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February 9, 2001

 
2001 Year at a Glance

Status Reports

January 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-98 -- 7th ISS Flight (5A) - U.S. Laboratory

Vehicle Atlantis/OV-104
Location on orbit
KSC Launch Date/Time Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:13:02 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time Feb. 18, 2001 at about 1:00 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 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (mission processing summary)

Shuttle Atlantis is in excellent health on orbit. The solid rocket booster recovery ships Freedom Star and Liberty Star arrived at Hangar AF today at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. respectively. Preliminary reports indicate both boosters are in good condition. Open assessment inspections begin Monday.

 

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

Vehicle Discovery/OV-103
Location VAB high 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, 28 minutes
Crew Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down) Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
Orbit Altitude and Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note 

Space Shuttle Discovery remains scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B Monday at 7 a.m. Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities are planned for next week. Four of the seven STS-102 crew members arrive at KSC Monday at about 5 p.m. and the three Increment 2 crew members arrive Tuesday at noon. The launch day dress rehearsal occurs Thursday morning.
 

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 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note 

Workers are conducting turnaround verification of the orbiter robot arm. Installation of the left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod, and fuel cell voltage tests are scheduled 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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