John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

October 27, 2000

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

VEHICLE

Discovery/OV-103

LOCATION

Edwards Air Force Base, California

KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME

Oct.11, 2000 at 7:17 p.m. EDT

EAFB LANDING DATE/TIME

Oct. 24, 2000 at 5:00 p.m. EDT

MISSION DURATION

12 days, 21 hours and 43 minutes

CREW

Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur

ORBITAL ALTITUDE / INCLINATION

177 nautical miles / 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing

Shuttle workers at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., are preparing orbiter Discovery for its transcontinental ferry flight back to KSC. Ferry managers plan to mount Discovery on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) on Monday and depart EAFB at sunrise on Tuesday. The current flight plan has the Shuttle/SCA stopping in Fort Worth, Texas, to refuel.

Forecasters predict that weather conditions en route will lead to an overnight stay in Texas. In that case, Discovery will return to KSC no earlier than Wednesday. Ferry flight rules state that the orbiter and SCA cannot fly through precipitation, thick clouds or high turbulence. There are also wind and temperature restrictions. The flight plan and duration may vary based upon weather conditions en route.

Post flight inspections of Discovery's thermal protection system revealed a total of 127 debris hits of which 24 measured 1-inch or larger.


MISSION: STS-97 - 6th ISS Flight (4A) - PV Module P6

VEHICLE	Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION	Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME	Nov. 30, 2000 at 10:01 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME	Dec.10, 2000 at 6:46 p.m. EST
MISSION DURATION	10 days
CREW	Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note
Orbiter Endeavour has been mechanically mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in VAB high bay 1. Electrical and fluid connections are being completed today along with preparations for the standard Shuttle Interface Test scheduled to begin Saturday. Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to begin its move to Launch Pad 39B at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31 and should arrive at the pad surface by 1:30 p.m. Routine launch pad validations begin Tuesday afternoon and all three auxiliary power units will be hot-fired Wednesday morning.
Milestones
Shuttle Endeavour rolls to Pad 39B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 31 All three auxiliary power units tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 1 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 7-8
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. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME	Jan. 28, 2001 at 11:46 p.m. EST
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 leak and functional tests on Atlantis' main propulsion system. Window replacement work continues, and functional tests on the orbiter docking system are ongoing. Payload bay reconfiguration continues on schedule and fuel cell voltage testing begins this week.

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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