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KSC RELEASE NO. 138 - 98 (Rev. A)
NOTE TO EDITORS (Revised)
DISCOVERY SCHEDULED TO LAND AT KSC COMPLETING MISSION STS-95
The orbiter Discovery is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center
on Saturday,Nov. 7 at 12:04 p.m. EST completing its nine-day STS-95 mission
which was launched from KSC on Oct. 29.
Landing at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) is slated to occur
on orbit 135 at mission elapsed time 8 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes. Deorbit
burn will occur at about 10:53 a.m. Saturday.
The two KSC landing opportunities on Saturday are: 12:04 p.m. and
1:45 p.m. EST.
Managers have decided to call up the back-up landing location at Edwards Air
Force Base (EAFB), CA, for a possible landing on Saturday. This is due to
weather concerns on both coasts Sunday. The two EAFB landing opportunities
on Saturday are: 1:35 p.m. and 3:17 p.m. EST.
If managers must keep Discovery in orbit an additional day, three
landing opportunities are available on Sunday at KSC and two at EAFB.
KSC Sunday landing times are: 10:17 a.m., 11:58 a.m. and 1:39 p.m.
EST.
EAFB Sunday landing times are: 11:49 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. EST.
This landing of Discovery will mark the 45th landing at KSC in the history
of Space Shuttle flight. It will be the 16th consecutive landing at KSC and
the 23rd in the last 24 shuttle flights. Discovery is currently on the 92nd
Space Shuttle mission in the history of the program.
Following landing, select members of the crew are scheduled to participate
in a press conference at the KSC Press Site auditorium. The event will be
carried live on NASA TV beginning at about 6 p.m. On the day following
landing, the entire crew will depart for Houston, TX, at about 10 a.m.
SLF and KSC Ground Operations
The Shuttle Landing Facility was built in 1975. It is 300 feet wide
and 15,000 feet long with 1,000 foot overruns at each end. The strip runs
northwest to southeast and is located about 3 miles northwest of the
525-foot tall Vehicle Assembly Building.
Once the orbiter is on the ground, safing operations will commence
and the flight crew will prepare the vehicle for post-landing operations.
The Crew Transport Vehicle (CTV) will be used to assist the crew, allowing
them to leave the vehicle and remove their launch and re-entry suits easier
and quicker.
The CTV and other KSC landing convoy operations have been "on-call"
since the launch of Discovery Oct. 29. The primary functions of the Space
Shuttle recovery convoy are to provide immediate service to the orbiter
after landing, assist crew egress, and prepare the orbiter for towing to the
Orbiter Processing Facility.
Convoy vehicles are stationed at the SLF's mid-point. About two
hours prior to landing, convoy personnel don SCAPE suits, or Self Contained
Atmospheric Protective Ensemble, and communications checks are made. A
warming-up of coolant and purge equipment is conducted and nearly two dozen
convoy vehicles are positioned to move onto the runway as quickly and as
safely as possible once the orbiter coasts to a stop. When the vehicle is
deemed safe of all potential explosive hazards and toxic gases, the purge
and coolant umbilical access vehicles move into position at the rear of the
orbiter.
Following purge and coolant operations, flight crew egress
preparations will begin and the CTV will be moved into position at the crew
access hatch located on the orbiter's port side. A physician will board the
Shuttle and conduct a brief preliminary examination of the astronauts. The
crew will then make preparations to leave the vehicle.
Following departure from the SLF, the crew will be taken to their
quarters in the O&C Building, meet with their families and undergo physical
examinations. The crew is scheduled to depart for JSC Sunday morning.
If Discovery lands at Edwards, an augmented KSC convoy team will be
on-site to safe the vehicle, disembark the crew and move the orbiter to the
Mate/Demate Device. The turnaround team will be deployed to Edwards by
charter aircraft on landing day.
About 7-8 hours after Discovery lands at KSC, the orbiter will be
towed to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 for post-flight deservicing.
Operations in the OPF will be made to prepare Discovery for is next Space
Shuttle mission, STS-96, currently targeted for launch in May.
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NOTICE TO EDITORS: The KSC press site will be open Friday, Nov. 6, from 7
a.m. - round-the-clock - to 3 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Media wishing to view
Discovery's landing should be at the KSC press site prior to 10:30 a.m.
Saturday for transport to the SLF. Due to safety limits, media must be
signed-up in advance to view the landing from the SLF media viewing site.
Accreditation must be arranged in advance. On the day following landing,
Sunday, Nov. 8, the office will be open again from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. to
support the crew departure photo opportunity. Media wishing to view crew
departure should be at the KSC Press Site by 8:30 a.m. for transport to the
Cape Canaveral Air Station skid strip.
Additional specific information regarding landing photo opportunities,
post-landing press conferences and KSC News Center operational hours is
available at the KSC News Center. Recorded status of KSC Space Shuttle
launch and landing operations can be reached by calling 407-867-2525.
Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the
World Wide Web at:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
Information about the countdown and mission can be accessed
electronically via the Internet at:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/ and at http://shuttle.nasa.gov/
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