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KSC SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, July 24, 1995

 
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour
Mission number: STS-69
Location: Pad 39-A
Primary payload:  Wake Shield Facility/Spartan 201-3
Astronauts: 5
Orbital altitude: 230 statute miles
Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission Duration: 10 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes
Launch date:  August 5 (10:45 a.m.)
Landing date: August 16 (7:14 a.m.)


STS-69 IN WORK:

· Remove and replace right-hand OMS/RCS quick disconnect


STS-69 WORK SCHEDULED:

· Aft main engine compartment closeouts (begin Tuesday)
· Begin stowage of flight crew equipment (Wednesday)
· Wake Shield Facility battery charging (Thursday)
· Replenish pad liquid hydrogen storage sphere (Friday)


STS-69 WORK COMPLETED:

· Wake Shield Facility Interface Verification Test (IVT)
· Wake Shield Facility/Spartan 201-3 astronaut inspection
· Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)


Discovery/OPF Bay 1

	Discovery was towed from Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing
Facility starting at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday morning.  It arrived in
front of OPF Bay 1 at 1:02 p.m. and was spotted in the high bay at
1:05 p.m.  Over the weekend the residual cryogenic reactants were
offloaded.  Today access into the aft main engine compartment is
being established and the payload bay door strongback is being
attached in preparation for opening the payload bay doors on Tuesday.
Preparations are underway for offloading the residual hypergolic
propellants.


Columbia/OV-102 (STS-73) U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-2
OPF Bay 3

	The Spacelab tunnel connecting the orbiter’s airlock with the
USML-2 laboratory module is being installed today.  The Crew
Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) of Columbia and USML-2 is scheduled
for Saturday.


Atlantis/OV-104 (STS-74) Russian Docking Module
OPF Bay 2

	A functional test of the forward reaction control system is
underway today.  The main engine heat shields have been removed and
preparations are underway for removing the three main engines.  The
STS-71 latch assembly on the orbiter docking system has been removed.
The latching mechanism for STS-74 and subsequent missions is now
undergoing installation.  On the Russian Docking Module in the Space
Station Processing Facility, the grapple fixture and payload bay
trunions were installed on Friday.


KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility

Today’s minimum temperature: 74 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 94 degrees
Lowest  relative humidity: 60 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 22 mph/S
Precipitation as of 7 a.m.: .15 inches
Total monthly precipitation: 5.12 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.04