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February 18, 2000

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MISSION: STS-99 -- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)

VEHICLE Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION On orbit
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME Feb. 11, 2000 at 12:43 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME Feb. 22, 2000 at 4:52 p.m. EST
MISSION DURATION 11 days, 4 hours and 8 minutes
CREW Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 126 nautical miles/57 degrees
Work in progress
Shuttle Endeavour continues to perform very well on orbit. The orbiter and six-member flight crew remain scheduled for landing at KSC on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at about 4:52 p.m.


MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd ISS Flight (2A.2) - SPACEHAB DM
VEHICLE Atlantis/OV-104/
LOCATION Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME no earlier than April 13, 2000 at 8:41 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME April 23, 2000
LAUNCH WINDOW about 10 minutes
MISSION DURATION 9 days, 20 hours
CREW Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Williams, Voss, Helms, Usachev
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 190 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Work in progress
Shuttle Processing Note:   Atlantis' main propulsion system leak checks are complete. Today work began to install the transfer tunnel adapter in the orbiter's payload bay. Orbiter electrical wiring inspection, repair and protection continue.

Mission Note:   Managers named a modified STS-101 crew today to prepare the space station for the arrival of the Zvezda service module. The STS-101 crew includes Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz, and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, Jeffrey Williams, James Voss, Susan Helms and Yuri Usachev.


MISSION: STS-92 -- 4rd ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3
VEHICLE Atlantis/OV-103/
LOCATION Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME no earlier than June 14, 2000 at 8:42 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME June 24, 2000 at 5:10 p.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW 10 minutes
MISSION DURATION 10 days
CREW Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

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

Today, managers from NASA's Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) programs confirmed plans to fly an additional Space Shuttle mission to the ISS this year. The plan distributes the original STS-101 mission objectives between two flights: STS-101 and STS-106. With both missions slated for flight aboard Shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-101 remains targeted for launch no earlier than April 13 and the STS-106 launch will occur no earlier than Aug. 19.

Astronauts on the new STS-106 mission will complete service module support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and outfit ISS for the first long-duration crew. The STS-106 crew includes Commander Terrence Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman, and Mission Specialists Dan Burbank, Ed Lu, Richard Mastracchio, Yuri Malenchenko, and Boris Morukov.


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