laboratory analysis on Columbia's damaged electrical wire. The analysis revealed that an isolated incident of mechanical or worker contact with the wire caused the wire to press against a marred screw head. The subsequent wire damage lead to the electrical short during Columbia's STS-93 launch.
Since the laboratory results were not available until today, engineers will review the new information and bring a recommendation to the Shuttle program tomorrow at midday. Tomorrow afternoon, Shuttle managers will decide if orbiter Endeavour is ready for Thursday's planned rollout activities.
STS-99 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
STS-103 -- 3rd HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION (HST-3)NOTE: Technicians completed servicing of Discovery's onboard ammonia system. Following successful main engine installation last week, engine securing efforts are under way today. The payload premate test is also ongoing. Later this week, workers will install the orbiter's waste collection system and install the external airlock hatch.
STS-103 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
STS-101 -- 3rd INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLIGHT - SPACEHAB DOUBLE MODULE/ICCNOTE: Orbiter Atlantis is being temporarily stored in VAB high bay 2, awaiting the departure of Shuttle Endeavour from OPF bay 2.
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