Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 10 Oct 2002

By SpaceRef Editor
October 10, 2002
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MISSION STS-112 — 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – S1 Truss Segment

  • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
  • OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Oct. 7, 2002 at 3:45:51
  • TARGET LANDING DATE and TIME: Oct. 18, 2002 at 11:46 a.m.
  • MISSION DURATION: 11 days
  • CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
  • ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis met up with the
crew of the International Space Station when the orbiter and ISS docked
yesterday in preparation of installation of the S1 Truss Segment.

The retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star have returned to Cape
Canaveral with the spent solid rocket booster for engineering inspections.

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

  • VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
  • TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 10, 2002
  • TARGET LAUNCH TIME: 10:30 p.m. (Nov. 9) – 2:30 a.m. (Nov. 10)
  • TARGET LANDING DATE: Nov. 20, 2002
  • MISSION DURATION: 11 days
  • CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit; (ISS down) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev
  • ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Space Shuttle Endeavour is on the Mobile Launch
Platform, mated to the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters.
Preparations are in work to transport Endeavour to the launch pad to begin
the final phase of processing in anticipation of launch
next month. Mission managers are keeping an eye on weather conditions as a
result of
Tropical Depression Kyle that is heading towards the east coast of Florida.
The P-1 Truss Segment payload was delivered to the pad this morning.

MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION

  • VEHICLE – Columbia/OV-102
  • TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 16, 2003 NET
  • TARGET LANDING DATE: Feb. 1, 2003
  • MISSION DURATION: 16 days
  • CREW: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
  • ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Columbia continues processing in preparation for
its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16. Polishing and
welding is in work on the flow-liners. Engine installation is scheduled to
begin next Wednesday.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for
Discovery continues with wire inspections in the crew module this week.

SpaceRef staff editor.