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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994 (12:46 PM EST)


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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Nov. 3 at 11:59 a.m. EST
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE LANDING DATE and TIME: Nov. 14 at 10:34 a.m. EST
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/22 hours/34 minutes

	The orbiter Atlantis is scheduled to depart Edwards Air 
Force Base on Sunday with arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing 
Facility set for as early as Monday, Nov. 21. Specific times of 
departure and arrival will be available tomorrow.

	Preliminary reports indicated a total of 89 hits occurred on 
the lower surface of the orbiter's thermal protection system of 
which 22 had a major dimension of one inch or greater.


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:
  Install Spacehab tunnel adapter
  Preparations to install main engines
  Reconfigure payload bay water lines
  Landing fear functional tests

WORK COMPLETED:
  Ku-band tests 
  Water spray boiler leak and functional checks
  Crew compartment leak checks
  Main propulsion system liquid hydrogen leak and functional checks

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Install forward reaction control system 
  Install main engines


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 and replace fuel cell no. 2
  Functional checks of orbital maneuvering system pods
  Main propulsion system verification checks
  Stack solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building
 
(Operations to stack the solid rocket boosters has been 
delayed until winds from Tropical Storm Gordon subside)  

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Install extended duration orbiter pallet

WORK COMPLETED:
  Remove main engines
  Forward reaction control system functional checks
  Remove GAS can payload