Space Shuttle Launch Schedule
All times listed are Eastern Time. Target launch and landing dates are based on Kennedy Space Center assessments. Official launch dates are set at the Flight Readiness Review, held approximately two weeks prior to the targeted liftoff date.
Target
launch date/time -- June 14, 2000 (NET), 8:42 p.m. EDT
Orbiter -- Discovery
(OV-103)
Mission Number -- Shuttle flight
#99; Discovery
flight #28
Launch window -- 10 minutes
Landing --
KSC, June 24, 5:10 p.m.
Primary payloads -- ISS fourth flight (3A)/Z-1 truss
and PMA-3)
Number of Crew Members -- 7
Cdr --
Brian Duffy
Plt -- Pamela Melroy
MS -- Koichi Wakata
(Japan/NASDA)
MS -- Leroy Chiao
MS -- Peter "Jeff" Wisoff
MS -- Michael
Lopez-Alegria
MS -- William
McArthur
Target launch date/time -- July 20, 2000 (NET), 6:49 a.m. EDT
Orbiter -- Endeavour
(OV-105)
Mission Number -- Shuttle flight
#100; Endeavour
flight #15
Launch window -- 10 minutes
Landing --
KSC, July 29, 3:34 a.m.
Primary payloads -- ISS fifth flight (4A)/PV module
P6)
Number of Crew Members -- 5
Cdr -- Brent Jett
Plt -- Michael
Bloomfield
MS -- Joseph Tanner
MS -- Carlos Noriega
MS -- Marc Garneau
(Canada/CSA)
Target
launch date/time -- August 19, 2000 (NET), 6:58 p.m. EDT
Orbiter
-- Atlantis
(OV-104)
Mission
Number -- Shuttle flight
#101; Atlantis
flight #22
Launch window --
10 minutes
Landing -- KSC, August 29, 3:26 p.m.
Primary
payloads -- ISS sixth
flight (5A)/U.S. Laboratory
Number of Crew
Members -- 5
Cdr
-- Kenneth
Cockrell
Plt
-- Mark
Polansky
MS
-- Robert
Curbeam
MS
-- Thomas
Jones
MS
-- Marsha
Ivins
Target
launch date/time -- October 19, 2000 (NET), 6:55 p.m. EDT
Orbiter
-- Discovery
(OV-103)
Mission
Number -- Shuttle flight
#102; Discovery
flight #29
Launch window -- 10 minutes
Landing -- KSC, October 30, 2:46 p.m.
Primary
payloads -- ISS seventh
flight (5A1)/Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Number of Crew Members -- 7 up - 7 down
Cdr -- TBD
Plt --
TBD
MS
-- Umberto
Guidoni (Italy/ESA)
ISS
-- James
Voss (up)
ISS
-- Susan
Helms (up)
ISS
-- Yuriy
Usachev (cos/up - Russia/RSA)
ISS
-- William
Shepherd (down)
ISS
-- Yuri
Gidzenko - (cos/down - Russia/RSA)
ISS
-- Sergei
Krikalev (cos/down - Russia/RSA)
Target
launch date/time -- November 30, 2000 (NET), 2:49 a.m. EST
Orbiter
-- Endeavour
(OV-105)
Mission
Number -- Shuttle flight
#103; Endeavour
flight #16
Launch window -- 10 minutes
Landing -- KSC, December 11, 10:40 p.m.
Primary
payloads -- ISS eighth
flight (6A)/Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Number of Crew Members -- TBD
Cdr -- TBD
Plt --
TBD
MS
-- Chris
Hadfield (Canada/CSA)
MS
-- Scott
Parazynski
Target
launch date/time -- January 11, 2001 (NET)
Orbiter
-- Columbia
(OV-102)
Mission
Number -- 104th Shuttle
flight; 27th
flight of Columbia
Launch window -- TBD
Landing -- KSC, Jan. 27
Inclination/altitude -- 39 degrees/150 nautical miles
Primary payloads -- SPACEHAB Double Module
Number of Crew Members --
TBD
Target launch date/time -- February 8, 2001 (NET)
Acronyms:
Cdr
= mission commander
Cos = cosmonaut
EDT = Eastern Daylight Time
EST =
Eastern Standard Time
ISS = International Space Station
MS = mission
specialist
NET = no earlier than
PC = payload commander
Plt =
pilot
PS = payload specialist
TBD = to be determined
U/R = under review
