MISSION: STS-99
-- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
January 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
February 11, 2000 at 4:52 p.m. EST |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
2 hours and 2
minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
11 days and 4 hours |
| CREW |
Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
126 nautical miles/57 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Shuttle Endeavour was
powered up yesterday and leak checks on main engine No. 3 are complete. The helium
signature leak test is ongoing. Preparations continue for prelaunch propellant loading,
set to begin early Monday morning. Routine inspections of the main propulsion system lines
and wiring in Endeavour's aft compartment are going very well. Aft compartment closeouts
will begin in about 2 weeks. Workers will inspect the thermal tiles located on Endeavour's
left and right inboard elevons to confirm proper bonding. A single tile debonded from
orbiter Discovery's right inboard elevon prior the STS-103 landing and engineers are
currently evaluating the cause.
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| Processing Milestones |
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Prelaunch propellant loading |
Jan. 10-12 |
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Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test |
Jan. 13-14 |
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Flight Readiness Review |
Jan. 18 |
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MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd
ISS Flight (2A.2) - SPACEHAB DM |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
March 16, 2000 at 7:45 a.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
March 27, 2000 at 2:40 a.m. EST |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
5-10 minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days and 19 hours |
| CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams, Malenchenko and Morukov |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Installation of
Atlantis' three inertial measurement units concludes later today. Wiring inspections and
repairs continue in the orbiter's midbody and aft compartments. Tomorrow, technicians will
service freon coolant loop No. 2, and checks of the orbiter's robot arm are scheduled for
Friday. Next week, technicians will conduct ammonia boiler servicing and functional tests
of the orbiter's auxiliary power units.
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MISSION: STS-92 -- 4th 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 |
No earlier than
June 14, 2000 at 8:42 p.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
June 24, 2000 at 5:10 p.m. EDT |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
10 minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days |
| CREW |
Duffy, Melroy,
Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria and McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Since yesterday,
workers have been setting up access platforms inside Discovery's aft compartment. On
Friday, technicians begin preparations to remove the orbiter's main engines. Engine
removal operations should conclude late next week. The six gyroscopes that were extracted
from the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-103 will be removed from Discovery's payload
bay on Monday. Preparations are in work to open Discovery's payload bay doors this week.
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