Space Shuttle Status Report 22 November 2000
NOTE: This is an orbiter processing report and does not necessarily 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.
MISSION: STS-97 – 6th ISS Flight (4A) – PV Module P6
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 30, 2000 at 10:06 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec.11, 2000 at 5:58 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours and 52 minutes
CREW: Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: The payload bay doors of Endeavour were closed
for flight Tuesday night at 10:40 p.m. The orbiter aft main engine
compartment close-outs are complete and the flight doors are scheduled to be
installed today. Ordnance installation is finished and pressurization of
hypergolic propellant systems is also complete. In the Launch Control
Center at Complex 39, launch countdown preparations continue. The countdown
begins next Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 1 a.m. The STS-97 astronauts will arrive at
KSC on Monday, Nov. 27 at 4:30 p.m.
MISSION: STS-98 – 7th ISS Flight (5A) – U.S. Laboratory
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan.18, 2001 at 2:44 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 28, 2001 at 11:15 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Hydraulic flight control system testing was
completed as scheduled yesterday. Filling of potable water into the onboard
storage tanks continues. Checkout of the water spray boiler system is in
work. Payload bay closeouts in preparation for rollover to the VAB are also
now in work.
MISSION: STS-102 – 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) – Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb.15, 2001 at 4:24 p.m. EST (under review)
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 26, 2001 at 11:44 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: Checkout of the orbital maneuvering system pods
continues. Work to replace the Ku Band antenna continues. The water spray
boiler system is being serviced. Replacement of orbiter window #6 is
complete.
