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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1995 (12:06 PM EST)

MISSION: STS-67 -- ASTRO-2

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Pad 39A
LAUNCH DATE and TIME: March 2 at 1:37 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE and TIME: March 17 at 3:09 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
  Close outs of aft engine compartment
  Preparations for ordnance operations

WORK COMPLETED:
  Load hypergolic fuels

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES:
  Ordnance installation (tonight)
  Close payload bay doors for flight (Feb. 24)
  Crew arrival at KSC (11:15 p.m. Feb. 26)
  Begin countdown for March 2 launch (2 a.m. Feb. 27)


MISSION: STS-71 -- 1st MIR DOCKING

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: May/June
APPROX. LAUNCH PERIOD: late night
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:
  Install main engine no. 2
  Remove and replace Freon/water interchanger
  Stack solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 1

WORK COMPLETED:
  Install main engines no. 1 and 3
  Install main landing gear wheel and tire assemblies
  Install drag chute

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are targeted only):
  Install Orbiter Docking System (March 13)
  Install spacelab (March 17)
  Crew equipment interface test (April 11)
  Final payload bay closure (April 12)
  Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (April 18)


MISSION: STS-70 -- TDRS-G

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 22
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 11:13 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 30 at 9:23 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
  Clear bay to off-load hypergolic reactants

WORK COMPLETED:
  Remove Spacehab and SPARTAN payloads and transfer to Operations and 
    Checkout Building
  Post-flight toxic vapor checks near and around auxiliary power units
  Final destow of spacehab experiments

WORK SCHEDULED:
  Remove space shuttle main engines (March 3)