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SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, November 23, 1994


Vehicle: OV-103/Discovery                Mission number: STS-63
Location: OPF Bay 2                      Orbital altitude: 196 sm
Primary payload: Spacehab-3/Spartan      Inclination: 51.6 degrees
Launch date: Feb. 2  12:51 a.m.          Landing: Feb. 10  7:05 a.m.
Mission duration:  8 days, 6 hrs.        Crew Size: 6

STS-63 IN WORK:

  functional test of remote manipulator system
  forward reaction control system IVT
  orbiter mid-body closeouts
  checkout and servicing  of water spray boiler system
  potable water servicing
  establishing main engine mechnical and electrical connections

STS-63 WORK SCHEDULED:

  Spacehab tunnel/tunnel adapter leak test (Monday) 
  move payload canister from O&C building to OPF Bay 2 (Monday)
  install Spacehab-3 laboratory module (next week)
  install Spartan payload (next week)
  install main engine heat shields (beginning Tuesday)
 
STS-63 WORK COMPLETED:

  main engine installation
  installation of forward reaction control system


ENDEAVOUR (STS-67) Astro-2

	Functional testing of the orbital maneuvering system is occurring.  Next 
week water spray boiler No. 3 is scheduled for installation.  Window No. 6 will be 
removed and replaced and the other windows will be polished.  Routine thermal 
protection system maintenance  continues and the aft area tiles will be 
waterproofed.  Also scheduled is testing of the orbiter's  S-band and Ku-band 
communications systems.  The navigation systems will also be tested including 
the TACAN, microwave scanning beam landing system (MSBLS) and the Global 
Positioning System (GPS) receiver.


ATLANTIS (STS-71) MIR DOCKING

	Atlantis arrived in OPF bay 3 at 4:17 a.m. this morning after being towed 
from the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility.  Work to jack and 
level the orbiter and to establish access is in work.  The orbiter/MIR docking 
adapter is scheduled to arrive at the Shuttle Landing Facility tonight between 8 
and 9 p.m.  If the arrival occurs before 9 p.m. it  will be offloaded and transported 
to the Vehicle Assembly Building.  If arrival should occur after that time 
offloading will occur on Friday. 



KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary

Today's minimum temperature: 62 degrees
Yesterday's maximum temperature: 80 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 64 percent
Peak wind speed: NW-23 mph
Precipitation as of 7 a.m.: 0
Total November precipitation: 10.05 inches