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MISSION: STS-102 -- 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM |
| Vehicle | Discovery/OV-103 |
| Location | Launch Pad 39B |
| Target KSC Launch Date/Time | March 8, 2001, at about 6:42 a.m. EST |
| Target KSC Landing Date/Time | March 20, 2001, at about 2:02 a.m. EST |
| Launch Window | less than 5 minutes |
| Mission Duration | 11 days, 19 hours |
| Crew | Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down) Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev |
| Orbit Altitude and Inclination | 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle Processing Note |
| The launch countdown continues on schedule this morning leading toward a liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery at 6:42 a.m. on Thursday morning. The weather forecast remains unchanged with a 30% chance of not meeting the launch weather criteria due to cold temperatures. The current forecast, however, is acceptable for launch with a predicted temperature of 44 degrees, winds NW 8-12 knots, humidity of 82%, a visibility of 7 to 10 miles and a few clouds between 2,000 and 3,500 feet. Due to the high seas, the solid rocket booster retrieval ships are now scheduled to depart from Port Canaveral today at 12 noon with an arrival in the SRB recovery area at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. There will be aerial surveillance of the boosters until the ships arrive. The gantry-like rotating structure is scheduled to be retracted from around the Space Shuttle Discovery today at 10:30 a.m. in preparation for launch. Also today, the orbiter's inertial measurement units are being activated, the communications systems turned on, and the switches in the cockpit are being configured for launch. Loading of the Space Shuttle external tank with the half million gallons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen is nominally scheduled to start at 9:47 p.m. tonight. The astronauts today are receiving a briefing on the status of the countdown, the Space Shuttle Discovery, the multipurpose logistics module Leonardo, and the weather forecast. There are also reviewing their flight plans together. On Thursday, they will have a light snack at 1:45 a.m., then a weather briefing followed by suit up. Departure for Pad 39-B will occur at 2:55 a.m. and they will begin boarding Discovery just before 3:00 in the morning. The orbiter crew access hatch will be closed for launch at 4:40 a.m. |
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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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03/07/2001 |
Curator: Kay Grinter (Kay.Grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov)
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