Space Shuttle Processing Status 15 Aug 2002

MISSION STS-112 — 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – BA, ITS S1

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Sept. 28, 2002 NET

TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 9, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 11 days

CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin

ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Processing continues for Atlantis’ launch to the
International Space Station. Polishing, welding and all testing has been
successfully completed on the liquid hydrogen flow liners in the orbiter’s
Main Propulsion System (MPS). Preparations for engine installation are in
work and installation is scheduled to begin late this evening.

Engineering evaluation continues on the cracks found in the bearings located
in the JEL (jacking, equalization and leveling) cylinders on Crawler
Transporter No. 2. Managers are reviewing possible solutions, including
using crawler No. 1 as is, taking good bearings from crawler No. 1 and
placing them on crawler No. 2, and replacing the bearings on No. 2 with new
bearings from the vendor. A decision as to how to move forward is expected
as early as next week.

MISSION: STS-113 – 16th ISS Flight (11A) – ITS, P1

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 2, 2002 NET

TARGET LANDING DATE: Nov. 13, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 11 days

CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox,
Budarin, Thomas; (ISS down) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Processing continues for Endeavour’s launch to the
International Space Station. Now that work is complete on Atlantis’ flow
liners, technicians have begun to polish the flow liner slots on Endeavour.
Welding of the cracks found in the liners is scheduled to begin early next
week.

MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION

VEHICLE – Columbia/OV-102

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 29, 2002 NET

TARGET LANDING DATE: Dec. 15, 2002
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: Nominal processing has been completed in
preparation for Columbia’s research mission now scheduled for no earlier
than Nov. 29. Columbia was moved to a storage facility to await flow liner
repairs prior to its next mission.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is awaiting the start of its Orbiter
Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy
Space Center late this summer.