Space Shuttle Processing Status 11 Feb 2002
MISSION: STS-109 HST Servicing Mission 3B
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 28, 2002 at 6:48 a.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 11, 2002 at 3:33 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 308 nautical miles/28.5
degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Columbia remains on schedule for the
planned liftoff of the Hubble Servicing Mission at 6:48 a.m. EST on
Feb. 28. At Pad A, hypergolic oxidizer loading is in progress and is
expected to be completed late tonight. The operation was rescheduled
due to the failure of a poppet in a second Fill and Drain Quick
Disconnect (QD) during servicing last Friday. The launch team opted to
complete hypergolic fueling on Saturday and make the QD repairs before
resuming the oxidizer fill. The Auxiliary Propulsion Unit (APU) hot
fire is scheduled for tomorrow after the Rotating Service Structure
(RSS) is moved to the parked position. The Hubble payload will be
transferred to the pad early Wednesday and will be installed onboard
Columbia late this week.
MISSION: STS-110 13th ISS Flight (8A) ITS SO TRUSS
AND MOBILE TRANSPORTER
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: April 4, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: April 15, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6
degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) high
bay, work on Shuttle Atlantis continues to complete re-alignment of 14
boltholes in Orbiter
Maneuvering System (OMS) attach point No. 5 before the OMS pod is
installed. Heat
shield installation is in work and servicing of the APU water spray
boiler is complete.
MISSION: STS-111 14th ISS flight (UF2) – MPLM
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 2, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: May 13, 2002
CREW: Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin; (ISS up) Korzun,
Whitson, Treschev; (ISS down) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6
degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Endeavour is undergoing pre-launch
processing in the OPF. Preparations for the Payload Premate Test and
Power Reactant Storage and Distribution (PRSD) checkout are in
progress.
ORBITER MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION PERIOD
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is in the OPF awaiting the start of
its Orbiter Maintenance and Modification (OMM) period at the Kennedy
Space Center that is scheduled to begin late this summer.