Space Shuttle Processing Status 30 Nov 2001

MISSION: STS-108 – 12th ISS Flight (UF1) – MPLM

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec. 4, 2001 at 5:45 p.m. EST

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 15, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. EST

CREW: Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS
down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin

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

The STS-108 mission has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 4 to allow
sufficient time for the Expedition Three crew on the Space Station to
successfully complete a spacewalk on Monday to clear an obstruction on the
latching mechanism on the Russian Progress supply vehicle. At Pad 39-B, the
launch team made preparations for a 96-hour turnaround for the launch of
Shuttle Endeavour at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

The seven-member STS-108 crew will remain at KSC through the weekend. The
commander and pilot will fly in the Shuttle training aircraft several times
throughout the weekend as the remainder of the crew review their flight
plans.

Today the rotating service structure was moved back around the vehicle, the
Orbiter mid-body umbilical was reconnected and a series of Shuttle safety
walk downs were conducted. The vehicle will remain powered up in launch
configuration during the turnaround process in a hold at T-11 hours. Booster
retrieval ships Freedom Star and Liberty Star are scheduled to return to
their berths at Hangar AF at 9 p.m. tonight. They will deploy again to the
impact area on Monday.

On Sunday, the pad will be cleared at 4 p.m. to start reservicing the
on-board fuel cells. The rotating service structure will be moved to the
parked position at 9:30 p.m. Monday night and the countdown will resume at
T-11 hours at 2:47 a.m. Tuesday. The countdown will enter a one-hour
built-in-hold at T-6 hours, and a shuttle manager’s meeting will be held to
assess status prior to starting propellant tanking at 8:47 a.m.

The long-range forecast is favorable with a 20 percent chance of weather
prohibiting the launch on Tuesday. In the booster recovery area 200 miles
east of Jacksonville the ships will encounter 4-6 foot seas and easterly
winds 12-16 knots.

CREW FOR MISSION STS-108

• Commander (CDR): Dominic Gorie
  
• Pilot (PLT): Mark Kelly
  
• Mission Specialist 1: Linda Godwin
  
• Mission Specialist 2: Daniel Tani
  
• Expedition Four: MS 4 Yuri Onufrienko
  
• Expedition Four: MS 5 Daniel Bursch
  
• Expedition Four: MS 3 Carl Walz
  

SUMMARY OF STS-108 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Tuesday, Dec. 4

8:30 a.m. Crew wake up

9 a.m. Breakfast

9:30 p.m. Medical checks

12:00 p.m. Lunch

*12:40 p.m. Photo opportunity

1:15 p.m. Weather Briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)

1:15 p.m. Don flight suits (MS1, MS3, MS4, MS5)

*1:25 p.m. Don flight suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)

*1:55 p.m. Depart for launch pad

*2:25 p.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress

*3:40 p.m. Close crew hatch

*5:45 p.m. Launch

* Televised events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern