John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

June 13, 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/Time	June 5, 2002 at 5:22:49 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	June 17, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. EDT
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)

Everything continues to perform well aboard Endeavour during docked operations at the International Space Station. The third spacewalk of the STS-111 mission is scheduled for today, where Astronauts Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz will replace the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System wrist roll joint. Undocking is scheduled for Saturday with the first planned landing opportunity on Monday, June 17 at 1:00 p.m. The landing time has changed due to cross-range limitations on an earlier landing opportunity.

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)

At a meeting this morning, mission managers determined that processing for the STS-107 microgravity research mission would continue to proceed toward a July 19 launch date. Landing gear, nose wheel steering and brake functional tests, as well as the four-inch liquid hydrogen disconnect connections are complete. Integrated hydraulic checkout is in work. The doors on the payload bay, containing the SPACEHAB / FREESTAR payload, are scheduled to be closed for flight tomorrow and will not be reopened at the pad prior to launch.

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)

Processing continues for Atlantis' scheduled launch to the International Space Station this August. Ammonia servicing and the payload premate test are complete. Replacement of fuel cell No. 2 is in work.

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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