Space Shuttle Processing Status 11 Apr 2002

MISSION: STS-110 – 13th ISS Flight (8A) – ITS S0 TRUSS AND MOBILE TRANSPORTER

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

KSC LAUNCH DATE: Monday, April 8, 2002

LAUNCH TIME: 4:44:19 p.m.

KSC LANDING DATE: April 19 at 12:46 p.m.

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 was successfully launched Monday, April 8 at 4:44 p.m. carrying the seven STS-110 crewmembers on their 11-day construction mission to the International Space Station. On-orbit operations began ahead of schedule on the International Space Station today with astronauts Rex Walheim and Steve Smith performing the first of four mission space walks to install the S-0 Truss and Canadarm 2 Mobile Transporter.

Retrieval Ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star returned to Cape Canaveral yesterday with the twin Solid Rocket Boosters in tow. Recovery operations went smoothly and there were no booster anomalies.

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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 31, 2002

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: June 10, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 11 days

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: Pre-launch operations with Shuttle Endeavour continue in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). Work in progress includes preparations for final payload bay door closure and installation of the External Tank door power drive units. Technicians have replaced six bolts on the Orbiter Maneuvering System engine flange that did not meet specifications.

MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR RESEARCH MISSION

VEHICLE -Columbia/OV-102

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: July 19, 2002

TARGET LANDING DATE: August 3, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 16 days

CREW: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

ORBITAL INSERTION ANGLE AND INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Mission managers have rescheduled the launch of the STS-107 Spacehab/Freestar Research Mission to July 19 to allow additional time to complete orbiter processing operations. Preparations are underway with Columbia in the OPF to re-service Freon coolant loop No. 1 after the line was purged to remove some trapped contaminates. X-ray inspections of coolant loop No. 2 are continuing. A control panel has been removed from the crew compartment to replace a faulty relay.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery is in the OPF awaiting the start of its Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy Space Center late this summer.