KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Monday, Dec. 17, 2001 (4:00 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. 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 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 Processing Note: Shuttle Endeavour made a smooth touch down on KSC Runway 15 at the appointed time of 12:55 p.m. today, completing the sixth Space Shuttle flight of the year -- the STS-108 crew transfer mission, after almost 12 days in space. Commander Dominic Gorie brought Endeavour home on the first opportunity of the day after flight managers gave a go for landing weather at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). The four STS-108 astronauts emerged from the crew cabin about 1¸ hours after landing for the traditional walk-around of the orbiter before proceeding to the crew quarters for a reunion with their families. They were joined by the Expedition Three crewmembers who returned after 129 days on board the International space station. Endeavour was scheduled to be towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) at about 5 p.m. to begin de-serving operations. An initial inspection indicates that the orbiter is in excellent shape after completing its 4.8 million mile mission. Damage to the thermal protection system was typical with 57 debris hits on the lower surface, 14 of them greater than one inch, and nine hits on the upper surface, five of them greater than one inch. Unofficial Landing Times EST MET Main gear touchdown 12:55.11 p.m. 11 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes, 43 seconds Nose gear touchdown 12:55.24 p.m. 11 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds Wheel stop 12:56.17 p.m. 11 days, 19 hours, 36 minutes, 49 seconds 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: Pre-launch processing for Shuttle Columbia continues in the OPF for the Hubble Telescope servicing mission scheduled for Feb. 14. Work recently completed includes hydraulic operations, installation and checkout of the radar altimeter and verification testing on Auxiliary Power Unit No.3. The payload doors will be closed this evening in preparation for the Christmas holidays. 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: Shuttle Atlantis will be powered up this Wednesday when pre-launch processing resumes after 2 ¸ months of planned modification work in the OPF. Drag chute installation and retest checkout of APU No. 3 are complete, and work is in progress to install the avionics black boxes on board the orbiter. 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. -- end --