Space Shuttle Processing Status 6 June 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 17, 2002 at 11:49 a.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: Shuttle Endeavour lifted off yesterday at 5:22 p.m. EDT on the STS-111 mission to the International Space Station. The seven-member crew is preparing to dock to the Station Friday, June 7, at 12:18 p.m. EDT. Initial data indicates the Solid Rocket Boosters performed nominally and will return by retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral tomorrow.

At the pad, early inspections show that the pad sustained no unusual damage from yesterday’s launch. Clean up work will begin today in preparation for the next mission scheduled at Pad A, STS-112 in August.

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: Processing continues in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for Columbia’s STS-107 microgravity research mission. With the SPACEHAB/FREESTAR payload installed into Columbia’s bay, the SPACEHAB Integration Verification Test is planned for today. Heat shield installation and SPACEHAB leak checks are in work.