KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1997 (11:10 AM EST)
KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692)
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov
MISSION: STS-83 -- Microgravity Science Laboratory-1
- VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
- LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
- TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: April 3 at 2:01 p.m. EST
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: April 19 at about 7:37 a.m. EDT
- MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 36 minutes
- CREW: Halsell, Still, Voss, Thomas, Gernhardt, Linteris, Crouch
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/28.45 degrees
NOTE: Preparations continue to roll Columbia to the VAB early next week.
Final close-outs of the body-flap cove area are complete and the aft
engine compartment doors will be installed on Sunday. Integrated
hydraulic checks of the aerosurfaces and other orbiter systems will be
completed tonight. On Monday, the orbiter will be weighed and the center
of gravity checks made. Early Tuesday, the vehicle will be mated to the
orbiter transporter. First motion is expected to occur Tuesday
afternoon.
STS-83 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
- * Weight and center of gravity checks (Monday)
- * Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building and mate with external tank (March
4)
- * Roll out to Pad A (March 10)
- * Hot fire auxiliary power unit No. 2 (March 10)
- * Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) (March 13-14)
MISSION: STS-84 -- 6th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image)
- VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
- LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 15 at about 3:49 a.m.
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 24 at about 8:12 a.m.
- MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes
- CREW: Precourt, Collins, Foale, Noriega, Lu, Clervoy, Kondakova
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
NOTE: The European Proximity Sensor (EPS) payload has been installed and
the interface verification test is now in work. A functional check of
the airlock hatches is also underway. Preparations continue for Space
Shuttle main engine installation and forward reaction control system
installation next week. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters in the
Vehicle Assembly Building is complete and joint close-outs are underway.
STS-84 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
- * Install forward reaction control system (March 6)
- * Begin installation of Space Shuttle main engines (March 6-7)
- * Mate external tank to solid rocket boosters (March 24)
MISSION: STS-85 -- CRISTA-SPAS-2
- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
- TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 17 at 10:06 a.m.
- LAUNCH WINDOW: 1 hour, 54 minutes
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 28 at about 6:54 a.m.
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 48 minutes
- CREW: Brown, Ashby, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 160 nautical miles/57 degrees
NOTE: The payload bay doors are being opened today as preparations
continue to remove the payloads on Monday. Flight crew systems destow
and flight recorder down-loads are complete. Complete access to the aft
engine compartment will be finished today. Inspections of the vehicle's
reaction control system thrusters has begun.
STS-85 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
- * Remove payloads (March 3)
- * Complete off-load of residual hypergolic propellants (March 5)
- * Remove Space Shuttle main engines (March 28)
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