KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Friday, October 4, 2002 (11:00 a.m.) For the latest Shuttle status on the web visit <http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm> For the latest launch weather forecast visit <http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/weatstat/forecast.htm> 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. 7, 2002 TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 - 6 p.m. EDT TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 18, 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: Space Shuttle Atlantis is poised at the pad for its Monday launch to the International Space Station as Mission Control Center (MCC) in Houston continues power-up procedures following a shut-down earlier this week due to the threat of Hurricane Lili. Command and Control of the International Space Station has been re-established in Houston following the transfer of control to the MCC in Moscow due to the storm. Power-up and verification operations will continue throughout the weekend. The MCC plans to "meet-up" with Kennedy Space Center during communication activation activities and will be ready to support countdown activities beginning Sunday. Over the weekend, the Launch Control Team at Kennedy Space Center will continue to monitor the vehicle and maintain its readiness to support launch on Monday. At Launch Pad 39-B, the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen reactants of Atlantis' power reactant and storage distribution system was drained on Wednesday and preparations are in work to re-load tomorrow. The STS-112 crew stayed in Florida this week and spent their time relaxing, reviewing flight plans and practicing entry procedures in the Shuttle Training Aircraft. Weather forecasters are currently indicating a 40 percent chance of weather violating launch criteria. The primary concern is due to the possible threat of thunderstorms in the vicinity of KSC. A complete weather forecast can be found at <http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/weatstat/forecast.htm> MISSION: STS-113 - 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: NET Nov. 10, 2002 TARGET LANDING DATE: NET 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: Operations are in work to complete the mating operations of Endeavour to the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters. Endeavour and its payload, the P1 Truss Segment, will be transferred to the launch pad next week in preparation for its upcoming launch to the International Space Station. - 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 .
