John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

April 27, 2001


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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 2:41 p.m. EDT
KSC Landing Date/Time	May 1, 2001, at 9:15 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration	11 days, 18 hours and 34 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 remains in good health as mission managers today added an extra day to the mission. The extension affords the crew and flight controllers additional time to bring the Space Station's backup command and control computers on line. A further mission extension is possible if additional troubleshooting time is needed.

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)

Technicians have serviced Atlantis' potable water system and the water spray boilers. Functional tests of the orbiter's waste system are in progress along with main propulsion system leak checks.

Russian engineers are en route to KSC to troubleshoot an alignment component on Atlantis' docking mechanism known as a "fixer." The component failed preliminary functional tests earlier in the flow but has operated normally since. As a precaution, managers have decided to repair the component or replace the docking mechanism whichever is required. At this time the additional work is not expected to affect the target launch date.

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)

Technicians have completed functional tests on Discovery's airlock upper hatch. Auxiliary power unit leak and functional tests are in work today. This week, managers plan to install Discovery's drag chute.

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)

Valve replacement work on Columbia's water spray boilers is complete. Servicing of the orbiter's freon coolant loop No. 2 continues. Preparations are also being made to transfer Columbia to VAB high bay 4 to make room for Endeavour's return from STS-100. That move is now scheduled to occur Tuesday.

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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