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Year
at a Glance
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| NOTE |
| This
is an orbiter processing report and does not reflect the
chronological order of upcoming Space Shuttle Flights.
Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm
on the KSC Home Page for the latest schedule of future
Shuttle missions.
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MISSION:
STS-92 - 5th ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3
Launch
Day Delay |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
Launch
Pad 39A |
| TARGET
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No
earlier than Oct. 9, 2000 at about 8:05 p.m. EDT |
| TARGET
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Oct.
20, 2000 |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
No
more than 5 minutes |
| 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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| Completed
Shuttle Processing |
Shuttle managers announced tonight that Shuttle Discovery will launch no earlier than Monday, Oct. 9. The decision allows workers at KSC time to access Discovery's aft compartment to troubleshoot and replace a pogo suppression valve on the liquid oxygen side of the orbiter's main propulsion system. Meanwhile, engineering evaluation of the orbiter/external tank bolt protrusion issue will continue.
Following the announcement of Discovery's launch postponement today, engineers in KSC's launch control room cycled the orbiter's main propulsion system valves as part of standard turnaround procedures. During these checks, the pogo suppression valve for the liquid oxygen side of the main propulsion system responded sluggishly. Engineering evaluation determined that thorough troubleshooting of the suspect valve is required.
Draining of Discovery's onboard cryogenic storage tanks begins at 2 a.m. tomorrow and concludes about 6 hours later. When cryogenic offload is complete, technicians will begin gaining access to Discovery's aft compartment tomorrow morning. Once access is established, workers will begin electrical troubleshooting of the pogo valve followed by valve replacement work. The launch team is scheduled to pickup the launch countdown at the T-11hour mark at 5:10 a.m. Monday. The STS-92 flight crew will remain at KSC through the next launch attempt.
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| MEDIA
NOTE |
| An extended scrub turnaround press conference will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the KSC Press Site.
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CREW FOR MISSION STS-92
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| Commander (CDR): |
Brian Duffy |
| Pilot (PLT): |
Pamela Melroy |
| Mission Specialist (MS1): |
Leroy Chiao |
| Mission Specialist (MS2): |
Bill McArthur |
| Mission Specialist (MS3): |
Jeff Wisoff |
| Mission Specialist (MS4): |
Michael Lopez-Alegria |
| Mission Specialist (MS5): |
Koichi Wakata |
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| Status reports and other
NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm.
Information about the countdown and mission can be accessed
electronically via the Internet at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/shuttle/countdown/
and at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ |
