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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1995 (10:40 AM EST)

MISSION: STS-71 -- 1st MIR DOCKING

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 2 (no earlier than)
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 1:45 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 12 at 9:15 p.m. 
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 19 hours, 31 minutes
CREW SIZE: 7 up, 8 down
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.60 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
  Aft engine compartment close-outs
  Install main engine heatshields
  Spacelab close-outs
  Tunnel connections and electrical checks

WORK COMPLETED:
  Install Mir/Spacelab tunnel

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are targeted only):
  Crew equipment interface test (April 8)
  Final payload bay closure (April 12)
  Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (April 19)
  Roll to Launch Pad 39-A (April 26)


MISSION: STS-70 -- TDRS-G

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 22
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 11:13 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 30 at 9:23 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: The high pressure oxidizer turbo pump slated to fly on main engine
 no. 1 on STS-70 will be removed and replaced in the Vehicle Assembly
 Building. This extra requirement has caused about a 7-10 day delay in
 installing the three space shuttle main engines. No impact to the overall
 STS-70 schedule is expected.

IN WORK TODAY:
  Preparations to move to Vehicle Assembly Building for temporary storage
  Auxiliary power unit leak and functional checks
  Ammonia servicing
  Payload premate tests
  Solid rocket booster stacking operations in Vehicle Assembly Building
    high bay 3

WORK COMPLETED:
  Orbital maneuvering system pod functional checks

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Transfer to Vehicle Assembly Building for temporary storage (April 12)


MISSION: STS-69 -- WSF-2 & SPARTAN 201-03

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: July 20
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 12:06 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 31 at 8:37 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 21 hours
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 190 statute miles/28.45 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
  Post-flight inspections
  Preparations to remove ASTRO-2 payload and main engines
  Functional checks of the forward reaction control system 
  Continue access to aft engine compartment

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Remove ASTRO-2 payload (Wednesday)
  Remove main engines (April 10)
  Remove extended duration orbiter pallet (April 11)

NOTE: The orbiter Columbia is expected to begin its ferry flight from
 Palmdale, Calif., to KSC on April 11 with an arrival at the Shuttle Landing
 Facility targeted for mid-day April 12. Columbia has spent the last six
 months undergoing structural inspections and modifications at the Rockwell
 facility in Palmdale. Columbia’s next mission is STS-73, a 16-day flight
 targeted for launch in September.