KENNEDY SPACE CENTER <<...OLE_Obj...>> SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003 (1 p.m.) For the latest Shuttle status on the web visit <http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm>. For the latest 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-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION VEHICLE - Columbia/OV-102 OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 16, 2003 OFFICIAL LAUNCH TIME: 10:39 a.m. EST TARGET LANDING DATE: Feb. 1, 2003 at 8:53 a.m. EST 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 its first launch attempt, Shuttle Columbia with its seven-member crew lifted off at 10:39 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39-A to begin its 16-day SPACEHAB microgravity research mission. The launch team worked no significant technical issues during the flawless countdown. This mission is the first of 2003 and the first dedicated research mission to be flown by the Shuttle program in nearly three years. Mission STS-107 is the 28th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the 113th flight overall in NASA's Space Shuttle program. Columbia is carrying in its payload bay the SPACEHAB Research Double Module, a pressurized environment accessible to the crew. The module and the Shuttle's middeck will hold most of the mission's more than 80 experiments - involving more than 70 scientists worldwide - that will investigate space, life and physical sciences. Solid Rocket Booster retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star are positioned in the recovery area about 140 miles east of Cape Canaveral ready to pick up the two spent booster casings. The ships are scheduled to return to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station no earlier than Saturday, Jan. 18. -- 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 .
