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Year
At A Glance
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| NOTE |
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| 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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MISSION: STS-106 -- 4th ISS Flight (2A.2b) - SPACEHAB |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
On orbit |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Sept. 8, 2000 at
8:46 a.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Sept. 20, 2000 at 3:50 a.m. |
| MISSION DURATION |
11 days, 19 hours and 4 minutes |
| CREW |
Wilcutt, Altman,
Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE
& INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Note |
| Shuttle Atlantis
continues to perform well on orbit. KSC ground control is preparing to support landing
operations on the first KSC landing opportunity at 3:50 a.m. EDT on Sept. 20. A second
opportunity is available at 5:25 a.m. EDT on Wednesday if needed.
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MISSION: STS-92 -- 5th ISS Flight (3A) -- Z-1 Truss, PMA-3 |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
Launch Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
Oct. 5, 2000 at 9:38
p.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Oct. 16, 2000 at about 5 p.m. |
| MISSION DURATION |
11 days |
| CREW |
Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6
degrees |
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| Shuttle Processing Note |
At Launch Pad 39A, the
Rotating Service Structure was moved in place around Space Shuttle Discovery yesterday. The
Shuttle’s payload bay doors are open in preparation for installation of the Z-1 Truss payload
early next week. Today, members of the KSC launch team and the seven-member flight crew concluded
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities with a simulated main engine cut-off and crew
egress from Discovery’s crew compartment. The crew is slated to depart for Houston, TX today
at about 2:15 p.m. from KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility.
Later today, workers at the pad will resume efforts to replace the orbiter maneuvering system
transducer seals. Over the weekend, technicians will complete the replacement of a fuel line quick
disconnect on auxiliary power unit No. 2.
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| Milestones |
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| Payload installed into orbiter |
Sept. 19 |
| Helium Signature Test |
Sept. 19 |
| Prelaunch propellant loading of
Discovery’s onboard tanks |
Sept. 20 |
| Space Shuttle main engine flight
readiness test begins |
Sept. 23 |
| Orbiter aft compartment
close-outs |
Sept. 26 |
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MISSION: STS-97 -- 6th ISS Flight (4A) -- PV Module P6 |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
OPF bay 2 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
Nov. 30, 2000 at time
10:48 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 |
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| Shuttle Processing Note |
| Technicians have completed
"chin panel" installation efforts. Today, workers are installing Endeavour’s main
engines and conducting leak tests on the crew module and external airlock. The five-member flight
crew will participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at KSC on Saturday.
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