Space Shuttle Processing Status 21 Oct 2002
MISSION: STS-113 – 16th ISS Flight (11A) – P1 Truss Segment
- VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105
- TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 10, 2002
- TARGET LAUNCH TIME: 10:30 p.m. (Nov. 9) – 2:30 a.m. (Nov. 10)
- TARGET LANDING DATE: Nov. 20, 2002
- MISSION DURATION: 11 days
- CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit; (ISS down) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Space Shuttle Endeavour is at Launch Pad 39-A. The
payload bay doors were closed Thursday and the Terminal Countdown
Demonstration Test was complete on Friday. The helium signature leak test is
in work today. Also in work today are the preparations for propellant
loading which is scheduled to begin on Thursday.
MISSION: STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION
- VEHICLE – Columbia/OV-102
- TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 16, 2003 NET
- TARGET LANDING DATE: Feb. 1, 2003
- 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: Columbia continues processing in preparation for
its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16. Polishing,
welding and cleaning on the flow-liners are complete. Shuttle main engine
installation began today.
MISSION: STS-114 — 17TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – MULTI-PURPOSE LOGISTICS MODULE
- VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
- TARGET LAUNCH DATE: March 1, 2003
- TARGET LANDING DATE: March 12, 2003
- MISSION DURATION: 11 days
- SHUTTLE CREW: Collins, Kelly, Noguchi, Robinson
- ISS EXPEDITION CREW 7: Malenchenko, Moschenko, Lu
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Atlantis landed at KSC on Friday following a
successful mission to install the S1 truss segment to the International
Space Station. The orbiter’s thermal protection system sustained a total of
107 hits of which 25 had a major dimension of 1-inch or larger, well within
what is considered the normal range. Tire and brake inspections revealed
nothing out of the ordinary. Post-flight inspections are in work to prepare
Atlantis for its next mission to the International Space Station.
Engineers continue to evaluate a problem that prevented the detonation of
one of two sets of small explosives that release bolts that hold the
Shuttle’s solid rocket boosters to the launch platform and release ground
connections to the external tank. This system did not operate as designed at
liftoff of STS-112. A second redundant system fired normally and all
pyrotechnic bolts were safely released.
Engineers are checking systems on Atlantis, including the onboard
Master Events Controller, wiring and connections related to the pyrotechnics
as part of the investigation. Checks of related equipment on the Mobile
Launcher Platform also are ongoing. The analysis has not yet reached a
conclusion, although some ground equipment is being replaced as a
precaution.
ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
Shuttle Processing Note: The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for
Discovery continues with wire inspections in the crew module this week.