KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002 (12:00 noon)

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 at 6:48 a.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE:  March 11, 2002 at 3:33 a.m.
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 Shuttle Management Team is participating in the
Flight Readiness Review today to assess the status of Shuttle Columbia's
STS-109
Mission, currently scheduled for Feb. 28. At Pad A, the Rotating Service
Structure was moved to the parked position to prepare for the Auxiliary
Power Unit (APU) hot fire later today. The Hubble payload will be delivered
to the pad early tomorrow and the Reaction Wheel Assembly will be replaced
with a new unit before the payload is installed aboard Columbia on Sunday. A
Risk Assessment Team is continuing its investigation to determine the stress
integrity of the bolts that attach the hydraulic pumps to the three APUs. 


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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
    TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: 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: Shuttle Atlantis is in an Orbiter Processing
Facility (OPF) high bay undergoing pre-launch preparations for the STS-110
mission. The right hand Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) pod has been
installed after completion of repairs to the attach point No. 5 bolt holes.
Electrical connections are in progress.


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: The Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) will be
delivered to the OPF today for installation on Orbiter Endeavour early next
week. The Payload Premate Test and verification of the Power Reactant
Storage and Distribution (PRSD) system are in progress.


ORBITER MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION PERIOD
 
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is in the OPF awaiting the start of its
Orbiter Maintenance and Modification (OMM) period at the Kennedy Space
Center that is scheduled to begin late this summer. The vehicle will be
powered up today for spotlight checks.

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