John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

November 20, 2001


2001 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	October 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-108 -- 12th ISS Flight (UF1) - Raffaello MPLM

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Nov. 29, 2001 at 7:41 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Dec. 10, 2001 at 3:16 p.m.
Mission Duration	10 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes
Crew	Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS-4 up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS-3 down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Launch preparations for Shuttle Endeavour remain on schedule at Pad B. Ordnance installation and pressurization of the hypergolic propellant system are complete. Work in progress includes final stowage in both the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) and the crew compartment. External Tank purge and aft closeouts are under way. No work is scheduled for the Thanksgiving holidays (Thursday-Friday). Over the weekend, the launch crew will begin preparations for picking up the final countdown, scheduled for 11 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. The seven STS-108 crewmembers will arrive at KSC on Sunday, Nov. 25.

MISSION: STS-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Feb. 14, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Feb. 25, 2002
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	308 nautical miles/28.5 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Columbia is in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) undergoing pre-launch processing for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Airlock verification and Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) leak and functional testing are continuing, and preparations are under way to install the Main Engine heat shields.

MISSION: STS-110 -- 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0, MT

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	March 21, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	April 1, 2002
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles /51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Atlantis is powered down in its OPF bay as scheduled modification work continues. Processing operations will resume in mid-December.

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle

Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Shuttle managers continue to assess the content, schedule and location for the structural inspection and modification down period for Orbiter Discovery. System deservicing continues with removal of the right Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) pod. Discovery will be rolled back for temporary storage in the Vehicle Assembly Building next week.

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