Space Shuttle Processing Status 9 May 2001
MISSION: STS-100 – 9th ISS Flight (6A) -Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (Mate-Demate Device)
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 2:41 p.m. EDT
EDWARDS LANDING DATE/TIME: May 1, 2001 at 12:11 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 21 hours and 30 minutes
CREW: Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle orbiter Endeavour returned to KSC today at
about 2:09 p.m. EDT mounted atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). The
orbiter/SCA combination completed a two-day transcontinental ferry flight
from Edwards Air Force Base, California.
The ferry flight departed Edwards Tuesday, May 8 at about 9:13 a.m. EDT.
After refueling at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma, the orbiter/SCA took
off at about 3:15 p.m. yesterday headed to Littlerock Air Force Base in
Arkansas. Endeavour arrived in Arkansas at about 4:22 p.m. EDT for an
overnight stay.
The final leg of the flight began today from Littlerock Air Force Base at
11:33 a.m. EDT and concluded with the SCA touching down on Shuttle Landing
Facility Runway 15. Endeavour will be demated from the SCA tonight and
transported to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 tomorrow morning to begin
processing for mission STS-108.
MISSION: STS-104 – 10th ISS Flight (7A) – Airlock
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: OPF bay 3
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET 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: Engineers have completed work to replace the
“fixer” alignment component on Atlantis’ docking mechanism. Additional work
is required to repair the heads-up display (HUD) unit in the crew module.
The HUD provides visual alignment cues to Shuttle commanders and pilots
during approach and landing. To accommodate the unplanned HUD work, Atlantis
will now roll to the VAB Sunday, May 20 instead of May 16.
MISSION: STS-105 – 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) – Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: OPF bay 2
OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 12, 2001 at 4:45 a.m. EST
OFFICIAL 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
Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery’s window No. 4 is being replaced today.
Payload premate testing is ongoing in the orbiter’s midbody. Shuttle main
engine installation is also scheduled to begin this week.
MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 4
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: Workers transferred orbiter Columbia to VAB high
bay 4 yesterday afternoon to make way for orbiter Endeavour’s return from
California. Columbia will be stored in the VAB until Atlantis moves to the
VAB to be mated to the STS-104 external tank and solid rocket boosters.
Columbia will then be transferred into OPF bay 3 to continue STS-109
preflight processing.
