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October 10, 2002
 
2002 Year at a Glance

Status Reports

 August Status Reports
 
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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-112 -- 15th ISS Flight (9A) - S1 Truss Segment 
Vehicle Atlantis/OV-104
Official Launch Date October 2, 2002
Official Launch Time 3:45:51 p.m. EDT
Target Landing Date October 18, 2002 at 11:46 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration 11 days
Crew Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)

The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis met up with the crew of the International Space Station when the orbiter and ISS docked yesterday in preparation of installation of the S1 Truss Segment.

 

The retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star have returned to Cape Canaveral with the spent solid rocket booster for engineering inspections.

 

MISSION: STS-113 -- 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment
Vehicle Endeavour/OV-105
Target Launch Date November 10, 2002 NET
Target Launch Time 10:30 p.m. (Nov. 9) to 2:30 a.m. (Nov. 10)
Target Landing Date November 20, 2002
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
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
Space Shuttle Endeavour is on the Mobile Launch Platform, mated to the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters.  Preparations are in work to transport Endeavour to the launch pad to begin the final phase of processing in anticipation of launch next month. Mission managers are keeping an eye on weather conditions as a result of Tropical Depression Kyle that is heading towards the east coast of Florida. The P-1 Truss Segment payload was delivered to the pad this morning.
 

MISSION: STS-107 -- SPACEHAB/FREESTAR Microgravity Research Mission
Vehicle Columbia/OV-102
Target Launch Date January 16, 2003 NET
Target Landing Date February 1, 2003
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)
Columbia continues processing in preparation for its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16.  Polishing and welding is in work on the flow-liners.  Engine installation is scheduled to begin next Wednesday.
 

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD
Vehicle Discovery/OV-103
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
The Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period for Discovery continues with wire inspections in the crew module this week.
 

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