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MISSION:
STS-112
-- 15th
ISS Flight (9A) - S1 Truss Segment |
| Vehicle |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| Target Launch Date |
October 2, 2002 |
| Target Launch
Period |
2 - 6 p.m. EDT |
| Target Landing Date |
October 13, 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) |
 Final preparations for Atlantis’
liftoff to the International Space Station continue in work
and on
schedule. Payload installation is complete and payload bay doors are closed for flight. The Helium
Signature Leak Test on the Main Propellant System is complete. Propellant loading is in work today.
Yesterday, the crew for STS-112 was in town for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test which has been concluded successfully.
Mission managers are monitoring Tropical Storm Isidore’s track. There will be meetings beginning today and through the weekend to discuss the latest projected tracks the National Hurricane Center predicts for the storm. Based on the projected path and intensity of the storm, Kennedy Space Center may begin preparations this weekend for possible high winds, if the storm tracks further to the east.
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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 |
| 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) |
| Endeavour’s aft and mid-body closeouts continue in work. Payload bay doors are scheduled for closeout on Friday in preparation for final preparations for the upcoming launch to the International Space Station. |
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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, 2003. |
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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 is
under way with radiator removal and nose landing gear retraction. Wire inspections continue and will be performed throughout the entire vehicle during the OMM. |
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