Space Shuttle Processing Status 4 Oct 2002

MISSION STS-112 — 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – S1 Truss Segment

• VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
• TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 7, 2002
• TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 – 6 p.m. EDT
• TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 18, 2002
• MISSION DURATION: 11 days
• CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
• ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Space Shuttle Atlantis is poised at the pad for its
Monday launch to the International Space Station as Mission Control Center
(MCC) in Houston continues power-up procedures following a shut-down earlier
this week due to the threat of Hurricane Lili.

Command and Control of the International Space Station has been
re-established in Houston following the transfer of control to the MCC in
Moscow due to the storm. Power-up and verification operations will continue
throughout the weekend. The MCC plans to “meet-up” with Kennedy Space Center
during communication activation activities and will be ready to support
countdown activities beginning Sunday.

Over the weekend, the Launch Control Team at Kennedy Space Center will
continue to monitor the vehicle and maintain its readiness to support launch
on Monday. At Launch Pad 39-B, the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
reactants of Atlantis’ power reactant and storage distribution system was
drained on Wednesday and preparations are in work to re-load tomorrow.

The STS-112 crew stayed in Florida this week and spent their time relaxing,
reviewing flight plans and practicing entry procedures in the Shuttle
Training Aircraft.

Weather forecasters are currently indicating a 40 percent chance of weather
violating launch criteria. The primary concern is due to the possible threat
of thunderstorms in the vicinity of KSC. A complete weather forecast can be
found at http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/weatstat/forecast.htm

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

• VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
• TARGET LAUNCH DATE: NET Nov. 10, 2002
• TARGET LANDING DATE: NET Nov. 20, 2002
• MISSION DURATION: 11 days
• CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox,
• Budarin, Pettit; (ISS down) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev
• ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Operations are in work to complete the mating
operations of Endeavour to the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters.
Endeavour and its payload, the P1 Truss Segment, will be transferred to the
launch pad next week in preparation for its upcoming launch to the
International Space Station.