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September 25, 2002
 
2002 Year at a Glance

Status Reports

 August Status Reports
 
Note

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
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
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
Atlantis on Pad 39BFinal preparations for Atlantis’ lift-off to the International Space Station next week continue on schedule. Final ordinance operations are complete. Launch countdown preparations and aft closeouts continue, and the Extravehicular Mobility Units are being installed today. Mission managers continue to monitor several tropical storms though none are expected in the KSC vicinity in the near term and no work is being held up as we proceed on schedule for launch.
 

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
 

Shuttle Processing Note  (previous notes)
Endeavour’s forward closeouts continue in work. The functional retest on adjustments made on the Manipulator Positioning Mechanism that is attached to the Remote Manipulator System was successful. Payload bay doors have been closed in preparation for rollover and mate to the external tank.
 

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. 
 

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD
Vehicle Discovery/OV-103
 

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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