| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
On
Orbit |
| OFFICIAL
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Nov.
30, 2000 at 10:06 p.m. EST |
| KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
Dec.11,
2000 at 6:19 p.m. EST |
| MISSION
DURATION |
10
days, 20 hours and 13 minutes |
| CREW |
Jett,
Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau |
| ORBITAL
ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
177
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle
Processing Note |
Space Shuttle Endeavour is in excellent health on orbit. Routine post-launch inspections at Launch Pad 39B revealed no abnormal damage and all facilities in good condition. Yesterday at 5:50 p.m., the ice/debris inspection team reported a small grass fire inside the pad perimeter near the liquid hydrogen flare stack. By 6:10 p.m. the fire was extinguished and had no significant impact on launch preparations. Preliminary post-launch walkdowns inside the pad perimeter revealed no unusual debris and no foreign combustion source. Engineers suspect that the flames may have radiated from the flare stack.
Managers expect the solid rocket booster recovery ships to return early Saturday afternoon. Liberty Star will tow the right hand booster into Port Canaveral at about 1 p.m. Freedom Star will follow with the left hand booster about one hour later. Preliminary inspections during recovery operations revealed the boosters to be in good condition.
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|
MISSION:
STS-98 - 7th ISS Flight (5A) - U.S. Laboratory |
|
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter
Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3 |
| TARGET
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Jan.18,
2001 at 2:44 a.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC
LANDING DATE/TIME |
Jan.
28, 2001 at 11:15 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 |
Workers are closing out Atlantis' forward, midbody and aft compartments in preparation to transfer the orbiter to the Vehicle Assembly Building Monday morning. Following close out work, technicians will conduct the aft engine compartment leak test. The orbiter will then be lowered onto the scales to perform weight and center of gravity tests. Atlantis will be mated to the orbiter transporter and begin rolling to the VAB at about 10 a.m. Monday. Later that day, crane workers will lift Atlantis into VAB high bay 3 and mate it to the external tank and solid rocket boosters.
| Upcoming
Milestones |
Space Shuttle rolls out to Launch Pad 39A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Dec. 11
Prelaunch propellant loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 18 |
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|
MISSION:
STS-102 - 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter
Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1 |
| TARGET
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
Feb.15,
2001 at 4:24 p.m. EST (under review) |
| TARGET KSC
LANDING DATE/TIME |
Feb.
26, 2001 at 11:44 a.m. EST |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
less
than 5 minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
11
days |
| CREW |
Weatherbee,
Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down)
Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev |
| ORBITAL
ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
177
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
|
| Shuttle
Processing Note |
Workers are conducting auxiliary power unit leak and functional tests today. Discovery's orbital maneuvering system pods are undergoing routine checks as well. Technicians are performing leak checks on the orbiter docking system and replacing forward power control assembly No. 1 over the weekend. Thruster inspections are ongoing.
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