Space Shuttle Processing Status 9 Nov 2002

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

VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 11, 2002 at 12:59 a.m.
TARGET LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 21, 2002 at about 8:17 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
SHUTTLE CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington
ISS CREW UP: Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit
ISS CREW DOWN: Korzun, Whitson, Treschev
ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Countdown activities continue on schedule
for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space
Station. Mission managers met Friday afternoon and are working no
technical issues at this time that would prevent an on time launch of
Endeavour. At the Pad, filling of the on-board Power Reactant and Storage
Distribution tanks with the needed liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
to support the mission was completed this morning, with final Space
Shuttle Main Engine checks beginning this afternoon. Tomorrow
afternoon, managers will meet again to give the go ahead to begin filling the
External Tank with more than 500,000 gallons of liquid propellant.

Weather forecasters predict a ridge of high pressure to extend across
south Florida early Monday morning causing slight concerns for
isolated showers in the Kennedy Space Center area during the launch window.
The probability of weather at KSC prohibiting launch is 20 percent
and only 5 percent of weather issues prohibiting tanking activities. If
a launch delay was required, there is a 30 percent chance of weather
prohibiting launch for a 24-hour turnaround and a 60 percent chance
of weather prohibiting launch for a 48-hour turnaround.