Space Shuttle Processing Status 26 Sep 2002

MISSION STS-112 — 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – S1 Truss

• VEHICLE:Atlantis/OV-104
• TARGET LAUNCH DATE:Oct. 2, 2002 NET
• TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD:2 – 6 p.m. EDT
• 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: Final preparations for Atlantis’ lift-off to the International Space Station next week continue in work. Launch countdown preparations continue, aft closeouts continue with doors scheduled for installation today. The Extravehicular Mobility Units also have been installed and checked out. Mission managers continue to monitor several tropical storms though none are expected in the KSC vicinity in the near term and no work is being held up as we proceed on schedule for launch.

MISSION: STS-113 – 16th ISS Flight (11A) – P1 Truss Segment

• VEHICLE:Endeavour/OV-105
• TARGET LAUNCH DATE:Nov. 10, 2002 NET
• 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 INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION:122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note:Endeavour’s forward and window closeouts continue in work in preparation for rollover to begin final preparations for the upcoming launch to the International Space Station in November.

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. 

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD VEHICLE:Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note:The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period forDiscovery is underway with radiator removal and nose landing gear retraction. Wire inspections continue and will be performed throughout the entire vehicle during the OMM.