Space Shuttle Processing Status 19 Apr 2002
MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS S0 TRUSS AND MOBILE TRANSPORTER
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
KSC LAUNCH DATE: Monday, April 8, 2002
LAUNCH TIME: 4:44:19 p.m.
KSC LANDING DATE: April 19 at 12:27 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/19 hours/43 minutes/48 seconds
CREW: Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim
Shuttle Processing Note: Commander Mike Bloomfield guided Shuttle Atlantis
to a smooth touch down on south-north Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center
today, completing a record-setting 11- day STS-110 construction mission to
the International Space Station (ISS).
Atlantis’ main landing gear touched down on the Shuttle Landing Facility
(SLF) runway on the first opportunity at about 12:27 p.m. after logging more
than 4.5 million miles during 171orbits of the earth. The seven STS-110 crew
members exited the Crew Transfer Vehicle about 1¸ – hours after landing to
perform the traditional walk-around inspection of the orbiter before
proceeding to their crew quarters. The astronauts are scheduled to return to
Houston tomorrow.
The records belong to Mission Specialist Jerry Ross who completed his
seventh Shuttle flight, the most of any astronaut in history, and also set
the American mark for space walking time at 58 hours, 18 minutes on 9 EVAs
during his seven flights.
Initial inspections of Atlantis indicate the orbiter has r14ned in good
shape. Atlantis sustained 65 debris hits during the mission, 17 of them an
inch or greater. Overall, the number of hits is below the normal.
Later this afternoon, after safing operations are completed at the SLF,
Atlantis will be towed to its Orbiter Processing Facility bay to begin
de-servicing and recycle operations for its next mission, the STS-112 flight
to the ISS in August.
Unofficial Shuttle Landing Timetable:
Nose Gear 12:26:57 p.m. 10 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes, 38 seconds
MET
Main Gear 12:27:09 p.m. 10 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes, 50 seconds
MET
Wheels Stop 12:28:07p.m. 10 days, 19 hours, 43 minutes, 48 seconds
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