KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1999 (4:08 PM EDT)
      MISSION: STS-96 -- 2nd U.S. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLIGHT - SPACEHAB DOUBLE MODULE
      Flight Day 7

      STS-96 photos

      • VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
      • LOCATION: On orbit
      • OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 27, 1999 at 6:50 a.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 6, 1999 at 1:59 a.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 10 minutes
      • ISS DOCKING DATE: May 29, 1999 at 12:24 a.m. EDT
      • ISS UNDOCKING DATE: June 3, 1999 at 6:34 p.m. EDT
      • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 20 hours and 37 minutes
      • CREW: Rominger, Husband, Ochoa, Jernigan, Barry, Payette, Tokarev
      • ADDITIONAL PAYLOADS: ICC, STARSHINE, SVF AND IVHM
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Flight controllers report that Discovery's onboard systems are in excellent health. Flight crew efforts to transfer about two tons of supplies to the International Space Station conclude today. Tomorrow, following a reboost of the ISS, the two spacecraft will undock.

      Solid rocket booster inspections and segment disassembly preparations are ongoing. All booster components appear to be in good condition following a normal splash down. Tomorrow, SRB aft exit cone disconnects begin and Thursday aft skirt removal begins. The solid rocket motor nozzles will be removed Friday.

      MISSION: STS-93 -- Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly AXAF)

      STS-93 images

      • VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
      • LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 22, 1999 at 12:28 a.m. EDT (under review)
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 26, 1999 at 11:35 p.m. EDT (under review)
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 46 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 4 days, 23 hours
      • CREW: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 153 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: Columbia was transferred from Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 to the VAB today at about 10:30 a.m. The orbiter will be lifted into VAB high bay 1 today to be mated to the external tank and solid rocket booster stack on Mobile Launcher Platform 1.

      The Chandra X-ray Observatory and Inertial Upper Stage are being mated in the Vertical Processing Facility today. Later this week electrical and mechanical testing will follow. The spacecraft remains on schedule for transfer to Launch Pad 39B on June 21.

      STS-93 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Columbia rolls out to Pad 39B (June 7)
      • Chandra payload transferred to Pad 39B (June 21)
      MISSION: STS-99 -- SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM)

      • 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

      NOTE: Modifications to the main engine dome heat shields continue. Wireless video installation efforts proceed on schedule. Modifications to the freon coolant loop No. 2 isolation valve are in work. Checks on the auxiliary power unit exhaust duct and power reactant storage and distribution system are also in progress. Installation of Endeavour's right hand orbital maneuvering system pod begins this week.

      MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLIGHT - SPACEHAB DOUBLE MODULE/ICC

      • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 3
      • 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

      NOTE: Testing on Atlantis' flash evaporator system controller is complete. Wireless video modifications continue. Mass spectrometer leak checks on the orbiter's fuel cell power plant continue. Ammonia system leak and functional testing is scheduled this week.

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      Author: Joel Wells / NASA Public Affairs
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