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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1994 (11:08 AM EDT)


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

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

NOTE: A Delta vehicle with NASA's Wind payload is scheduled for 
launch at 4:31 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, from Cape Canaveral Air 
Station's complex 17B. If this Delta launch slips 24-hours, 
launch of Atlantis will be delayed 24 hours as well. If this 
occurs, an additional 24-hour hold will be inserted at the T-27 
hour mark and launch of mission STS-66 will be rescheduled for 
Friday, Nov. 4, at 11:58 a.m. EST. At this time, the Delta/Wind 
launch remains on schedule.

IN WORK TODAY:
  STS-66 crew arrival (11:30 a.m.) 
  Countdown begins at T-43 hours (4 p.m.)
  Final payload servicing for flight

WORK COMPLETED:
  Water spray boiler inspections 
  Aft engine compartment close-outs
  Countdown preparations

WORK SCHEDULED THIS WEEK:
  Close payload bay doors for flight (early Tuesday)
  Load on board cryogenic tanks (2 p.m. Tuesday)
  Retract rotating service structure (1 p.m. Wednesday)
  Load external tank (3:36 a.m. Thursday)


SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-66

T-TIME ------- LENGTH OF HOLD ------- HOLD BEGINS --------HOLD ENDS 

T-27 hours ----  4 hours ---------- 8:00 a.m. Tues.---- 12:00 p.m. Tues.
T-19 hours ---   4 hours ---------- 8:00 p.m. Tues.---- 12:00 a.m. Wed.
T-11 hours ---  13 hrs.,36 mins. -- 8:00 a.m. Wed.------ 9:36 p.m. Wed.
T-6  hours ----  1 hour ----------- 2:36 a.m. Thurs.---- 3:36 a.m. Thurs.
T-3  hours ----  2 hours ---------- 6:36 a.m. Thurs.---- 8:36 a.m. Thurs.
T-20 minutes -- 10 minutes ------- 11:16 a.m. Thurs.--- 11:26 a.m. Thurs.
T-9  minutes -  10 minutes-------- 11:37 a.m. Thurs.--- 11:47 a.m. Thurs.


CREW FOR MISSION STS-66

Commander (CDR): Don McMonagle (red team)
Pilot (PLT): Curtis Brown (blue team)
Mission Specialist (MS1): Ellen Ochoa (red team)
Mission Specialist (MS2): Joseph Tanner (red team)
Mission Specialist (MS3): Jean-Francois Clervoy (blue team)
Mission Specialist (MS4): Scott Parazynski (blue team)


SUMMARY OF STS-66 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Thursday, Nov. 3, 1994
 7:01 a.m.	Wake up
 7:31 a.m.	Lunch/Breakfast
 7:31 a.m.	Crew Photo
 8:01 a.m.	Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
 8:01 a.m.	Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3, MS4)
 8:11 a.m.	Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
 8:41 a.m.	Depart for launch pad 39B
 9:11 a.m.	Arrive at white room and begin ingress
10:26 a.m.	Close crew hatch
11:56 a.m.	Launch