Space Shuttle Processing Status 23 May 2002

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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LAUNCH DATE: May 30, 2002

LAUNCH PERIOD: 4-8 p.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE: June 11, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 12 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: Final preparations continue at Pad A for next
Thursday’s launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space
Station.

During routine testing, technicians observed that temperatures in the
Auxiliary Power Unit’s coolant system (water spray boiler No. 3) did not
reach proper levels in the times required. Workers will enter the aft
engine compartment tonight to inspect the water spray boiler and look for
possible leaks. The system will be recycled and managers will determine if
additional work is required. At this time, no impact to the launch schedule
is expected.

At the pad in the orbiter’s payload bay, late-stow items are being placed in
the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module today. Launch countdown preparations are
beginning, with the countdown scheduled to pick up early next week.

MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION

VEHICLE – Columbia/OV-102

LAUNCH DATE: July 19, 2002

KSC LANDING DATE: August 4, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 16 days

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

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

Shuttle Processing Note: In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF),
processing continues for Columbia’s STS-107 microgravity research mission.
Installation of the SPACEHAB/FREESTAR payload was temporarily delayed giving
payload mangers time to evaluate a small scratch on a payload support
attachment noticed by technicians this morning. Installation of Space
Shuttle Main Engine No. 1 is scheduled for tomorrow, and servicing of Freon
Loop No. 1 is in work.

MISSION STS-112 — 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – BA, ITS S1

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

LAUNCH DATE: August 22, 2002

KSC LANDING DATE: September 1, 2002

MISSION DURATION: 10 days

CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin

ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Processing continues in the OPF for Atlantis’
scheduled launch to the International Space Station this August. Replacement
of window No. 2 is complete. Preparations for right-hand Orbiter Maneuvering
System removal and replacement of window No. 8 is in work.

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.