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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Monday, Nov. 25, 2002 (10 a.m.)

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	MISSION STS-113 - 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment

VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105
LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 23, 2002 at 7:49:47 p.m. EST
TARGET LANDING DATE:  Dec. 4, 2002 at 3:49 p.m. EST
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, 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Endeavour lifted off Saturday, Nov. 23 at
7:49:47 p.m. EST on the STS-113 mission to the International Space Station.
The seven-member crew is preparing to dock to the Station Monday, Nov. 25,
at 4:26 p.m. EST.  Initial data indicates the Solid Rocket Boosters
performed nominally and will return to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral today.
Freedom Star will arrive at 12 p.m. with the left booster, and Liberty Star
will arrive at 1:30 p.m. with the right booster. 

At the pad, early inspections show that the pad sustained no unusual damage
from Saturday's launch.  Clean up work has begun in preparation for the next
mission scheduled at Pad 39-A, STS-107 in January 2003. 

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:  On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Columbia rolled from the
Orbiter 
Processing Facility to be mated to its External Tank and twin Solid Rocket
Boosters in preparation for the research mission scheduled for no earlier
than Jan. 16. Mating operations are complete and the Shuttle awaits its roll
out to Pad 39-A. 


MISSION STS-114 -- 17TH ISS FLIGHT (ULF1) - CREW ROTATION/MULTI-PURPOSE
LOGISTICS MODULE

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: March 1, 2003 NET
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:  Atlantis continues to be processed for its March
launch to the International Space Station. Orbiter Maneuvering System
thruster changeout is complete. The Orbiter Docking System was stowed on
Friday, Nov. 22 after completion of a successful functional test. Auxiliary
Power Unit leak and functional tests are in work. 

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for
Discovery continues with left-hand Payload Bay Door inspections complete.
UHF antenna installations are in work, and wire inspections are ongoing. 

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