John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

April 29, 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
Launch Period	4 - 8 p.m. EDT
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)

After being mated to its External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Endeavour began its rollout aboard the crawler-transporter this morning at 2:57 a.m. enroute to Complex 39, Pad A. The rollout was completed at 9:21 a.m. At the launch pad, Endeavour will undergo final processing operations in preparation for its scheduled May 30 launch. The trip to the pad took about 6½ hours at a speed of .9 m.p.h.

The Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module was delivered to the Pad last week and will be installed in Endeavour's payload bay this Wednesday.

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)

Columbia continues its stay in the OPF in preparation for the STS-107 research mission in July. Over the weekend, Shuttle technicians completed the replacement of a cold plate located in bay 5 after several small dings were discovered on the cold plate surface. Leak checks of the two Freon Coolant Loops will be completed over the next few days. Mid-body bay closeouts and installation of window No. 7 are in work.

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

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)

Atlantis is undergoing processing in the OPF for the August launch to the International Space Station. Heat shield removal has been completed, and Shuttle technicians will begin to remove the Space Shuttle Main Engines today and tomorrow.

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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