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Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: Columbia/OV-102
Shuttle & Payload Processing Status Report
Payload Processing Note
Wednesday |
Jan. 23, 2002
Yesterday in the Vertical Processing Facility, the radiator
associated with the NICMOS Cryogenic Cooler was installed
on the Multi-lightweight Equipment Carrier (MULE).
Also, members of the STS-109 flight crew began an inspection
of the HST flight hardware today. The Reaction Wheel Assembly
is scheduled to arrive at KSC the first week of February.
Kennedy
Space Center
Vehicle: Columbia/OV-102
Shuttle & Payload Processing Status Report
 Tuesday
| Jan. 29, 2002
Shuttle Columbia returned to the launch pad yesterday after
undergoing 2½ years of comprehensive maintenance, modification
and processing operations that have made the senior member
of the orbiter fleet safer and more versatile than ever.
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Columbia remains on schedule for the Feb. 28 launch of STS-109,
the fourth mission to retrieve and service the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST).
The orbiter rolled out from high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly
Building (VAB) 23 minutes early at 6:37 a.m. after several
delays last week caused by a requirement to adjust the steering
linkage of the crawler-transporter. The Shuttle was locked
down on Launch Pad 39A at 1:03 p.m., after covering the three-mile
trip at a speed of .9 mph. CLICK
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Friday | Jan. 25, 2002
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.
Wednesday | Jan. 23, 2002
The rollout of Shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle Assembly
Building (VAB) to Pad A was postponed this morning because
of a steering problem detected in the crawler-transporter
shortly after it left High Bay 3.
The problem was identified as a faulty bearing in the steering
linkage. The bearing will be replaced and verified later today.
The rollout has been rescheduled to Thursday morning.
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