VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 12, 2001 at 5:04 a.m. EDT
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 23, 2001 at 12:58 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: about 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days and 19 hours and 54 minutes
CREW: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Gernhardt, Kavandi, Reilly
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Activities continue on schedule for the launch of Shuttle mission STS-104 Thursday morning. Operations to load the cryogenic reactants into Atlantis' onboard storage tanks concluded yesterday and the rotating service structure was moved to the launch-park position at 9:30 a.m. today. External tanking operations are scheduled to commence at about 7:30 this evening. No technical issues are being discussed by the launch team or the mission management team. The flight crew will be sleeping until about 5 p.m. today. Once awake, they will undergo final medical evaluations and be seated for their final meal at about 10 p.m. They will don their flight suits beginning at about 12:30 a.m. tomorrow and depart for the launch pad at 1:13 a.m.

Weather Status: Forecasters continue to show high amounts of tropical moisture in the central Florida area with disturbances moving in from the northwest. This will likely result in a threat of coastal precipitation through the weekend. At launch time on Thursday, clouds are expected to be scattered at 1000 feet and 3000 feet, and broken at 12,000 feet and 25,000 feet. Visibility will be 7 miles, temperature 74 degrees F., and humidity 93 percent. Pad winds will be from the west at 8 -12 knots. Coastal showers and low cloud ceilings are the primary concern. As a result, there is a 40 percent chance of KSC weather prohibiting launch. The 24-hour and 48-hour scrub turnaround forecast calls for a 60 percent chance of violation each day. Also, today's forecast calls for 30 percent chance of weather violating tanking constraints.

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, winds are expected to be from the southwest at 7-11 knots. At the Solid Rocket Booster recovery area in the Atlantic, seas are expected to be 2 - 4 feet and winds from the southwest at 12-16 knots.

SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-104

    T-TIME            LENGTH OF HOLD        HOLD BEGINS        HOLD ENDS 
T-27 hours	4 hours	12 a.m. Tues.	4 a.m. Tues.	
T-19 hours	4 hours	12 noon Tues. 	4 p.m. Tues.	
T-11 hours	13 hours, 8 minutes	12 a.m. Wed.	1:08 p.m. Wed.	
T-6 hours	2 hours	6:08 p.m. Wed.	8:08 p.m. Wed.	
T-3 hours	2 hours	11:08 p.m. Wed.	1:08 a.m. Thurs.	
T-20 minutes	10 minutes	3:48 a.m. Thurs.	3:58 a.m. Thurs.

T-9 minutes	about 45 minutes	4:09 a.m. Thurs. 	4:54 a.m.
Thurs.	

• Commander (CDR): Steven Lindsey
• Pilot (PLT): Charles Hobaugh
• Mission Specialist (MS1): Michael Gernhardt
• Mission Specialist (MS2): Janet Kavandi
• Mission Specialist (MS3): James Reilly

Wed., July 11

• 5 p.m. Crew wake up
• 5:45 p.m. Breakfast
• 6:30 p.m. Medical checks
• 10 p.m. Photo and Lunch (to be recorded and televised later)

Thurs., July 12

12:33 a.m. Weather Briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)

12:33 a.m. Don flight suits (MS1 and MS3)

*12:43 a.m. Don flight suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)

*1:13 a.m. Depart for launch pad

*1:43 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress

*2:58 a.m. Close crew hatch

*5:04 a.m. Launch

* Televised events (times may vary slightly) All times Eastern

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