KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Monday, May 20, 2002 (11:00 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: Last week the crew of STS-111 arrived to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) in preparation for the launch on May 30. As the astronauts were taking part in TCDT, mission managers met for the Flight Readiness Review and determined there were no issues or constraints at this time for Endeavour's launch next week. Late stow items are scheduled to placed in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module on Wednesday and Orbiter aft closeout and Extravehicular Mobility Unit installation and checkout is in work. 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: Preparations continue in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for Columbia's STS-107 microgravity research mission. Installation of the SPACEHAB/FREESTAR payload is scheduled for Wednesday of this week. Auxiliary Power Unit leak and functional test and servicing of Freon Loop No. 1 are 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: Atlantis continues to be processed for its scheduled launch to the International Space Station this August. Draining of the Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) crossfeed is complete and OMS disconnect and replacement of window No. 2 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. -- end --