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October 15, 2002
 
2002 Year at a Glance

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MISSION: STS-112 -- 15th ISS Flight (9A) - S1 Truss Segment 
Vehicle Atlantis/OV-104
Official Launch Date and Time October 2, 2002 at 3:45:51 p.m. EDT
Target Landing Date and Time 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)
Atlantis launches on mission STS-112.

The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis will undock with the International Space Station tomorrow and make preparations to return to Earth on Friday after successfully installing the S1 Truss Segment.
 

MISSION: STS-113 -- 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment
Vehicle Endeavour/OV-105
Target Launch Date November 10, 2002
Target Launch Period 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.
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)
The P1 Truss Segment is lowered into the payload canister.
Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled out to the launch pad over the weekend and the P-1 truss payload is currently being installed in its payload bay today. Pad Validation is complete. The Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test is currently scheduled for later this week. Preparation for propellant load, scheduled for next week, is currently in work.
 

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 late Friday.
 

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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