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STS-107 (113)
- Columbia (28)
- Pad 39-B (52)
- KSC Landing (62) (Planned)
- 113th Shuttle Mission
- NOTE: Click Here for Countdown Homepage
Crew:
- Rick D. Husband (2), Commander
- William C. McCool (1), Pilot
- Michael P. Anderson (2), Payload Commander
- Kalpana Chawla (2), Mission Specialist
- David M. Brown (1), Mission Specialist
- Laurel B. Clark (1), Mission Specialist
- Ilan Ramon (1), (ISA) Payload Specialist
Milestones:
- OPF -- 3/12/02 (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 3/12/2002)
- VAB -- 11/18/02 (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 11/18/2002)
- PAD -- 12/09/02 (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 12/09/2002)
Payload:
- SpaceHab-DM Research Mission, Freestar
Mission Objectives:
Click here for Additional Info on STS-107 Research Mission, Freestar (MEIDEX,SOLSE-2,CVX-2,SOLCON-3, LPT,SEM,PSRD)
- The FREESTAR payload is a Hitchhiker payload through the GSFC Code
- 870 Shuttle Small Payloads Project. FREESTAR consists of separate
- experiments and the Hitchhiker (HH) Carrier (HHC) avionics mounted
- on a cross-bay HH Multipurpose Equipment Support Structure
- (MPESS). The carrier avionics provides the interface to the
- electrical systems, the payload power control, and command and
- telemetry capabilities. Examples of some of the experiments that
- FREESTAR can carry are MEIDEX, SOLSE-2, CVX-2, SOLCON-3,
- LPT, SEM, and PSRD.
Launch:
January 16, 2003 - 10:39 a.m. EDT (15:39 GMT)
- On Thursday, 1/16/03, the launch countdown proceeded as scheduled. At 9:18 a.m. EST, a go was given to close the hatch. At 10:10 a.m. EST, the countdown clock exited the planned hold at the T-minus 20 minute mark. At 10:31 a.m. EST, the countdown clock came out of the planned hold at the T-minus 9 minute mark. At 10:35 a.m. EST, a go was given for APU start. Launch occurred at the opening of the launch window.
- On Friday, May 24, 2002, in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), processing continues for Columbia's STS-107 microgravity research mission. Workers installed the SPACEHAB/FREESTAR payload into Columbia's payload bay after managers determined the small scratch on a support attachment was not a concern. Installation of Space Shuttle Main Engines and servicing of Freon Loop No. 1 is in work. (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 5/24/2002)
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- Previous launch dates were July 11, 2002, April 4, 2002 and before that January 11, 2001.
Orbit:
- Altitude: 150 nm
- Inclination: 39
- Orbits: 255
- Duration: 15 days, 22 hours, minutes, seconds. (Estimated)
- Distance: miles
Hardware:
- SRB:
- SRM:
- ET :
- MLP :
- SSME-1: SN-
- SSME-2: SN-
- SSME-3: SN-
Landing:
- KSC February 1, 9:16 a.m. 2003 (Estimated - Landing did not occur)
- Deorbit burn occured at 8:15 a.m. EST (1315 GMT) for a planned
- landing on KSC Runway 33. Communication was lost with Columbia at 9:00am
- EST while Columbia was at approximately 200,000ft over Central Texas
- while the vehicle was traveling at 12,500 mph.
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Mission Highlights:
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Last Updated Saturday February 1 11:49:43 EDT 2003Jim Dumoulin (dumoulin@titan.ksc.nasa.gov)
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