KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Monday, October 7, 2002 (6:30 p.m.)

For the latest Shuttle status on the web visit <http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm>. 

For the latest launch weather forecast visit  
<http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/weatstat/forecast.htm>.  

Visit <http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm>  for the latest 
schedule of future Shuttle missions.  KSC press releases can be found at 
<http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/release.htm>.  The KSC home page can be 
found at <http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/>. 

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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 7, 2002 
OFFICIAL LAUNCH TIME: 3:45:51.074 p.m. (EDT)
TARGET LANDING DATE:  Oct. 18, 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:  The Space Shuttle Atlantis flawlessly lifted off Launch Pad 
39-B today on time at 3:45:51.074 p.m. and rocketed toward space with the six member 
crew to begin the 111th Shuttle mission and the 15th mission to the International Space 
Station (ISS). 

The crew will dock with the ISS to deliver the S1 Truss Segment on Oct. 9 at about 11:29 
a.m. EDT.

	Quick look data indicates the Shuttle engines performed normally during the 
eight minutes of powered flight, as did the Solid Rocket Boosters. The retrieval ships 
Liberty Star and Freedom Star are in the recovery area in the Atlantic Ocean, 
approximately 140 miles east of Cape Canaveral assessing the status of the two spent 
booster casings. The ships will return the segments to Hangar AF for post-flight 
evaluation at Cape Canaveral about noon on Wednesday. 


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