John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

May 10, 2001


2001 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	March 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-104 -- 10th ISS Flight (7A) - Airlock

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	OPF bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	NET June 14, 4:11 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	June 25, 12:38 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 the airlock’s upper hatch is complete and the orbiter’s docking mechanism has been stowed for flight. Alignment repair work on Atlantis’ heads-up display (HUD) unit continues to go well. Technicians have completed work on the commander’s side and will begin retests tonight. Pilot side repairs begin today. Though the unplanned HUD work will delay the orbiter’s arrival in the VAB and at the launch pad, the target launch date remains unchanged.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only):
Orbiter transfer to VAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20
Space Shuttle rolls out to Launch Pad 39B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 25
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test complete . . . . . . . . . . . June 1

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 23, 2001, at TBD
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester; (ISS-3 up) Culbertson, Dezhurow, Turin; (ISS-2 down) Usachev, Helms, Voss
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Discovery’s window replacement work continues. Payload premate testing is in work through the remainder of the week. In the orbiter’s aft compartment, preparation is under way for Shuttle main engine installation. Engine installation begins Friday.

MISSION: STS-108 -- 12th ISS Flight (UF1) - MPLM

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Location	OPF bay 1
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Nov. 29, 2001
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Dec. 9, 2001
Mission Duration	10 days
Crew	Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS-4 up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS-3 down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Turin
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (orbiter processing notes)

Shuttle orbiter Endeavour was lifted from the back of NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) today at about 3 a.m. Towing operations began at about 8:50 a.m. and concluded with Endeavour’s arrival at OPF bay 1 around 9:45 a.m.

Endeavour will now undergo standard post-ferry flight deconfiguration and then begin processing for mission STS-108.

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

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Location	Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 4
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Jan. 17, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Jan. 28, 2002
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 is being stored in VAB high bay 4 until Atlantis moves to the VAB to be mated to the STS-104 external tank and solid rocket boosters. Columbia will then be transferred into OPF bay 3 to continue STS-109 preflight processing.

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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