New Space Shuttle launch dates baselined and crews named
The following Space Shuttle launch dates are the result of S042013BK: “RE-BASELINE ISS LAUNCH DATES”, dispositioned at the CRG by NASA on 16 Feb 2000.
- STS-92 – 21 Sep 2000
- STS-97 – 30 Nov 2000
- STS-98 – 18 Jan 2001
- STS-102 – 15 Feb 2001
- STS-100 – 19 Apr 2001
- STS-107 – NET 22 Feb 2001
The internal working date for STS-106 (2A.2b) is 18 Aug 2000 even though other schedules still show a mid-July 2000 date. ISS planning calls for a launch of STS-106 no sooner than 35 days after a successful Service Module launch. Russia has set a 8-14 July launch window for the Service Module which would therefore lead to a STS-106 launch in mid-August.
Meanwhile, NASA JSC has generated new crew assignments for the 2A.2a and 2A.2b missions. Ed Lu has been reassigned to the STS-106 (2A.2b) mission. Scott Horowitz will now be the backup EVA crew member for STS-101 (2A.2a). Yuriy Usachev has been added to STS-101 which also includes Jim Voss and Susan Helms plus previous crew members Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, and Williams. Voss, Helms, and Usachev now comprise the Expedition 2 crew.
A more detailed look at the International Space Station programs’s progress and launch schedules can be obtained by reading “International Space Station Schedules Review, February 4, 2000, DSSICB” which is now online
Note: This is a 1.8 Mb Adobe Acrobat file. This presentation provides a snapshot of where the ISS program is right now. Note that flight 2A.2a is listed as STS-101 with a 13 April 2000 launch date and 2A.2b is listed as STS-106 with a launch date somewhere in the middle of July 2000.
