John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

May 9, 2002


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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)

At Pad A, technicians have completed the installation of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System replacement wrist joint as work continues for Endeavour's scheduled May 30 mission. Preparations for the Multi-Purpose Logistic Module interface verification test are in work and scheduled to begin tomorrow. Beginning Friday, technicians will verify the integrity of 13 connector savers in the orbiter T-0 umbilicals after inspections indicated that several of the connectors appeared to be loose.

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)

Work continues in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for Columbia's STS-107 microgravity research mission. Servicing of Freon Coolant Loop No. 2 is complete and preparations for the payload premate test are in work. Servicing of Freon Loop No. 1 is scheduled to start tomorrow.

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 continues on schedule in the OPF for the August launch to the International Space Station. Orbital Maneuvering System checkout and the Master Events Controller/Pyro Initiator test are under way.

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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