Space Shuttle Processing Status 19 Mar 2001

MISSION: STS-102 – 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) – Leonardo MPLM

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

LOCATION: On orbit

OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Mar. 8, 2001 at 6:42:09:059 a.m. EST

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Mar. 21, 2001 at about 12:56 a.m.

MISSION DURATION: 12 days, 18 hours and 14 minutes

CREW: Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down)
Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Space Shuttle Discovery remains in excellent health following last
night’s successful undocking from the International Space Station. The
flight crew begins deorbit preparations tomorrow while flight controllers
assess weather conditions at KSC and the alternate landing sites. The
current flight plan calls for the following Shuttle landing opportunities:

ORBIT SITE DEORBIT BURN (EST) LANDING (EST)

Wed.:

200 KSC 11:50 pm (Tues.) 12:56 am (Wed.)

201 KSC 1:26 am (Wed.) 2:31 am (Wed.)

202 *EDW 2:58 am (Wed.) 4:02 am (Wed.)

203 *EDW 4:35 am (Wed.) 5:38 am (Wed.)

*Only applicable if Edwards AFB, California
is called up for landing support

Thurs.:

216 KSC 12:24 am (Thurs.) 1:28 am (Thurs.)

217 EDW 1:55 am (Thurs.) 2:59 am (Thurs.)

KSC 2:01 am (Thurs.) 3:05 am (Thurs.)

218 EDW 3:31 am (Thurs.) 4:35 am (Thurs.)

219 EDW 5:08 am (Thurs.) 6:11 am (Thurs.)

The Wednesday morning weather forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000
feet and broken at 8,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; winds from the
southwest at 15 peaking to 20 knots; temperature at 58 degrees F., and
chance of rain showers within 30 nautical miles of the Shuttle Landing
Facility. Weather conditions will improve into Thursday, but clouds and
precipitation may be of concern.

MISSION: STS-100 – 9th ISS Flight (6A) -Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 3

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 3:12 p.m. EDT

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Apr. 30, 2001 at 11:10 a.m.

MISSION DURATION: 11 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 departed OPF bay 2
Saturday at about 9:26 a.m. headed for the VAB. Orbiter and external tank
mating activities are under way and the Shuttle Interface Test will conclude
on Wednesday. The full Space Shuttle stack is scheduled to roll out of VAB
high bay 3 at 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 22, and should arrive at Launch Pad
39B by about 1 p.m.

MISSION: STS-104 – 10th ISS Flight (7A) – Airlock

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

LOCATION: OPF bay 3

KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET June 8, 6:50 p.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 19, 2:24 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: Workers completed Shuttle main engine removal last
Friday and checks of Atlantis’ forward reaction control system concluded
Saturday. Today, technicians are performing leak checks on the orbiter’s
flash evaporator system and installing a gaseous nitrogen tank in the
orbiter’s midbody. Orbital maneuvering system functional tests are scheduled
this week as well.

COLUMBIA/OV-102 Post Ferry Processing

Orbiter Columbia remains in OPF bay 1 undergoing post ferry processing. Tail
cone removal concluded Friday. Electronic components are being removed from
the orbiter’s avionics bays 5 and 6. Preparation continues for the removal
of Columbia’s simulated orbital maneuvering system pods. Columbia is
scheduled to remain in OPF 1 through late April and then move to the VAB for
storage until OPF bay 3 becomes available. Columbia’s next flight is under
review, but could occur as early as this fall.