Space Shuttle Processing Status 19 Apr 2001
MISSION: STS-100 – 9th ISS Flight (6A) -Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: On orbit
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 2:40:42 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: Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, the 104th
Shuttle launch, occurred on time at 2:40:42 p.m. EDT. Countdown activities
were conducted with no significant problems worked by the launch team. The
mission is scheduled to last 11 days and end with a landing at KSC April 30
at about 10 a.m.
No significant pad damage was indicated in initial post-launch reports. The
Solid Rocket Boosters are being retrieved by the SRB retrieval ships today.
The ships are due into Port Canaveral with the boosters in tow mid-morning
Saturday.