KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Monday, May 6, 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: Work continued at Pad A as technicians completed
the helium signature test in preparation for Endeavour's scheduled mission
on May 30.  Today, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module will be
installed in the Shuttle's payload bay and on Wednesday the Space Station
Remote Manipulator System replacement wrist joint will be brought on board.
Preparations for hypergolic loading are in work and scheduled to begin next
week.


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 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Processing work continues on Columbia in the
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for the STS-107 microgravity research
mission. As leak checks were being completed on Freon Coolant Loop No. 2,
technicians noticed that several seals needed to be replaced and additional
leak checks completed before servicing begins. Installation of window No. 5
is in work. 


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: Processing of Atlantis in the OPF for the August
launch to the International Space Station continues on schedule.  Removal of
the Forward Reaction Control System is planned for tomorrow and checkout of
the Orbital Maneuvering System is in work. 

  
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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