Space Shuttle Processing Status 8 Jan 2002
MISSION: STS-109 – HST Servicing Mission 3B
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: N.E.T. Feb. 21, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 4, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Columbia is undergoing final prelaunch checkouts in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). Verification testing of Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) No. 3 is complete. Aft closeouts are in progress. Shuttle managers will reassess the launch date for STS-109 later this week, pending Hubble Space Telescope payload status.
MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS SO TRUSS and MOBILE TRANSPORTER
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: NET April 4, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: April 15, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Work continues on Shuttle Atlantis in the OPF to remove two Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) pods to inspect the status of attach point No.5 and make repairs, if necessary. Over the weekend, hypergolic de-servicing of the OMS cross feed line was completed. Aft flight deck reconfiguration is in work.
MISSION: STS-111 – 14th ISS flight (UF2) – MPLM
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 2, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: May 13, 2002
CREW: Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin; (ISS up) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev; (ISS down) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Post-landing checkout of the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) and OMS pods aboard Shuttle Endeavour are in progress in the OPF. The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) was removed from the payload bay Monday and transported to the Space Station Processing Facility.
STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
Shuttle Processing Note: Orbiter Discovery is in temporary storage in a high bay of the Vehicle Assembly Building awaiting a decision by Shuttle managers on the content, schedule and location for the structural inspection and modification down period. Discovery is scheduled to return to the OPF in mid-January.
