Space Shuttle Processing Status 18 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: Shuttle Atlantis remains on schedule for the launch of the STS-110 mission to the International Space Station on April 4. At the launch pad, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test and the helium signature test are underway.

Hypergolic fuel loading is scheduled for later this week and the Rotating Service Structure will be moved to the parked position on Friday for the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) hot fire. X-rays of the APU hydraulic pump bolts in the orbiter and boosters are complete and are under evaluation.

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: Shuttle Endeavousion in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) undergoing final checkouts for the STS-111 launch in May. The Integrated Hydraulic/Flight Control test and payload bay closeouts are in work.

MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ 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: In the OPF, the payload doors of Shuttle Columbia have been opened and work is underway to remove the Hubble payload components onboard. X-ray and ultra-sound testing of freon coolant loops No. 1 and No. 2 are continuing to identify and isolate the contamination that caused degraded performance of freon loop No.1 during the recently completed 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.