John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 29, 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 12:58 p.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	10 days, 18 hours and 47 minutes
Crew	Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary)

Processing of Space Shuttle Atlantis continues toward a Feb. 7 launch date. Launch managers plan to begin the STS-98 launch countdown on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 10 p.m. EST.

Workers at Launch Pad 39A will conclude routine checks of all Shuttle and pad interfaces this
afternoon and crews will walk-down the pad structure this week as part of routine debris
inspections. Orbiter aft compartment closeouts began last Saturday and will proceed through
Friday. The U.S. Lab “Destiny” has been reinstalled into Atlantis’ payload bay and the payload
bay doors will be closed for flight Tuesday evening.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

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

Technicians have completed leak tests in Discovery’s aft engine compartment. Closeout efforts continue in the orbiter’s payload bay and crew module. This week workers will close Discovery’s payload bay doors and conduct orbiter weight and center of gravity tests. Managers plan to transfer orbiter Discovery to the VAB on Thursday.

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 completed replacement of Endeavour’s window No. 1. Installation of the two gaseous nitrogen tanks that support the power reactant storage and distribution system continues. This week, workers will install the orbiter’s drag chute and service freon coolant loop No. 1.

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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