Space Shuttle Status Report 26 Jan 2001

MISSION: STS-98 – 7th ISS Flight (5A) – U.S. Laboratory

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39 A
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:11p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 18, 2001 at about 1:39 p.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours
CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled out of the
Vehicle
Assembly Building (VAB) at 6:48 a.m. today and arrived at Launch Pad
39A at
12:44 p.m. Workers will now begin final preparation for Atlantis’ Feb.
7
launch date.

Launch pad validations begin today and conclude Saturday. Technicians
will
begin orbiter aft compartment closeouts Saturday, resume work on Monday
and
install the aft doors next Friday. The Shuttle’s payload bay doors
will be
opened today and the U.S. Lab payload is scheduled for installation
Monday.
Payload closeouts will conclude on Tuesday with final payload bay door
closure.

Upcoming Milestones (target dates only):
Payload installation . . .Jan. 29
Flight crew equipment installed . . .Jan. 29
Payload bay doors closed for flight . . .Jan. 30
Shuttle ordnance installation . . .Jan. 31
Orbiter aft compartment closeouts complete . . .Feb. 2

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: 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: In the OPF, technicians are closing out
Discovery’s forward, midbody and aft compartments in preparation to
roll to
the VAB next Thursday. Orbiter weight and center of gravity tests
occur
next week.

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: Two gaseous nitrogen tanks that support the
power
reactant storage and distribution system are being installed. Window
No. 1
is being replaced and the forward reaction control system is undergoing
standard checks.