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KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORTThursday, September 19, 2002 (1:30 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.
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: Final preparations for
Atlantis’ lift-off to the International Space Station continue in work and on
schedule. Payload installation is
complete and payload bay doors are closed for flight. The Helium Signature Leak Test on the Main Propellant System
is complete. Propellant loading is
in work today.
Mission managers are monitoring Tropical Storm
Isidore’s track. There will be meetings beginning today and through the weekend
to discuss the latest projected tracks the National Hurricane Center predicts
for the storm. Based on the
projected path and intensity of the storm, Kennedy Space Center may begin
preparations this weekend for possible high winds, if the storm tracks further
to the east. MISSION: STS-113 – 16th
ISS Flight (11A) – P1 Truss Segment
TARGET LAUNCH
DATE: NET Nov. 10, 2002 NET 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: Endeavour’s aft and mid-body closeouts continue in
work. Payload bay doors are
scheduled for closeout on Friday in preparation for final preparations for the
upcoming launch to the International Space Station. 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: Columbia continues processing in preparation
for its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16, 2003. 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 -- |
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