John F. Kennedy Space Center Banner NASA Home Page


August 26, 2002
 
2002 Year at a Glance

Status Reports

 July 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-112 -- 15th ISS Flight (9A) - BA, ITS S1 
Vehicle Atlantis/OV-104
Target Launch Date October 2, 2002 NET
Target Landing Date October 13, 2002
Mission Duration 11 days
Crew Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
Nominal processing continues for Atlantis’ launch to the International Space Station now scheduled for no earlier than Oct. 2. Closeouts of the orbiter’s aft compartment are in work and Hydraulic/Flight Control Checkout is scheduled for this week.
 
Engineering evaluation continues on the cracks found in the bearings located in the JEL (jacking, equalization and leveling) cylinders on Crawler Transporter No. 2. Technicians have removed and replaced 14 of the 32 bearings and reinstalled the seven cylinders in Crawler No. 2. Four additional cylinders are in the process of being refurbished. Two more cylinders will be removed today. The remaining bearings will be manufactured and delivered in time to support the scheduled rollout for an Oct. 2 launch.
 

MISSION: STS-113 -- 16th ISS Flight (11A) - ITS, P1
Vehicle Endeavour/OV-105
Target Launch Date November 2, 2002
Target Landing Date November 13
Mission Duration 11 days
Crew Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit; (ISS down) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev 
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
Processing continues for Endeavour’s launch to the International Space Station. Main Propulsion System flow liner crack welding has been successfully completed. Preparations for Space Shuttle Main Engine installation are in work with engine installation beginning as early as this evening.
 

MISSION: STS-107 -- SPACEHAB/FREESTAR Microgravity Research Mission
Vehicle Columbia/OV-102
Target Launch Date January 16, 2003 NET
Target Landing Date TBD
Mission Duration 16 days
Crew Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon 
Orbital Insertion Altitude/ Inclination 150 nautical miles/39 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
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  (previous notes)
Sept. 1 has been identified as the date to begin Discovery's Orbiter Major Modification period at KSC.
 

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

08/26/2002

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