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John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
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KSC Contact: George Diller         		 			 For Release: June 14, 2002
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KSC RELEASE NO.  58 - 02

NOTE TO EDITORS:
ENDEAVOUR SCHEDULED TO LAND AT KSC JUNE 17

	The orbiter Endeavour is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Monday, June 17, at 1:00 p.m. EDT completing the nearly 12-day STS-111 mission to deliver and install the Mobile Base System (MBS) and transport the Expedition Five crew to the International Space Station.  Endeavour launched from KSC on June 5, 2002.

	Landing at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) is slated to occur on orbit 185 at mission elapsed time 11 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes. The deorbit burn will occur at about 11:56 a.m. EDT.  The two KSC landing opportunities on June 17 are at 1:00 p.m. EDT and at 2:36 p.m. EDT.  The deorbit burn for the second landing opportunity would take place at 1:33 p.m. EDT.  No landing opportunities are planned for the back-up landing location at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), Calif., on Monday.

If managers must keep Endeavour in orbit an additional day, two landing opportunities are available at KSC on Tuesday, June 18, at 11:56 a.m. EDT and at 1:32 p.m. EDT. Two landing opportunities also exist at EAFB on Tuesday at 3:02 p.m. EDT and at 4:38 p.m. EDT. 

	If landing occurs as scheduled, it will be the 60th landing at KSC in the history of the Shuttle program. Following landing, Endeavour will be towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility for post-mission servicing and preparation for the STS-113 mission in October.

	About an hour after touchdown, the crews will be taken to crew quarters in the O&C Building, meet with their families and undergo physical examinations. A post-mission press conference with select members of the STS-111 crew is scheduled to occur at the KSC News Center about six hours after touchdown. A ceremony commemorating the STS-111 and Expedition Four crews' return from space will be held at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, on June 19.

If Endeavour lands at Edwards, an augmented KSC convoy team will be on-site to safe the vehicle, disembark the crew and move the orbiter to the Mate/Demate Device. The turnaround team will be deployed to Edwards by charter aircraft on landing day.

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