Space Shuttle Processing Status 29 Apr 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: 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: After being mated to its External Tank and Solid
Rocket Boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Endeavour
began its rollout aboard the crawler-transporter this morning at 2:57 a.m.
enroute to Complex 39, Pad A. The rollout was completed at 9:21 a.m. At the
launch pad, Endeavour will undergo final processing operations in
preparation for its scheduled May 30 launch. The trip to the pad took about
6¸ hours at a speed of .9 m.p.h.
The Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module was delivered to the Pad last
week and will be installed in Endeavour’s payload bay this Wednesday.
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: Columbia continues its stay in the OPF in
preparation for the STS-107 research mission in July. Over the weekend,
Shuttle technicians completed the replacement of a cold plate located in bay
5 after several small dings were discovered on the cold plate surface. Leak
checks of the two Freon Coolant Loops will be completed over the next few
days. Mid-body bay closeouts and installation of window No. 7 are 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: Atlantis is undergoing processing in the OPF for
the August launch to the International Space Station. Heat shield removal
has been completed, and Shuttle technicians will begin to remove the Space
Shuttle Main Engines today and tomorrow.
ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
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.