Space Shuttle Processing Status 25 Jan 2002

MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 28, 2002

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 11, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 11 days

CREW: Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: The rollout of Shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle
Assembly Building (VAB) high bay to Pad A has been rescheduled for Monday,
Jan. 28, with first motion at 7 a.m.. Verification testing of the operation
of the steering linkage in all four of the crawler-transporter truck drives
is in progress. No impact is expected on the STS-109 launch date or the
milestone processing events leading up to it.

MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS SO TRUSS AND MOBILE
TRANSPORTER

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: April 4, 2002

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: April 15, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 11 days

CREW: Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Atlantis is undergoing prelaunch
preparations in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). The payload premate
test is complete and main propulsion leak cgth=s are in work. Inspection of
the condition of attach point No.5 continues after the left-hand Orbiter
Maneuvering System (OMS) pod was removed last Wednesday.

MISSION: STS-111 – 14th ISS flight (UF2) – MPLM

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 2, 2002

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: May 13, 2002

CREW: Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin; (ISS up) Korzun, Whitson,
Treschev; (ISS down) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Auxiliary Propulsion System (APS) leak and
functional checks are being conducted on Shuttle Endeavour in the OPF. The
pitch actuator for Main Engine No. 1 is being removed to repair a faulty
connector.

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is scheduled to be moved back to the OPF
from temporary storage in the VAB high bay on Monday. No decision has been
made by Shuttle managers on the content, schedule and location for the
structural inspection and modification down period.