John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

April 4, 2002
6:00 p.m. EST


2002 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	March 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-110 -- 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0 TRUSS, MOBILE TRANSPORTER

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Target KSC Launch Date	NET Sunday, April 7, 2002
Launch period	2 - 6 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date	TBD
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

The countdown for Shuttle Atlantis entered a 72-hour turnaround cycle following today's launch scrub due to a weld leak in a ground support gaseous hydrogen vent line on the east side of the Mobile Launcher Transporter. The countdown was stopped at 9:27 a.m. after the leak was identified shortly after the fast fill loading of the liquid hydrogen propellants had begun. The turnaround plan includes allotted time to perform the weld repairs on the hydrogen line and return the vehicle to a timeline to resume the countdown, leading to a liftoff no earlier than Sunday. The Mission Management Team will meet Friday morning to assess the scope of work to be accomplished.

Following the scrub, the launch team returned the orbiter to a safe condition before engineers entered the pad to make their inspections. An engineering team has determined that a clamshell weld can be performed in place on the side of the Mobile Launcher Platform. Work at the pad tonight includes off-loading the mid-deck payload experiments and returning the Rotating Service Structure to its closed position around Atlantis.

The seven STS-110 crewmembers have elected to remain at the Kennedy Space Center over the weekend to continue their final preparations for launch.

The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Newsroom offers an electronic subscription service for status reports, news releases and other notices issued from KSC. There are two possible ways to subscribe. You may send a blank e-mail message to ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov or follow the instructions on the Web site at http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. The system will confirm the request via e-mail.


KSC Home Page	Site Search	FAQ's	Site Survey	Customer Forum	NASA Centers	Privacy Statement	Headlines

Page Last Revised	Page & Curator Information
04/04/2002	Curator: Kay Grinter (Kay.Grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov) -- InDyne, Inc. Web Development: JBOSC Web Development Team A Service of the NASA/KSC External Relations and Business Development Directorate JoAnn H. Morgan, Director