KENNEDY SPACE CENTER          
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS_______________ 
KSC Contact: Joel Wells
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2001  
	
(2:00 PM)

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 on the KSC Home
Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.  

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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 3 
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:11p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 18, 2001 at about 1:39 p.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW:  less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours 
CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle managers today announced Feb. 7 as the
target launch date for Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98.  The new
date accommodates scheduled launch activities on the Eastern Range and
better supports a desire to rendezvous with the orbiting International
Space Station on flight day 3.

In Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 3, final preparations are under way
to roll Atlantis out to Launch Pad 39A tomorrow at 7 a.m.  Today,
technicians are conducting standard pre-rollout inspections and are
removing access platforms from around the Shuttle vehicle.  Atlantis
should be hard down at the pad by midday tomorrow.  Launch pad validations
will commence immediately after arrival, verifying all Shuttle and Mobile
Launcher Platform electrical, pneumatic and mechanical interfaces.

Managers also announced a target launch date of no earlier than June 8 for
Atlantis' next flight on mission STS-104.  This shift accommodates an on
orbit sun angle condition between May 18 and June 7.  This so called beta
angel cut-out is an undesirable thermal condition for Shuttle/ISS docking
operations. 
 


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

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1 
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Mar. 8, 2001 at about 7 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Mar. 20, 2001 at about 1 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW:  less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 11 days     
CREW: Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev;
(down)
Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note:  Shuttle managers today announced March 8 as
Discovery's new target launch date.  This move gives managers time to
review data from the STS-98 flight between Atlantis' landing and the
STS-102 launch of Discovery.

In the OPF, technicians are closing out Discovery's forward, midbody and
aft compartments in preparation to roll to the VAB next Thursday.  Workers
plan to close the payload bay doors today and begin orbiter weight and
center of gravity tests next week.

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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION:  Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 2:04 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Apr. 30, 2001 at 9:56 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Endeavour's left hand orbital maneuvering system
pod has been removed to undergo processing at KSC's Hypergol Maintenance
Facility. Two gaseous nitrogen tanks that support the power reactant
storage and distribution system are being installed today.  Window No. 1
is being replaced and the forward reaction control system is undergoing
standard checks.  

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