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VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104/ |
LOCATION |
Launch
Pad 39A |
TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
April
24, 2000 at about 4:15 p.m. |
TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
May
4, 2000 at about 12:44 p.m. |
LAUNCH
WINDOW |
5
minutes |
MISSION
DURATION |
9
days, 20 hours and 29 minutes |
CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz,
Weber,
Williams,
Voss,
Helms,
Usachev |
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
173
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note |
Preparations are on schedule to launch Shuttle
Atlantis at about 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Today, the seven-member flight crew
arrived at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at 3:30 p.m. Over the next few
days, the crew will review flight procedures and take opportunities to fly in
training jets from the SLF.
At the launch pad, external tank purge activities
are complete and orbiter aft compartment close-outs conclude this afternoon.
Launch controllers will begin the countdown at the T-43 hour mark at 7 p.m.
today.
Weather forecasters indicate a 70 percent
chance of favorable weather on launch day. The forecast calls for scattered
clouds at 4,000 – 7,000 feet and broken clouds at 25,000 – 31,000 feet;
visibility at 7 miles; winds out of the east at 10 gusting to 15 knots;
temperature at 77 degrees F and relative humidity at 45 percent. The primary
concern is the potential for thunderstorm anvil clouds.
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Upcoming
Milestones |
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Orbiter
aft compartment close-outs complete |
April 21 |
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Launch
countdown begins |
April 21
at 7 p.m. |
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Shuttle
pyrotechnic controller tests |
April 22 |
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Power
reactant and storage distribution system cryogenic
loading |
April
22 |
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Flight
crew equipment late stow |
April 23 |
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Loading
external tank with 500,000 gallons of liquid
propellant begins |
April
24 at 7:22 a.m |
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CREW FOR
MISSION STS-101 |
POSITION |
NAME |
Commander
(CDR) |
Jim
Halsell |
Pilot (PLT) |
Scott Horowitz |
Mission
Specialist (MS1) |
Mary
Ellen Weber |
Mission
Specialist (MS2) |
Jeffrey Williams |
Mission
Specialist (MS3) |
James
Voss |
Mission
Specialist (MS4) |
Susan
Helms |
Mission
Specialist (MS5) |
Yuri
Usachev |
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