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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1994 (11:13 AM EST)

MISSION: STS-66 -- ATLAS-3/CRISTA-SPAS

FLIGHT DAY 2
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 189 sm
LOCATION: en orbit
INCLINATION: 57 degrees
LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Nov. 3 at 11:59.43 a.m. EST
KSC LANDING DATE and TIME: Nov. 14 at 7:46 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/19 hours/46 minutes

	The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-66 
occurred yesterday at 11:59 a.m. EST. This was the 66th launch of 
the Space Shuttle and the 13th for the orbiter Atlantis.
	Post launch inspections of the pad reveal no unusual damage to 
the pad surface or the mobile launcher platform.
    The solid rocket booster retrieval ships are due to arrive at 
Port Canaveral at daybreak Saturday morning.

    (Mission STS-66 status reports are issued daily by Johnson 
Space Center, Houston, Tx.) 

CREW: Commander Don McMonagle; Pilot Curtis Brown; and Mission 
Specialists Ellen Ochoa, Joseph Tanner, Jean-Francois Clervoy and 
Scott Parazynski.


MISSION: STS-63 -- MIR RENDEZVOUS, SPARTAN and SPACEHAB-3

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 196 sm
LOCATION: OPF bay 2
INCLINATION: 51.60 degrees
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 2
MISSION DURATION: 8 days/4 hours
LAUNCH TIME: 12:40 a.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 10/4:55 a.m.

IN WORK TODAY:
  Payload bay radiator functional checks
  Install drag chute 
 
WORK COMPLETED:
  Off-load residual hypergolic reactants
  Remove left hand OMS pod
  Stack solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building 

WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:
  Auxiliary power unit functional checks
  Remove and reconfigure SPACEHAB water lines
  Mate external tank with solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building 


MISSION: STS-67 -- ASTRO-2

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 218 sm
LOCATION: OPF bay 1
INCLINATION: 28.45 degrees
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: late February
CREW SIZE: 7
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: very early morning	KSC 
LANDING DATE/TIME: TBD
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours/3 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 13 D/14H

IN WORK TODAY:
  Remove main engines and main engine heatshields
  Forward reaction control system functional checks

WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:
  Remove GAS can payload
  Preparations to remove auxiliary power unit no. 1
  Functional checks of orbital maneuvering system pods

WORK COMPLETED:
  Off-load residual hypergolic reactants
  Remove STS-68 payloads