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KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORTMonday, September 23, 2002 (12:00 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.
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 the
payload bay doors were closed for flight last week. Mission managers continue
to monitor several tropical storms though none are expected in the KSC vicinity
in the near term and no work is being held up as we proceed on schedule for
launch. The orbiter’s windows were inspected on Saturday due to a concern on
studs that on are the protective covers.
Inspections are complete and good.
Aft closeouts are in work today with door installation scheduled for
Thursday. Functional preparations
for the Extravehicular Mobility Units are in work with installation scheduled
for Wednesday. MISSION: STS-113 – 16th
ISS Flight (11A) – P1 Truss Segment
TARGET LAUNCH
DATE: 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 tomorrow in preparation for rollover to begin final
preparations for the upcoming launch to the International Space Station. Adjustments on the Manipulator
Positioning Mechanism that is attached to the Remote Manipulator System were
complete on Friday. Additional
measurements and a functional test are in work today. MISSION STS-107 –SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH
MISSION VEHICLE – Columbia/OV-102 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: 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. 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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