John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 31, 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)

Following U.S. Lab installation yesterday, workers completed final inspections inside Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay and then closed the payload bay doors for flight. Orbiter aft compartment closeouts continue and Shuttle ordnance installation began today. Technicians plan to install the aft compartment doors Friday morning and ordnance installation concludes tomorrow. Pressurization of Atlantis' onboard hypergolic storage tanks occurs Thursday.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Shuttle ordnance installation complete	February 1
Orbiter aft compartment closeouts complete	February 2
Flight crew arrives at KSC	February 4 about 1:30 p.m.
Launch countdown begins	February 4 at 10 p.m.

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

Discovery's water tank checks are complete and forward compartment closeouts will conclude today. Tonight, workers will prepare the orbiter transporter for rollover operations. Weight and center of gravity tests are ongoing. Managers plan to transfer Discovery to the VAB Thursday evening.

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

Installation of the two gaseous nitrogen tanks that support the power reactant storage and distribution system continues. Technicians are installing the drag chute and plan to service freon coolant loop No. 1 this week.

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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