- 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 under review)
- 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
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1999 (5:18 PM EDT)
STS-99 -- SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM)NOTE: Endeavour is scheduled to roll to the Vehicle Assembly Building no earlier than Friday morning. Postponing Endeavour's transfer to the VAB from today to Friday will not impact the Sept. 16 target launch date for mission STS-99. Shuttle engineers continue to review the data gathered during recent wiring inspections of orbiters Columbia and Atlantis. Also under evaluation are the results from yesterday's laboratory analysis performed on Columbia's damaged wire in KSC's malfunction laboratory. Tomorrow at midday Shuttle managers will determine Endeavour's readiness to roll to the VAB.
STS-99 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
STS-103 -- 3rd HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION (HST-3)NOTE: Technicians completed testing of Discovery's power reaction and storage distribution system. Shuttle main engine securing efforts and payload premate testing continue. 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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