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October 16, 2000

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MISSION: STS-92 - 5th ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3

VEHICLE Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION On orbit
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME Oct.11, 2000 at 7:17 p.m. EDT
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

Shuttle Processing
Space Shuttle Discovery is in good health on orbit. KSC's solid rocket booster recovery ships arrived at Hangar AF Friday with boosters in tow at noon and 2 p.m. respectively. Routine booster inspections are in work today. 

MISSION: STS-97 - 6th ISS Flight (4A) - PV Module P6
VEHICLE Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION OPF bay 2
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME Nov. 30, 2000 at 10:01 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
Shuttle Processing Note
Endeavour's aft compartment closeouts are complete. Technicians continue with work in the forward part of the ship. Preparations are under way for Endeavour's roll to the Vehicle Assembly Building next week. 

 
Milestones
Orbiter weight and center of gravity tests Oct. 19
Orbiter roll over to the VAB Oct. 23
Shuttle Endeavour rolls to Pad 39B Oct. 30

MISSION: STS-98 - 7th ISS Flight (5A) - U.S. Laboratory
VEHICLE Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME Jan.18, 2001 at 3:36 a.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME Jan. 28, 2001
MISSION DURATION 10 days
CREW Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note
Workers concluded functional checks of Atlantis' orbital maneuvering system pods last week and radiator functional tests are complete. In the midbody, technicians are reconfiguring the payload bay for the upcoming flight. Window No. 8 is being replaced today and testing of the main propulsion system is in work. Workers are also preparing to remove the right hand orbital maneuvering system pod. 

 
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/

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