Space Shuttle Processing Status 23 Nov 2002
MISSION: STS-111 – 14th ISS Flight (UF2) – MPLM
- VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105
- OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 23, 2002
- OFFICIAL LAUNCH TIME: 7:49:47 p.m. EST
- TARGET LANDING DATE: Dec. 4, 2002 at about 3:49 p.m. EST
- MISSION DURATION: 11 days
- SHUTTLE CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington
- ISS CREW UP: Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit
- ISS CREW DOWN: Korzun, Whitson, Treschev
- ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Following a flawless countdown, Shuttle Endeavour illuminated the Florida coast and lifted off at 7:49:47 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39-A on mission STS-113 to the International Space Station. Although inclement weather was a concern early in the count at the Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) sites in Zaragoza and Moron Spain, the weather cooperated to provide a brilliant beginning to the 11-day mission.
This mission marks the 16th Shuttle flight to the International Space Station and the fifth and final Shuttle mission this year. Mission STS-113 is the 19th flight of the orbiter Endeavour and the 112th flight overall in NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.
On mission STS-113, astronauts will deliver the Expedition Six crew and the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Structure to the International Space Station. During the seven days Endeavour will be docked to the Station, three spacewalks will be performed dedicated to connecting the P1 truss to the port side of the S0 truss, already in place on the Station.
Solid Rocket Booster retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star are positioned in the recovery area some 140 miles east of Cape Canaveral ready to pick up and assess the status of the two spent booster casings. The ships are scheduled to return to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station no earlier than Monday, Nov. 25.
