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April 23, 2001

 
2001 Year at a Glance

Status Reports

 March Status Reports
 
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 for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.
 

MISSION: STS-100 -- 9th ISS Flight (6A) - Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS
Vehicle Endeavour/OV-105
Location On orbit
Official KSC Launch Date/Time April 19, 2001, at 2:40:42 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
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (orbiter processing notes) 
Space Shuttle Endeavour continues to operate on orbit without significant problem. Landing remains scheduled for Monday, April 30, at 10 a.m. at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. The flown Solid Rocket Boosters were returned to Hangar AF Saturday. Open assessments continue with no problems reported.
 

MISSION: STS-104 -- 10th ISS Flight (7A) - Airlock
Vehicle Atlantis/OV-104
Location OPF bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time NET June 14, 4:15 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time June 25, 12:30 p.m. EDT
Mission Duration 11 days
Crew Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
Orbit Altitude and Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (orbiter processing notes)
The orbiter drag chute has been installed and refilling of the hydraulic system is complete. Payload pre-mate tests and operations are currently in work. Activities are also underway in preparation for installing the three Space Shuttle main engines beginning tomorrow. Currently, rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building is slated for May 16.

 

MISSION: STS-105 -- 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) - Leonardo MPLM
Vehicle Discovery/OV-103
Location OPF bay 2
Target KSC Launch Date/Time July 12, 2001, at 4:45 a.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time July 23, 2001, at TBD
Mission Duration 11 days
Crew Horowitz, Struckow, Barry, Forrester; (up) Culbertson, Dezhurow, Turin; (down) Voss, Helms, Usachev 
Orbit Altitude and Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (orbiter processing notes)
Hydraulic testing is ongoing, and other routine orbiter inspections continue on schedule.

MISSION: STS-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B
Vehicle Columbia/OV-102
Location OPF bay 1
Target KSC Launch Date/Time Nov. 19 (under review)
Target KSC Landing Date/Time Nov. 30 (under review)
Mission Duration 11 days
Crew Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino 
Orbit Altitude and Inclination 308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (orbiter processing notes)
Preparations continue for Columbia's first mission since being returned to KSC following its scheduled maintenance period and upgrades enhancements in California. This week Freon loop tests and servicing continues in work. The orbiter is scheduled for its first post-maintenance power-up later this week.
 

Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at:  http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm. Information about the countdown and mission can be accessed electronically via the Internet at:  http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/shuttle/countdown/ and at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
 
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