Space Shuttle Processing Status 9 Feb 2001
MISSION: STS-98 – 7th ISS Flight (5A) – U.S. Laboratory
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: On orbit
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:13:02 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 18, 2001 at about 1 p.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 18 hours and 47 minutes
CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Atlantis is in excellent health on orbit.
The solid rocket booster recovery ships Freedom Star and Liberty Star
arrived at Hangar AF today at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. respectively.
Preliminary reports indicate both boosters are in good condition. Open
assessment inspections begin Monday.
MISSION: STS-102 – 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) – Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: VAB high bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Mar. 8, 2001 at about 7 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Mar. 20, 2001 at about 1 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down)
Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Space Shuttle Discovery remains scheduled to roll
out to Launch Pad 39B Monday at 7 a.m. Terminal Countdown Demonstration
Test activities are planned for next week. Four of the seven STS-102 crew
members arrive at KSC Monday at about 5 p.m. and the three Increment 2 crew
members arrive Tuesday at noon. The launch day dress rehearsal occurs
Thursday morning.
MISSION: STS-100 – 9th ISS Flight (6A) -Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 2:04 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Apr. 30, 2001 at 9:56 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Workers are conducting turnaround verification of
the orbiter robot arm. Installation of the left-hand orbital maneuvering
system pod, and fuel cell voltage tests are scheduled this week.
