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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, JULY 10, 1995 (10:49 AM EDT)

LAUNCH MINUS 3 DAYS

MISSION: STS-70 -- TDRS-G

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Pad 39-B
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 13 at 9:41 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 21 at 7:51 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 7 days, 22 hours
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: The countdown for launch began at 10 a.m. today for a 2 1/2
hour launch window opening at 9:41 a.m. on Thursday, July 13. TDRS
deployment is scheduled to occur at about 3:53 p.m. Thursday.
Discovery is scheduled to land at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at
7:51 a.m. July 21.

IN WORK TODAY:
* Begin final vehicle and facility close-outs for launch
* Start preparations for servicing fuel cell storage tanks
* Begin stowage of flight crew equipment
* Crew arrival (4:20 p.m. today)
* Close payload bay doors (7 p.m. today)

WORK COMPLETED:
* Begin countdown at T-43 hours today at 10 a.m.
* Aft engine compartment close-outs
* TDRS payload close-outs
* Countdown preparations

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES:
* Begin 5 hour operation to load cryogenic reactants into Discovery’s
    fuel cell storage tanks (8 a.m. Tuesday)
* Move rotating service structure to launch position (about 5:30 p.m.
    Wednesday)
* External tank loading operations (about 1:21 a.m. Thursday)

NOTE: For additional details regarding STS-70 countdown milestones,
please refer to KSC Release No. 66-95.


SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-70

  T-TIME       LENGTH OF HOLD         HOLD BEGINS             HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours	4 hours	             2:00 a.m. Tuesday    6:00 a.m. Tuesday
T-19 hours	8 hours	             2:00 p.m. Tuesday   10:00 p.m. Tuesday
T-11 hours     13 hours, 21 minutes  6:00 a.m. Wednesday  7:21 p.m. Wednesday
T-6  hours	1 hour	            12:21 a.m. Thursday	  1:21 a.m. Thursday
T-3  hours	2 hours	             4:21 a.m. Thursday	  6:21 a.m. Thursday
T-20 minutes   10 minutes	     9:01 a.m. Thursday	  9:11 a.m. Thursday
T-9  minutes   10 minutes	     9:22 a.m. Thursday	  9:32 a.m. Thursday



CREW FOR MISSION STS-70

Tom Henricks	  Commander (CDR)
Kevin Kregel	  Pilot (PLT)
Donald Thomas	  Mission Specialist (MS1)
Nancy Currie	  Mission Specialist (MS2)
Mary Ellen Weber  Mission Specialist (MS3)



SUMMARY OF STS-70 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Thursday, July 13

  4:46 a.m.	Wake up
* 5:16 a.m.	Breakfast and crew photo
  5:46 a.m.	Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
  5:46 a.m.	Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3)
  5:56 a.m.	Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
* 6:10 a.m.	Crew suiting photo
* 6:26 a.m.	Depart for launch pad 39B
* 6:56 a.m.	Arrive at white room and begin ingress
* 8:11 a.m.	Close crew hatch
* 9:41 a.m.	Launch

* Televised events -- times may vary