KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Friday, October 18, 2002 (1:00 p.m.) NOTE: For the latest Shuttle status on the web visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm <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 OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Oct. 7, 2002 at 3:45:51 EDT OFFICIAL LANDING DATE and TIME: Oct. 18, 2002 at 11:44.35 a.m. EDT 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 safely returned to Earth this morning after a successful mission installing the S1 Truss Segment. The total distance Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-113 traveled was 4.5 million miles. Main gear touchdown occurred at 11:43.40 a.m. EDT with a mission elapsed time (MET) of 10 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes and 49 seconds. Nose gear touchdown occurred at 11:43.48 EDT with an MET of ten days, 19 hours, 57 minutes and 57 seconds. Wheel stop occurred at 11:44.35 EDT with an MET of ten days, 19 hours, 58 minutes and 44 seconds. The crew and Orbiter were met by the new state-of-the art Convoy Command Vehicle commissioned earlier this year. The new 40-foot vehicle replaced a 15-year-old model, and will be used following Shuttle landings as the prime vehicle to control critical communications between the orbiter, the crew and the Launch Control Center, to monitor the health of the Shuttle Orbiter systems and to direct convoy operations at the Shuttle Landing Facility. About an hour after touchdown, the STS-112 crew was taken to their KSC quarters to meet with their families and undergo additional physical examinations. A post-mission press conference with select members of the STS-112 crew is scheduled to occur at the KSC News Center at approximately 5:00 p.m. this evening. - 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 .
