Space Shuttle Status Report 12 September 2000
SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 (3:00 p.m. EDT)
NOTE: 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.
- VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
- LOCATION: On orbit
- OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 8, 2000 at 8:46 a.m. EDT
- KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Sept. 20, 2000 at about 3:40 a.m.
- MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 18 hours and 54 minutes
- CREW: Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Note: Space Shuttle Atlantis is performing well on orbit. Mission managers today decided to extend the STS-106 mission by one day giving the crew of Atlantis an extra 24-hours docked with the Space Station. KSC ground control will now prepare for Atlantis’ first Florida landing opportunity at 4:26 a.m. on Sept. 20. Open assessment of the solid rocket boosters continues at Hangar AF on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
- LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 5, 2000 at 9:30 p.m. EDT
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 16, 2000 at about 5 p.m.
- 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: At Pad 39A, launch pad validations are in work through midweek. Preparations are under way for today’s hot fire test of Discovery’s three auxiliary power units. Starting Wednesday, technicians will begin planned work to replace three transducers on the left-hand orbiter maneuvering system pod. A fuel line quick disconnect will be replaced on auxiliary power unit No. 2 Thursday. Workers will move the Rotating Service Structure around the Shuttle on Thursday at about 9 a.m.
KSC workers are also making final preparation for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test with the flight crew this week. The seven-member crew are slated to arrive at KSC tonight at about 7 p.m.
The Zenith-1 (Z-1) Truss was loaded into the payload canister last night and will be transferred to the launch pad just after midnight tonight. The Z-1 Truss will be lifted into the Payload Changeout Room at Pad 39A tomorrow at about 6 a.m.
Milestones:
Payload to the pad – Sept. 13
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test – Sept. 14-15
Rotating Service Structure extended – Sept. 14
Payload installed into orbiter – Sept. 19
- VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
- LOCATION: OPF bay 2
- TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 30, 2000 at 10:48 p.m.
- TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 10, 2000 at time TBD
- MISSION DURATION: 10 days
- CREW: Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Verification of Endeavour’s robot arm is complete. Technicians are checking out the orbiter’s space-to-space orbiter radio system. Endeavour’s TV and communication system checks are scheduled this week. The functional test of the waste control system is also planned for this week. Workers continue efforts to install Endeavour’s thermal protective “chin panel.”