Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 28 Oct 2002

By SpaceRef Editor

October 28, 2002

Filed under Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle Processing Status, US

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

VEHICLE: ENDEAVOUR/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 10, 2002
TARGET LAUNCH TIME: 12:00 a.m. – 4: 00 a.m.
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
preparing for its lift off to the International Space Station next month.
Hypergolic propellant loading is complete and aft closeouts are in work.
Tomorrow technicians will perform a check out of the spacesuits. The Flight
Readiness Review is scheduled for Thursday at KSC. Following this meeting, a
firm launch date is expected to be announced.

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. Engine
installation and leak checks are complete and heat shield installation is in
work.

MISSION STS-114 — 17TH ISS FLIGHT (UFL1) – CREW ROTATION/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: Post-flight inspections from STS-112 continue in
preparation for STS-114, scheduled to launch early next year. Heat shields
have been removed with engine removal scheduled for Tuesday.

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.