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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 and INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Note |
| As the flight crew
prepares Shuttle Discovery for tomorrow's deorbit operations, 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 Wednesday at about 5:33 a.m. EDT
if needed. Weather conditions at KSC are expected to
be generally favorable for tomorrow'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; wind out of the southeast at 4 knots and gusting to 6 knots; temperature at 75
degrees F; dew point at 72 degrees F; relative humidity at 94 percent and a chance of rain
showers within 30 nautical Miles, mainly over the water. 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 and
INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6
degrees |
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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 |
| Payload bay doors closed for
flight |
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 |
| With
main engines No. 1 and No. 3 already installed, workers are
preparing to install engine No. 2 today. Endeavour's payload bay
doors were opened yesterday and are undergoing routine tests.
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