MISSION: STS-99 --
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
Jan. 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
Feb. 11, 2000 at 4:52 p.m. EST |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
2 hours and 2
minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
11 days and 4 hours |
| CREW |
Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
126 nautical miles/57 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
| At Launch Pad 39A
processing continues on schedule. Last week, Shuttle Endeavour was powered up and leak
checks on main engine No. 3 were completed Thursday. The helium signature leak test
concluded on Friday. Over the weekend, workers complete preparations for prelaunch
propellant loading and oxidizer loading is slated to begin tomorrow. Fuel loading
operations will begin Saturday following this week's Terminal Count Demonstration Test
(TCDT) activities with the flight crew. The
six-member flight crew arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility tomorrow at about 4 p.m.
to participate in routine TCDT activities. Throughout the week, the astronauts will
familiarize themselves with the orbiter and payload for this mission, take opportunities
to fly in the Shuttle Training Aircraft and practice emergency orbiter egress procedures.
A full launch day dress rehearsal begins at about 7 a.m. Friday morning and concludes at
about 11 a.m. with a simulated main engine cutoff just before T-0 on the countdown clock.
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| Processing Milestones |
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Prelaunch propellant loading |
Jan. 15 |
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Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test |
Jan. 14 |
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Flight Readiness Review |
Jan. 18 |
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MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd ISS Flight (2A.2) - SPACEHAB DM |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
March 16, 2000 at 7:45 a.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
March 27, 2000 at 2:40 a.m. EST |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
5-10 minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days and 19 hours |
| CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams, Malenchenko and Morukov |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Wiring inspections and
repairs continue to go very well in Atlantis' midbody and aft compartments. Today,
functional testing of the orbiter maneuvering system pod and robot arm is under way.
Technicians will begin servicing freon coolant loop No. 2 later today. Ammonia boiler
servicing and functional tests of the orbiter's auxiliary power units are also scheduled
this week.
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MISSION: STS-92 --
4th ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3 |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
OPF bay 1 |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
June 14, 2000 at 8:42 p.m. EDT |
| 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 and McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Workers started
testing Discovery's forward reaction control system today and will complete engine heat
shield removal early today. Main engine removal is now scheduled to begin at about 7:30
p.m. tonight and all three engines should be demated by tomorrow morning. Removal of the
STS-103 payload from Discovery's cargo bay concluded this afternoon.
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