| 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 9:38 p.m. EDT |
| TARGET
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Oct.
16, 2000 at about 4:50 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 |
|
Preparation for next week's launch of Space
Shuttle Discovery continues to go well. The Shuttle main engine flight readiness
test is complete and aft compartment close-outs are in work. Today, workers
pressurized Discovery's hypergolic system and continued close-outs on the solid
rocket booster forward skirts. Orbiter maneuvering system engine gimbal tests
are under way to confirm proper positioning of the left OMS engine.
Workers are scheduled to install the aft compartment doors
Saturday evening. Flight crew equipment early stow begins Sunday and concludes
Monday night. Payload bay close-outs conclude Monday with door closure planned
for about 5 p.m. that same day. The seven-member flight crew is expected to
arrive at KSC Sunday at 7:30 p.m. to begin final preparation for launch. KSC's
launch team will assemble in firing room 3 Monday at 11:30 p.m. and the
countdown is slated to begin at midnight.
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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 10:01 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 engine heat shield installation. Work
continues to close out the orbiter's payload bay.
Workers are preparing for the integrated hydraulic and
flight control test.
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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. |
| TARGET
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Jan.
28, 2001 |
| MISSION
DURATION |
10
days |
| CREW |
Cockrell,
Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins |
| ORBITAL
ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
173
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle
Processing Note |
| STS-106
payload removal is complete. The Shuttle main engine
heat shields have been removed and engine removal is now
under way. Technicians are also preparing for routine
tests on the forward reaction control system.
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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.
Information 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/ |
