Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 30 May 2002

By SpaceRef Editor
May 30, 2002
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MISSION: STS-111 – 14th ISS Flight (UF2) – MPLM

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105

LAUNCH DATE: May 31, 2002 at 7:22 p.m.

KSC LANDING DATE: June 12, 2002 at 2:58 p.m. EDT

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: At 7:21 p.m. mission managers determined the launch of STS-111 would be scrubbed for 24 hours due to thunderstorms within a 20-mile radius of KSC. The launch countdown clock will be reset to T-11 hours with the launch scheduled for 7:22 p.m. The forecast for tomorrow indicates a 70 percent chance that weather will prohibit the launch. Tanking is scheduled to begin around 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. Launch commentary will begin on NASA TV at 4 p.m.

SpaceRef staff editor.