Space Shuttle Status Report 20 September 2000
SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 (5:30 a.m. EDT)
NOTE: This is an orbiter processing report and does not reflect the chronological order of upcoming Space Shuttle flights. Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm on the KSC Home Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.
- VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
- LOCATION: Shuttle Landing Facility
- OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 8, 2000 at 8:46 a.m. EDT
- OFFICIAL KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Sept. 20, 2000 at 3:56 a.m.
- MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 19 hours and 11 minutes
- CREW: Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank
Shuttle Processing Note: Space Shuttle Atlantis today completed the 4th Shuttle mission to the International Space Station with an on time landing at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at 3:56 a.m. on orbit 185. At the conclusion of mission STS-106, Atlantis and crew had traveled about 4.9 million miles.
The main landing gear touched down on SLF runway 15 at 3:56:48 a.m. With the aid of its drag chute, Atlantis came to a complete stop at 3:58:01 a.m. Following routine safing and offloading efforts, workers will tow Atlantis to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 as early as 7:30 a.m. today.
The flight crew will remain overnight at KSC and depart for their homes in Houston, Texas, Thursday afternoon. STS-106 marked the 15th nighttime landing in Shuttle history and the 23rd consecutive landing at KSC.