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SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday,  December 5,  1994


Mission number: STS-63

Vehicle: OV-103/Discovery
Location: OPF Bay 2
Orbital altitude: 196 sm
Primary payload: Spacehab-3/Spartan
Inclination: 51.6 degrees
Launch date: Feb. 2  12:51 a.m.
Landing: Feb. 10  7:05 a.m.
Mission duration:  8 days, 6 hrs.
Crew Size: 6

STS-63 IN WORK:

  conclusion of Spacehab-3 payload interface verification test (IVT)
  ODERACS/GLO IVT
  orbiter mid-body closeouts
  potable water servicing
  electrical connections of main  engine No. 2 yaw actuator
 
STS-63 WORK SCHEDULED:

  Spartan IVT (Tuesday)
  installation of left orbital maneuvering system pod (Tuesday)
  begin aft main engine compartment  closeouts (Friday)
   Crew Equipment Interface Test (Friday)
 
STS-63 WORK COMPLETED:

  installation of Spacehab-3/Spartan 204/ ODERACS/GLO payloads
  installation of main engine heat shields
  crew module/Spacehab positive pressure leak test



ENDEAVOUR (STS-67) Astro-2

	Checkout of main engine No. 2 and No. 3 yaw actuators is being 
performed today.  Fuel cell voltage tests have been completed.  Work to install 
water spray boiler No. 3  continues.  Water spray boiler No. 2 installation and 
checkout is complete.  Mass memory unit No. 2 has been removed and replaced 
and has now been loaded with software in preparation for retest.  The functional 
test of the external tank door has been completed.  Reconfiguration of the 
payload bay for Astro-2 is finished and associated  payload electrical systems 
are being tested in preparation for payload installation about the middle of the 
month.



ATLANTIS (STS-71) MIR DOCKING

	The ATLAS-3 and  CRISTA-SPAS payloads are being removed today.  
Atlas-3 will be taken to the Operations and Checkout Building for deintegration.  
CRISTA-SPAS will be taken to NASA Spacecraft Hangar AM for removal of the 
data tapes.  The CRISTA instruments will be returned to the principal 
investigators in the United States and Germany.  Also, about the first of the new 
year, the SPAS carrier will returned  to Germany.  The SSBUV will be removed 
from the payload bay on Tuesday. 

	Other work  today includes a  functional test of the orbiter's forward 
reaction control system. Preparations are underway for the pending removal of 
the right orbital maneuvering system pod for its routine maintenance at the 
Hypergolic Maintenance Facility in the KSC Industrial Area.

	In the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 3, stacking of the left forward 
booster segment is occurring today.



KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary

Today's minimum temperature: 65 degrees
Yesterday's maximum temperature: 83 degrees
Lowest  relative humidity: 67 percent
Peak wind speed: S-26 mph
Precipitation as of 7 a.m.: .26 inches
Total December precipitation: .32 inches