John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

March 29, 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	Launch Pad 39A
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	April 19, 2001, at 2:41 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	April 30, 2001, at 9:35 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration	10 days, 18 hours and 54 minutes
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 arrived at Launch Pad 39A last Thursday afternoon and the prelaunch processing continues on schedule. Launch pad validations concluded Friday and Shuttle main engine flight readiness testing occurred Monday. The Shuttle's helium signature leak test concluded yesterday.

The STS-100 flight crew arrived at KSC yesterday at about 12:30 p.m. to participate in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The exercise concludes tomorrow with a dress rehearsal and simulated emergency egress from Shuttle Endeavour's crew module. Loading of the orbiter's onboard propellant storage tanks begins April 2 and replacement of Shuttle mass memory unit No. 2 occurs April 5.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test complete	March 30
Orbiter prelaunch propellant loading begins	April 2
Flight Readiness Review	April 5
Payload arrives at the pad	April 5
Orbiter aft engine compartment closeouts begin	April 9
Shuttle ordnance installation begins	April 10
Close payload bay doors for flight	April 10

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)

Functional testing of Atlantis' orbital maneuvering system is complete. Leak and functional tests of the orbiter's main propulsion system are complete. Servicing of Freon coolant loop No. 2 begins Friday and evaluation of loop No. 1 is in work. Testing of Atlantis' power reactant storage and distribution system is scheduled this week.

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)

The STS-102 payload has been removed from Discovery's payload bay. The forward reaction control system has successfully undergone functional testing. Main engine heat shield removal is in work today and engine removal begins Friday.

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	Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Columbia's simulated orbital maneuvering system pods were removed from the orbiter's aft end last week. Inspections of the orbiter's main landing gear avionics bays are in work.

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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