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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1995 (11:52 AM EDT)

LAUNCH MINUS 3 DAYS

MISSION: STS-71 -- 1st MIR DOCKING

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39-A
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: June 23
APPROX. LAUNCH TIME: 5:08.46 p.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 4 at 12:04 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes
CREW SIZE: 7 up, 8 down
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.60 degrees

NOTE: The countdown for launch began at 9:30 a.m. today for a 7
minute launch window opening at 5:08.46 p.m. on June 23. Docking with
Russia’s Mir space station will occur on Monday, June 26, at about
10:12 a.m. and the hatch will open at about 12:33 p.m. The orbiter
will undock from Mir at about 8:28 a.m. on Saturday, July 1 and land
at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at about 12:04 p.m. July 4.

IN WORK TODAY:
* Potable water sampling
* Begin final vehicle and facility close-outs for launch
* Start preparations for servicing fuel cell storage tanks
* Crew arrival (4:30 p.m. Today)

WORK COMPLETED:
* Begin countdown at T-43 hours today at 9:30 a.m.
* Countdown preparations
* Aft engine compartment close-outs

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES:
* Begin 5 hour operation to load cryogenic reactants into Atlantis’
  fuel cell storage tanks (7:30 a.m. Wednesday)
* Move rotating service structure to launch position (about 8:30 p.m.
  Thursday)
* External tank loading operations (about 7:50 a.m. Friday)

NOTE: For additional details regarding STS-71 countdown milestones,
please refer to KSC Release No. 55-95.

SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-71

    T-TIME            LENGTH OF HOLD        	HOLD BEGINS     HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours	4 hours			 1:30 a.m. Wed.	    5:30 a.m. Wed.
T-19 hours	8 hours			 1:30 p.m. Wed.	    9:30 p.m. Wed.
T-11 hours	19 hours, 49 minutes	 5:30 a.m. Thurs.   1:19 a.m. Fri.
T-6 hours	2 hours			 6:19 a.m. Fri.	    8:19 a.m. Fri.
T-3 hours	2 hours			11:19 a.m. Fri.	    1:19 p.m. Fri.
T-20 minutes	10 minutes		 3:59 p.m. Fri.	    4:09 p.m. Fri.
T-9 minutes	40 minutes		 4:20 p.m. Fri.	    5:00 p.m. Fri.


CREW FOR MISSION STS-71

Robert "Hoot" Gibson	Commander (CDR)
Charles Precourt	Pilot (PLT)
Ellen Baker		Mission Specialist (MS3)
Greg Harbaugh		Mission Specialist (MS1)
Bonnie Dunbar		Mission Specialist (MS2)
Anatoly Solovyev	Mir 19 Commander (MS4 - Ascent only)
Nikolai Budarin		Mir 19 Flight engineer (MS5 - Ascent only)
Vladimir Dezhurov	Mir 18 Commander (Entry only)
Gennady Strekalov	Mir 18 Flight engineer (Entry only)
Norm Thagard		Mir 18 Cosmonaut-Researcher (Entry only)


SUMMARY OF STS-71 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Friday, June 23

 5:09 a.m.	Wake up
 5:45 a.m.	Breakfast
11:30 a.m.	Dinner and crew photo
12:14 p.m.	Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
12:14 p.m.	Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3, MS4, MS5)
12:24 p.m.	Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
12:54 p.m.	Depart for launch pad 39A
 1:24 p.m.	Arrive at white room and begin ingress
 3:09 p.m.	Close crew hatch
 5:09 p.m.	Launch