KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Thursday, March 7, 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
KSC LAUNCH DATE: March 1, 2002 at 6:22 a.m.
KSC LANDING DATE:  March 12, 2002 at 4:35 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: Shuttle Columbia is on orbit completing Flight Day 7 of the 
STS-109 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Freon loop No. 1 remains stable 
and all other systems onboard are performing normally. Astronauts Jim Newman and 
Mike Massimino successfully completed the fourth spacewalk of the mission in 7¸ 
hours today, replacing the telescope's original Faint Object Camera with the Advanced 
Camera for Surveys.


MISSION: STS-110  - 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0 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 rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building 
(VAB) yesterday, and space vehicle mate with the Solid Rocket Boosters and External 
Tank is in progress. Atlantis remains on schedule for the launch of the STS-110 
mission to the International Space Station on April 4. The Shuttle Interface Test, 
verifying the integrity of the complete space vehicle, will be conducted this weekend 
in preparation for rollout to the launch pad.


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: Prelaunch preparations continue to run smoothly with 
Shuttle Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), preparing for the STS-111 
mission in May. Main Propulsion system leak checks and remote manipulator system 
verification are complete. Water spray boiler testing is in progress and preparations 
are under way for hydraulic and subsystem checks tomorrow. The seven STS-111 
crewmembers will be here at KSC to participate in the Crew Equipment and Interface 
Test this weekend. 


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

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is in the OPF awaiting the start of its Orbiter 
Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy Space 
Center late this summer.  

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