KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Thursday, September 12, 2002 (4:00 p.m.) NOTE: Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm on the KSC Home Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions. Ground Support Equipment Status Following a flawless roll of Atlantis to the launch pad, Crawler Transporter No. 2 will be checked for clocking of newly replaced bearings. A repair plan is in work with Crawler Transporter No. 1. Two cylinders will be removed next week if weather cooperates. MISSION STS-112 -- 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) - S1 Truss Segment VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 2, 2002 NET TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 - 6 p.m. EDT TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 13, 2002 MISSION DURATION: 11 days CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: After Atlantis' roll out to Pad 39B earlier this week, final preparations for a lift-off to the International Space Station are in work. A block was installed in the payload bay on the Manipulator Positioning Mechanism that is attached to the Remote Manipulator System, however, a gap was still noted by technicians. Engineers are reviewing the data to determine if additional work is required prior to payload installation. In the Payload Control Room, pressure was lost on one of the dock cells. Most likely a relay to the power supply failed and consequently pressure was lost to the seals. The relay was replaced and pressure has been restored. Further inspections will be performed prior to payload installation. Platforms are scheduled for configuration tonight in preparation for payload installation. MISSION: STS-113 - 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: NET Nov. 10, 2002 TARGET LANDING DATE: Nov. 20, 2002 MISSION DURATION: 11 days CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit; (ISS down) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Mission managers today approved a new target launch date of no earlier than Nov. 10. Endeavour's forward and aft closeouts continue in preparation for its upcoming launch to the International Space Station. The Manipulator Positioning Mechanism that is attached to the Remote Manipulator System was cycled and a gap was noted. Engineers will evaluate and determine the necessary steps to correct the problem. MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION VEHICLE - Columbia/OV-102 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: NET Jan. 16, 2003 NET TARGET LANDING DATE: Feb. 1, 2003 MISSION DURATION: 16 days CREW: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Nominal processing has been completed in preparation for Columbia's research mission now scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16. ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 Shuttle Processing Note: The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for Discovery is underway with radiator removal and nose landing gear retraction. Wire inspections continue and will be performed throughout the entire vehicle during the OMM. -- end -- ------------------------------------------------------------- For automatic email subscriptions to this KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to mailto:ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. With no subject or message. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an email addressed to mailto:ksc-news_release-unsubscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov . With no subject or message. or you can (un)subscribe on the World Wide Web at: http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov/ Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
