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KSC SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, August 4, 1995


Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour
Mission number: STS-69
Location: VAB High Bay 1
Primary payload:  Wake Shield Facility/Spartan 201-3
Astronauts: 5
Orbital altitude: 230 statute miles
Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission Duration: 10 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes
Launch date:  August
Landing date: TBD

STS-69 IN WORK:

· Powered on state of health check

STS-69 WORK SCHEDULED:

· Final rollout preparations Monday
· Rollout no earlier than 2 a.m. Tuesday
· Launch pad validations Tuesday-Wednesday
· Flight Readiness Test Thursday

STS-69 WORK COMPLETED:

· Preliminary rollout preparations


Issues and Concerns:  A final decision  on  rollout will be made on
Monday.  Work to qualify Endeavour’s solid rocket boosters for flight
is not expected to begin at KSC until  the end of next week.  No
assessment date for launch has been established.


Columbia/OV-102 (STS-73) U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-2
OPF Bay 3

	A functional test of the landing gear was completed this
morning.  Testing of the flight controls is underway and orbiter
mid-body closeouts are in work. Testing of the Ku-band communications
system continues.  Water proofing of the orbiter’s tiles will begin
on Sunday.  Scheduled next week is a Spacelab interface electrical
check and an orbiter structural test.  The payload bay doors will be
closed for flight about next Tuesday night.  In the Vehicle Assembly
Building, the external tank will be mated to the solid rocket
boosters on Saturday.  Rollover of Columbia to the VAB for mating to
the ET/SRB stack is currently projected to occur on Aug. 21 with
rollout to Pad 39-B on Aug. 26.


Atlantis/OV-104 (STS-74) Russian Docking Module
OPF Bay 2

	Functional tests of the orbital maneuvering system and the
auxiliary power units are being performed today.  The forward
reaction control system is scheduled to be removed tonight and taken
to the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility for routine work.  The
orbiter’s wheels and tires were installed last night.  Modifications
to the orbiter docking system continues.  In the Space Station
Processing Facility, the solar arrays have been attached to the
Russian Docking Module.  A pressure test of the module is scheduled
for next week.


Discovery/OV-103 (ferry flight preparations)
OPF Bay 1

	The bay is cleared of personnel for the draining of residual
hypergolic fuels which began last night and is scheduled to conclude
over the weekend.


KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility
Today’s minimum temperature: 77 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 85 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 77 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 40 mph/SE
Precipitation as of  7 a.m.: 0
Total monthly precipitation: .90 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.08