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January 19, 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 Vehicle Assembly Building
Target KSC Launch Date/Time no earlier than Feb. 6, 2001 at 6:37 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time Feb. 17, 2001 at 2:05 p.m. EST
Launch Window less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration 10 days, 19 hours, 28 minutes
Crew Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (mission processing summary)
At about 8:18 a.m. today, Space Shuttle Atlantis departed Launch Pad 39A headed back into the Vehicle Assembly Building atop the crawler transporter. Atlantis was hard down in VAB high bay 3 at about 2:25 p.m. today. Tonight, workers will establish access to both solid rocket boosters' systems tunnels.

Technicians will remove the systems tunnel covers early Saturday and begin continuity or "wiggle" tests by about midday. X-ray analysis begins early Sunday and concludes later that evening. Engineers will review the X-ray results on Monday. If no additional work is required, the systems tunnels will be closed-out Tuesday, while engineers conduct the Shuttle Interface Test. On Wednesday, workers will prepare to roll Atlantis back out to Launch Pad 39A. First motion is scheduled to occur as early as 7 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25.
 

 

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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