KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1999 (2:15 PM EST)
      MISSION: STS-96 -- 2nd U.S. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLIGHT
      SPACEHAB DOUBLE MODULE
      • VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 1
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 20, 1999 at 9:32 a.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 31, 1999 at 5:12 a.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 5-10 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes
      • CREW: Rominger, Husband, Ochoa, Jernigan, Barry, Payette, Malenchenko
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Following Discovery's recent orbital maneuvering system thruster replacements, workers completed manifold draining and backfilling efforts over the weekend. Troubleshooting of a minor leak on APU No. 2 is under way. Installation of the androgynous peripheral docking system (APDS) begins today. This week, technicians will resume efforts to install the integrated vehicle health monitoring system on the orbiter's main propulsion system.

      STS-96 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Payload premate test (Feb. 15)
      • APDS checkout (Feb. 19)
      • Robot arm replacement (Feb. 19)
      • Shuttle main engine installation (Feb. 23)
      MISSION: STS-93 -- Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly AXAF)

      STS-93 images

      • VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 3
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 9, 1999 at 1:19 a.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 14, 1999 at 12:26 a.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 46 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 4 days, 23 hours and 7 minutes
      • CREW: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 153 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: Technicians have completed Columbia's processing efforts to date and are preparing to transport the orbiter to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday. Columbia will reside in VAB high bay 2 in temporary storage until mid-April, when Shuttle Discovery rolls out of OPF bay 1. Columbia will then be transferred to OPF bay 1 to complete STS-93 orbiter preparations.

      MISSION: STS-99 -- SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM)
      • VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 2
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 16 at 8:47 a.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Sept. 27 at 12:55 p.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours and 30 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 4 hours and 8 minutes
      • CREW: Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 126 nautical miles/57 degrees

      NOTE: Removal of Endeavour's tunnel adapter forward extension is complete. Water spray boiler No. 3 installation is also complete. Workers are servicing freon coolant loop No. 1 today and efforts are under way to upgrade the main propulsion system's 17-inch disconnect valve actuator. Tunnel adapter removal is also scheduled this week.

      MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLIGHT
      SPACEHAB DOUBLE MODULE/ICC
      • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
      • LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: October 14, 1999 at about 9:30 p.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: October 25, 1999 at about 4:30 p.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 10 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 10 days and 19 hours
      • CREW: Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Atlantis is being moved to the VAB transfer aisle today to allow room for Shuttle Columbia's shift into VAB high bay 2. Atlantis will remain in the transfer aisle while preparations are made for its arrival in OPF bay 3 on Feb. 17. A majority of the orbiter's tactical air and navigation system (TACAN) modification is complete. Only 2 weeks of TACAN work remains. Workers also completed about half of the required orbiter leak checks while in the VAB.

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      Author: Joel Wells / NASA Public Affairs
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