GO TO THE PREVIOUS SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT

GO TO THE NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1994 (11:02 AM EDT)


MISSION: STS-68 -- SPACE RADAR LABORATORY-2
FLIGHT DAY 8

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 11:36 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days/4 hours/20 minutes

	Endeavour's landing is set for Kennedy Space Center's 
Shuttle Landing Facility on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 11:36 a.m. EDT.  
A second landing opportunity exists at 1:06 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
  Shuttle interface test
  Rollout preparations

WORK COMPLETED:
  Remove and replace outer pane of no. 8 window
  Mate with external tank and solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building

WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:
  Roll out to pad 39B (early morning of Oct. 10)
  Pad validations
  Open payload bay doors and install payload
  Crew arrival (Tuesday) for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
  T-0 for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Friday)


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 and removal preparations
  Tire and wheel assembly removal

WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:
  Forward reaction control system functional checks
  TACAN activation and test
  Remove LITE and Spartan 201 payloads
  Remove space shuttle main engines

WORK COMPLETED:
  Close payload bay doors
  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: Shuttle Landing Facility

NOTE: Columbia was transported  to the Shuttle Landing Facility 
early this morning. It departed the Orbiter Processing Facility 
at about 4 a.m. and was spotted in the Mate Demate device at 
about 6 a.m. Later this morning, the orbiter will be mated to the 
747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for a scheduled sunrise Saturday 
morning ferry flight departure to Palmdale, Calif. While at 
Palmdale, Columbia will undergo a scheduled six-month orbiter 
maintenance down period. When Columbia returns to KSC early next 
year, processing will begin for mission STS-73 scheduled for 
launch in late summer 1995.