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October 20, 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. EDT
MISSION DURATION 10 days, 18 hours and 57 minutes
CREW Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur
ORBITAL ALTITUDE / INCLINATION 177 nautical miles / 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing
Today Shuttle Discovery successfully undocked from the International Space Station at 11:08 a.m. and tomorrow the crew will prepare for a planned KSC landing on Sunday afternoon. Discovery is slated to begin its return to Earth with a deorbit burn of the orbital maneuvering system engines at 1:07 p.m. Sunday. Touchdown at the Shuttle Landing Facility is expected Sunday at 2:14 p.m. A second KSC landing opportunity exists on Sunday at 3:50 p.m. with a deorbit burn at 2:43 p.m. Mission managers have decided not to call up Edwards Air Force Base to support a Sunday landing. Two landing opportunities are available at KSC and Edwards on Monday and Tuesday if needed. KSC weather on Sunday is expected to be generally favorable for landing. The forecast calls for clouds to be scattered at 4,000 feet and broken at 25,000; visibility at 7 miles; wind from the northeast at 10 peaking to 15 knots; temperature at 82 degrees F; relative humidity at 61 percent and no precipitation. 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 camera alignment tests are complete. Today, workers are lowering the orbiter onto scales and conducting routine weight and center of gravity tests. Over the weekend, Endeavour will be mated to the orbiter transporter and on Monday morning managers plan to transfer it to the Vehicle Assembly Building.  

 
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
Technicians have completed orbiter lighting checks and functional testing of the gaseous hydrogen side of the main propulsion system (MPS). Replacement of window No. 8 continues. Leak and functional testing of the helium and gaseous oxygen sides of the MPS are in progress. Payload bay reconfiguration continues and preparation for removal of the right hand orbiter maneuvering system pod is in work.

 
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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