KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Monday, October 7, 2002 (6:30 p.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> for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions. KSC press releases can be found at <http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/release.htm>. The KSC home page can be found at <http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/>. MISSION STS-112 -- 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) - S1 Truss Segment VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 7, 2002 OFFICIAL LAUNCH TIME: 3:45:51.074 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: The Space Shuttle Atlantis flawlessly lifted off Launch Pad 39-B today on time at 3:45:51.074 p.m. and rocketed toward space with the six member crew to begin the 111th Shuttle mission and the 15th mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew will dock with the ISS to deliver the S1 Truss Segment on Oct. 9 at about 11:29 a.m. EDT. Quick look data indicates the Shuttle engines performed normally during the eight minutes of powered flight, as did the Solid Rocket Boosters. The retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star are in the recovery area in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 140 miles east of Cape Canaveral assessing the status of the two spent booster casings. The ships will return the segments to Hangar AF for post-flight evaluation at Cape Canaveral about noon on Wednesday. - 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 .
