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August 7, 2000

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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.

MISSION: STS-106 -- 4th ISS Flight (2A.2b)

VEHICLE Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME Sept. 8, 2000 at 8:31 a.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME Sept. 19, 2000 at 4:45 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW 10 minutes
MISSION DURATION 10 days, 20 hours and 14 minutes
CREW Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note
At about 10:40 a.m. today, workers began moving orbiter Atlantis to the VAB in preparation for orbiter/external tank mating operations. The orbiter will be connected to the sling this afternoon, and lifted into high bay 1 tonight. Atlantis will be hardmated to the external tank early tomorrow morning. The Space Shuttle vehicle will be powered up on Thursday for the standard Shuttle Interface Test.

Early Saturday, the entire Shuttle stack will move to VAB high bay 2 as part of final VAB safe haven fit check. Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B from VAB high bay 2 at about 11 p.m. on Aug. 13.

Milestones
 
  SPACEHAB payload installed into canister  Aug. 8  
Payload transferred to Launch Pad 39B Aug.11
  Safe haven fit check with full Shuttle stack begins Aug. 12 at about 3 a.m.  
Shuttle Atlantis begins roll out to Launch Pad 39B Aug. 13 at about 11 p.m.
  Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test Aug. 17-18  


MISSION: STS-92 -- 5th ISS Flight (3A) -- Z-1 Truss, PMA-3

VEHICLE Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION OPF bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME Oct. 5, 2000 at about 9:49 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME Oct. 16, 2000
MISSION DURATION 11 days
CREW Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note
As part of aft compartment closeouts, technicians completed main engine valve inspections. Close-out efforts continue with the orbiter airlock, and in the forward and aft compartments. Discovery is currently scheduled to move the VAB on Aug. 21.


MISSION: STS-97 -- 6th ISS Flight (4A) -- PV Module P6

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. 9, 2000 at time TBD
MISSION DURATION 9 days
CREW Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note
Technicians completed cross-feed line connections on the left-hand orbiter maneuvering system pod over the weekend. Discovery's wireless video system modification is complete and system checks are in work. The payload premate test continues.

 

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