KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Monday, November 4, 2002 (3:00 p.m.) 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 SHUTTLE CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington ISS CREW UP: Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit ISS CREW DOWN: Korzun, Whitson, Treschev ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles <javascript:convertit('122','NM')>/51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Preparations for the countdown of the 112th Shuttle mission and launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39-A continue for next week's launch. Today the Reaction Control System Pressurization Test is in work and the External Tank Purge is scheduled for tomorrow. Countdown activities will commence later this week. Endeavour is scheduled to launch on Nov. 11 between midnight and 4 a.m. carrying a new crew to the International Space Station and a new truss segment that will enhance future cooling and power systems. The specific launch time will be announced approximately 24 hours prior to liftoff. Landing is scheduled at Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 21. 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. Wheels and tires are installed and payload bay doors are closed for flight. Integrated hydraulic tests are scheduled for Wednesday. The orbiter is undergoing preparations to be mated with the solid rocket boosters and the external tank. 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, Nogucki, 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. Dome mounted heat shield removal is complete and flowliner inspections are in work. The Forward Reaction Control System will be removed on Wednesday. ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 Shuttle Processing Note: Wiring and corrosion inspections are in work. Also in work is the slot polishing on the flow liners. -- 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 .
