Space Shuttle Processing Status 25 Apr 2002

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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LAUNCH DATE: May 30, 2002

KSC LANDING DATE: June 11, 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: Shuttle Endeavour has been mated to the External Tank/Solid Rocket Boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the Shuttle Interface Test is being conducted to verify overall status of the STS-111 space vehicle. Final preparations will begin on Friday for Endeavour’s rollout to the launch pad next week.

MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR 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 deg

Shuttle Processing Note: In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), the Extended Duration Orbiter pallet has been installed aboard Shuttle Columbia. Shuttle managers have made the decision to change out and retest a cold plate in Payload Bay 5 after several dings were discovered on the plate surface. Freon Coolant Loop No. 2 will be drained today to accommodate the cold plate changeout. Columbia will remain powered down until the cold plate is re-installed and the two freon loops are re-serviced.

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: De-servicing of Shuttle Atlantis is ongoing in the OPF following the orbiter’s return from the highly successful STS-110 mission last week. The heat shield has been removed and preparations are in work to remove the Space Shuttle Main Engines early next week.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery rolled back to the OPF yesterday after a brief storage period in the VAB. The orbiter is scheduled to begin its Major Modification period late this summer.