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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1995 (10:19 AM EST)
LAUNCH MINUS 3 DAYS

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

NOTE: The countdown for mission STS-63 began yesterday at 4:30 
p.m. at the T-43 hour mark for a planned launch of Space Shuttle 
Discovery at about 12:48 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. The countdown 
will target launch for 12:45 a.m., the earliest possible launch 
opportunity based on the Mir orbit. The exact launch time will be 
adjusted at the T-9 minute hold. The weather forecast indicates no
chance of weather prohibiting launch Thursday morning. 

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Pad 39B
LAUNCH DATE/APPROX. TIME: Feb. 2, 1995 at 12:48 a.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 10 at 6:13 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.60 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
  Pyrotechnic initiator controller tests
  Begin stowage of flight crew equipment
  Begin final stowage set-ups of Spacehab experiments
  Begin 7 hour operation to load cryogenic reactants into Discovery's
    fuel cell storage tanks

WORK COMPLETED:
  Countdown began at 4:30 p.m. Sunday
  Complete orbiter aft engine compartment close-outs
  Crew arrival for launch (11:40 p.m. Sunday)
  Install and checkout spacesuits
  Aft engine compartment close-outs
  Purge external tank

KEY COUNTDOWN MILESTONES:
  Complete cryogenic loading operations (8:30 p.m. Monday)
  Retract rotating service structure (8 a.m. Wednesday)
  Tanking (3:55 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1)

NOTE: For additional details regarding STS-63 countdown 
milestones, please refer to KSC Release No. 6-95.


SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-63

T-TIME ------------- LENGTH OF HOLD ----- HOLD BEGINS --------HOLD ENDS 

T-27 hours ---------4 hours -------------8:30 a.m. Mon.-----12:30 p.m. Mon.
T-19 hours ---------8 hours -------------8:30 p.m. Mon.------4:30 a.m. Tues.
T-11 hours --------20 hrs.,25 mins. ----12:30 p.m. Tues.-----8:55 a.m. Wed.
T-6  hours ---------2 hours -------------1:55 p.m. Wed.------3:55 p.m. Wed.
T-3  hours ---------2 hours -------------6:55 p.m. Wed.------8:55 p.m. Wed.
T-20 minutes ------10 minutes ----------11:35 p.m. Wed.-----11:45 p.m. Wed.
T-9  minutes ------40 minutes ----------11:56 p.m. Wed.-----12:36 a.m. Thurs.


CREW FOR MISSION STS-63

Commander (CDR): James Wetherbee
Pilot (PLT): Eileen Collins
Mission Specialist (MS1): Bernard Harris
Mission Specialist (MS2): Michael Foale
Mission Specialist (MS3): Janice Voss
Mission Specialist (MS4): Vladimir Titov


SUMMARY OF STS-63 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Wednesday, Feb. 1
 7:20 p.m.	Wake up
 7:50 p.m.	Breakfast and crew photo
 8:20 p.m.	Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
 8:20 p.m.	Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3, MS4)
 8:30 p.m.	Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
 9:00 p.m.	Depart for launch pad 39B
 9:30 p.m.	Arrive at white room and begin ingress
10:45 p.m.	Close crew hatch

Thursday, Feb. 2, 1995
12:48 a.m.	Launch (time estimated)