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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1995 (12:16 PM EST)

MISSION: STS-63 -- MIR RENDEZVOUS, SPARTAN and SPACEHAB-3
FLIGHT DAY 6

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: en orbit
LAUNCH DATE and TIME: Feb. 3, 1995 at 12:22:04 a.m. EST
* KSC LANDING DATE/APPROX. TIME: Feb. 11 at 6:51 a.m.
* MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.60 
degrees

* Change from yesterday's status

NOTE: Both solid rocket boosters are out of the water at hangar 
AF and Marshall engineers are assessing damage to the frustums 
and forward skirts. Both boosters sustained some damage from 
water impact loads due to high seas.

(Mission STS-63 status reports are issued daily by the Johnson 
Space Center, Houston, Tx.)

    CREW: Commander James Wetherbee; Pilot Eileen Collins; and 
Mission Specialists Bernard Harris, Michael Foale, Janice Voss 
and Vladimir Titov


MISSION: STS-67 -- ASTRO-2

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: en route to pad 39A
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: March 2
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 1:37 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 18 at 3:09 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 13 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: The orbiter Endeavour is en route to pad 39A. First motion 
from the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 7:44 a.m. today. 
Thruster R3A was repressurized prior to rollout and is currently 
holding pressure. Once at the pad, the manifold will be brought 
up to flight pressure (250 psi) and rechecked for leaks.


KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are targeted only):
  Hot fire auxiliary power unit no. 1 (4 a.m. Thursday)
  Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Feb. 14-15)
  Close payload bay doors for flight (Feb. 24)
  Launch (March 2)

 
MISSION: STS-71 -- 1st MIR DOCKING

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: OPF bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: May/June
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: early morning
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: TBD 
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 20 hours
CREW SIZE: 7 up, 8 down
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.60 
degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
  Preparations to remove and replace Freon/water interchanger
  Auxiliary power unit service and check-outs
  Main propulsion system leak and functional checks

WORK COMPLETED:
  External tank door functional checks
  Deservice Freon coolant loops 
  Orbital maneuvering system functional tests
  Install auxiliary power units

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Remove and replace Freon/water interchanger