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September 16, 1998
KSC Contact: Joel Wells
KSC Release No. 102-98

SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SCHEDULED TO ROLLOUT TO LAUNCH PAD 39B SEPT.
21

Towering atop the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter, Space Shuttle Discovery is
scheduled to emerge from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Monday, Sept. 21. Once at
Launch Pad 39B, the orbiter, external tank and the solid rocket boosters will undergo final
preparations for the STS-95 launch, currently targeted for Oct. 29, 1998. 

At about 2 a.m. Monday, the crawler transporter is expected to begin its 4.2-mile trip to the pad.
As the sun rises, Discovery will approach the pad slope and is scheduled to be hard down on the
pad surface at about 8 a.m. The Rotating Service Structure will extend around the vehicle soon
after pad arrival and launch pad validations will proceed through Tuesday night. 

The crew of mission STS-95 includes: Commander Curt Brown, Pilot Steven Lindsey; Mission
Specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephen Robinson, and Pedro Duque; and Payload Specialists
Chiaki Mukai and John Glenn. 

Along with Senator Glenn's momentous return to space, the primary objectives of this mission are
to conduct microgravity research in the SPACEHAB module, deploy and retrieve the
Spartan-201 solar-observing spacecraft, and perform experiments with the Hubble Space
Telescope Orbital Systems Test (HOST) and the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker. 

The assortment of vertical payloads are set to arrive at the pad on Sept. 25 and be installed into
the orbiter the following day. 

The Shuttle flight crew will visit KSC in about three weeks to participate in the Terminal
Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), set for Oct. 8 and 9. Media opportunities with the crew
will be announced the week before the event.
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