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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 
TUESDAY, NOV. 15, 1994 (11 AM EST) 


MISSION: STS-66 -- ATLAS-3/CRISTA-SPAS 
 
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Dryden Flight Research Facility, Calif.	 
LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Nov. 3 at 11:59 a.m. EST 
EAFB LANDING DATE and TIME: Nov. 14 at 10:34 a.m. EST 
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/22 hours/34 minutes/2 seconds 
 
Following yesterday's landing, KSC's Shuttle recovery team towed Atlantis to the Mate Demate Device 
and hooked up ground power. All middeck experiments have been removed. Today, the team will 
continue performing preliminary post-flight vehicle inspections and prepare to drain residual fluids from 
the vehicle. The rest of the KSC recovery team departed Orlando this morning and will arrive in 
California today. Atlantis is scheduled to depart Dryden on Sunday morning.   

 
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: 
  Preparations to install SPACEHAB tunnel adapter 
  Water spray boiler leak and functional checks 
  Landing gear functional checks 
 
WORK COMPLETED: 
  Tested orbiter-to-payload connectors 
  Serviced water lines for SPACEHAB 
 
WORK SCHEDULED: 
  Install three main engines 
  Install forward reaction control system 
  Crew compartment leak checks 

 
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: 
  Replace rudder speed brake power drive unit  
  Functional checkout of the orbital maneuvering system pods 
  Preparations to install extended duration orbiter pallet 

WORK SCHEDULED: 
  Install extended duration orbiter pallet tomorrow 
  Validation of the orbiter's power system  
 
WORK COMPLETED: 
  Installed fuel cell No. 3 
  Forward reaction control system functional checks