Space Shuttle Processing Status 6 May 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: Work continued at Pad A as technicians completed
the helium signature test in preparation for Endeavour’s scheduled mission
on May 30. Today, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module will be
installed in the Shuttle’s payload bay and on Wednesday the Space Station
Remote Manipulator System replacement wrist joint will be brought on board.
Preparations for hypergolic loading are in work and scheduled to begin next
week.

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 work continues on Columbia in the
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for the STS-107 microgravity research
mission. As leak checks were being completed on Freon Coolant Loop No. 2,
technicians noticed that several seals needed to be replaced and additional
leak checks completed before servicing begins. Installation of window No. 5
is 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: Processing of Atlantis in the OPF for the August
launch to the International Space Station continues on schedule. Removal of
the Forward Reaction Control System is planned for tomorrow and checkout of
the Orbital Maneuvering System is in work.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

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.