KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Tuesday, October 15, 2002 (1:30 p.m.) NOTE: For the latest Shuttle status on the web visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current. 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 OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Oct. 7, 2002 at 3:45:51 TARGET LANDING DATE and TIME: Oct. 18, 2002 at 11:46 a.m. 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 crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis will undock with the International Space Station tomorrow and make preparations to return to Earth on Friday after successfully installing the S1 Truss Segment. MISSION: STS-113 - 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 10, 2002 TARGET LAUNCH TIME: 10:30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. 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 ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles /51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled out to the launch pad over the weekend and the P-1 truss payload is currently being installed in its payload bay today. Pad Validation is complete. The Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test is currently scheduled for later this week. Preparation for propellant load, scheduled for next week, is currently in work. 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. Polishing and welding is in work on the flow liners. Engine installation is scheduled to begin late Friday. ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 Shuttle Processing Note: The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for Discovery continues with wire inspections in the crew module this week. -- 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 .
