John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 26, 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	Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:11 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Feb. 18, 2001 at about 1:39 p.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	10 days, 19 hours
Crew	Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary)

Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at 6:48 a.m. today and arrived at Launch Pad 39A at 12:44 p.m. Workers will now begin final preparation for Atlantis' Feb. 7 launch date.

Launch pad validations begin today and conclude Saturday. Technicians will begin orbiter aft compartment closeouts Saturday, resume work on Monday and install the aft doors next Friday. The Shuttle's payload bay doors will be opened today and the U.S. Lab payload is scheduled for installation Monday. Payload closeouts will conclude on Tuesday with final payload bay door closure.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Payload installation	January 29
Flight crew equipment installed	January 29
Payload bay doors closed for flight	January 30
Shuttle ordnance installation	January 31
Orbiter aft compartment closeouts complete	February 2

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. 8, 2001, at about 7:00 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Mar. 20, 2001, at about 1:00 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

In the OPF, technicians are closing out Discovery's forward, midbody and aft compartments in preparation to roll to the VAB next Thursday. Orbiter weight and center of gravity tests occur next week.

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

Two gaseous nitrogen tanks that support the power reactant storage and distribution system are being installed. Window No. 1 is being replaced and the forward reaction control system is undergoing standard checks.

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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