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March 18, 2002

 
2002 Year at a Glance

Status Reports

February 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/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 remains on schedule for the launch of the STS-110 mission to the International Space Station on April 4. At the launch pad, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test and the helium signature test are underway.  Hypergolic fuel loading is scheduled for later this week and the Rotating Service Structure will be moved to the parked position on Friday for the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) hot fire. X-rays of the APU hydraulic pump bolts in the orbiter and boosters are complete and are under evaluation.
 

MISSION: STS-111 -- 14th ISS Flight (UF2) - MPLM

Vehicle Endeavour/OV-105
Target KSC Launch Date/Time May 6, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time May 17, 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)

Shuttle Endeavour is in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) undergoing final checkouts for the STS-111 launch in May. The Integrated Hydraulic/Flight Control test and payload bay closeouts are in work.
 

MISSION: STS-107 -- Freestar Research Mission

Vehicle Columbia/OV-102
Target KSC Launch Date/Time July 11, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time July 27, 2002
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)

In the OPF, the payload doors of Shuttle Columbia have been opened and work is underway to remove the Hubble payload components onboard. X-ray and ultra-sound testing of freon coolant loops No. 1 and No. 2 are continuing to identify and isolate the contamination that caused degraded performance of freon loop No.1 during the recently completed STS-109 mission.
 

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle Discovery/OV-103
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)

Discovery is in the OPF awaiting the start of its Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy Space Center late this summer.  
 

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