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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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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 3:56 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 |
| Having successfully
undocked from the International Space Station Sunday night, orbiter Atlantis remains in
excellent health on orbit. KSC ground control is preparing to support landing operations
on the first KSC landing opportunity at about 3:56 a.m. EDT on Sept. 20. A second
opportunity is available at about 5:33 a.m. EDT on Wednesday if needed. Preliminary forecasts indicate generally favorable weather
conditions for Wednesday's landing opportunities. The forecast calls for few clouds at
2,000 feet, scattered at 8,000 feet and broken at 25,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles;
winds from the southeast at 4 knots gusting to 6 knots; temperature at 79 degrees F;
relative humidity at 83 percent; and the chance of rain showers within 30 nautical miles,
over the water. At this time, mission managers do not plan to call up Edwards Air Force
Base, CA, to support Wednesday's landing attempts.
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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
& INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6
degrees |
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| Shuttle Processing Note |
| Workers at Launch Pad 39A
have resumed Discovery's prelaunch processing after a busy weekend of hurricane preparation.
Planned processing work gave way to preliminary Shuttle rollback preparations on Saturday, but by
Sunday morning the threat of Hurricane Gordon had passed. KSC managers have adjusted the remainder
of Discovery's processing flow and continue to work toward an Oct. 5 target launch date. Over the
weekend, rainfall at KSC totaled 2.42 inches and winds reached 47 knots. Winds at Launch Pad 39A
peaked at 28 knots. The Zenith-1 (Z-1) Truss was installed
into Discovery's payload bay Saturday and the payload bay doors will be opened today to
accommodate payload testing. Today, technicians are preparing to replace a transducer on
Discovery's right hand orbital maneuvering system (OMS) engine. The OMS transducer replacement and
a leak check of the fuel line disconnect for auxiliary power unit No. 2 are both scheduled to
occur tomorrow morning.
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| Milestones |
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| Helium Signature Test |
Sept. 21 |
| Prelaunch propellant loading of
Discovery's onboard tanks |
Sept. 23 |
| Space Shuttle main engine flight
readiness test begins |
Sept. 25 |
| 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 |
| The five-member flight crew
completed the Crew Equipment Interface Test over the weekend and then returned to Houston, TX.
Leak checks of the orbiter's crew module and airlock are complete. Two of Endeavour's main engines
have been installed and the third is slated for installation this week.
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