Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 31 Oct 2002

By SpaceRef Editor

October 31, 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. 11, 2002
TARGET LAUNCH TIME: 12:00 a.m. – 4: 00 a.m.
TARGET LANDING DATE: Nov. 21, 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: Preparations for the countdown and launch of Space
Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39-A continue on schedule. Aft closeouts
are in work today and aft doors will be installed tomorrow. The Flight
Readiness Review was conducted today at the Kennedy Space Center. Following
the review, mission managers selected Nov. 11 as the launch date for
STS-113.

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 with its processing in
preparation for its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16.
Payload health checks are complete and the payload bay doors will be closed
today. Main engine heat shield installation continues in work today.

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. Main engine
removal is complete.

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.