Status Report

Space Shuttle Status Report 20 October 2000

By SpaceRef Editor
October 20, 2000
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NOTE: Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm on the
KSC Home Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.

MISSION: STS-92 – 5th ISS Flight (3A) – Z-1 Truss, PMA-3

LOCATION: On orbit

KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 11, 2000 at 7:17 p.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 22, 2000 at about 2:14 p.m. EDT

MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 18 hours and 57 minutes

CREW: Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur

ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing: Today Shuttle Discovery successfully undocked from the
International Space Station at 11:08 a.m. and tomorrow the crew will prepare
for a planned KSC landing on Sunday afternoon.

Discovery is slated to begin its return to Earth with a deorbit burn of the
orbital maneuvering system engines at 1:07 p.m. Sunday. Touchdown at the
Shuttle Landing Facility is expected Sunday at 2:14 p.m. A second KSC
landing opportunity exists on Sunday at 3:50 p.m. with a deorbit burn at
2:43 p.m. Mission managers have decided not to call up Edwards Air Force
Base to support a Sunday landing. Two landing opportunities are available at
KSC and Edwards on Monday and Tuesday if needed.

KSC weather on Sunday is expected to be generally favorable for landing. The
forecast calls for clouds to be scattered at 4,000 feet and broken at
25,000; visibility at 7 miles; wind from the northeast at 10 peaking to 15
knots; temperature at 82 degrees F; relative humidity at 61 percent and no
precipitation.

 
MISSION: STS-97 – 6th ISS Flight (4A) – PV Module P6

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LOCATION: OPF bay 2

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 30, 2000 at 10:01 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: Endeavour’s camera alignment tests are complete.
Today, workers are lowering the orbiter onto scales and conducting routine
weight and center of gravity tests. Over the weekend, Endeavour will be
mated to the orbiter transporter and on Monday morning managers plan to
transfer it to the Vehicle Assembly Building.

Milestones:

Orbiter rollover to the VAB – Oct. 23

Shuttle Endeavour rolls to Pad 39B – Oct. 30

MISSION: STS-98 – 7th ISS Flight (5A) – U.S. Laboratory

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan.18, 2001 at 3:36 a.m. EDT

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 28, 2001

MISSION DURATION: 10 days

CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins

ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Technicians have completed orbiter lighting checks
and functional testing of the gaseous hydrogen side of the main propulsion
system (MPS). Replacement of window No. 8 continues. Leak and functional
testing of the helium and gaseous oxygen sides of the MPS are in progress.
Payload bay reconfiguration continues and preparation for removal of the
right hand orbiter maneuvering system pod is in work.

SpaceRef staff editor.