John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 10, 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 about 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, 19 hours and 40 minutes
Crew	Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary)

At Launch Pad 39A, workers completed hypergolic loading efforts yesterday. Solid rocket booster hydraulic closeouts are in work today. The flight readiness test for Shuttle Atlantis' main engines begins tonight and aft compartment closeouts begin tomorrow. The aft doors are slated for installation Monday night.

Technicians are preparing the payload bay for door closure, scheduled to occur tonight. Space suit functional checks are scheduled today and flight crew equipment stowage begins tomorrow.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Shuttle Main Engine testing	January 10
Payload bay doors closed for flight	January 10
Orbiter aft compartment close-outs begin	January 11
Ordnance installation begins	January 13
Flight crew equipment stowage	January 14
Launch countdown begins	January 16

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

Testing of Discovery's power reactant storage and distribution system is complete. Today, technicians are checking the orbiter's water spray boilers and testing the Ku band system. Main propulsion system leak checks are also in work.

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

Technicians have removed Endeavour's forward reaction control system to accommodate thruster replacement work. Orbital maneuvering system pod checks continue. This week workers are scheduled to replace fuel cell No. 2.

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