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MISSION: STS-106 -- 4th ISS Flight (2A.2b) |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Launch Pad 39B |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Sept. 8, 2000 at
8:31 a.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Sept. 19, 2000 at 4:59 a.m. |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
10 minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days, 20 hours and 14 minutes |
| CREW |
Wilcutt, Altman,
Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle Processing Note |
The flight crew
completed Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities today and departed for Houston,
TX at about 2:15 p.m. Earlier this week, engineers completed main engine flight readiness
testing, and yesterday the SPACEHAB payload was installed into Atlantis' payload bay.
Preparations for the Helium Signature Test are ongoing. Next week, routine payload testing
is slated for Tuesday. Orbiter prelaunch propellant loading begins Wednesday.
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Prelaunch propellant
loading of orbiter storage tanks |
Aug. 23
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Orbiter aft
compartment close-outs begin |
Aug. 28 |
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Orbiter payload bay
doors closed for flight |
Aug 30 |
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Space
suit functional testing |
Aug.
30 |
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MISSION: STS-92 -- 5th ISS Flight (3A) -- Z-1 Truss, PMA-3 |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
OPF bay 1 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
Oct. 5, 2000 at 9:30
p.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Oct. 16, 2000 |
| MISSION DURATION |
11 days |
| CREW |
Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6
degrees |
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| Shuttle Processing Note |
Orbiter Discovery is
now scheduled to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building by the middle of next week. The orbiter
will leave OPF bay 1 on Monday, but instead of rolling directly to the VAB it will be stored
temporarily in the vacant OPF bay 3. This interim move allows Shuttle managers additional time to
evaluate the risk of having both Shuttle Atlantis and Discovery at the launch pads during the
hurricane season. It also allows International Space Station engineers time to complete analysis
of a potential thermal issue with sensors inside the control moment gyroscopes aboard the Z-1
truss. The move also accommodates planned modifications inside OPF bay 1.
Workers completed Discovery's weight and center of gravity tests on Wednesday, and yesterday the
orbiter was mated to the orbiter transport system. Final preparations are under way to roll
Discovery out of OPF bay 1 Monday afternoon.
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MISSION: STS-97 -- 6th ISS Flight (4A) -- PV Module P6 |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
OPF bay 2 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
Nov. 30, 2000 at time
10:48 p.m. |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Dec. 10, 2000 at time TBD |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days |
| CREW |
Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6
degrees |
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| Shuttle Processing Note |
Endeavour's ammonia boiler
system inspections continue. Workers are installing the thermal protective "chin panel"
beneath the orbiter's nose. This week, technicians will replace the brake assembly on the orbiter
docking system.
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