KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Thursday, April 18, 2002 (1:00 p.m. EDT)

NOTE: 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
    KSC LAUNCH DATE:  Monday, April 8, 2002
    LAUNCH TIME: 4:44:19 p.m. 
    KSC LANDING DATE: April 19 at 12:26 p.m.
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 is scheduled to return to the
Kennedy Space Center tomorrow after completing the highly successful
11-day STS-111 construction mission to the International Space Station.

The flight plan calls for Atlantis to touch down at the KSC Shuttle
Landing Facility  (SLF) at 12:26 p.m. with Commander Mike Bloomfield atthe controls after logging more than 4.2 million miles on orbit. A second landing opportunity is available at 2:03 p.m.

Weather conditions for the landing look favorable, according to NASA's
Spaceflight Meteorology Group. A Bermuda high dominates the Cape area and
the forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 and 20,000 feet, easterly winds 6 to 10 knots and a temperature of 81degrees.

After safing operations are completed at the SLF, Atlantis will be towed
to its Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay to begin de-servicing and
processing for its next flight, the STS-112 mission in August.

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


VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: May 30, 2002
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE:  June 11, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 12 days
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 managers today re-scheduled the STS-1
mission one day earlier -- to Thursday, May 30 - to provide at least two
launch opportunities before range operations conflicts at the Air Force
Eastern Test Range.

Processing operations of Shuttle Endeavour have been completed in the OPF and the orbiter will be jacked down on its transporter tonight in final
preparations for roll over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for
space vehicle mate.


MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR RESEARCH MISSION

VEHICLE -Columbia/OV-102
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE:  July 19, 2002
TARGET LANDING DATE:  August 4, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 150 nautical miles/39 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: In the OPF, Shuttle Columbia is undergoing
preparations for the STS-107 research mission in July. The Fuel Cell
Single Cell Voltage Test is complete and mid-body bay closeouts are in
work. Mid-body X-rays are being conducted on both freon coolant loops  and a flow proportioning valve filter has been replaced in Loop No. 1.
Servicing of Loop No. 1 is scheduled for next week.

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD
 
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery was moved to the VAB for temporary
storage yesterday. The start of its Orbiter Major Modification (OMM)
period is scheduled to begin at the Kennedy Space Center late this summer.

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