Space Shuttle Processing Status 13 Apr 2001

MISSION: STS-100 – 9th ISS Flight (6A) -Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A

KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 2:41 p.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Apr. 30, 2001 at 10 a.m.

MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours and 19 minutes

CREW: Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Last night, workers installed Shuttle Endeavour’s
aft compartment doors concluding aft closeout efforts. Standard external
tank purge activities are complete and launch countdown preparations
continue.

Loading of the flight crew equipment into the crew module concludes today.
No significant work is planned over the weekend, and the seven-member flight
crew is scheduled to arrive at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at about 10:30
a.m. Monday. The countdown clock begins at 6 p.m. Monday.

Upcoming Milestones:

Flight crew equipment early stow – Apr. 12-13

Flight crew arrival at KSC – Apr. 16 at about 10:30 a.m.

Launch countdown starts – Apr. 16 at 6 p.m.