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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994 (12:54 PM EDT)


MISSION: STS-68 -- SPACE RADAR LABORATORY-2

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
KSC LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Sept. 30, 1994 at 7:16 a.m. EDT
EDWARDS LANDING DATE and TIME: Oct. 11 at 1:02 p.m. EDT
MISSION ELAPSED TIME (MET): 11 days/5 hours/47 minutes/8 seconds

	The orbiter Endeavour has been mated to the 747 Shuttle 
Carrier Aircraft and turn-around operations at Edwards Air Force 
Base are complete. Departure from Edwards had been scheduled for 
this morning but were again postponed due to weather concerns in 
Texas. Endeavour will remain at Edwards today and make attempts 
to depart at first light tomorrow pending additional weather 
assessments. The itinerary back to Kennedy Space Center will be 
determined at a weather briefing to be held tonight at Edwards. 


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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 189 sm
LOCATION: Pad 39B
INCLINATION: 57 degrees
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Nov. 3
CREW SIZE: 6
LAUNCH TIME: 11:56 a.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: 1 hour/2 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 14/7:42 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/20 hours

IN WORK TODAY:
  Helium signature test
  Preparations to load hypergolic fuels
  Calibrate inertial measurement units
  ATLAS payload battery charge

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Load hypergolic fuels
  Open rotating service structure
  Hot fire three auxiliary power units
  Flight Readiness Review (Wednesday)

WORK COMPLETED:
  Cavity purges and leak checks 
  Payload interface verification tests
  Install payload


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 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:
  Install drag chute
  Preparations to remove forward reaction control system
  Preparations to off-load hypergolic fuels
 
WORK SCHEDULED:
  Remove forward reaction control system
  Off-load residual hypergolic fuels

WORK COMPLETED:
  Hydraulic operations
  Remove space shuttle main engines and heatshields
  Remove LITE and Spartan 201 payloads