Space Shuttle Processing Status 19 June 2002
MISSION: STS-111 – 14th ISS Flight (UF2) – MPLM
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 5, 2002 at 5:22:49 p.m. EDT
KSC LANDING DATE: June 19, 2002 at 1:58 p.m. EDT
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: After two consecutive days of landing attempts at
the Kennedy Space Center, Commander Ken Cockrell guided Shuttle Endeavour to
a smooth landing on southwest-northeast runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base
in California, marking the completion of a successful mission to the
International Space Station.
After logging 5.8 million miles during 217 orbits, Endeavour’s main landing
gear touched down at about 1:58 p.m. The crew members exited the Orbiter to
the Crew Transfer Vehicle about one hour after landing and the four STS-111
crew members performed the traditional walk-around inspection. The
astronauts are scheduled to return to Houston to be reunited with their
families at the crew return ceremony on Friday.
Expedition Four crew members Dan Bursch and Carl Walz surpassed the previous
U.S. spaceflight duration record held by Shannon Lucid since 1996, with a
record-setting 196 days in space. Also, Walz holds the record for the most
cumulative days in space with 231 days.
Later this afternoon, Endeavour will be towed to the mate-demate device at
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in preparation to be mated to the
modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) for its ferry flight to Kennedy
Space Center scheduled to leave on Monday, June 24. The SCA will land at the
Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC and Endeavour will be towed to the Orbiter
Processing Facility to begin deservicing and processing for its next
mission, the STS-113 mission to the ISS in October.
Unofficial Shuttle Landing Timetable:
Main Gear 1:57:41 EDT 13 days, 20 hours, 34 minutes, 52 seconds
MET
Nose Gear 1:57:53 EDT 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 04 seconds
MET
Wheel Stop 1:58:45 EDT 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds
MET