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		Countdown & Launch Info
			Mission Elapsed Time: Launch Date: Mar 1, 2002 Launch Time: 6:22 am EST Launch Pad: KSC 39A Mission Duration: 11 days Landing Date: Mar 12, 2002 Landing Time: 4:32 am EST Landing Site: KSC Orbiter: Columbia (OV-102) Servicing Mission Number: SM3B Shuttle Mission Number: STS-109 Columbia flight No. 27 Inclination/Altitude: 28.5 degrees / 308 nautical miles Crew Members: (click here for more info on the crew) Mission Commander: Scott Altman Mission Pilot: Duane Carey Payload Commander / MS 1: John Grunsfeld Mission Specialist 2: Nancy Currie Mission Specialist 3: Richard Linnehan Mission Specialist 4: James Newman Mission Specialist 5: Michael Massimino  learn more... 384 kb    153 kb    Countdown Milestones: Launch Day T-3    Initiate final countdown at T-43 hour mark Launch Day T-2    Load fuel cell cryogenic propellants Launch Day T-1    Move Rotating Service Structure (RSS) to park position.    External Tank cryogenic propellant loading Launch Day (Friday, Mar. 1)    Astronauts depart crew quarters (3:04 a.m.)    Crew ingress (about 3:34 a.m.)    Hatch closure (about 4:48 a.m.)    Lift-off (6:48 a.m.) Click here for more details about the countdown...	Into the Night :: The Space Shuttle Columbia roars into the night sky on its last mission STS-93 in 1999. It has been selected to carry the SM3B payload for STS-109.   Kicking up a Cloud :: The exhaust from a shuttle plumes outward during a launch.
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