John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

March 22, 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-100 -- 9th ISS Flight (6A) - Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Location	En route to Launch Pad 39A
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 processing notes)

Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building today at about 9:50 a.m. Solid rocket booster closeout inspections slightly delayed first motion, and Endeavour is now expected to arrive at the pad before 4 p.m. Once at the pad, routine launch pad validations commence, verifying all vehicle and facility interfaces.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Shuttle main engine flight readiness test	March 25
Shuttle helium signature leak test complete	March 28
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test	March 29-30
Orbiter prelaunch propellant loading begins	April 2
Flight Readiness Review	April 5

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

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	OPF bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	NET June 14, 4:15 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	June 25, 12:30 p.m. EDT
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Atlantis' orbital maneuvering system pods are undergoing standard functional tests today. Workers are preparing for orbiter fuel cell voltage tests on Saturday. Additional forward reaction control system inspections are ongoing.

MISSION: STS-105 -- 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) - Leonardo MPLM

Vehicle	Discovery/OV-103
Location	OPF bay 2
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	July 12, 2001, at 4:45 a.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	July 22, 2001, at 12:29 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration	10 days
Crew	Horowitz, Struckow, Barry, Forrester; (up) Culbertson, Dezhurow, Turin; (down) Voss, Helms, Usachev;
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Orbiter Discovery arrived at the OPF at about 9 a.m. Wednesday. Post-flight inspection of Discovery's lower surface thermal protection system revealed a total of 42 debris hits with 10 measuring one inch or larger in dimension. Main engine drying is in work today along with power reactant storage and distribution system offloading activities. Discovery's payload bay doors will be opened Saturday and payload removal begins Tuesday.

MISSION: STS-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Location	OPF bay 1
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	November 19, 2001, under review
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	November 30, 2001, under review
Mission Duration	TBD
Crew	TBD
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Preparation continues for the removal of Columbia's simulated orbital maneuvering system pods later 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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