KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Monday, March 18, 2002 (12:30 p.m.)

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 on the KSC Home Page 
for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.  


MISSION: STS-110  - 13th ISS Flight (8A) - ITS S0 TRUSS AND MOBILE TRANSPORTER


VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
    TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: April 4, 2002 		
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: April 15, 2002  
MISSION DURATION: 11 days 
CREW: Bloomfield, Frick, Ross, Smith, Ochoa, Morin, Walheim 
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Atlantis remains on schedule for the launch of the 
STS-110 mission to the International Space Station on April 4. At the launch pad, the 
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test and the helium signature test are underway.
Hypergolic fuel loading is scheduled for later this week and the Rotating Service 
Structure will be moved to the parked position on Friday for the Auxiliary Power Unit 
(APU) hot fire. X-rays of the APU hydraulic pump bolts in the orbiter and boosters 
are complete and are under evaluation.   

MISSION: STS-111 - 14th ISS Flight (UF2) - MPLM

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 6, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE:  May 17, 2002
CREW: Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin; (ISS up) Korzun, Whitson, Treschev; 
(ISS down) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees


Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Endeavour is in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) 
undergoing final checkouts for the STS-111 launch in May. The Integrated 
Hydraulic/Flight Control test and payload bay closeouts are in work.


MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR RESEARCH MISSION

VEHICLE -Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE: July 11, 2002
TARGET LANDING DATE: July 27, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
ORBITAL INSERTION ANGLE AND INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: In the OPF, the payload doors of Shuttle Columbia have been 
opened and work is underway to remove the Hubble payload components onboard. 
X-ray and ultra-sound testing of freon coolant loops No. 1 and No. 2 are continuing to 
identify and isolate the contamination that caused degraded performance of freon 
loop No.1 during the recently completed STS-109 mission.


ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: 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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