Space Shuttle Status Report 29 September 2000

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS

KSC Contact: Joel Wells Friday, Sept. 29, 2000 (5:28 PM)

NOTE: This is an orbiter processing report and does not necessarily 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-92 – 5th ISS Flight (3A) – Z-1 Truss, PMA-3

LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 5, 2000 at about 9:38 p.m. EDT

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 16, 2000 at about 4:50 p.m.

LAUNCH WINDOW: No more than 5 minutes

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: Preparation for next week’s launch of Space Shuttle
Discovery continues to go well. The Shuttle main engine flight readiness
test is complete and aft compartment close-outs are in work. Today, workers
pressurized Discovery’s hypergolic system and continued close-outs on the
solid rocket booster forward skirts. Orbiter maneuvering system engine
gimbal tests are under way to confirm proper positioning of the left OMS
engine.

Workers are scheduled to install the aft compartment doors Saturday evening.
Flight crew equipment early stow begins Sunday and concludes Monday night.
Payload bay close-outs conclude Monday with door closure planned for about 5
p.m. that same day. The seven-member flight crew is expected to arrive at
KSC Sunday at 7:30 p.m. to begin final preparation for launch. KSC’s launch
team will assemble in firing room 3 Monday at 11:30 p.m. and the countdown
is slated to begin at midnight.

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