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Year
At A Glance
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| NOTE |
This is an orbiter
processing report and does not reflect the chronological order of upcoming Space Shuttle
Flights. 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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LAUNCH-1 DAY
MISSION: STS-106 -- 4th
ISS Flight (2A.2b)- SPACEHAB
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Launch Pad 39B |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Sept. 8, 2000 at
8:45 a.m. EDT (preferred launch time) |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Sept. 19, 2000 at 4:45 a.m. |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
2 1/2 minutes to
5 minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days, 19 hours and 9 minutes |
| CREW |
Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle Processing Note |
| Final preparation is
being made at KSC for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Friday morning. No
significant issues are being worked by the launch team at this time. Engineers completed
operations to load orbiter Atlantis' onboard cryogenic tanks yesterday. This afternoon,
the Rotating Service Structure was rolled away from the Shuttle. Mission managers will assemble in the standard pre-tanking meeting at 11 p.m.
tonight for a weather briefing and to give the go ahead for tanking operations to begin.
Loading of the external tank with more than 500,000 gallons of liquid propellant is
scheduled to begin at about 11:20 p.m. tonight.
Preliminary weather forecasts indicate a 40 percent chance
of unfavorable conditions on Friday. Weather officials expect clouds to be scattered to
broken at 3,000 feet and scattered at 25,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; wind from the
North Northeast at 8 peaking to 12 knots; temperature at 74 degrees F; relative humidity
at 82 percent; and a chance of coastal showers. The primary concerns are showers and a low
cloud ceiling. The 24-hour delay forecast indicates a 40 percent chance of unfavorable
weather.
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| Milestones |
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| Flight crew equipment
late stow |
Sept. 7 |
| Rotating
Service Structure retracted |
Sept. 7 at 12:30 p.m. |
| External tank
loading begins |
Sept. 7 at about
11:20 p.m. |
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Summary of Built-in
Holds for STS-106 |
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T-TIME |
LENGTH OF HOLD |
HOLD BEGINS |
HOLD ENDS |
| T-27 hours |
4 hours |
3:00 a.m.
Wed. |
7:00 a.m. Wed. |
| T-19 hours |
4 hours |
3:00 p.m. Wed. |
7:00 p.m. Wed. |
| T-11 hours |
13 hours,
50 minutes |
3:00 a.m.
Thurs. |
4:50 p.m. Thurs. |
| T-6 hours |
2 hours |
9:50 p.m. Thurs. |
11:50 p.m. Thurs. |
| T-3 hours |
2 hours |
2:50 a.m.
Fri. |
4:50 a.m. Fri. |
| T-20 minutes |
10 minutes |
7:30 a.m. Fri. |
7:40 p.m.
Fri. |
| T-9
minutes |
about 45
minutes |
7:51 a.m.
Fri. |
8:36 a.m. Fri. |
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Crew
for Mission STS-106 |
| POSITION |
NAME |
| Commander
(CDR) |
Terrence
Wilcutt |
| Pilot (PLT) |
Scott Altman |
| Mission
Specialist (MS1) |
Edward Lu |
| Mission Specialist (MS2) |
Richard Mastracchio |
| Mission
Specialist (MS3) |
Daniel
Burbank |
| Mission
Specialist (MS4) |
Yuri
Malenchenko |
| Mission
Specialist (MS5) |
Boris
Morukov |
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Summary of STS-106
Launch Day Crew Activities |
Thursday, Sept. 7 |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Crew wake up |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Breakfast |
Friday, Sept. 8 |
| 3:50 a.m. |
Light dinner and crew
photo |
| 4:20 a.m. |
Weather briefing (CDR,
PLT, MS2) |
| 4:20 a.m. |
Don launch and entry
suits (MS1, MS3, MS4 & MS5) |
| 4:30 a.m.* |
Don launch and entry
suits (CDR, PLT & MS2) |
| 5:00 a.m.* |
Depart for Launch Pad
39B |
| 5:30 a.m.* |
Arrive at white room
and begin ingress |
| 6:45 a.m.* |
Close crew hatch |
| 8:45 a.m.* |
Launch |
*Televised events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern
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