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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1994 (11:06 AM EST)

NOTE: THIS DAILY SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT WILL BE DISCONTINUED UNTIL 
EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE THE KSC PRESS SITE IS RELOCATED.


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 Monday, Nov. 21. Atlantis will depart California 
at first light Sunday and remain overnight at a yet to be 
determined location. Arrival at Kennedy Space Center on Monday is 
expected around mid-day.

	Final post flight reports indicated a total of 148 hits 
occurred on the orbiter's various surfaces, of which 28 had a 
major dimension of one inch or greater.

	One further note of interest: The waste water dump ice deposit 
on the forward section of the left-hand payload bay door, as 
observed during on-orbit videos, was still attached after landing 
and measured about 8 inches by 4 inches by 2 inches.


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 main engines
  Crew compartment leak checks
  Reconfigure payload bay water lines
  Landing fear functional tests

WORK COMPLETED:
  Install Spacehab tunnel adapter
  Fuel cell no. 3 coolant checks
  Ku-band tests 

WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:
  Install forward reaction control system 
  Install main engines
  Remote manipulator system functional 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:
  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 

WORK COMPLETED:
  Remove main engines
  Forward reaction control system functional checks
 
WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:
  Install extended duration orbiter pallet (tomorrow)
  Begin auxiliary power unit servicing
  Continue functional checks of orbital maneuvering system pods
  Complete payload bay reconfiguration
  Main landing gear tile inspections