Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 16 Apr 2001

By SpaceRef Editor

April 16, 2001

Filed under Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle, US

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: At Launch Pad 39A, Space Shuttle Endeavour is in
excellent health as final preparations are made for launch. In the firing
room, Shuttle engineers are preparing to start the launch countdown today at
6 p.m. The seven-member flight crew arrived at KSC this morning as
scheduled.

Loading of Endeavour’s onboard cryogenic reactants begins Tuesday at 2 p.m.
and concludes at 9 p.m. The orbiter midbody umbilical unit will be demated
at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Final Shuttle main engine launch preparations begin
early Wednesday, and the Rotating Service Structure at the pad moves to the
park position at 6:30 p.m. External tank loading activities begin Thursday
at 5:45 a.m.

Weather officials indicate only a 10 percent chance that weather could
prohibit Thursday’s launch. The forecast calls for clouds scattered at
4,000 feet and broken at 25,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; pad winds from
the northeast at 10 peaking to 15 knots; temperature at 72 degrees F;
relative humidity 43 percent and no chance of precipitation. The only
concern is for a return to launch site crosswind violation. The 24-hour and
48-hour delay forecasts remain at 10 percent chance of violation.

Upcoming Milestones:

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

Orbiter cryogenic reactant loading- April 17

Rotating Service Structure parked – April 18 at 6:30 p.m.

External Tank loading – April 19 (5:45 – 8:45 a.m.)

SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-100



T-TIME            LENGTH OF HOLD           HOLD BEGINS          HOLD ENDS

T-27 hours        4 hours                  10 a.m. Tues.        2 p.m. Tues.

T-19 hours        4 hours                  11 p.m. Tues.        2 a.m. Wed.

T-11 hours       12 hours, 45 minutes      10 a.m. Wed.         10:45 p.m. Wed.

T-6 hours         2 hours                  3:45 a.m. Thurs.      5:45 a.m. Thurs.

T-3 hours         2 hours                  8:45 a.m. Thurs.     10:45 a.m. Thurs.

T-20 minutes      10 minutes               1:25 p.m. Thurs.      1:35 p.m. Thurs.

T-9 minutes    about 45 minutes            1:46 p.m. Thurs.      2:26 p.m.Thurs.

CREW FOR MISSION STS-100

Commander (CDR): Kent Rominger

Pilot (PLT): Jeff Ashby

Mission Specialist 1: Chris Hadfield

Mission Specialist 2: John Phillips

Mission Specialist 3: Scott Parazynski

Mission Specialist 4: Umberto Guidoni

Mission Specialist 5: Yuri Lonchakov

SUMMARY OF STS-100 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

4:00 a.m. Crew wake up and medical checks

5:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:30 a.m. Lunch