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MISSION:
STS-109
-- HST
Servicing Mission 3B |
| Vehicle |
Columbia/OV-102 |
| Target KSC Launch
Date/Time |
Feb. 28, 2002 at
6:48 a.m. EST |
| Target KSC Landing
Date/Time |
March 11, 2002 at
3:33 a.m. EST |
| Mission Duration |
11 days |
| Crew |
Altman, Carey,
Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino |
| Orbital Insertion
Altitude/ Inclination |
308
nautical miles/28.5 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
| Final preparations for the launch of Shuttle Columbia on the Feb. 28 STS-109 mission continue on schedule at Pad A. The Countdown Demonstration Test was completed on Friday and the helium signature test is in progress. Hypergolic servicing of the vehicle starts Wednesday and the Auxiliary Power Units (APU's) will undergo hot fire tests on Friday. The lube oil in APU No.3 will be drained in order to replace a faulty transducer in the unit. Final cleaning of the payload bay is complete and the Hubble payload will be delivered to the pad early next week.
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MISSION:
STS-110
-- 13th
ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0 TRUSS, MOBILE TRANSPORTER |
| Vehicle |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| Target KSC Launch Date/Time |
April 4, 2002 |
| Target KSC Landing Date/Time |
April 15, 2002 |
| Mission Duration |
11 days |
| Crew |
Bloomfield, Frick,
Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim |
| Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination |
122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous notes) |
| Shuttle Atlantis is in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) being readied for the STS-110 space station mission scheduled for April 4. Repairs to attach point No. 5 in the left hand Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) are complete and the pod has been re-installed. The right hand pod will be pulled tomorrow to inspect the attach point bolts and make repairs if necessary. The Crew Equipment and Interface Test was completed over the weekend. |
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MISSION:
STS-111 --
14th ISS
Flight (UF2) - MPLM |
| Vehicle |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| Target KSC Launch
Date/Time |
May 2, 2002 |
| Target KSC Landing
Date/Time |
May 13, 2002 |
| Crew |
Cockrell,
Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin; (ISS-5 up) Korzun, Whitson,
Treschev; (ISS-4
down) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz |
| Orbital Insertion
Altitude/Inclination |
122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
| Processing of Shuttle Endeavour continues in the OPF. Change out of three thrusters in the right-hand OMS pod will be completed tonight and mid-body configurations are in work. |
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STRUCTURAL
INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
| Orbiter Discovery is in the OPF awaiting a decision by Shuttle managers on the content, schedule and location for the structural inspection and modification down period. |
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