John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

May 6, 2002


2002 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	April 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)

Work continued at Pad A as technicians completed the helium signature test in preparation for Endeavour's scheduled mission on May 30. Today, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module will be installed in the Shuttle's payload bay and on Wednesday the Space Station Remote Manipulator System replacement wrist joint will be brought on board. Preparations for hypergolic loading are in work and scheduled to begin 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)

Processing work continues on Columbia in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for the STS-107 microgravity research mission. As leak checks were being completed on Freon Coolant Loop No. 2, technicians noticed that several seals needed to be replaced and additional leak checks completed before servicing begins. Installation of window No. 5 is 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)

Processing of Atlantis in the OPF for the August launch to the International Space Station continues on schedule. Removal of the Forward Reaction Control System is planned for tomorrow and checkout of the Orbital Maneuvering System 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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