John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

June 4, 2002


2002 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	May 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	June 5, 2002
Target KSC Launch Time	4 - 8 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	June 17, 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)

The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on Mission STS-111 to the International Space Station remains on schedule for Wednesday, June 5. Technicians have changed out the faulty gaseous nitrogen regulator valve in the left Orbital Maneuvering System pod and successfully performed leak checks to retest the valve. Top off of both the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the Power Reactant Storage and Distribution System was completed this morning.

Today, weather forecasters are showing a 60 percent probability of weather prohibiting Wednesday's launch. Forecasts indicate a continued concern for afternoon thunderstorms and rain showers, with additional concerns for a strong sea breeze causing possible crosswind violations at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in case of a Return to Launch Site abort. At launch time, the SLF forecast shows an easterly wind, 12 to 18 knots.

Seas in the Solid Rocket Booster retrieval area are forecast to be 4 to 6 feet, with winds between 7 and 18 knots and a sea temperature of 80 degrees.

A launch advisory will be issued this afternoon providing the planned launch time for Wednesday.

The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Newsroom offers an electronic subscription service for status reports, news releases and other notices issued from KSC. There are two possible ways to subscribe. You may send a blank e-mail message to ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov or follow the instructions on the Web site at http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. The system will confirm the request via e-mail.


KSC Home Page	Site Search	FAQ's	Site Survey	Customer Forum	NASA Centers	Privacy Statement	Headlines

Page Last Revised	Page & Curator Information
06/04/2002	Curator: Kay Grinter (Kay.Grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov) -- InDyne, Inc. Web Development: JBOSC Web Development Team A Service of the NASA/KSC External Relations and Business Development Directorate JoAnn H. Morgan, Director