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For Release: November 20, 2000

Media Advisory: 00-322
 

Next Space Shuttle mission on track for Nov. 30 launch; media press kit available online

What: Space Shuttle Endeavour is being prepared for launch Thursday, Nov. 30, on the STS-97 flight, the sixth construction mission to the International Space Station.

During 10 days punctuated by space flight firsts, the Space Shuttle Endeavour will see the International Space Station spread its wings — giant solar arrays that will quintuple the Station's electrical power, enabling future unparalleled research.

When Endeavour lifts off, it will do so with the help of two solid rocket boosters, three reusable, high performance rocket engines — the world’s most sophisticated reusable rocket engines — and an external tank, all developed here at NASA’s Marshall Center. For Marshall’s role in the Space Shuttle, check our Web site at

http://shuttle.msfc.nasa.gov

Mission Highlights:

  • SHUTTLE ORBITER: Endeavour
  • LAUNCH LOCATION: Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
  • TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 30 at 9:06 p.m. CST
  • TARGET LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 10 at 4:25 p.m. CST
  • LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
  • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 19 hours, 19 minutes
  • CREW: Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield, and Mission Specialists Carlos Noriega, Joe Tanner and Marc Garneau.
  • ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Press kits for Shuttle missions are available online at

http://www.shuttlepresskit.com