John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 8, 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	Launch Pad 39A
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Jan. 19, 2001 at 2:11 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Jan. 29, 2001 at 9:51 p.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	10 days, 20 hours
Crew	Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary)

Workers have completed standard launch pad validations and processing of Space Shuttle Atlantis continues toward a target launch date of Jan. 19.

The flight crew completed Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities on Saturday and returned to Houston, Texas on Sunday. Over the weekend, workers also completed installation of the U.S. Laboratory into Atlantis' payload bay. The payload bay doors are slated for closure on Thursday. Routine helium signature leak testing concluded on Sunday.

At Launch Pad 39A today, the orbiter's onboard storage tanks are being loaded with oxidizer and tomorrow fuel loading efforts begin. Shuttle main engine testing and solid rocket booster hydraulic tests are scheduled this week.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Shuttle Main Engine testing	January 10
Orbiter aft compartment close-outs begin	January 11
Payload bay doors closed for flight	January 11
Ordnance installation begins	January 13
Flight crew equipment stowage	January 14

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	Mar. 1, 2001, at 9:40 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Mar. 13, 2001, at 5:15 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	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note

Technicians have completed auxiliary power unit leak and functional tests. Payload premate testing and main propulsion system testing continue. Checks of the orbiter's water spray boiler are in progress.

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

Workers have completed mass memory unit loading efforts. Today, orbital maneuvering system pod checks are in work. This week technicians will remove the forward reaction control system to accommodate planned thruster replacement work.

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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