MISSION: STS-106 -- 4th ISS Flight (2A.2b) - SPACEHAB

VEHICLE:                          Atlantis/OV-104
OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME:    Sept. 8, 2000 at 8:46 a.m. EDT
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME:            Sept. 20, 2000 at about 3:56 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: Having successfully undocked from the International
Space Station Sunday night, orbiter Atlantis remains in
excellent health on orbit. KSC ground control is preparing
to support landing operations on the first KSC landing
opportunity at about 3:56 a.m. EDT on Sept.
Preliminary forecasts indicate generally favorable
weather conditions for Wednesday's landing opportunities.
The forecast calls for few clouds at 2,000 feet,
scattered at 8,000 feet and broken at 25,000 feet;
visibility at 7 miles; winds from the southeast at 4
knots gusting to 6 knots; temperature at 79 degrees F;
relative humidity at 83 percent; and the chance of
rain showers within 30 nautical miles, over the water.
At this time, mission managers do not plan to call up
Edwards Air Force Base, CA, to support Wednesday's landing attempts.


Mission Objectives
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Among priority tasks to be completed during the STS-106 mission
of Atlantis to the International Space Station are:

--Changing Zvezda, the Service Module, from launch to flight
  configuration by installing six ground repressurization inlet
  caps, removing fire extinguisher launch restraint bolts and
  activating gas masks in the module for the Expedition 1 crew.

--Logistics activities, including unloading supplies in the
  Progress cargo vessel into the ISS and transferring equipment,
  supplies and water from the shuttle to the ISS.

--Removing the TORU docking unit and the aft docking probe
  from the Zarya module.

--Replacing two batteries on Zarya and installing three
  batteries and associated electronic equipment on the Zvezda,
  installing voltage converters and one charge/discharge device
  in the Zvezda and performing other electrical system work in that module.

--A spacewalk to connect power, data and communications cables
  between the Zvezda and Zarya, and install a magnetometer.

--Installation of a treadmill and related equipment.

--Air monitoring tasks, formaldehyde monitoring, replace and
  return three passive dosimeters in Unity and install four others
  in the Zvezda, as well as performing acoustic measurements in the Zvezda.

--Testing of the Space Integrated Global Positioning System/Internal
  Navigation System (SIGI).

-- Delivery of the ISS toilet in the Zvezda for installation by the
   Expedition 1 crew.

--Performing two ISS reboosts with Atlantis and a shuttle
  flyaround of the ISS, both if propellant is available.


Crew

Commander: Terrence Wilcutt
Pilot: Scott D. Altman
Mission Specialist 1: Edward T. Lu
Mission Specialist 2: Richard A. Mastracchio
Mission Specialist 3: Daniel C. Burbank
Mission Specialist 4: Yuri I. Malenchenko
Mission Specialist 5: Boris V. Morukov


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Launch

Orbiter: Atlantis OV104
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B
Launch Window: 2.5 Minutes
Altitude:  173 Nautical Miles, 199 Statute Miles
Inclination: 51.6 Degrees
Duration:   11 Days 18 Hrs. 54 Min.


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Vehicle Data

Shuttle Liftoff Weight: 4519645 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Liftoff Weight: 254099 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Landing Weight:
  221271 lbs.
Payload Weights
ICC 4,528 pounds (ICC plus cargo)
LDM 18,000 pounds

Software Version: OI-27

Space Shuttle Main Engines: (1 MB pdf)
SSME 1:  2052 SSME 2:  2044 SSME 3:  2047

External Tank:   ET-103A

SRB Set:  BI-102PF/RSRM-75

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Shuttle Aborts

Abort Landing Sites

   RTLS:  Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
   TAL:    Zaragoza
   AOA:   Edwards Air Force Base, California

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Landing

Landing Date: 09/20/00
Landing Time: 3:40 AM (eastern time)
Primary Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility


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Payloads

Cargo Bay
Space Experiment Module 8
Getaway Special G-782
Spacehab Logistics Double Module


In-Cabin
Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA)