KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Thursday, April 25, 2002 (12 noon)

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-111 - 14th ISS Flight (UF2) - MPLM


VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LAUNCH DATE: May 30, 2002
KSC LANDING DATE:  June 11, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 11 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 Endeavour has been mated to the External 
Tank/Solid Rocket Boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the 
Shuttle Interface Test is being conducted to verify overall status of the STS-111 
space vehicle. Final preparations will begin on Friday for Endeavour's rollout to the 
launch pad next week. 


MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR RESEARCH MISSION

VEHICLE -Columbia/OV-102
LAUNCH DATE: July 19, 2002
KSC 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 deg

Shuttle Processing Note: In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), the Extended 
Duration Orbiter pallet has been installed aboard Shuttle Columbia. Shuttle 
managers have made the decision to change out and retest a cold plate in Payload 
Bay 5 after several dings were discovered on the plate surface. Freon Coolant 
Loop No. 2 will be drained today to accommodate the cold plate changeout. 
Columbia will remain powered down until the cold plate is re-installed and the two 
freon loops are re-serviced.


MISSION STS-112 -- 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) - BA, ITS S1

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LAUNCH DATE: August 22, 2002
KSC LANDING DATE: September 1, 2002
MISSION DURATION: 10 days 
CREW: Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin
ORBITAL ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles, 51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: De-servicing of Shuttle Atlantis is ongoing in the OPF 
following the orbiter's return from the highly successful STS-110 mission last 
week. The heat shield has been removed and preparations are in work to remove 
the Space Shuttle Main Engines early next week.
  

ORBITER MAJOR MODIFICATION PERIOD

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103

Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery rolled back to the OPF yesterday after a brief storage period in the VAB. The orbiter is scheduled to begin its Major Modification period late this summer. 

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