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August 30, 2001

 
2001 Year at a Glance

Status Reports

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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-108 -- 12th ISS Flight (UF1) - Raffaello MPLM

Vehicle Endeavour/OV-105
Location Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1
Target KSC Launch Date/Time Nov. 29, 2001 at 8:05 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time Dec. 10, 2001 at 12:26 p.m. EST
Mission Duration 10 days
Crew Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS-4 up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS-3 down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin 
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)

Work in Endeavour's midbody continues on schedule with payload premate testing and robot arm camera installation now complete. Leak checks on the orbiter's docking system are also complete.

Work to replace the quick disconnects on Endeavour's auxiliary power units continues. Water spray boiler checks are in work, and microwave landing system tests begin later this week.
 

MISSION: STS-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B

Vehicle Columbia/OV-102
Location Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time Jan. 17, 2002 at 3:52 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time Jan. 28, 2002
Mission Duration 11 days
Crew Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino 
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination 308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)

Technicians have completed Ku and radar system tests. Columbia's electrical system is still undergoing testing, and fuel cell voltage tests begin later this week. Preparations are also under way to install the orbiter forward reaction control system. Work on the right-hand orbiter maneuvering system pod continues.
 

MISSION: STS-110 -- 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0, MT

Vehicle Atlantis/OV-104
Location Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 4
Target KSC Launch Date/Time Feb. 28, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time March 9, 2002
Mission Duration 9 days
Crew Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination 122 nautical miles /51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)

Orbiter Atlantis is being stored in Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 4 and will remain there until mid-September. Some minor work will be performed on the vehicle while in the VAB.
 

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle Discovery/OV-103
Location Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)

Post-flight deservicing of orbiter Discovery continues to go well. Workers have completed helium venting on the forward reaction control system. Discovery's main engine heat shields are being removed today and the forward reaction control system will be pulled from the orbiter's nose later this week. 

Orbiter Discovery is scheduled to begin a thorough structural inspection and modification period after STS-105 post-flight work concludes. Shuttle managers continue to assess the content and schedule of this planned work period.
 

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