Space Shuttle Processing Status 21 Mar 2002
MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS S0 TRUSS AND MOBILE TRANSPORTER
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: April 4, 2002, Launch period: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST
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: The seven STS-110 crewmembers were at KSC earlier this week to participate in the Shuttle Atlantis Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test that was completed on Tuesday. Loading of the hypergolic fuels is in process and the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) hot fire tests are scheduled for Friday. Weekend work includes replacement and retest of a Master Events Controller and an APU hydraulic pump in the right aft Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), after x-rays indicated a possible problem with bolt inserts that secure the pump to the SRB. Shuttle Atlantis remains on schedule for its launch to the International Space Station on April 4.
MISSION: STS-111 – 14th ISS Flight (UF2) – MPLM
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 6, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: May 17, 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: In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), the Hydraulic/Flight Control test on Shuttle Endeavour has been successfully completed. Potable water servicing and final aft closeouts are in work in preparation for the STS-111 mission
MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR RESEARCH MISSION
VEHICLE -Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: NET July 11, 2002
TARGET LANDING DATE: July 27, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
ORBITAL INSERTION ANGLE AND INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Post-landing processing of Shuttle Columbia continues in the OPF. The Hubble payload components have been off-loaded and work is in progress to remove the Remote Manipulator System and de-service the hypergolic residual propellants. X-rays of the freon coolant loops are continuing.
ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is in the OPF awaiting the start of its Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy Space Center late this summer.
