Space Shuttle Processing Status 23 Apr 2001
MISSION: STS-100 – 9th ISS Flight (6A) -Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbit
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: April 19, 2001 at 2:41 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: April 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: Space Shuttle Endeavour continues to operate en
orbit without significant problem. Landing remains scheduled for Monday,
April 30, at 10 a.m. at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility. The flown Solid
Rocket Boosters were returned to Hangar AF Saturday. Open assessments
continue with no problems reported.
MISSION: STS-104 – 10th ISS Flight (7A) – Airlock
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: OPF bay 3
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 14, 4:15 p.m. EDT
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 25, 12:30 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6
degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: The orbiter drag chute has been installed and
refilling of the hydraulic system is complete. Payload pre-mate tests and
operations are currently in work. Activities are also underway in
preparation for installing the three Space Shuttle main engines beginning
tomorrow. Currently, rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building is slated
for May 16.
MISSION: STS-105 – 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) – Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: OPF bay 2
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 12, 2001 at 4:45 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 23, 2001 at TBD
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Horowitz, Struckow, Barry, Forrester; (up) Culbertson, Dezhurov,
Turin (down) Voss, Helms, Usachev
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6
degrees
NOTE: Hydraulic testing is on going, and other routine orbiter inspections
continue on schedule.
MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: OPF bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 19 (under review)
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 30 (under review)
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 308 nautical miles/28.5
degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Preparations continue for Columbia’s first
mission since being returned to KSC following its scheduled maintenance
period and upgrades enhancements in California. This week Freon loop tests
and servicing continues in work. The orbiter is scheduled for its first
post-maintenance power-up later this week.
