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KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORTFriday, September 27, 2002 (1:00 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.
For the latest Shuttle status visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm
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
Final electrical checks of the External Tank camera
are also being conducted today. Mission managers continue to monitor tropical
developments though no impacts are expected in the KSC vicinity in the near
term and no work is being held up as we proceed on schedule for launch. 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: Preparations are in work to begin
final preparations for the upcoming launch to the International Space Station
in November. Orbiter jackdown and center of gravity checks are complete. The
orbiter is scheduled to be mated to the transporter later 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. Orbital maneuvering system pod
functional checks are in work. The payload bay doors were closed yesterday and
flow liner weld certifications continue. 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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