John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

July 11, 2002


2002 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	June 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-107 -- SPACEHAB/FREESTAR Microgravity Research Mission

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	TBD
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)

Following inspections of Columbia's Main Propulsion System (MPS) flow liners that identified three cracks on engine No. 2 liquid hydrogen flow liner, mission managers delayed the launch date until a full engineering analysis is complete.

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

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Target KSC Launch Date	August 22, 2002 (under review)
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)

Processing continues for Atlantis' launch to the International Space Station. Controller tests are complete on Auxiliary Power Units No. 2 and 3. Left-hand Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) engine heat shield installation is scheduled for today. Inspections of Atlantis identified three cracks on engine No. 1 liquid hydrogen flow liner.

MISSION: STS-113 -- 16th ISS Flight (11A) - ITS, P1

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
KSC Launch Date/Time	October 6, 2002 (under review)
Crew	Wetherby, Loria, Lopez-Alergria, Herrington; (ISS up) Bowersox, Budarin, Thomas; (ISS down) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev
Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination	122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Eddy current testing of Endeavour's liquid oxygen and hydrogen flow liners are complete. Ultrasound and borescope inspections continue. Technicians have identified two cracks, the first on engine one and the second on engine two liquid hydrogen flow liner. The cracks are similar to the ones discovered on the other three orbiters. In parallel to the flow liner inspections, Shuttle Endeavour processing continues for its next mission to the International Space Station. Removal of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the payload bay is scheduled for today.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

Vehicle

Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Discovery is awaiting the start of its Orbiter Major Modification (OMM) period that is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy Space Center late this summer. Inspections of Discovery identified three cracks on engine No. 1 liquid hydrogen flow liner.

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