KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT 
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001 (3:00 p.m.)

NOTE: This is an orbiter processing report and does not necessarily reflect
the chronological order of upcoming Space Shuttle flights. Visit
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm on the KSC Home
Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.  Past status
reports can be found at:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/status.htm

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

 VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
 KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec. 5, 2001 at 5:19 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 17, 2001 at 12:55 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

           Shuttle Endeavour is in its eighth day on orbit with no
significant problems encountered during the STS-108 mission. Endeavour is
scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday
and land at KSC at 12:55 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17.


MISSION: STS-109 - HST Servicing  Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 14, 2002  
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE:  Feb. 25, 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 pre-launch
preparations in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), being readied for the
STS-109 Hubble Telescope servicing mission on Feb. 14. Subsystem checkouts
continue, along with Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) leak and functional tests
and potable water servicing. The KU-band antenna has been successfully
deployed and work is in progress to change out and retest APU unit No. 3.



MISSION: STS-110  - 13th  ISS Flight (8A) - ITS SO TRUSS AND MOBILE
TRANSPORTER

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
    TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: March 21, 2002 
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: April 1, 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: Two and one-half months of planned modification
work on Orbiter Atlantis in the OPF will be completed early next week. The
vehicle will be powered back up on Wednesday, Dec. 19 to continue the
processing flow for the STS-110 mission to the ISS. Drag chute installation
has been completed and replacement and retest of APU No.3 is in work. In the
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the STS-110 stack (External Tank/Solid
Rocket Boosters) has been mated and closeouts are in progress.

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note:  Orbiter Discovery is in temporary storage in a
high bay of the VAB 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. 

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