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MISSION: STS-100 -- 9th
ISS Flight (6A) - Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS |
| Vehicle |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| Location |
Edwards Air Force Base, California |
| KSC Launch Date/Time |
April 19, 2001, at 2:41 p.m. EDT |
| Landing Date/Time |
May 1, 2001, at 12:11 p.m. EDT |
| Mission Duration |
11 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes |
| Crew |
Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski,
Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov |
| Orbit Altitude and Inclination |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (orbiter
processing notes) |
Space Shuttle Endeavour landed safely today on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), Calif., at 12:11 p.m. EDT. Unacceptable weather conditions at KSC prevented a Florida landing. The seven-member flight crew will remain overnight at EAFB and depart for Houston, Texas, Wednesday morning.
With KSC conditions not expected to improve over the next few days and winds at EAFB expected to increase through the week, mission managers took advantage of the excellent weather on Edwards' first landing opportunity. Endeavour's main landing gear touched down at 12:10:42 p.m., the nose landing gear touched down at 12:10:53 p.m., and the orbiter came to a complete stop at 12:11:56 p.m. completing a 4.9-million mile journey.
Manager's expect Endeavour's deservicing and reactant offloading to proceed through Friday. By Sunday, technicians should begin orbiter closeouts and preparations to mate Endeavour to NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft No. 905. Once orbiter turnaround efforts are complete, the transcontinental Shuttle ferry flight to KSC could begin as early as May 8.
Preliminary plans have the orbiter/SCA refueling at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas and then stopping for an overnight stay at Eglin Air Force Base near Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. If all goes as planned, Endeavour could return to KSC as early as May 9. The schedule and flight path of any ferry flight is dependant upon weather conditions and daylight en route and are likely to change.
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