KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Thursday, October 31, 2002 (5:00 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-113 - 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 11, 2002 TARGET LAUNCH TIME: 12:00 a.m. - 4: 00 a.m. TARGET LANDING DATE: Nov. 21, 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: Preparations for the countdown and launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39-A continue on schedule. Aft closeouts are in work today and aft doors will be installed tomorrow. The Flight Readiness Review was conducted today at the Kennedy Space Center. Following the review, mission managers selected Nov. 11 as the launch date for STS-113. 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 with its processing in preparation for its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16. Payload health checks are complete and the payload bay doors will be closed today. Main engine heat shield installation continues in work today. MISSION STS-114 -- 17TH ISS FLIGHT (UFL1) - CREW ROTATION/MULTI-PURPOSE LOGISTICS MODULE VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: March 1, 2003 TARGET LANDING DATE: March 12, 2003 MISSION DURATION: 11 days SHUTTLE CREW: Collins, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson ISS EXPEDITION CREW 7: Malenchenko, Moschenko, Lu ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Post-flight inspections from STS-112 continue in preparation for STS-114, scheduled to launch early next year. Main engine removal is complete. 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 .
