John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

April 15, 2002


2002 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	March Status Reports

Note

This is an orbiter processing report and does not necessarily reflect the chronological order of upcoming Space Shuttle flights. Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.

MISSION: STS-110 -- 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0 TRUSS, MOBILE TRANSPORTER

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
KSC Launch Date	April 8, 2002
Launch Time	4:44:19 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	April 19, 2002 at 12:37 p.m.
Mission Duration	11 days
Crew	Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Shuttle Atlantis was successfully launched Monday, April 8 at 4:44 p.m. carrying the seven STS-110 crewmembers on their 11-day construction mission to the International Space Station. On-orbit operations continue as scheduled. Landing of Atlantis is scheduled for Friday at about 12:37 p.m. at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility.

MISSION: STS-111 -- 14th ISS Flight (UF2) - MPLM

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	May 31, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	June 12, 2002
Mission Duration	12 days
Crew	Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin; (ISS-5 up) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev; (ISS-4 down) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Prelaunch operations with Shuttle Endeavour continue in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). Work in progress includes aft closeouts and heat shield clearance checks. Final payload bay door closure will commence tomorrow and final power down will be on Wednesday to support upcoming rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building.

MISSION: STS-107 -- SPACEHAB/Freestar Research Mission

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	July 19, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	August 4, 2002
Mission Duration	16 days
Crew	Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
Orbital Insertion Altitude/ Inclination	150 nautical miles/39 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Shuttle Mission managers have rescheduled the launch of the STS-107 Spacehab/Freestar Research Mission to July 19 to allow additional time to complete orbiter processing operations. Freon Coolant Loop No. 1 will be re-serviced on Wednesday.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle

Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

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.

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