John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

December 13, 2001


2001 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	November Status Reports

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 for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.

MISSION: STS-108 -- 12th ISS Flight (UF1) - Raffaello MPLM

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
KSC Launch Date/Time	Dec. 5, 2001 at 5:19 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Dec. 17, 2001 at 12:55 p.m. EST
Crew	Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS-4 up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS-3 down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Note (previous notes)

Shuttle Endeavour is in its eighth day on orbit with no significant problems encountered during the STS-108 mission. Endeavour is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday and land at KSC at 12:55 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17.

MISSION: STS-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Feb. 14, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Feb. 25, 2002
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 (previous notes)

Shuttle Columbia is undergoing pre-launch preparations in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), being readied for the STS-109 Hubble Telescope servicing mission on Feb. 14. Subsystem checkouts continue, along with Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) leak and functional tests and potable water servicing. The KU-band antenna has been successfully deployed and work is in progress to change out and retest APU unit No. 3.

MISSION: STS-110 -- 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0 TRUSS, MOBILE TRANSPORTER

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	March 21, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	April 1, 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 (previous notes)

Two and one-half months of planned modification work on Orbiter Atlantis in the OPF will be completed early next week. The vehicle will be powered back up on Wednesday, Dec. 19 to continue the processing flow for the STS-110 mission to the ISS. Drag chute installation has been completed and replacement and retest of APU No.3 is in work. In the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the STS-110 stack (External Tank/Solid Rocket Boosters) has been mated and closeouts are in progress.

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle

Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Orbiter Discovery is in temporary storage in a high bay of the VAB awaiting a decision by shuttle managers on the content, schedule and location for the structural inspection and modification down period. Discovery is scheduled to return to the OPF in mid-January.

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