KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, September 3, 2002 (1:30 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-112 -- 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) - BA, ITS S1
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 2, 2002 NET
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 - 6 p.m.
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: Nominal processing continues for Atlantis' launch
to the International Space Station now scheduled for no earlier than Oct. 2.
The orbiter is currently installed on the Orbiter Transporter in preparation
for its move to be stacked with the Solid Rocket Boosters and External Tank.
Over the weekend, technicians noted a concern in the mid-body regarding
movement of the Manipulator Positioning Mechanism that is attached to the
Remote Manipulator System in the payload bay. Engineers are reviewing the
information to determine a resolution and if additional work will be
necessary.
Technicians have removed and replaced all of the 32 bearings located in the
JEL (jacking, equalization and leveling) cylinders and reinstalled the 16
cylinders on Crawler Transporter No. 2. The retest is scheduled for late
this week.
MISSION: STS-113 - 16th ISS Flight (11A) - ITS, P1
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 2, 2002 NET
TARGET LANDING DATE: TBD
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: Endeavour continues processing for its upcoming
launch to the International Space Station. Remote Manipulator System
checkout is complete. Main Propulsion System leak checks and ammonia
servicing are in work.
MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY
RESEARCH MISSION
VEHICLE - Columbia/OV-102
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 16, 2003 NET
TARGET LANDING DATE: Jan. 27, 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: Nominal processing has been completed in
preparation for Columbia's research mission now scheduled for no
earlier than Jan. 16.
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 will be performed throughout the entire vehicle
during the OMM and began in the crew compartment this week.
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