John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

March 15, 2001


2001 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	February 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-102 -- 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM

Vehicle	Discovery/OV-103
Location	On orbit
Official KSC Launch Date/Time	March 8, 2001, at 6:42:09.059 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	March 20, 2001, at about 1:56 a.m. EST
Mission Duration	11 days, 19 hours and 14 minutes
Crew	Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down) Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Note

Now in its fifth day of docked operations with the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery remains in excellent health on orbit. Post-flight inspections have revealed both solid rocket boosters to be in good condition. Walk-down inspections of Launch Pad 39B confirmed no unusual damage or debris following last week's launch.

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 3:12 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	April 30, 2001, at 11:10 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note

Orbiter Endeavour's midbody and aft engine compartments have been closed-out in preparation for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Weight and center of gravity tests begin tomorrow and first motion is scheduled for Saturday at about 9 a.m. Technicians are troubleshooting an overhead switch panel in the crew module while rollover preparations proceed on schedule.

MISSION: STS-104 -- 10th ISS Flight (7A) - Airlock

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	OPF bay 3
KSC Launch Date/Time	NET June 8, 6:50 p.m. EDT
KSC Landing Date/Time	June 19, 2:24 p.m. EST
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note

Orbiter Atlantis' post-ferry deconfiguration concluded last week with tail cone removal. Main engine heat shield removal is in work today and technicians begin main engine removal Friday morning. Forward reaction control system (FRCS) checks are in work today and flash evaporator system checks occur later this week.

COLUMBIA/OV-102 Post-Ferry Processing

In OPF bay 1, Columbia's simulated FRCS pod is being removed today. The tail cone will be removed Friday and the payload bay doors will be opened for processing activities. Columbia is scheduled to remain in OPF 1 through late April and then move to the VAB for storage until OPF bay 3 becomes available. Columbia's next flight is under review, but could occur as early as this fall.

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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