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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1995 (12:13 PM EST)


NOTE: Missions STS-71 and STS-70 are both being targeted for no earlier than
 launch dates and options are being protected for each to be the next one
 launched. A more firm decision is expected within the next two weeks.
  
MISSION: STS-71 -- 1st MIR DOCKING
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 10 (no earlier than)
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 10:12 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 21 at 5:41 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 final close-outs
  Preparations for crew equipment interface test

WORK COMPLETED:
  Crew equipment interface test 
  Tunnel leak checks
  Final flight control checks

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
  Final payload bay closure (April 13)
  Roll orbiter to Vehicle Assembly Building (April 19)
  Roll Shuttle vehicle to Launch Pad 39-A (April 25)


MISSION: STS-70 -- TDRS-G

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 8 (no earlier than)
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 10:23 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 16 at 8:33 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
  Auxiliary power unit leak and functional checks
  Water spray boiler checks
  Solid rocket booster stacking operations in Vehicle Assembly Building
    high bay 3

WORK COMPLETED:
  Landing gear checks
  Waste collection system installation

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
  Mate external tank to solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly
    Building (Thursday)
  Install shuttle main engines (April 17)
  Roll orbiter to Vehicle Assembly Building (May 3)
  Roll Shuttle vehicle to Launch Pad 39-B (May 11) 


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:
  Extended duration orbiter pallet demate preparations
  Preparations to remove main engines
  Functional checks of the forward reaction control system 

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Remove extended duration orbiter pallet (Wednesday)
  Remove main engines (Wednesday)

NOTE: The orbiter Columbia is expected to begin its ferry flight from
 Palmdale, Calif., to KSC on Tuesday, April 11, with arrival at the Shuttle
 Landing Facility targeted for late-morning April 12. Columbia is scheduled
 to make an overnight stop at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, weather
 permitting. 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. Upon arrival, Columbia will be stored temporarily in the Vehicle
 Assembly Building until Atlantis is rolled out of the Orbiter Processing
 Facility for external tank mating operations.