John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 25, 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	Feb. 28, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	March 11, 2002
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
Orbital Insertion Altitude/ Inclination	308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

The rollout of Shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) high bay to Pad A has been rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 28, with first motion at 7 a.m.. Verification testing of the operation of the steering linkage in all four of the crawler-transporter truck drives is in progress. No impact is expected on the STS-109 launch date or the milestone processing events leading up to it.

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

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Shuttle Atlantis is undergoing prelaunch preparations in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). The payload premate test is complete and main propulsion leak checks are in work. Inspection of the condition of attach point No.5 continues after the left-hand Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) pod was removed last Wednesday.

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

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Auxiliary Propulsion System (APS) leak and functional checks are being conducted on Shuttle Endeavour in the OPF. The pitch actuator for Main Engine No. 1 is being removed to repair a faulty connector.

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle

Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Discovery is scheduled to be moved back to the OPF from temporary storage in the VAB high bay on Monday. No decision has been made by Shuttle managers on the content, schedule and location for the structural inspection and modification down period.

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