John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

June 4, 2001


2001 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	May 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-104 -- 10th ISS Flight (7A) - Airlock

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	NET July 2, 2001 at 9:02 a.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	July 13, 2001 at 5:03 a.m.
Mission Duration	10 days, 20 hours and 1 minute
Crew	Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Pending resolution of the International Space Station's robot arm problem, managers are targeting a launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis no earlier than July 2. Orbiter Atlantis has been mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in VAB high bay 1. Final support connections are being made today and the Shuttle Interface Test is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Atlantis will roll out to the launch pad no earlier than June 11 with first motion at 2 a.m.

Payload Processing Note

The U.S. Airlock remains in the pad's payload changeout room. No work is scheduled until Atlantis is delivered to the pad. The IMAX 3D camera, currently in the Operations and Checkout building, will be delivered to the pad and installed into the orbiter following rollout.

MISSION: STS-105 -- 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) - Leonardo MPLM

Vehicle	Discovery/OV-103
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	No earlier than August 5, 2001
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	August 16, 2001
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester; (ISS-3 up) Culbertson, Dezhurow, Turin; (ISS-2 down) Usachev, Helms, Voss
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Technicians are working to closeout orbiter Discovery's aft engine compartment. Routine tests of the orbital maneuvering system and reaction control system flight controls are scheduled this week. Managers plan to transfer Discovery to the VAB June 12. Once there, the orbiter will be mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in VAB high bay 3.

Payload Processing Note

Experiment and supply rack installations on the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) in the Space Station Processing Facility were completed last week. Aft access closure to the MPLM is tentatively set for late today. Leak checks and heater testing will be conducted later this week. The MPLM is scheduled to be delivered to the pad June 29.

MISSION: STS-108 -- 12th ISS Flight (UF1) - Raffaello MPLM

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Nov. 29, 2001
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Dec. 9, 2001
Mission Duration	10 days
Crew	Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS-4 up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS-3 down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Turin
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Endeavour's orbital maneuvering system pod checks continue and checks of the orbiter's power reactant storage and distribution system are under way. Technicians are also testing the main engine thrust vector control system.

MISSION: STS-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Jan. 17, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Jan. 28, 2002
Mission Duration	TBD
Crew	Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Orbiter Columbia was powered up for testing last Friday. Subsystem testing is now in work and the payload bay doors will be opened tomorrow.

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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