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May 14, 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)

Repair efforts on Atlantis’ heads-up display (HUD) unit are complete and final checks are under way. Orbiter hydraulic testing is scheduled this week and technicians are also working to close-out the remainder of the vehicle in preparation for a transfer to the Vehicle Assembly Building next Monday.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only):
Orbiter transfer to VAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 21
Space Shuttle rolls out to Launch Pad 39B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  May 26
Flight readiness Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  May 31
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)

Workers completed installation of Discovery’s three main engines Saturday and engine heat shields will be installed next week. Orbiter window No. 4 has been replaced and deservicing of freon coolant loop No. 1 is complete. Payload premate testing continues to go well in the orbiter’s midbody. Servicing of the potable water system begins this week.

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)

Technicians have set up orbiter access platforms for orbiter Endeavour in OPF bay 1. Endeavour’s payload bay doors are open and payload removal is in progress. The IMAX 3-D camera is being removed and turned around for flight on STS-104. 

The orbiter’s ferry flight tail cone is being removed today also.


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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