Space Shuttle Processing Status 18 Oct 2002

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 EDT
• OFFICIAL LANDING DATE and TIME: Oct. 18, 2002 at 11:44.35 a.m. EDT
• 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 safely returned
to Earth this morning after a successful mission installing the S1 Truss
Segment.

The total distance Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-113 traveled was 4.5
million miles. Main gear touchdown occurred at 11:43.40 a.m. EDT with a
mission elapsed time (MET) of 10 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes and 49 seconds.
Nose gear touchdown occurred at 11:43.48 EDT with an MET of ten days, 19
hours, 57 minutes and 57 seconds. Wheel stop occurred at 11:44.35 EDT with
an MET of ten days, 19 hours, 58 minutes and 44 seconds.

The crew and Orbiter were met by the new state-of-the art Convoy Command
Vehicle commissioned earlier this year. The new 40-foot vehicle replaced a
15-year-old model, and will be used following Shuttle landings as the prime
vehicle to control critical communications between the orbiter, the crew and
the Launch Control Center, to monitor the health of the Shuttle Orbiter
systems and to direct convoy operations at the Shuttle Landing Facility.

About an hour after touchdown, the STS-112 crew was taken to their KSC
quarters to meet with their families and undergo additional physical
examinations. A post-mission press conference with select members of the
STS-112 crew is scheduled to occur at the KSC News Center at approximately
5:00 p.m. this evening.