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Year
at a Glance |
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| NOTE |
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| 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 Status |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
On
orbit |
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KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Oct.11, 2000 at
7:17 p.m. EDT |
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KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Oct.
22, 2000 at about 2:10 p.m. |
| MISSION
DURATION |
10
days, 18 hours and 53 minutes |
| CREW |
Duffy,
Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur |
| ORBITAL
ALTITUDE / INCLINATION |
177
nautical miles / 51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle Processing |
Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off on time tonight from Launch Pad 39A tonight marking the 100th Shuttle flight in history and the continuance of International Space Station construction. The KSC launch team worked no significant vehicle issues throughout the final hours of the launch countdown. Weather conditions improved significantly in the hours prior to liftoff supporting Discovery's launch at the preferred time of 7:17 p.m.
The two solid rocket booster recovery ships, Freedom Star and Liberty Star, deployed into the Atlantic Ocean Sunday, Oct. 8 at about 6:30 p.m. Depending upon weather conditions during recovery operations, the ships are expected to arrive at Hangar AF with both boosters in tow Friday morning.
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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/ |
