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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1995 (12:06 PM EDT)


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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Pad 39A
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: NET late-August
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: TBD
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 230 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Endeavour’s launch remains on indefinite hold until repairs to
the solid rocket booster nozzle O-ring seals are completed. The
nozzle plugs have been removed and today work is centered on vacuum
back-fill operations around the seals. Once this is complete, a
24-hour cure period is scheduled before final cleaning and
inspections begin on Wednesday.

IN WORK TODAY:
* Repairs to solid rocket booster nozzles at Pad 39A

WORK SCHEDULED:
* Ordnance installation and hypergolic fuel pressurization (TBD)
* Crew arrival and begin launch countdown (TBD)


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

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
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: Columbia was rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building
yesterday morning. First motion occurred at about 10:30 a.m.
Operations to mate the orbiter with the external tank are underway
and the Shuttle Interface Test will begin on Thursday.

IN WORK TODAY:
* Mate orbiter to external tank

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Roll out to Pad 39-B (2 a.m. Aug. 28)


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 install the tunnel adapter
tonight. Payload premate preparations and check-outs of the remote
manipulator system are currently in work.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Install forward reaction control system (Aug. 29)
* Install space shuttle main engines (Aug. 29-30)
* Install Orbiter Docking System (Aug. 30)


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.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove forward reaction control system  (Aug. 23)
* Remove right hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Aug. 30)