• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: Pad 39B
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: December 6 at 2:37 a.m. EST
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 15 at 11:57 p.m. EST
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 42 minutes
• MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes
• CREW: Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 317 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

Work in progress: Space Shuttle Discovery rolled out to Launch Pad 39B on Saturday, Nov. 13. First motion from the Vehicle Assembly Building began a 7:27 a.m. and the Shuttle was hard down at the pad by 2:17 p.m. Discovery had been scheduled to begin its transfer to the pad at 2 a.m., but inspections of minor external tank foam damage delayed the departure.

While Discovery was in the VAB, workers completed efforts to replace Shuttle main engine No. 3 and the solid rocket booster range safety cable. The Shuttle Interface Test validated all Space Shuttle connections prior to rollout. Final checks of the replaced main engine will be completed at the pad. Launch pad validations are under way and installation of the payload into Discovery's payload bay is slated for tomorrow.

The seven-member flight crew arrived at KSC Sunday afternoon and will participate in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities through Wednesday. The launch day dress rehearsal concludes Wednesday at 11 a.m. with a simulated main engine cutoff. Shuttle managers will convene the STS-103 Flight Readiness Review on Friday, Nov. 19 to discuss the overall readiness of all Space Shuttle systems for flight.

Major Processing Milestones: (targets only)
Payload installed into orbiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Nov. 16)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (crew dress rehearsal) . . . . (Nov. 17)
Flight Readiness Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Nov. 19)
Shuttle main engine test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Nov. 23)

• VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
• LOCATION: OPF bay 2
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 13, 2000 at 7:17 a.m. EST
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 24, 2000 at 11:22 a.m. EST
• 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

Work in progress: Wiring retests on orbiter Endeavour are ongoing and midbody closeouts conclude today. Installation of the SRTM payload into Endeavour's payload bay is scheduled to occur tomorrow.

Major Processing Milestones: (targets only)
Payload installed into orbiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Nov. 16)
Orbiter transferred to VAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dec. 2)
Space Shuttle rolls out to Launch Pad 39A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dec. 8)

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