John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

June 7, 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 7, 2001 at 7:03 a.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	July 18, 2001
Mission Duration	10 days, 20 hours
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 now targeting a launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis no earlier than July 7. The launch date move allows additional time for Space Station managers to develop a repair plan for the arm and preserves the earliest possible launch date.

Shuttle workers completed the Shuttle Interface Test yesterday and are powering up the Shuttle vehicle today. Managers have scheduled an additional leak test on the solid rocket booster separation motors and that work will be performed Friday. VAB high bay 1 work platforms will be retracted Saturday in preparation for Atlantis' roll to the launch pad no earlier than June 12.

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 Airlock will be installed in the orbiter's payload bay about four days after Atlantis arrives at 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	12 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 have closed-out orbiter Discovery's aft engine compartment. Orbital maneuvering system and reaction control system tests are complete and final preparations for rollover to the VAB are in work. Managers expect Discovery to be ready for rollover as early as June 12.

Payload Processing Note

Experiment and supply rack installations on the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) in the Space Station Processing Facility are complete. Aft access closure to the MPLM was reset for today. Leak checks and heater testing will be conducted Friday. The delivery date of the MPLM to the pad is under review.

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 this week. Workers are preparing to replace one of the orbiter's reaction control system thrusters next week. Technicians are also testing an actuator on main engine No. 2.

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's payload bay doors are open. Freon coolant loop No. 1 will undergo servicing on Monday. Subsystem testing is work also.

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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