Space Shuttle Processing Status 15 Oct 2001
MISSION: STS-108 – 12th ISS Flight (UF1) – MPLM
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 29, 2001 at 7:35 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 10, 2001 at 2:56 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS
down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Processing continues on schedule toward next week’s
planned orbiter/external tank mate operation. Leak checks of Endeavour’s
crew module and external airlock are complete. Auxiliary power unit
controller checks are also complete.
Last Friday, Endeavour’s payload bay doors were cycled and over the weekend
the orbiter’s midbody was cleaned. Today, technicians will close the
orbiter’s payload bay doors in preparation for rollout. Closeouts continue
in the forward and aft compartments.
MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 14, 2002 at 1:43 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 25, 2002 at 11:40 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: Over the weekend, technicians completed alignment
work on the heads-up display (HUD) located on the commander’s side of
Columbia’s cockpit. This coming weekend, workers will complete the same
work on the pilot’s HUD. Auxiliary power unit leak checks are in work this
week, along with orbiter maneuvering system electrical verifications.
MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS S0, MT
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: March 21, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 30, 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: Workers have begun planned powered down
modifications on orbiter Atlantis. This week, work to upgrade the orbiter’s
mass memory units is under way. Technicians are also replacing window No.
7. Atlantis will resume powered work in mid-December.
STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
Shuttle Processing Note: Orbiter Discovery remains in temporary storage
through late October. Discovery is scheduled to begin a thorough structural
inspection and modification period. Shuttle managers continue to assess the
content, schedule and location of this planned work period.
