Shuttle Update

Columbia - Processing continues for the July 19 STS-107 mission. The crew was on Center last weekend for CEIT, looking over equipment and payload in the orbiter. Atlantis has had its left-hand Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) thruster replaced. Preparations were made this week for ammonia servicing. Discovery is still waiting the start of its Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at KSC late this summer.

Bond Drive
The Kennedy Space Center Savings Bonds Drive for 2002 is entering its final days. Friday, June 14, is the last opportunity to participate in this year's annual drive. In addition to the Series EE Savings Bonds available, you can choose the inflation-protected I-bonds. EE-bonds and I-bonds have an additional tax advantage when used as a college savings program. For Savings Bonds information and enrollment forms, contact your bonds canvasser. Need to know who your canvasser is? Contact Christina Brown at 867-8463.

See ISS and Endeavour
The International Space Station, with Endeavour attached, will be visible over Orlando/Central Florida on the following days and times:
Thur June 13/09:42 pm Lasting 2 mins @ 14° Moving NNE to ENE
Sat June 15/09:26 pm Lasting 2 mins @ 31° Moving NNE to E
Sun June 16/10:07 pm Lasting < 1 min @ 32° Moving WSW to SW
Mon June 17/09:12 pm Lasting 3 mins @ 85° Moving NNW to SE
Tue June 18/09:52 pm Lasting 2 mins @ 12° Moving WSW to SSW
Wed June 19/08:57 pm Lasting 3 mins @ 32° Moving SW to SSE

Ribbon Cutting For New Hypergol Facility
The Hypergol Support Building #2 is ready to replace temporary trailers at the Hypergol Maintenance Facility and being officially opened in a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 18. Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. will welcome guests and speaker William Pickavance Jr., vice president, deputy program manager, Florida Operations, United Space Alliance.

Free ID Tags
Please remember that all hand-carried packages such as briefcases, backpacks, lunch boxes, tool bags, etc., should have an ID tag or label. Unattended packages found without identification arouse concerns for explosive devices and may be confiscated or destroyed. Free ID tags are available to all personnel at the following locations:

* KSC Headquarters Bldg., VRC Badging Office/1470
* VAB F Gate Badging Station
* PIDS 1, Phillips Pkwy. near the CCAFS South Gate
* PIDS 3, NASA Causeway near Gate 3
* SSPF main elevator lobbies

If you have any questions concerning the ID tag program, please contact the SGS Security Awareness Office at 861-5146 or send e-mail to SecurityA@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov.

Did You Know?
Some fluids have a mysterious property: one moment they're thick, the next they're thin. Physicists aim to find out why with the aid of an experiment in space. Read the full story at the Web site http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/07jun_elastic_fluids.htm?list550276