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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-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 about 9:39 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 |
| Processing of Space Shuttle Discovery continues on schedule for the Oct. 5 target launch date. Workers at the launch pad have completed the orbiter's cavity purge test and leak checks on the right-hand orbiter maneuvering system engine. Today, engineers are conducting the Helium Signature Test. Preparations are also in work for this weekend's planned loading of Discovery's onboard propellant tanks.
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| Milestones |
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| 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 begin |
Sept.
26 |
| Payload
bay doors closed for flight |
Sept.
26 |
| Ordnance
installation complete |
Sept.
28 |
| Flight
Readiness Review |
Sept.
28 |
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MISSION:
STS-97 - 6th ISS Flight (4A) - PV Module P6 |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavor/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
OPF
bay 2 |
| TARGET
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Nov.
30, 2000 at 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 & INCLINATION |
177
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle
Processing Note |
| Endeavour's main propulsion system leak checks continue today. Technicians are aligning the orbiter's onboard camera as part of standard flight preparation. Engine heat shield installation begins this week. Payload bay closeouts are in work.
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MISSION:
STS-98 - 7th ISS Flight (5A) - U.S. Laboratory |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter
Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3 |
| TARGET
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Jan.18,
2001 at 3:36 a.m. EDT |
| TARGET
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Jan.
28, 2001 |
| MISSION
DURATION |
10
days |
| CREW |
Cockrell,
Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins |
| ORBITAL
ALTITUDE & INCLINATION |
173
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle
Processing Note |
Technicians have completed efforts to drain Atlantis' power reactant storage and distribution system of cryogenic reactants. The STS-106 spacesuits have been removed and are en route to the Johnson Space Center. Atlantis' payload bay doors will be opened Saturday and post-flight hydraulic work begins Sunday.
Post-landing inspections of Atlantis' exterior revealed a total of 105 debris hits with 17 of those larger than 1-inch in length. The lower surface had 73 debris hits, of which 17 were larger than 1-inch in length.
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Status reports and other
NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm.
nformation 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/ |
