Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 11 Mar 2002

By SpaceRef Editor
March 11, 2002
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MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102

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

KSC LANDING DATE: March 12, 2002 at 4:32 a.m. EST

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: The Shuttle Columbia astronauts return to Earth tomorrow morning after completing the highly successful 11-day STS-109 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Columbia is scheduled to touch down at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at 4:32 a.m. EST. The weather forecast for landing is favorable with a scattered cloud cover and the possibility of isolated showers offshore. A second landing opportunity occurs at 6:13 a.m. EST.

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 is in the Vehicle Assembly Building undergoing final preparations for rollout to the launch pad for the April 4 flight of STS-110 to the International Space Station. Space vehicle mate and the Shuttle Interface Test were completed over the weekend.

MISSION: STS-111 – 14th ISS Flight (UF2) – MPLM

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 6, 2002

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: May 17, 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: Pre-flight operations for Shuttle Endeavour remain on schedule in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for the STS-111 launch to the ISS in May. A major milestone was completed over the weekend when the STS-111 astronauts participated in the Crew Equipment and Interface Test. Work in progress includes potable water servicing and Integrated Hydraulic/Flight Control testing.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

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.

SpaceRef staff editor.