KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Thursday, May 2, 2002 (10:00 a.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-111 - 14th ISS Flight (UF2) - MPLM VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LAUNCH DATE: May 30, 2002 LAUNCH PERIOD: 4-8 p.m. EDT 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: At Pad A, launch pad validations and the Space Shuttle Main Engine Flight Readiness Test were completed for Endeavour's scheduled mission on May 30. Preparations for the helium signature test are underway. The payload bay doors are scheduled to be opened today for the installation of the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module on Monday. MISSION STS-107 -SPACEHAB/ FREESTAR MICROGRAVITY 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), preparations continue with Columbia for the STS-107 research mission. Leak checks of the two Freon Coolant Loops are complete and servicing of Freon Coolant Loop No. 2 is scheduled for tomorrow. Checks of the newly installed cold plate in Bay 5 and installation of windows No. 5 and 7 are in work. Columbia will be powered up on Monday in preparation for the Payload Premate Test scheduled for next week. 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: Atlantis is continuing its deservicing in the OPF for the August launch to the International Space Station. Forward Reaction Control System checkout is scheduled for today and residual fuel in the Orbital Maneuvering System and Auxiliary Power Units was drained yesterday. 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. -- end --