Status Report

Space Shuttle Status Report 22 May 2000

By SpaceRef Editor
May 22, 2000
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SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT

MONDAY, MAY 22, 2000 (1:30 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.

MISSION: STS-101 — 3rd ISS Flight (2A.2a) – SPACEHAB DM

  • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
  • LOCATION: On orbit
  • OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 19, 2000 at about 6:11 a.m. EDT
  • KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 29, 2000 at about 2:19 a.m.
  • LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes
  • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 20 hours, 7 minutes
  • CREW: Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Williams, Voss, Helms, Usachev
  • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Note: Following Friday’s successful launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis, inspections of Launch Pad 39A revealed only normal damage. Over the weekend, KSC’s solid rocket booster recovery ships towed the STS-101 boosters from the Atlantic Ocean back to Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Recovery ship Freedom Star returned to Hangar AF Saturday afternoon and Liberty Star arrived Sunday morning. Preliminary inspections indicate the boosters are in good shape and in-depth assessments are in work today.


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

Shuttle Processing Note: Last week, workers replaced the pyrotechnic devices on Discovery’s Ku-Band antenna. Today, main engine and main propulsion system leak checks are in progress while engine heat shield installation is ongoing. Technicians are closing out the orbiter’s midbody in preparations for payload bay door closure later today.

In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the aft segments of the right-hand solid rocket booster have been stacked atop the Mobile Launcher Platform. Managers plan to resume stacking operations tomorrow and complete the right hand booster this week. Left hand booster stacking will resume in early June.


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

  • VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
  • LOCATION: OPF bay 2
  • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 29, 2000 at 10:50 p.m. EDT
  • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 9, 2000 at 1:40 a.m.
  • MISSION DURATION: 9 days
  • CREW: Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau
  • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Technicians have completed work to disconnect the oxidizer and fuel lines on Endeavour’s right hand orbiter maneuvering system (OMS) engine. Additional preparation work is ongoing to replace that OMS engine. Later this week, workers will install the docking system on the orbiter’s airlock.

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