Home
Baseline contract launch date May 11, 2000
NASA Technical Direction (TD) dated August 8, 1998 to slip launch to No Earlier Than (NET) September, 2000
NASA TD dated April 27, 1999 to slip launch to NET December 1, 2000
NASA TD dated September 23, 1999 to change launch to November 30, 2000
NASA TD dated November 16, 1999 to slip launch to NET January 11, 2001
NASA TD dated March 28, 2000 to slip launch to NET February 22, 2001
NASA TD dated May 3, 2000 to slip launch to NET April 9, 2001
NASA TD dated July 7, 2000 to slip launch to NET June 14, 2001
July 25, 2000: Dave Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Mike Anderson, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon were officially assigned to the mission.
October 27, 2000: Rick Husband and Willie McCool were added to complete the crew.
NASA TD dated November 29, 2000 to slip launch to NET August 2, 2001
NASA TD dated February 14, 2001 to slip launch to NET October 25, 2001
NASA TD dated March 23, 2001 to slip launch NET April 4, 2002
NASA TD dated May 11, 2001 to slip launch to May 23, 2002
NASA TD dated October 29, 2001 to slip launch to June 27, 2002
NASA TD dated January 28, 2002 to slip launch to NET July 11, 2002
NASA TD dated April 22, 2002 to slip launch to July 19, 2002
May 24, 2002: Spacehab and FREESTAR are installed in Columbia’s cargo bay.
June 24, 2002: Columbia’s launch is put on hold due to flowliner cracks.
NASA TD dated June 26, 2002 to slip launch to NET mid-August 2002.
NASA TD dated July 18, 2002 to slip launch to NET September 26, 2002.
NASA TD dated August 16, 2002 to slip launch to NET November 29, 2002.
NASA TD dated September 17, 2002 to slip launch to NET January 16, 2003.
November 18, 2002: Columbia is rolled over from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
December 9, 2002: Columbia is rolled out to its seaside launch pad.
January 16, 2003: Columbia launches.