Space Shuttle Status Report 25 Jul 2001

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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

LOCATION: Shuttle Landing Facility

KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 12, 2001 at 5:03:59 a.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 24, 2001 at 11:39 p.m.

MISSION DURATION: 12 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes

CREW: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down tonight on KSC’s Shuttle Landing
Facility runway 15 completing its 13-day mission to deliver the new airlock
to the International Space Station. Landing occurred on the first
opportunity at 11:39 p.m. EDT (July 24). Through the evening, mission
managers and forecasters were treated to near perfect weather conditions for
the ending of the year’s fourth Shuttle mission.

Atlantis will be towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 at about 5
a.m. Wednesday and soon begin processing for its next mission to the
International Space Station slated for launch early next year. The
five-member crew was lead by Commander Steven Lindsey.

Unofficial landing times are:

Main gear touchdown — 11:38:55 p.m. EDT (12 days, 18 hours, 34 minutes, 56
seconds)

Nose gear touchdown — 11:39:10 p.m. EDT (12 days, 18 hours, 35 minutes, 11
seconds)

Wheels stop ————– 11:40:38 p.m. EDT (12 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes,
39 seconds)