Space Shuttle Processing Status 10 May 2001
MISSION: STS-104 – 10th ISS Flight (7A) – Airlock
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: OPF bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET June 14, 4:23 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 25, 12:38 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours and 15 minutes
CREW: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Functional testing of the airlock’s upper hatch is
complete and the orbiter’s docking mechanism has been stowed for flight.
Alignment repair work on Atlantis’ heads-up display (HUD) unit continues to
go well. Technicians have completed work on the commander’s side and will
begin retests tonight. Pilot side repairs begin today. Though the
unplanned HUD work will delay the orbiter’s arrival in the VAB and at the
launch pad, the target launch date remains unchanged.
Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only):
Orbiter transfer to VAB – May 20
Space Shuttle rolls out to Launch Pad 39B – May 25
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test complete – June 1
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. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 23, 2001
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 replacement work continues.
Payload premate testing is in work through the remainder of the week. In the
orbiter’s aft compartment, preparation is under way for Shuttle main engine
installation. Engine installation begins Friday.
MISSION: STS-108 – 12th ISS Flight (UF1) – MPLM
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 29, 2001
TARGET KSCLANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 9, 2001
MISSION DURATION: 10 days
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 was lifted from the back
of NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) today at about 3 a.m. Towing
operations began at about 8:50 a.m. and concluded with Endeavour’s arrival
at OPF bay 1 around 9:45 a.m.
Endeavour will now undergo standard post-ferry flight deconfiguration and
then begin processing for mission STS-108.
MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 4
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 17, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 28, 2002
MISSION DURATION: TBD
CREW: Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Columbia is being stored in VAB high bay 4 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.
