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October 19, 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 2:13 p.m.
MISSION DURATION 10 days, 18 hours and 56 minutes
CREW Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur
ORBITAL ALTITUDE / INCLINATION 177 nautical miles / 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing
Space Shuttle Discovery continues to operate very well on orbit. Standard post-flight inspections of the solid rocket boosters reveal them to be in good condition. Inspections did confirm preliminary indications of two stud hang-ups on the right-hand booster's aft skirt at liftoff. Four 28-inch long bolts or studs attach each booster to the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP), and at liftoff, a frangible nut releases each stud and frees the booster for launch. In this case, two studs scraped a small amount of aluminum from the aft skirt as it left the MLP. Engineers have observed this occurrence on more than 10 previous launches with no flight impacts.

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. EST
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 forward compartment closeouts are complete. The orbiter will be powered up today to complete camera alignment tests. Tonight, Endeavour will be disconnected from all facility interfaces in preparation for its departure from the Orbiter Processing Facility. Technicians will conduct routine weight and center of gravity tests tomorrow and prepare for orbiter transport system installation. The Orbiter's rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building is scheduled for Monday morning. 

 
Milestones
Orbiter weight and center of gravity tests Oct. 20
Orbiter rollover 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 are replacing window No. 8 this week and functional tests of the main propulsion system are in work. Atlantis's payload bay continues to undergo post-flight reconfiguration. Today, workers will drain the right-hand orbiter maneuvering system pod crossfeed lines in preparation for pod removal on Tuesday. Technicians are also installing wire protection in the orbiter's aft fuselage.

 
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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