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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 3:40 a.m. |
| MISSION DURATION |
11 days, 18 hours and 54 minutes |
| CREW |
Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Note |
| Space Shuttle
Atlantis is performing well on orbit. Mission managers today decided to extend the STS-106
mission by one day giving the crew of Atlantis an extra 24-hours docked with the Space
Station. KSC ground control will now prepare for Atlantis' first Florida landing
opportunity at 4:26 a.m. on Sept. 20. Open assessment of the solid rocket boosters
continues at Hangar AF on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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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 9:30
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 Pad 39A, launch pad
validations are in work through midweek. Preparations are under way for today's hot fire test of
Discovery's three auxiliary power units. Starting Wednesday, technicians will begin planned work
to replace three transducers on the left-hand orbiter maneuvering system pod. A fuel line quick
disconnect will be replaced on auxiliary power unit No. 2 Thursday. Workers will move the Rotating
Service Structure around the Shuttle on Thursday at about 9 a.m. KSC workers are also making final preparation for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration
Test with the flight crew this week. The seven-member crew are slated to arrive at KSC tonight at
about 7 p.m.
The Zenith-1 (Z-1) Truss was loaded into the payload canister
last night and will be transferred to the launch pad just after midnight tonight. The Z-1 Truss
will be lifted into the Payload Changeout Room at Pad 39A tomorrow at about 6
a.m.
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| Milestones |
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| Payload to the pad |
Sept. 13 |
| Terminal Countdown Demonstration
Test |
Sept. 14-15 |
| Rotating Service Structure
extended |
Sept. 14 |
| Payload installed into orbiter |
Sept. 19 |
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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 |
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Verification of
Endeavour's robot arm is complete. Technicians are checking out the orbiter's space-to-space
orbiter radio system. Endeavour's TV and communication system checks are scheduled this week. The
functional test of the waste control system is also planned for this week. Workers continue
efforts to install Endeavour's thermal protective "chin panel."
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