John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

March 19, 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-102 -- 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM

Vehicle	Discovery/OV-103
Location	On orbit
Official KSC Launch Date/Time	March 8, 2001, at 6:42:09.059 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	March 21, 2001, at about 12:56 a.m. EST
Mission Duration	12 days, 18 hours and 14 minutes
Crew	Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down) Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Note (orbiter processing notes)

Space Shuttle Discovery remains in excellent health following last night's successful undocking from the International Space Station. The flight crew begins deorbit preparations tomorrow while flight controllers assess weather conditions at KSC and the alternate landing sites. The current flight plan calls for the following Shuttle landing opportunities:


	ORBIT	SITE	DEORBIT BURN (EST)	LANDING (EST)
Wed.:	200	KSC	11:50 p.m. (Tues.)	12:56 a.m. (Wed.)
	201	KSC	1:26 a.m. (Wed.)	2:31 a.m. (Wed.)
	202	*EDW	2:58 a.m. (Wed.)	4:02 a.m. (Wed.)
	203	*EDW	4:35 a.m. (Wed.)	5:38 a.m. (Wed.)

*Only applicable if Edwards AFB, California is called up for landing support

Thurs.:	216	KSC	12:24 a.m. (Thurs.)	1:28 a.m. (Thurs.)
	217	EDW	1:55 a.m. (Thurs.)	2:59 a.m. (Thurs.)
		KSC	2:01 a.m. (Thurs.)	3:05 a.m. (Thurs.)
	219	EDW	3:31 a.m. (Thurs.)	4:35 a.m. (Thurs.)
	219	EDW	5:08 a.m. (Thurs.)	6:11 a.m. (Thurs.)

The Wednesday morning weather forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 feet and broken at 8,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; winds from the southwest at 15 peaking to 20 knots; temperature at 58 degrees F., and chance of rain showers within 30 nautical miles of the Shuttle Landing Facility. Weather conditions will improve into Thursday, but clouds and precipitation may be of concern.

MISSION: STS-100 -- 9th ISS Flight (6A) - Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Location	Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 3
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)

Shuttle orbiter Endeavour departed OPF bay 2 Saturday at about 9:26 a.m. headed for the VAB. Orbiter and external tank mating activities are under way and the Shuttle Interface Test will conclude on Wednesday. The full Space Shuttle stack is scheduled to roll out of VAB high bay 3 at 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 22, and should arrive at Launch Pad 39B by about 1 p.m.

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

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	OPF bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	NET June 8, 6:50 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	June 19, 2:24 p.m. EST
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)

Workers completed Shuttle main engine removal last Friday and checks of Atlantis' forward reaction control system concluded Saturday. Today, technicians are performing leak checks on the orbiter's flash evaporator system and installing a gaseous nitrogen tank in the orbiter's midbody. Orbital maneuvering system functional tests are scheduled this week as well.

COLUMBIA/OV-102 Post-Ferry Processing
(orbiter processing notes)

Orbiter Columbia remains in OPF bay 1 undergoing post-ferry processing. Tail cone removal concluded Friday. Electronic components are being removed from the orbiter's avionics bays 5 and 6. Preparation continues for the removal of Columbia's simulated orbital maneuvering system pods. 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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