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MISSION: STS-100 -- 9th
ISS Flight (6A) - Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS |
| Vehicle |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| Location |
Launch Pad 39A |
| KSC Launch Date/Time |
April 19, 2001, at 2:41 p.m. EDT |
| KSC Landing Date/Time |
April 30, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. EDT |
| Mission Duration |
10 days, 19 hours and 19 minutes |
| Crew |
Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski,
Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov |
| Orbit Altitude and Inclination |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (orbiter
processing notes) |
Countdown activities continue today for launch at 2:41 p.m. Thursday, April 19.
Yesterday, engineers completed troubleshooting a faulty lighting dimmer switch on the flight deck of the crew module. The electrical box was successfully replaced overnight following cryogenic loading. Loading of the orbiter's onboard cryogenic storage tanks is now complete, and technicians are working no further problems at the pad at this time.
The rotating service structure will be retracted away from the Shuttle vehicle at 6:30 p.m. today as preparations continue for tanking operations set to begin as early as 5:15 a.m. tomorrow. Loading of the external tank with about 500,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants should be completed about three hours later.
The seven-member crew has been at KSC since Monday, and today they are completing final flight plan reviews in anticipation of launch tomorrow.
Weather officials continue to predict only a 10 percent chance that weather could prohibit Thursday's launch attempt. The forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 feet and 25,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; pad winds from the northeast at 10 peaking to 15 knots; temperature at 72 degrees F; relative humidity 53 percent and no chance of precipitation. The only concern is the slight chance of a crosswind violation at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. The 24-hour and 48-hour delay forecasts remain at a 10 percent chance of violation.
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SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-100
T-TIME LENGTH OF HOLD
HOLD BEGINS
HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours
4 hours
10 a.m. Tues.
2 p.m. Tues.
T-19 hours
4 hours
11 p.m. Tues.
2 a.m. Wed.
T-11 hours 12 hours, 45 minutes
10 a.m. Wed. 10:45
p.m. Wed.
T-6 hours
2 hours
3:45 a.m. Thurs. 5:45 a.m.
Thurs.
T-3 hours
2 hours
8:45 a.m. Thurs. 10:45 a.m.
Thurs.
T-20 minutes 10 minutes
1:25 p.m. Thurs. 1:35 p.m.
Thurs.
T-9 minutes about 45 minutes
1:46 p.m. Thurs. 2:31 p.m.
Thurs.
CREW FOR MISSION STS-100
Commander (CDR):
Kent Rominger
Pilot (PLT):
Jeff Asby
Mission Specialist (MS1): Chris Hadfield
Mission Specialist (MS2): John Phillips
Mission Specialist (MS3): Scott Parazynski
Mission Specialist (MS4): Umberto Guidoni
Mission Specialist (MS5): Yuri Lonchakov
SUMMARY OF STS-100 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES
4:00 a.m. Crew wake up and medical checks
5:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Lunch
10:15 a.m. Weather Briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
10:15 a.m. Don flight suits (MS1, MS3, MS4, MS5)
*10:25 a.m. Don flight suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)
*10:55 a.m. Depart for launch pad
*11:25 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress
*12:40 p.m. Close crew hatch
*2:41 p.m. Launch
* Televised events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern
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