John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

February 12, 2001


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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-98 -- 7th ISS Flight (5A) - U.S. Laboratory

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	on orbit
KSC Launch Date/Time	Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:13:02 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Feb. 18, 2001 at about 12:52 p.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	10 days, 18 hours and 39 minutes
Crew	Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary)

Shuttle Atlantis is performing well on orbit. Routine post-flight inspection of the STS-98 solid rocket boosters (SRB) began this morning. Preliminary reports indicate that both boosters are in good condition. SRB open assessment will continue through next week.

MISSION: STS-102 -- 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) - Leonardo MPLM

Vehicle	Discovery/OV-103
Location	Launch Pad 39B
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	March 8, 2001, at 6:45 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	March 20, 2001, at 1:13 a.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	11 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes
Crew	Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down) Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note

Space Shuttle Discovery rolled out of Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 1 today at 7:10 a.m. and was hard down on the pad surface at 1:35 p.m. Launch pad validations are in work through Tuesday night. The seven-member flight crew arrives this week to participate in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities including a launch day dress rehearsal on Thursday. The MPLM payload, "Leonardo," is scheduled to arrive at the pad Feb. 23 for installation into Discovery's payload bay.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test complete February 15

Prelaunch orbiter propellant load begins February 20

Payload arrives at Pad 39B February 23

MPLM installed into Discovery's payload bay February 26

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

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 2
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	April 19, 2001, at 2:04 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	April 30, 2001, at 9:56 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

Endeavour's fuel cell voltage test is complete. The left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod is installed, and workers today are verifying the Shuttle's robot arm. Technicians will service Endeavour's freon coolant system No. 1 this week. Tonight, work begins to install the Shuttle's three main engines.

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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