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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. |
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MISSION: STS-102 -- 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM |
| Vehicle | Discovery/OV-103 |
| Location | Shuttle Landing Facility |
| Official KSC Launch Date/Time | March 8, 2001, at about 6:42:09.059 a.m. EST |
| Official KSC Landing Date/Time | March 21, 2001, at about 2:31 a.m. EST |
| Mission Duration | 12 days, 19 hours and 49 minutes |
| 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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| Space Shuttle Discovery and a seven-member crew returned to Earth today on the second KSC landing opportunity at 2:31 a.m. EST. Weather conditions at KSC improved significantly throughout the night allowing a deorbit burn of Discovery's orbital maneuvering system engines at 1:26 a.m. Wednesday. Discovery's main landing gear touched down on runway 15 at 2:31:42 a.m. EST. The orbiter's nose gear touched down at 2:31:54 a.m. Discovery came to a complete stop at 2:33:06 a.m. after rolling about 14,100 feet. Following vehicle safing and preliminary offloading efforts, KSC workers will tow Discovery to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2. The orbiter should be inside the bay at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. STS-102 brought home the first resident International Space Station crew and delivered a new team of researchers to the orbiting outpost. This marks the 54th KSC landing and 17th night landing in Shuttle history. The STS-102 flight crew is expected to depart KSC Thursday for their homes in Houston, Texas. The post-flight schedule for the Expedition 1 crew has not been finalized. |
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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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03/21/2001 |
Curator: Kay Grinter (Kay.Grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov)
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