Space Shuttle Processing Status 14 Mar 2002

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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: April 4, 2002

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: April 15, 2002

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: Preparations for the launch of Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 4 are on schedule following its rollout to the launch pad on Tuesday. Pad validations are complete and work is underway to hook up the quick disconnects for the Auxiliary Power Units (APU’s) and the Orbiter Maneuvering System, in preparation for hypergolic fuel loading next week. During the weekend the bolts for the APU hydraulic pumps in the orbiter and the Solid Rocket Boosters will be x-rayed to verify the integrity of the bolt inserts. Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities are set for next week at KSC

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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 6, 2002

TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: May 17, 2002

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 preparations continue on schedule in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for the launch of Shuttle Endeavour to the ISS in May. Water spray boiler checkouts and servicing of the potable water system are in progress. Installation of the main landing gear wheels, equipped with new properly tempered bearings, is in work.

MISSION STS-107 – Freestar Research Mission

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102

TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: July 11, 2002

TARGET LANDING DATE: July 27, 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: After completing the highly successful Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, Shuttle Columbia is back in the OPF undergoing safing operations prior to starting the processing flow for its next mission, the STS-107 Freestar/Spacehab research flight in July. The fuel cell cryogenic residuals have been off-loaded and X-ray and ultrasound operations will begin later today to pinpoint the location of the contamination that caused degraded performance of Freon loop No. 1 during the STS-109 mission.

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.