KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003 (2 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 LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 16, 2003 LAUNCH TIME: 10:39 a.m. EST TARGET LANDING DATE: Feb. 1, 2003 at 9:17 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: Shuttle Columbia with a seven-member crew lifted off from Pad 39-A Jan. 16 at 10:39 a.m. During the SPACEHAB microgravity research mission, the crew will perform more than 80 experiments involving more than 70 scientists worldwide. Solid Rocket Booster retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star returned to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral with the two spent boosters over the weekend. Initial data indicates the Solid Rocket Boosters performed nominally. At the pad, early inspections show that the pad sustained no unusual damage from the launch. MISSION STS-114 -- 17TH ISS FLIGHT (ULF1) - CREW ROTATION/MULTI-PURPOSE LOGISTICS MODULE VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: March 1, 2003 TARGET LANDING DATE: March 13, 2003 MISSION DURATION: 12 days SHUTTLE CREW: Collins, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson ISS EXPEDITION CREW 7: Malenchenko, Kaleri, Lu ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Technicians in the processing facility continue to prepare Atlantis for its March launch to the International Space Station. Orbiter Maneuvering System/Reaction Control System electrical redundancy checkout is in work. Payload bay closeouts are complete and the payload bay doors have been closed. MISSION STS-115 -- 18th ISS FLIGHT (12A) ? P3/P4 SOLAR ARRAYS VEHICLE - Endeavour/OV-105 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 23, 2003 TARGET LANDING DATE: June 3, 2003 MISSION DURATION: 10 days CREW: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean, Stefanyshyn-Piper ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Processing continues for Endeavour's STS-115 launch to the International Space Station. Removal of Endeavour's Auxiliary Power Units is complete. Orbiter Maneuvering System crossfeed disconnect is in work. ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 Shuttle Processing Note: The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for Discovery continues with Avionics Bay 3A structures modifications, and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module dedicated heat exchange and radiator isolation modification. Wire inspections and repairs are ongoing. -- 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 .
