Space Shuttle Processing Status 6 Dec 2002

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

• VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105
• LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 23, 2002 at 7:49:47 p.m. EST
• LANDING DATE: Dec. 7, 2002 at 2:37 p.m. EST
• MISSION DURATION: 14 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: A little after 1:15 p.m. EST, flight controllers at
Johnson Space Center decided to wave off today’s landing attempts for
Shuttle Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center for the third consecutive day.
Weather continued to deteriorate in the KSC vicinity due to a slow moving
cold front with low clouds, crosswind concerns and thunderstorms, forcing
the Shuttle to remain on orbit until Saturday.

The Spaceflight Meteorology Group predicts improved weather conditions
during tomorrow’s landing attempts for both Kennedy Space Center and Edwards
Air Force Base in Calif., which will be called up as a backup landing site
tomorrow.

Endeavour has four potential opportunities to land tomorrow, two at Kennedy
Space Center and two at Edwards Air Force Base. The first of two landing
opportunities available at KSC is at 2:37 p.m. EST with deorbit burn
occuring at 1:32 p.m. The second landing opportunity for KSC would be 4:15
p.m. EST. The first attempt at Edwards Air Force Base is 5:45 p.m. EST, with
the second at 7:22 p.m. EST.

This mission makes the first time in Shuttle program history that a landing
has been waved off for three consecutive days.