Space Shuttle Status Report 3 Jan 2001
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-98 – 7th ISS Flight (5A) – U.S. Laboratory
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: No earlier than Jan. 19, 2001 at about 2:11
a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 29, 2001 at about 9:30 p.m. EST
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: At about 10:21 a.m. today, Space Shuttle Atlantis
departed the Vehicle Assembly Building atop a replaced crawler transporter
headed for Launch Pad 39A.
Atlantis arrived at the pad at about 3:45 p.m. today.
Routine launch pad validations begin tonight and proceed through Friday.
The Rotating Service Structure will extend around the vehicle Thursday
morning. The U.S. Laboratory “Destiny” arrived at the pad last night and is
schedule for installation into Atlantis’ payload bay over the weekend.
The STS-98 flight crew is expected to arrive at KSC today at about 5:45 p.m.
This week, the five-member crew will participate in standard Terminal
Countdown Demonstration Test activities. Their visit will culminate with a
launch day dress rehearsal and simulated Shuttle egress on Saturday.
Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only):
Rotating Service Structure extended – Jan. 4
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test complete – Jan. 6
Begin loading propellant into Atlantis’ onboard tanks – Jan. 8
Shuttle Main Engine testing – Jan. 10
Orbiter aft compartment close-outs begin – Jan. 11
Ordnance installation begins – Jan. 13
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. 1, 2001 at 9:40 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Mar. 13, 2001 at 5:15 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: Main engine heat shield installation is complete.
Today workers are installing the transceiver for Discovery’s space-to-space
orbiter radio. The payload premate test is in work and main propulsion
system leak checks are ongoing. Later this week technicians will conduct
tests of the auxiliary power units and fuel cell system.
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: Endeavour’s power system validation has been
completed. Today, workers are removing the three main engines. This week,
technicians will check the orbiter maneuvering system pods and begin fuel
cell replacement efforts.
