John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 7, 2002


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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-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	NET Feb. 21, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	March 4, 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 final pre-launch checkouts in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). Verification testing of Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) No. 3 is complete. Aft closeouts are in progress. Shuttle managers will reassess the launch date for STS-109 later this week, pending Hubble Space Telescope payload status.

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

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	NET 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 and Inclination	122 nautical miles /51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Work continues on Shuttle Atlantis in the OPF to remove two Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) pods to inspect the status of attach point No.5 and make repairs, if necessary. Over the weekend, hypergolic de-servicing of the OMS cross feed line was completed. Aft flight deck reconfiguration is in work.

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 and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Post-landing checkout of the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) and OMS pods aboard Shuttle Endeavour are in progress in the OPF. The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is scheduled to be removed from the payload bay today.

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 Vehicle Assembly Building 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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