Space Shuttle Status Report 21 November 2000
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-97 – 6th ISS Flight (4A) – PV Module P6
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 30, 2000 at 10:06 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec.11, 2000 at 5:58 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours and 52 minutes
CREW: Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Orbiter aft compartment close-outs are underway
on Space Shuttle Endeavour. Ordnance installation is finished and
pressurization of hypergolic propellant systems is also complete. In the
Launch Control Center at Complex 39, launch countdown preparations are
underway. The countdown begins at next Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 1 a.m. The
STS-97 astronauts will arrive at KSC on Monday, Nov. 27 at 4:30 p.m.
MISSION: STS-98 – 7th ISS Flight (5A) – U.S. Laboratory
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan.18, 2001 at 2:44 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 28, 2001 at 11:15 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Hydraulic flight control system testing is being
performed. Filling of potable water into the onboard storage tanks is under
way. Water spray boiler servicing is being performed. The waste
containment system is also receiving checkout today.
MISSION: STS-102 – 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) – Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb.15, 2001 at 4:24 p.m. EST (under review)
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 26, 2001 at 11:44 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev (down)
Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Orbital maneuvering system checkout is performed.
Replacement of the Ku Band antenna is in work. The water spray boiler
system is being serviced. Replacement of orbiter window #2 is complete.
