Mission Update

Managers decided to keep Endeavour in orbit an additional day due to deteriorating weather conditions at KSC. The two landing opportunities on Tuesday will be at 11:56 a.m. EDT and 1:32 p.m. EDT.

ELV Update
At SAEF-2, loading of CONTOUR with hydrazine fuel was completed on June 7. The "wet" spin balance test was completed on June 11. A "dry" spin balance without fuel aboard was completed June 1. The spacecraft was mated to the upper stage booster yesterday. CONTOUR is currently scheduled for transportation to the launch pad and mated to the Delta II tomorrow. CONTOUR is scheduled for launch July 1 from Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Bond Drive Extended
The NASA-KSC 2002 U.S. Savings Bonds Drive is being extended an additional week through June 21. Take advantage of the extension to assure your financial future while you help our country. For Savings Bonds information and enrollment forms, contact your Savings Bonds canvasser. Need to know who your canvasser is? Contact Christina Brown at 867-8463.

Reminder
KSC Fitness Center's Bench Press/Pull-up Contest: June 24-28 -- This annual event begins next week. Men will be required to bench press, then pull up 100 percent of their body weight and women the same for 60 percent of their body weight. Participants can compete as many times as they wish throughout the week, but will be weighed in by a staff member EACH time. The best score will be recorded. The number of repetitions will be combined from each exercise and the top three men and top three women will win a prize. Please call the KSC Fitness Centers at 867-7829 if you have any questions.

Reminder
The Space Coast Chapter of Federally Employed Women (FEW) is sponsoring the 33rd annual National Training Program to be held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, July 22-26, 2002. The theme is "Magic and Space -- Dreams in Progress." FEW offers professional training programs that provide critical skills for the federal and civilian work forces. FEW projects more than 2,000 women and men from the federal and state govern-ment as well as the private sector will attend this event. A trade show runs concurrently with the National Training Program. For more information, visit http://www.few.org or contact NTP chair Clara Anderson at (321) 861-3554. Workshop information and registration forms are available on the Web site.

Protecting Sea Turtles from Wildlife
Sea turtles are an endangered species and raccoons cause severe damage to the sea turtle population. To protect the sea turtle, the Merritt Island Wildlife Refugee places "have-a-heart" traps along the beach to trap and relocate raccoons. It is a criminal offense to remove or relocate these traps. Personnel caught doing so are subject to prosecution. If you have any questions or have information about any missing traps, please call the Merritt Island Wildlife Refugee at (321) 861-2369.

Did You Know?
The Space Shuttle has more than 2.5 million parts, 230 miles of wire, 1,060 plumbing valves and connections, 1,440 circuit breakers, and 27,000 insulating tiles and blankets.