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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 about 6:42 a.m. EST |
| Target KSC Landing Date/Time | March 20, 2001, at about 1:13 a.m. EST |
| Launch Window | less than 5 minutes |
| Mission Duration | 11 days |
| 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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KSC's launch pad 39B, preparations to ready Discovery for mission
STS-102 are on schedule for launch targeted for March 8 at 6:42 a.m. The
Leonardo payload is being installed into Discovery's payload bay today
and aft engine compartment closeouts are now underway.
The flight readiness review for mission STS-102 is scheduled to occur at KSC tomorrow. Following this standard review, a firm launch date announcement is expected.
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SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA/OV-102 FERRY FLIGHT |
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COLUMBIA
-- Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia, currently located in Palmdale,
Calif., will remain there through today and not begin its ferry flight
back to KSC any earlier than Tuesday morning. Rain and thick clouds in
the California high desert are prohibiting a departure today. Managers
will meet again tomorrow morning to discuss departure plans and assess
local weather conditions, as well as weather conditions through the
flight path back to Florida. A two-day ferry is still planned, resulting
in a no earlier than Wednesday arrival at KSC.
ATLANTIS -- Meanwhile, processing continues for the orbiter Atlantis at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Atlantis is also being prepared for its return ferry flight back to KSC following last week's mission STS-98 landing on the desert lakebed. Atlantis will be mated to its modified 747 tomorrow and be in a position to begin its flight later Tuesday. The same weather pattern delaying Columbia's departure will affect Atlantis' departure. Managers are currently discussing ferry flight plans for both vehicles. |
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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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02/27/2001 |
Curator: Kay Grinter (Kay.Grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov)
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