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October 31, 2002
 
2002 Year at a Glance

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MISSION: STS-113 -- 16th ISS Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment
Vehicle Endeavour/OV-105
Target Launch Date November 11, 2002
Target Launch Period 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. EST
Target Landing Date November 21, 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)
Endeavour's payload bay doors close around the P1 truss payload at Pad 39A.

 Preparations for the countdown and launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39-A continue on schedule. Aft closeouts are in work today and aft doors will be installed tomorrow. The Flight Readiness Review was conducted today at the Kennedy Space Center. Following the review, mission managers selected Nov. 11 as the launch date for STS-113.
 

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 with its processing in preparation for its research mission scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 16. Payload health checks are complete and the payload bay doors will be closed today. Main engine heat shield installation continues in work today.
 

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
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
Atlantis lands at KSC following STS-112.

Post-flight inspections from STS-112 continue in preparation for STS-114, scheduled to launch early next year. Main engine removal is complete.
 

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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