Shuttle Update
Atlantis rolled out to Launch Pad 39B Tuesday morning as Columbia was rolling to the Orbiter Processing Facility from the SLF. Atlantis is undergoing final processing operations for its April 4 launch on mission STS-110, the 13th assembly flight to the International Space Station. Columbia is undergoing analysis of a freon coolant loop that displayed degraded performance during the flight. Columbia is next scheduled to fly on STS-107, a research mission, in July 2002. Prelaunch preparations continue to run smoothly with Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility, preparing for the STS-111 mission in May. That mission is another assembly flight to the Space Station and will also rotate resident crews, returning Expedition 4 to Earth after five months.

April is Environmental Health Month
As part of the KSC & CCAFS Health Education & Wellness Program, April has been designated as Environmental Health Month. To increase awareness and education in Environmental Health topics, Space Gateway Support, Inc. / Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. will host four brown-bag lunch seminars at the O&C (M7-355) Mission Briefing Room every Friday in April at 1130 a.m. The first topic is Food Safety April 5. Learn about how to correctly prepare, store, cook, chill, transport, reheat and serve food to avoid acquiring foodborne illnesses at home and at work. Bring your questions to the food inspectors! Other topics are April 12 – Indoor Air Quality; April 19 – Office Ergonomics; April 26 – Environmental & Health Concerns Related to Construction Activities. For more information, please contact Carol Roth, program administrator, at 867-3414 or Carol.Roth@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov.

Scientific & Engineering Workstation Procurement (SEWP III) Technology Expo
The Expo will be held today, March 14, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the O&C Mission Briefing Room. During the Expo, the SEWP III contractors will be demonstrating the latest technology products and services currently under their Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GAWK). Among the participating vendors are Silicon Graphics Federal, Inc., GTSI/Sun Microsystems, Unisys Corp., Compaq Federal LLC, Hew-lett-Packard, Logicon FDC, GMR/Cray, GTSI, and IBM. All KSC personnel and contractors are invited to attend. The KSC point of contract for the Expo is Barbara Powell, Mail Code OP-MS, or 867-7384. For more information about the SEWP III contracts, please refer to http://www.sewp.nasa.gov .

Reminder
Save money and get your All-American Picnic tickets before Saturday, March 16. Ticket prices are ADULTS: $5 Advance/$7 at Gate; CHILDREN: $3.50 Advance/$5 at Gate; Children 2 and under are free. Ticket price includes admission to the park, meal/beverages, and attractions. For complete details, visit the web site at http://kscpicnic.ksc.nasa.gov.

Did You Know?
Immune Cells Vs. Invaders: It's a war going on in every healthy human body. But when the combatants travel to space, say NASA scientists, curious things happen. Read the full story at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/23jan_cellwars.htm?list550276 H