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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1994 (11:09 AM EDT) 


MISSION: STS-68 -- SPACE RADAR LABORATORY-2 
FLIGHT DAY 7
 
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105                                      
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 138 sm 
LOCATION: On orbit                                                     
INCLINATION: 57 degrees 
LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Sept. 30, 1994 at 7:16 a.m. EDT 
KSC LANDING DATE and TIME: Oct. 11 at 11:38 a.m. 
MISSION DURATION: 11 days/4 hours/22 minutes 
 
	Mission managers announced today that the orbiter Endeavour 
has been granted an additional day in space to conduct further Space Radar 
Laboratory activities.  Landing is now set for Kennedy Space Center's
Shuttle Landing Facility on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 11:38 a.m. EDT.  A second
landing opportunity exists at 1:08 p.m.  
 
	Mission STS-68 status reports are issued daily by the 
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tx. 
 
CREW: Commander Michael Baker; Pilot Terry Wilcutt; and Mission 
Specialists Steve Smith, Dan Bursch, Peter Wisoff and Thomas Jones. 

 
MISSION: STS-66 -- ATLAS-3/CRISTA-SPAS
 
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104                                              
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 189 sm 
LOCATION: VAB high bay 1                                            
INCLINATION: 57 degrees 
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 3                                    
CREW SIZE: 6 
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 11:56 a.m.                              
LAUNCH WINDOW: 1 hour/6 minutes 
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 14/7:42 a.m. 
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/20 hours 
 
IN WORK TODAY: 
  Heatshield installation 
  Main engine securing 
  Remove and replace scratched outer pane of no. 8 window 
  Shuttle interface test 
 
WORK SCHEDULED: 
  Roll out to pad 39B (early morning of Oct. 10) 
  Pad validations 
 
WORK COMPLETED: 
  Mate with external tank and solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building 
  Move orbiter to Vehicle Assembly Building 
  Rotate orbiter to vertical position and lift to VAB high bay 3  


MISSION: STS-63 -- MIR RENDEZVOUS and SPACEHAB-3 
 
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103                                           
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 196 sm 
LOCATION: OPF bay 2                                                    
INCLINATION: 51.60 degrees 
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: early February
CREW SIZE: 6 
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: very early morning
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: TBD 
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes                                         
MISSION DURATION: 8 days/4 hours 
 
IN WORK TODAY: 
  Structural checks and tests 
  Main engine inspections 
  Tire and wheel assembly removal 
 
WORK SCHEDULED: 
  Close payload bay doors 
  Forward reaction control system functional checks 
  TACAN activation and test 
 
WORK COMPLETED: 
  Flight control frequency response test 
  Access orbiter's aft engine compartment 
  Remove ferry flight tailcone 
 
 
MISSION: STS-73 -- UNITED STATES MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY - 2 
 
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 
LOCATION: OPF bay 1 
 
NOTE: Columbia has been placed on the orbiter transporter and 
will be rolled over to the Shuttle Landing Facility early Friday
morning. The orbiter will be mated to the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
for a scheduled Saturday ferry flight departure to Palmdale,  
Calif. At Palmdale, Columbia will undergo a scheduled six-month 
orbiter maintenance down period (OMDP). When Columbia returns to KSC early
next year, processing will begin for mission STS-73 scheduled for launch
in late summer 1995.