John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

April 25, 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-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	11 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 Endeavour has been mated to the External Tank/Solid Rocket Boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the Shuttle Interface Test is being conducted to verify overall status of the STS-111 space vehicle. Final preparations will begin on Friday for Endeavour's rollout to the launch pad next week.

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 Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), the Extended Duration Orbiter pallet has been installed aboard Shuttle Columbia. Shuttle managers have made the decision to change out and retest a cold plate in Payload Bay 5 after several dings were discovered on the plate surface. Freon Coolant Loop No. 2 will be drained today to accommodate the cold plate changeout. Columbia will remain powered down until the cold plate is re-installed and the two freon loops are reserviced.

MISSION: STS-112 -- 15th ISS Flight (9A) - BA, ITS S1 TRUSS

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Target KSC Launch Date	August 22, 2002
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	September 1, 2002
Mission Duration	10 days
Crew	Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Deservicing of Shuttle Atlantis is ongoing in the OPF following the orbiter's return from the highly successful STS-110 mission last week. The heat shield has been removed and preparations are in work to remove the Space Shuttle Main Engines early next week.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle

Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Discovery rolled back to the OPF yesterday after a brief storage period in the VAB. The orbiter is scheduled to begin its Major Modification period late this summer.

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