Space Shuttle Status Report 15 September 2000

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 3:50 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 19 hours and 4 minutes
• CREW: Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Note: Shuttle Atlantis continues to perform well on orbit. KSC ground control is preparing to
support landing operations on the first KSC landing opportunity at 3:50 a.m. EDT on Sept. 20. A
second opportunity is available at 5:25 a.m. EDT on Wednesday if needed.

• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
• TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 5, 2000 at 9:38 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 Launch Pad 39A, the Rotating Service Structure was moved in
place around Space Shuttle Discovery yesterday. The Shuttleís payload bay doors are open in preparation
for installation of the Z-1 Truss payload early next week. Today, members of the KSC launch
team and the seven-member flight crew concluded Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
activities with a simulated main engine cut-off and crew egress from Discoveryís crew
compartment. The crew is slated to depart for Houston, TX today at about 2:15 p.m. from KSCís
Shuttle Landing Facility.

Later today, workers at the pad will resume efforts to replace the orbiter maneuvering system
transducer seals. Over the weekend, technicians will complete the replacement of a fuel line quick
disconnect on auxiliary power unit No. 2.

Milestones:
Payload installed into orbiter – Sept. 19
Helium Signature Test – Sept. 19
Prelaunch propellant loading of Discoveryís onboard tanks – Sept. 20
Space Shuttle main engine flight readiness test begins – Sept. 23
Orbiter aft compartment close-outs – Sept. 26

• 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: Technicians have completed “chin panel” installation efforts. Today,
workers are installing Endeavourís main engines and conducting leak tests on the crew module
and external airlock. The five-member flight crew will participate in the Crew Equipment Interface
Test at KSC on Saturday.