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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1995 (11:33 AM EDT)


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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET late-August
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: TDB
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 230 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: The Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll-out from the Vehicle
Assembly Building to pad 39-A tomorrow at 2 a.m. The six-hour trip
will place the vehicle back at the pad by mid-morning.

	Endeavour’s launch remains on indefinite hold pending
engineering analysis and repair of the solid rocket booster nozzle
O-ring seals.

IN WORK TODAY:
* Preparations to roll-out to pad 39-A (first motion set for 2 a.m. Tuesday)

WORK SCHEDULED:
* Mechanical and electrical connections at pad (Tuesday)
* Space shuttle main engine flight readiness test (Thursday)
* Begin set-up for solid rocket booster nozzle repairs (Thursday)


MISSION: STS-73 -- U.S. MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-2

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 21 at 9:31 a.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 7 at 7:25 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 22 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 172 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE: Engineering analysis has indicated that the no. 2 main engine
on Columbia is unacceptable for flight and will be removed and
replaced with an engine originally slated to fly on mission STS-74.
The engine replacement has delayed Columbia’s move to the Vehicle
Assembly Building by about five days.

IN WORK TODAY:
* Final payload bay cleaning
* Aft engine compartment and orbiter mid-body close-outs

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove and replace space shuttle main engine no. 2 (Thursday/Friday)
* Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (Aug. 21)
* Roll out to pad 39-B (Aug. 26)


MISSION: STS-74 -- 2nd MIR DOCKING (Docking Module)

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 26 at 3:08 p.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7 minutes
ESTIMATED MIR DOCKING DATE/TIME: Oct. 29 at 8:05 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 3 at 11:05 a.m. EST
MISSION DURATION: 7 days, 20 hours
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Preparations are underway to remove the forward reaction
control system later this week and send it to the Hypergolic
Maintenance Facility to replace a faulty valve.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Install space shuttle main engines (Aug. 24-25)


DISCOVERY/OV-103 -- Pre-Orbital Maintenance Down Period

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET DATE OF DEPARTURE FOR PALMDALE FOR OMDP: Sept. 26

NOTE: Discovery is scheduled to be delivered to Palmdale, Calif., for
a nine-month Orbital Maintenance Down Period (OMDP). During this
time, the vehicle will be outfitted with a 5th set of cryogenic tanks
and an external airlock to support missions to the international
Space Station. Discovery is scheduled to depart Kennedy Space Center
via the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on or about Sept. 26.
Discovery’s next flight, the second mission to service the Hubble
Space Telescope, is targeted for launch in early 1997. The payload
bay doors will be opened today and the space shuttle main engines are
scheduled to be removed beginning Friday.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove forward reaction control system (Aug. 9)
* Remove space shuttle main engines (Aug. 11)