Space Shuttle Processing Status 20 June 2001
MISSION: STS-104 – 10th ISS Flight (7A) – Airlock
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) high bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET July 12, 2001 at 5:04 a.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 23, 2001 at 1:03 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days and 19 hours and 59 minutes
CREW: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Late yesterday, Space Shuttle and International
Space Station managers agreed to proceed with plans to launch Space Shuttle
Atlantis no earlier than July 12. The official launch date will be announced
after the Flight Readiness Review scheduled for June 28. The Terminal
Countdown Demonstration Test is scheduled for June 28-29 at KSC.
Following a go ahead from Shuttle management, KSC workers began rolling
Space Shuttle Atlantis out of the VAB at about 2:30 a.m. today. When
weather officials noted the threat of lightning in the vicinity of the
Launch Complex 39 area, managers returned Atlantis to the VAB as a safety
precaution. Atlantis has been rescheduled for rollout to Launch Pad 39B at
about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, June 21.
Payload Processing Note: The U.S. Airlock, currently in the pad’s payload
changeout room, will be installed into the Atlantis payload bay on June 25
or 26, following rollout. An interface verification test will follow
installation and the payload bay doors will be closed for flight June 28.
The IMAX 3D camera, currently in the Operations and Checkout building, will
be delivered to the pad and installed into the orbiter following rollout.
MISSION: STS-105 – 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) – Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: VAB high bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET Aug. 5, 2001 at 7:05 p.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Aug. 17, 2001 at about 3:30 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 20 hours and 25 minutes
CREW: Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester; (ISS up) Culbertson, Dezhurov,
Turin; (ISS down) Usachev, Voss, Helms,
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: With the orbiter, external tank and solid rocket
boosters fully stacked in VAB high bay 3, Space Shuttle Discovery underwent
Shuttle Interface Testing earlier this week. Final preparations for rollout
to Launch Pad 39A are in work. Discovery could roll to the pad as early as
June 26.
Payload Processing Note: In the Space Station Processing Facility, aft
access closure to the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is
complete. Leak checks and heater testing was conducted as multi-layer
insulation installation continues in work. Leak checks of the Common
Berthing Mechanism continue in work this week. The MPLM is scheduled to be
delivered to the pad in late July.
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 at 8:05 p.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 9, 2001
MISSION DURATION: 10 days
CREW: Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS
down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Turin
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Routine orbiter system testing is in work and a
powered down modification period is now under way.
Payload Processing Note: Post-flight processing of the Raffaello
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module in the Space Station Processing Facility
continues. Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS) checks also
continue.
MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: OPF bay 3
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: Technicians have completed Columbia’s freon coolant
loops sample testing. Orbiter ammonia system leak and functional testing
concluded last week. This week, technicians are inspecting the orbiter’s
chin panel and nose cap.
