Space Shuttle Status Report 8 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: Jan. 19, 2001 at about 2:11 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 29, 2001 at about 9:51 p.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes
CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Workers have completed standard launch pad
validations and processing of Space Shuttle Atlantis continues toward a
target launch date of Jan. 19.
The flight crew completed Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities
on Saturday and returned to Houston, Texas on Sunday. Over the weekend,
workers also completed installation of the U.S. Laboratory into Atlantis’
payload bay. The payload bay doors are slated for closure on Thursday.
Routine helium signature leak testing concluded on Sunday.
At Launch Pad 39A today, the orbiter’s onboard storage tanks are being
loaded with oxidizer and tomorrow fuel loading efforts begin. Shuttle main
engine testing and solid rocket booster hydraulic tests are scheduled this
week.
Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only):
Shuttle Main Engine testing –
Jan. 10
Orbiter aft compartment close-outs begin – Jan. 11
Payload bay doors closed for flight – Jan.
11
Ordnance installation begins – Jan. 13
Flight crew equipment stowage – Jan.
14
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: Technicians have completed auxiliary power unit
leak and functional tests. Payload premate testing and main propulsion
system testing continue. Checks of the orbiter’s water spray boiler are in
progress.
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: Workers have completed mass memory unit loading
efforts. Today, orbital maneuvering system pod checks are in work. This
week technicians will remove the forward reaction control system to
accommodate planned thruster replacement work.
