KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT 
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 (2 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-109 - HST Servicing  Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE:  NET 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: Pre-launch operations have resumed in the Orbiter 
Processing Facility (OPF) after the Christmas holidays, preparing Columbia for 
the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission scheduled for no earlier than 
Feb. 21. Verification testing of replaced Auxiliary Power Unit No. 3 is 
complete and fuel connections will be worked this weekend. Forward and aft 
closeouts are in progress.


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 is underway in the OPF to remove both Orbiter 
Maneuvering System (OMS) pods on Shuttle Atlantis to inspect the integrity of 
the fittings on attach point No. 5, and make repairs if necessary. The OMS 
cross-feed line will be drained this weekend and the left pod will be removed 
next week. The payload doors have been opened and AC power continuity 
checks are in progress.


MISSION: STS-111 - 14th ISS flight (UF2) - MLPM

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: De-serving of residual propellants from Orbiter 
Endeavour    is complete. Preparations are being made to check out the 
Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) and the OMS pods. The Raffaello 
Multi-Purpose Logistic Module will be removed from the payload bay early next 
week.


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.

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