• VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
• LOCATION: Pad 39A
• LAUNCH DATE/*TIME: February 11 at *3:55 a.m.
• LAUNCH WINDOW: 65 minutes
• TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: February 21 at about 1:30 a.m.
• MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 21 hours, 34 minutes
• CREW: Bowersox, Horowitz, Lee, Hawley, Harbaugh, Smith, Tanner (image)
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees

  *change from earlier status

NOTE: Launch of Discovery on Mission STS-82 remains on schedule for liftoff at about 3:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The window extends for 65 minutes.

Loading of the cryogenic reactants into the external tank began at 8:30 p.m. and is scheduled to be complete at about 11:30 p.m.

Tanking was delayed about 1 1/2 hours due to a need to send a contingency team into the mobile launcher platform at the pad to assess the integrity of the gaseous nitrogen purge system. This was done as part of the troubleshooting effort to understand why unusually high concentrations of oxygen are appearing in the orbiter's payload bay. Once the team cleared the pad, tanking commenced. The high readings of oxygen in the orbiter's midbody and payload bay have stabilized but engineers will continue to monitor them as the countdown proceeds. Also, managers will continue to assess any adverse implications of oxygen in the payload bay as engineers watch to make sure the levels do not increase further.

The earlier concern with fuel cell No. 3 has been cleared and the fuel cell is operating properly. An additional check of the fuel cell's pH level will be taken at about T-3 hours before launch as a final confirmation.

The seven members of the STS-82 crew were awakened at 7:30 tonight and are scheduled to depart for the pad on schedule at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Forecasters are indicating that weather during tomorrow's 65 minute window will be favorable with only a 20 percent chance of launch commit criteria violation. The primary concern is for possible low clouds. The winds at launch time are expected to be from the northwest at 12 to 18 knots and the temperature will be about 56 degrees.

  T-TIME      LENGTH OF HOLD           HOLD BEGINS         HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours     4 hours                8:00 p.m. Sat.    12:01 a.m. Sun.
T-19 hours     8 hours                8:00 a.m. Sun.     4:00 p.m. Sun.
T-11 hours    13 hours, 34 minutes   12:01 a.m. Mon.     1:35 p.m. Mon.
T-6 hours      1 hour                 6:35 p.m. Mon.     7:35 p.m. Mon.
T-3 hours      2 hours               10:35 p.m. Mon.    12:35 a.m. Tues.
T-20 minutes  10 minutes              3:15 a.m. Tues.    3:25 a.m. Tues.
T-9 minutes   about 10 minutes        3:36 a.m. Tues.    3:46 a.m. Tues.

         Commander (CDR):   Ken Bowersox
             Pilot (PLT):   Scott Horowitz
Mission Specialist (MS1):   Joe Tanner
Mission Specialist (MS2):   Steve Hawley
Mission Specialist (MS3):   Greg Harbaugh
Mission Specialist (MS4):   Mark Lee
Mission Specialist (MS5):   Steve Smith

Monday, Feb. 10 

   7:30 p.m.	 Wake up
   8:00 p.m.	 Breakfast
* 11:21 p.m.	 Lunch and crew photo
  11:51 p.m.	 Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
  11:51 p.m.	 Don launch and entry suits (MS1, MS3, MS4, MS5)

Tuesday, Feb. 11 

  12:01 a.m. 	Don launch and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)
* 12:20 a.m. 	Crew suiting photo 
* 12:31 a.m. 	Depart for launch pad 39A
*  1:01 a.m. 	Arrive at white room and begin ingress
*  2:26 a.m. 	Close crew hatch
*  3:55 a.m. 	Launch

* Televised events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern

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