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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. (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 |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
Space Shuttle Endeavour is at Launch Pad 39-A. The payload bay doors were closed Thursday and the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test was complete on Friday. The helium signature leak test is in work today. Also in work today are the preparations for propellant loading which is scheduled to begin on Thursday.
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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 |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
| Columbia continues processing in preparation for its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16. Polishing, welding and cleaning on the flow-liners are complete. Shuttle main engine installation began today. |
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MISSION:
STS-114
-- 17th
ISS Flight (ULF1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics Module |
| Vehicle |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| Official Launch Date
and Time |
March 1, 2003 |
| Target Landing Date
and Time |
March 12, 2003 |
| Mission Duration |
11 days |
| Crew |
Collins, Kelly,
Noguchi, Robinson |
| ISS Expedition Crew
7 |
Malenchenko,
Moschenko, Lu |
| Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination |
122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous notes) |
 Atlantis landed at KSC on Friday following a successful mission to install the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station. The orbiter’s thermal protection system sustained a total of 107 hits of which 25 had a major dimension of 1-inch or larger, well within what is considered the normal range. Tire and brake inspections revealed nothing out of the ordinary. Post-flight inspections are in work to prepare Atlantis for its next mission to the International Space Station.
Engineers continue to evaluate a problem that prevented the detonation of one of two sets of
sm all explosives that release bolts that hold the Shuttle's solid rocket boosters to the launch platform and release ground connections to the external tank. This system did not operate as designed at liftoff of STS-112. A second redundant system fired normally and all pyrotechnic bolts were safely released.
Engineers are checking systems on Atlantis, including the onboard Master Events Controller, wiring and connections related to the pyrotechnics as part of the investigation. Checks of related equipment on the Mobile Launcher Platform also are ongoing. The analysis has not yet reached a conclusion, although some ground equipment is being replaced as a precaution.
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ORBITER
MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD |
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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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