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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104/ |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter
Processing Facility bay 3 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
no
earlier than April 13, 2000 |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
April
23, 2000 |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
up
to 10 minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
9
days, 20 hours |
| CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz,
Weber,
Williams,
Voss,
Helms,
Usachev |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
160
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
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| Shuttle
Processing Note |
|
Final preparation to transfer orbiter Atlantis from
the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building is in work
today. Managers plan to begin the rollover operation tomorrow before sunrise.
Once the orbiter is mated to the external tank and boosters in VAB high bay 3,
managers will finalize a work plan to replace main engine No. 1. The work is
expected to take about 3 days and may be accomplished in the VAB, allowing
Shuttle Atlantis to roll out to Launch Pad 39A on March 24. The engine work can
also be performed at the launch pad if required. Shuttle program managers expect
to announce a new target launch date later this week.
The decision to replace Atlantis' engine follows
a thorough documentation and inventory review concerning defective main engine
fuel pump tip seals. The review indicates that defective seals may be present on
the fuel pump for engine No. 1. The suspect engine will be replaced with one
originally slated for Discovery. The review began last year when engineers noted
a defective seal during routine fuel pump inspections after the STS-103 mission.
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|
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 |
TBD |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
TBD |
| MISSION
DURATION |
11
days |
| CREW |
Duffy,
Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
160
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
|
| Shuttle
Processing Note |
|
Discovery's radiators have
been stowed in the payload bay. Following last week's
auxiliary power unit fuel line connections, functional
leak checks are now under way. Leak checks of the orbiter
docking system continue. Robot arm servicing begins this
week.
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|
|
MISSION:
STS-97
-- 6th ISS Flight (4A) -- PV Module P6 |
|
| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
OPF bay 2 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
TBA |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
TBA |
| MISSION
DURATION |
9 days |
| CREW |
Jett,
Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
173
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
|
Shuttle
Processing Note |
Workers
completed Endeavour's radiator functional test this week
and TACAN testing is also complete. Orbiter maneuvering
system pod functional tests continue and preparations to
remove Endeavour's external airlock are in work.
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