John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

March 16, 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 21, 2001, at about 12:55 a.m. EST
Mission Duration	12 days, 18 hours and 13 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

Shuttle flight controllers and Space Station managers decided to extend the STS-102 mission by one day to allow ground controllers more time to analyze the placement and weight distribution of items aboard the Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module. With the extra day, Discovery is now scheduled to land at KSC on Wednesday, Mar. 21 at about 12:55 a.m. EST.

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

Endeavour's payload bay doors are closed and switch panel troubleshooting in the crew module is complete. Workers are lowering the orbiter for weight and center of gravity tests today. The orbiter transport system arrives in bay 2 this afternoon to support the orbiter rollover to the VAB. Endeavour is schedule to begin its move to the VAB March 17 at 10 a.m. Following successful orbiter/external tank mating operations in VAB high bay 3, the complete Shuttle stack is scheduled to roll out to the launch pad March 22 at about 7 a.m.

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

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	OPF bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	NET June 8, 6:50 p.m. EDT
Target 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' main engine heat shield removal is complete and removal of the three main engines is in work. Technicians began forward reaction control system (FRCS) functional checks today. Flash evaporator system checks occur later this week.

COLUMBIA/OV-102 Post-Ferry Processing

In OPF bay 1, Columbia's simulated FRCS pod has been removed. Tail cone removal is in progress. The Orbital Maneuvering System simulator pods are scheduled for removal this week. 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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