John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

April 18, 2002


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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 12:26 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 is scheduled to return to the Kennedy Space Center tomorrow after completing the highly successful 11-day STS-110 construction mission to the International Space Station.

The flight plan calls for Atlantis to touch down at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at 12:26 p.m. with Commander Mike Bloomfield at the controls after logging more than 4.2 million miles on orbit. A second landing opportunity is available at 2:03 p.m.

Weather conditions for the landing look favorable, according to NASA's Spaceflight Meteorology Group. A Bermuda high dominates the Cape area and the forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 and 20,000 feet, easterly winds 6 to 10 knots and a temperature of 81degrees.

After safing operations are completed at the SLF, Atlantis will be towed to its Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay to begin deservicing and processing for its next flight, the STS-112 mission in August.

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

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	May 30, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	June 11, 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)

Shuttle managers today rescheduled the STS-111 mission one day earlier -- to Thursday, May 30 - to provide at least two launch opportunities before range operations conflicts at the Air Force Eastern Test Range.

Processing operations of Shuttle Endeavour have been completed in the OPF, and the orbiter will be jacked down on its transporter tonight in final preparations for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for space vehicle mate.

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)

In the OPF, Shuttle Columbia is undergoing preparations for the STS-107 research mission in July. The Fuel Cell Single Cell Voltage Test is complete and mid-body bay closeouts are in work. Mid-body X-rays are being conducted on both freon coolant loops and a flow proportioning valve filter has been replaced in Loop No. 1. Servicing of Loop No. 1 is scheduled for next week.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle

Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Discovery was moved to the VAB for temporary storage yesterday. The start of its Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy Space Center late this summer.

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