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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   
SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT  
Thursday, June 6, 2002 (10:30 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/TIME: June 5, 2002 at 5:22:49 p.m. EDT 
KSC LANDING DATE:  June 17, 2002 at 11:49 a.m. EDT
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: Shuttle Endeavour lifted off yesterday at 5:22 p.m. EDT on the STS-111 mission to the International Space Station. The seven-member crew is preparing to dock to the Station Friday, June 7, at 12:18 p.m. EDT.  Initial data indicates the Solid Rocket Boosters performed nominally and will return by retrieval ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral tomorrow.  

At the pad, early inspections show that the pad sustained no unusual damage from yesterday's launch.  Clean up work will begin today in preparation for the next mission scheduled at Pad A, STS-112 in August. 


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 continues in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for Columbia's STS-107 microgravity research mission. With the SPACEHAB/FREESTAR payload installed into Columbia's bay, the SPACEHAB Integration Verification Test is planned for today. Heat shield installation and SPACEHAB leak checks are in work.


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