KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Tuesday, May 28, 2002 (10:00 a.m.)

NOTE: Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm on 
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	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: 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: Over the weekend, mission managers determined 
that one of the two valves in the Auxiliary Power Unit's coolant system (water 
spray boiler No. 3) could be replaced at the Pad without impacting the 
scheduled launch of Endeavour on May 30. Although this work had never been 
attempted before with a Shuttle at the Pad, technicians from vendor Hamilton 
Sundstrand were successful in replacing the valve. Functional tests of the 
new valve were completed Sunday, followed by 24-hour leak checks. Closeouts 
of the aft engine compartment were completed as the launch countdown 
picked up on schedule last night.

The STS-111 crew arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility yesterday in 
preparation for their scheduled launch to the International Space Station this 
Thursday. 

The weather forecast shows a 60 percent chance of weather prohibiting 
launch on Thursday due to possible thunderstorms in the vicinity. The 
forecast for a 24-hour and 48-hour scrub turnaround both indicate a 70 
percent chance of weather prohibiting launch. 


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