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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. |
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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 12:52 p.m. EST |
| Launch Window | less than 5 minutes |
| Mission Duration | 10 days, 18 hours and 39 minutes |
| Crew | Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins |
| Orbit Altitude and Inclination | 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary) |
| Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are in their final full day of docked operations with orbiter undocking scheduled to occur tomorrow at about 9:12 a.m. EST. Landing remains targeted for Feb. 18 at about 12:52 p.m. EST. Weather conditions at KSC are expected to be generally favorable on Sunday. While workers continue to disassemble the solid rocket boosters, preliminary inspection of the forward and aft booster separation motors (BSM) reveal them to be in good condition. Standard in-depth BSM inspections will follow over the next two weeks. Inspection of all booster ordnance devices confirmed nominal operation. |
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MISSION: STS-102 -- 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM |
| Vehicle | Discovery/OV-103 |
| Location | Launch Pad 39B |
| 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 |
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| The flight crew completed Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities today at 11 a.m. with a simulated main engine cutoff and emergency egress from Shuttle Discovery's crew module. They plan to depart KSC for Houston, Texas, at about 1:15 p.m. today. Shuttle main engine flight readiness testing begins tonight and continues through tomorrow. Discovery's helium signature leak test is schedule for Monday, and orbiter prelaunch propellant loading begins Tuesday. The MPLM payload, "Leonardo", is scheduled to arrive at the pad Feb. 23 for installation into Discovery's payload bay.
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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 |
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Shuttle Processing Note |
| Endeavour's power reactant storage and distribution system testing is complete. Interface verification testing of the left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod continues today. Preparation for the payload premate test is ongoing. |
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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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02/18/2001 |
Curator: Kay Grinter (Kay.Grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov)
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