Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 3 Oct 2002

By SpaceRef Editor
October 3, 2002
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MISSION STS-112 — 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – S1 Truss Segment

  • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
  • TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 7, 2002 NET
  • TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 – 6 p.m. EDT
  • TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 18, 2002
  • MISSION DURATION: 11 days
  • CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
  • ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees

Shutt

le Processing Note: Hurricane Lili made landfall well east of Houston,
Texas, providing the Johnson Space Center team the opportunity to begin
preparing for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Monday, Oct. 7.

Mission Control Center (MCC) in Houston was powered down Wednesday morning
due to the projected path of Hurricane Lili threatening the Texas coast.
After the treat of the storm passed, power-up and verification operations
began in the MCC and will continue throughout the weekend. The MCC plans to
“meet-up” with Kennedy Space Center during communication activation
activities once the MCC is fully operational.

Command and Control of the International Space Station was transferred to
Moscow yesterday evening and will be transferred back to the MCC in Houston
this evening.

During the next few days at the Kennedy Space Center, the Launch Control
Team will continue to monitor the Shuttle Atlantis and maintain its
readiness for launch on Monday. At Launch Pad 39-B, the liquid oxygen and
liquid hydrogen reactants of Atlantis’ power reactant and storage
distribution system were drained yesterday and preparations are in work to
re-load them on Saturday.

The STS-112 crew stayed in Florida throughout this delay and spent their
time relaxing, reviewing flight plans and practicing entry procedures in the
Shuttle Training Aircraft.

SpaceRef staff editor.