John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

February 1, 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-98 -- 7th ISS Flight (5A) - U.S. Laboratory

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	Launch Pad 39A
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:11 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Feb. 18, 2001 at about 12:58 p.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	10 days, 18 hours and 47 minutes
Crew	Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary)

Routine prelaunch processing continues on schedule for mission STS-98. At Launch Pad 39A, workers have completed Shuttle ordnance connections. Atlantis' aft engine compartment is being closed-out for flight today and technicians will install the aft doors early tomorrow.

Shuttle hypergolic pressurization efforts continue through Friday. In Firing Room No. 3, engineers are conducting standard launch countdown preparations today and tomorrow. The countdown clock is scheduled to start at the T-43 hour mark at 10 p.m. on Sunday. Sunday morning, workers will replace one of the three space suits aboard Atlantis. The replacement suit will be left aboard the International Space Station during the STS-98 flight.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Orbiter aft compartment closeouts complete	February 2
Flight crew arrives at KSC	February 4 at about 1:30 p.m.
Launch countdown begins	February 4 at 10 p.m.

MISSION: STS-102 -- 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM

Vehicle	Discovery/OV-103
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	March 8, 2001, at 6:45 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	March 20, 2001, at 1:13 a.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	11 days, 18 hours and 28 minutes
Crew	Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down) Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note

Discovery's forward compartment is closed-out for flight. Weight and center of gravity testing is complete. Technicians today will connect Discovery to the orbiter transport system and first motion toward the VAB is planned for 6 p.m. EST today. Once in the VAB transfer aisle, workers will proceed with efforts to lift Discovery into high bay 1 and mate the orbiter to the external tank and solid rocket boosters.

MISSION: STS-100 -- 9th ISS Flight (6A) - Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 2
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	April 19, 2001, at 2:04 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	April 30, 2001, at 9:56 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note

Deservicing of Endeavour's freon coolant loop No. 1 is complete. Technicians will now proceed with planned repair of a single line on that system. Drag chute installation will conclude today.

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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