KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT 
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 (3:30 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: Feb. 28, 2002  
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE:  March 11, 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: The rollout of Shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle 
Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad 39A has been tentatively rescheduled for no 
earlier than Saturday morning due to requirements to continue 
trouble-shooting and verifying a faulty bearing in the steering linkage on one of 
the crawler-transporter's (CT) four "trucks."  In addition, NASA management 
mandated that all of the trucks on the CT be inspected and verified prior to 
commencing rollout activities. The rollout had been scheduled for Wednesday, 
Jan. 23, but was delayed due to the crawler problem. No impact to the 
prelaunch milestones or launch date is expected. 


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