Space Shuttle Processing Status 27 Jun 2002

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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 5, 2002 at 5:22:49 p.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE: June 19, 2002 at 1:58 p.m. EDT

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: At Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), Calif.,
forecasters continue to monitor the weather in preparation for Shuttle
Endeavour’s cross-country ferry flight. The orbiter has been mated to NASA’s
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, and will depart from
California enroute to Kennedy Space Center when weather allows.

MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH MISSION

VEHICLE – Columbia/OV-102

LAUNCH DATE: TBD

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: After discovering small cracks on the LH2 Main
Propulsion System (MPS) flow liners in two Orbiters, program managers
decided to move forward with inspections on Columbia before clearing it for
flight. As technicians plan for the inspections, preparations for Space
Shuttle Main Engine heat shield removal are in work, followed by the removal
of the three main engines. Inspections of the flow liners should begin next
week.

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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

LAUNCH DATE: August 22 (Under Review)

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 for Atlantis’ launch to the
International Space Station and will be scheduled once the flow liner issue
is resolved. Preparations for right-hand Orbital Maneuvering System Pod
installation are in work.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Shuttle Processing Note: After technicians inspected Discovery for cracks in
the MPS flow liners, it was moved yesterday from the Orbiter Processing
Facility back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to await the start of its
Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at the
Kennedy Space Center late this summer.