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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1994 (11:06 AM EST)


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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: en route to Kelly AFB, Tx.
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, riding atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier 
Aircraft, departed Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., today at about 
9:30 a.m. EDT en route to Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tx. 
The 747 will be refueled and a weather assessment made to 
determine the likelihood of Atlantis returning to Kennedy Space 
Center as early as late this afternoon. If weather does not 
permit, Atlantis and the 747 will remain overnight at a location 
as far east as weather permits and return to Kennedy Space Center 
tomorrow morning. (Yesterday's scheduled departure from Edwards 
was postponed due to weather in Texas.) 


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, 1995   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 main engines
  Reconfigure payload bay water lines
  Preparations to install payloads next week

WORK COMPLETED:
  Preparations to install main engines
  Crew compartment leak checks
  Landing gear functional tests
  Install Spacehab tunnel adapter

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Install forward reaction control system (tonight)
  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. 3
  Functional checks of orbital maneuvering system pods
  Main propulsion system verification checks
  Main landing gear tile inspections
  Stack solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building 

WORK COMPLETED:
  Remove and replace fuel cell no. 2
  Complete payload bay reconfiguration
  Forward reaction control system functional checks
 
WORK SCHEDULED:
  Install extended duration orbiter pallet (tomorrow)
  Begin auxiliary power unit servicing