Space Shuttle Processing Status 9 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: At Pad A, technicians have completed the installation of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System replacement wrist joint as work continues for Endeavour’s scheduled May 30 mission. Preparations for the Multi-Purpose Logistic Module interface verification test are in work and scheduled to begin tomorrow. Beginning Friday, technicians will verify the integrity of 13 connector savers in the orbiter T-0 umbilicals after inspections indicated that several of the connectors appeared to be loose.

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: Work continues in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for Columbia’s STS-107 microgravity research mission. Servicing of Freon Coolant Loop No. 2 is complete and preparations for the payload premate test are in work. Servicing of Freon Loop No. 1 is scheduled to start tomorrow.

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 continues on schedule in the OPF for the August launch to the International Space Station. Orbital Maneuvering System ckeckout and the Master Events Controller/Pyro Initiator test are underway.

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.