KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Friday, Jan. 25, 2002 (3 p.m. EST)

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 on the KSC Home
Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.  

MISSION: STS-109 - HST Servicing  Mission 3B

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 28, 2002  
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE:  March 11, 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: The rollout of Shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle
Assembly Building (VAB) high bay to Pad A has been rescheduled for Monday,
Jan. 28, with first motion at 7 a.m.. Verification testing of the operation
of the steering linkage in all four of the crawler-transporter truck drives
is in progress. No impact is expected on the STS-109 launch date or the
milestone processing events leading up to it.

MISSION: STS-110  - 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS SO TRUSS AND MOBILE
TRANSPORTER

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: April 4, 2002 
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: April 15, 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: Shuttle Atlantis is undergoing prelaunch
preparations in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). The payload premate
test is complete and main propulsion leak checks are in work. Inspection of
the condition of attach point No.5 continues after the left-hand Orbiter
Maneuvering System (OMS) pod was removed last Wednesday.

MISSION: STS-111 - 14th ISS flight (UF2) - MPLM

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 2, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE:  May 13, 2002
CREW: Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin; (ISS up) Korzun, Whitson,
Treschev; (ISS down) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Auxiliary Propulsion System (APS) leak and
functional checks are being conducted on Shuttle Endeavour in the OPF. The
pitch actuator for Main Engine No. 1 is being removed to repair a faulty
connector.

STRUCTURAL INSPECTION & MODIFICATION PERIOD
 
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is scheduled to be moved back to the OPF
from temporary storage in  the VAB high bay on Monday. No decision has been
made by Shuttle managers on the content, schedule and location for the
structural inspection and modification down period.

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