Space Shuttle Processing Status 2 Apr 2001

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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 2:41 p.m. EDT

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Apr. 30, 2001 at 9:35 a.m.

MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 18 hours and 54 minutes

CREW: Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Processing of Space Shuttle Endeavour continues on
schedule at Launch Pad 39A. The flight crew has departed KSC following last
week’s Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, but they are
expected to return this weekend for a payload bay familiarization walk-down
that was delayed last week due to rain last week.

Engineers will conduct Endeavour’s prelaunch propellant load early this
week. After loading oxidizer into the orbiter’s onboard storage tanks today,
fuel loading will commence tomorrow morning. The MPLM payload arrives at
the pad Thursday for installation into the payload bay on Saturday.

Shuttle mission managers will convene the Flight Readiness Review at KSC
Thursday morning expecting to announce an official launch date for STS-100.

Upcoming Milestones:

Orbiter prelaunch propellant loading begins – Apr. 2

Flight Readiness Review – Apr. 5

Payload arrives at the pad – Apr. 5

Orbiter aft engine compartment closeouts begin – Apr. 9

Shuttle ordnance installation begins – Apr. 10

Close payload bay doors for flight – Apr. 10

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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

LOCATION: OPF bay 3

KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET June 14, 4:15 p.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 25, 12:30 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: Technicians have completed deservicing work on
freon coolant loop No. 2 and are proceeding with line replacement. Standard
inspections of Atlantis’ windows are in work today. Orbiter power reactant
storage and distribution system testing continues, and drag chute
installation occurs this week. Atlantis’ left-hand orbital maneuvering
system (OMS) pod will undergo a thruster manifold replacement this weekend.

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. EST

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 22, 2001 at 12:29 a.m. EST

MISSION DURATION: 10 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

NOTE: Removal of Discovery’s three main engines is complete. Technicians
begin offloading Discovery’s residual hypergols tomorrow. Routine orbiter
inspections continue on schedule and technicians continue to establish
orbiter access.

MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102

LOCATION: OPF bay 1

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 19 under review

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 30 under review

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: Inspection of Columbia’s main landing gear and
avionics bays continues. Tomorrow, technicians will remove the orbiter’s
left-hand OMS pod simulator and begin right-hand pod removal Friday.