Space Shuttle Processing Status 22 Aug 2002

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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 2, 2002 NET

TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 13, 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: At a meeting this afternoon, mission managers moved
Atlantis’ launch date to no earlier than Oct. 2 to accommodate for repairs
needed on the Crawler Transporters. Nominal processing continues with the
completion of heat shield installation and the beginning of closeouts of the
orbiter’s aft compartment.

Engineering evaluation continues on the cracks found in the bearings located
in the JEL (jacking, equalization and leveling) cylinders on Crawler
Transporter No. 2. Technicians have removed eight of the 16 cylinders to
perform visual inspections of all 32 bearings on the crawler. Twenty-five
bearings have been identified as good for crawler activities. The remaining
bearings are scheduled to be manufactured and delivered by Labor Day
weekend, in time to support the scheduled rollout for an Oct. 2 launch.

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, Pettit; (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. Technicians have completed all of the polishing
of both the downstream and upstream Main Propulsion System flow liner slots
on Endeavour. Welding of the cracks found in the liners is scheduled to
begin today. Space Shuttle Main Engine installation is scheduled for 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.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Shuttle Processing Note: Sept. 1 has been identified as the date to begin
Discovery’s Orbiter Major Modification period at KSC.