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MISSION:
STS-112
-- 15th
ISS Flight (9A) - S1 Truss Segment |
| Vehicle |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| Target Launch Date |
October 7, 2002 |
| Target Launch
Period |
2 - 6 p.m. EDT |
| Target Landing Date |
October 18, 2002 |
| Mission Duration |
11 days |
| Crew |
Ashby, Melroy, Wolf,
Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin |
| Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination |
122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous notes) |
 Space Shuttle Atlantis is poised at the pad for its Monday launch to the International Space Station as Mission Control Center (MCC) in Houston continues power-up procedures following a shut-down earlier this week due to the threat of Hurricane Lili.
Command and Control of the International Space Station has been re-established in Houston following the transfer of control to the MCC in Moscow due to the storm. Power-up and verification operations will continue throughout the weekend. The MCC plans to “meet-up” with Kennedy Space Center during communication activation activities and will be ready to support countdown activities beginning Sunday.
Over the weekend, the Launch Control Team at Kennedy Space Center will continue to monitor the vehicle and maintain its readiness to support launch on Monday. At Launch Pad 39-B, the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen reactants of Atlantis’ power reactant and storage distribution system was drained on Wednesday and preparations are in work to
reload tomorrow.
The STS-112 crew stayed in Florida this week and spent their time relaxing, reviewing flight plans and practicing entry procedures in the Shuttle Training Aircraft.
Weather forecasters are currently indicating a 40 percent chance of weather violating launch criteria. The primary concern is due to the possible threat of thunderstorms in the vicinity of KSC. A complete weather forecast can be found at
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/weatstat/forecast.htm
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MISSION:
STS-113 --
16th ISS
Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment |
| Vehicle |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| Target Launch Date |
November 10, 2002
NET |
| Target Landing Date |
November 20, 2002
NET |
| 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 |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
Operations are in work to complete the mating operations of Endeavour to the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters. Endeavour and its payload, the P1 Truss Segment, will be transferred to the launch pad next week in preparation for its upcoming launch to the International Space Station.
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