KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Ê
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORTÊ

Thursday, September 19, 2002 (1:30 p.m.)

 

NOTE: Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm on the KSC Home 
Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.Ê

MISSION STS-112 -- 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) Ð S1 Truss Segment


VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 2, 2002 NET

TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 Ð 6 p.m. EDT

TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 13, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 11 days

CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin

ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Final preparations for AtlantisÕ lift-off to the International Space Station 
continue in work and on schedule.  Payload installation is complete and payload bay doors are closed for 
flight.  The Helium Signature Leak Test on the Main Propellant System is complete.  Propellant loading is 
in work today.

  Yesterday, the crew for STS-112 was in town for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test which has 
been concluded successfully.

Mission managers are monitoring Tropical Storm IsidoreÕs track. There will be meetings beginning today 
and through the weekend to discuss the latest projected tracks the National Hurricane Center predicts 
for the storm.  Based on the projected path and intensity of the storm, Kennedy Space Center may begin 
preparations this weekend for possible high winds, if the storm tracks further to the east.

MISSION: STS-113 Ð 16th ISS Flight (11A) Ð P1 Truss Segment


VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: NET Nov. 10, 2002 NET

TARGET LANDING DATE: Nov. 20, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 11 days

CREW: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit; (ISS down) 
Korzun, Whitson, Treschev

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees


Shuttle Processing Note: EndeavourÕs aft and mid-body closeouts continue in work.  Payload bay doors 
are scheduled for closeout on Friday in preparation for final preparations for the upcoming launch to the 
International Space Station.

MISSION STS-107 ÐSPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION


VEHICLE Ð Columbia/OV-102

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: NET Jan. 16, 2003 NET

TARGET LANDING DATE: Feb. 1, 2003

MISSION DURATION: 16 days

CREW: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note:Ê Columbia continues processing in preparation for its research mission 
scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16, 2003.Ê

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD 

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for Discovery is underway with radiator removal and nose landing gear retraction. Wire inspections continue and will be performed throughout the entire vehicle during the OMM.

 

 

 

-- end --