Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 14 Feb 2002

By SpaceRef Editor
February 14, 2002
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MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 28, 2002 at 6:48 a.m.

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 11, 2002 at 3:33 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: The Shuttle Management Team is participating in the
Flight Readiness Review today to assess the status of Shuttle Columbia’s
STS-109
Mission, currently scheduled for Feb. 28. At Pad A, the Rotating Service
Structure was moved to the parked position to prepare for the Auxiliary
Power Unit (APU) hot fire later today. The Hubble payload will be delivered
to the pad early tomorrow and the Reaction Wheel Assembly will be replaced
with a new unit before the payload is installed aboard Columbia on Sunday. A
Risk Assessment Team is continuing its investigation to determine the stress
integrity of the bolts that attach the hydraulic pumps to the three APUs.

MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS SO 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 an Orbiter Processing
Facility (OPF) high bay undergoing pre-launch preparations for the STS-110
mission. The right hand Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) pod has been
installed after completion of repairs to the attach point No. 5 bolt holes.
Electrical connections are in progress.

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: The Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) will be
delivered to the OPF today for installation on Orbiter Endeavour early next
week. The Payload Premate Test and verification of the Power Reactant
Storage and Distribution (PRSD) system are in progress.


ORBITER MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION PERIOD

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103


Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is in the OPF awaiting the start of its
Orbiter Maintenance and Modification (OMM) period at the Kennedy Space
Center that is scheduled to begin late this summer. The vehicle will be
powered up today for spotlight checks.

SpaceRef staff editor.