Space Shuttle Procesing Status 7 Mar 2002

MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102

KSC LAUNCH DATE: March 1, 2002 at 6:22 a.m.

KSC LANDING DATE: March 12, 2002 at 4:35 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 is on orbit completing Flight Day 7 of the STS-109 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Freon loop No. 1 remains stable and all other systems onboard are performing normally. Astronauts Jim Newman and Mike Massimino successfully completed the fourth spacewalk of the mission in 7¸ hours today, replacing the telescope’s original Faint Object Camera with the Advanced Camera for Surveys.

MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS S0 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: Shuttle Atlantis rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) yesterday, and space vehicle mate with the Solid Rocket Boosters and External Tank is in progress. Atlantis remains on schedule for the launch of the STS-110 mission to the International Space Station on April 4. The Shuttle Interface Test, verifying the integrity of the complete space vehicle, will be conducted this weekend in preparation for rollout to the launch pad.

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: Prelaunch preparations continue to run smoothly with Shuttle Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), preparing for the STS-111 mission in May. Main Propulsion system leak checks and remote manipulator system verification are complete. Water spray boiler testing is in progress and preparations are under way for hydraulic and subsystem checks tomorrow. The seven STS-111 crewmembers will be here at KSC to participate in the Crew Equipment and Interface Test this weekend.

ORBITER MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION PERIOD

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.