KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Tuesday, June 4, 2002 (10:30 a.m.) NOTE: 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: June 5, 2002 LAUNCH TIME: 4 - 8 p.m. EDT KSC LANDING DATE: June 17, 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: The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on Mission STS-111 to the International Space Station remains on schedule for Wednesday, June 5. Technicians have changed out the faulty gaseous nitrogen regulator valve in the left Orbital Maneuvering System pod and successfully performed leak checks to retest the valve. Top off of both the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the Power Reactant Storage and Distribution System was completed this morning. Today, weather forecasters are showing a 60 percent probability of weather prohibiting Wednesday's launch. Forecasts indicate a continued concern for afternoon thunderstorms and rain showers, with additional concerns for a strong sea breeze causing possible crosswind violations at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in case of a Return to Launch Site abort. At launch time, the SLF forecast shows an easterly wind, 12 to 18 knots. Seas in the Solid Rocket Booster retrieval area are forecast to be 4 to 6 feet, with winds between 7 and 18 knots and a sea temperature of 80 degrees. A launch advisory will be issued this afternoon providing the planned launch time for Wednesday. -- end -- ------------------------------------------------------------- For automatic email subscriptions to this KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to mailto:ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. With no subject or message. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an email addressed to mailto:ksc-news_release-unsubscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov . With no subject or message. or you can (un)subscribe on the World Wide Web at: http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov/ Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
