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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1995 (12:22 PM EST)


MISSION: STS-74 -- 2nd MIR DOCKING (Docking Module)
LAUNCH - 1 DAY

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Pad 39A
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 11 at about 7:56 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7 minutes
TARGET MIR DOCKING DATE/TIME: Nov. 14 at about 2:20 a.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 19 at about 1:25 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 5 hours
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: The countdown for launch of Atlantis continues on schedule today for liftoff
on Saturday, Nov. 11. The seven-minute window opens at about 7:56 a.m. The
exact window will be announced about 90 minutes prior to launch following
final computation of the location of Mir space station. Atlantis is
scheduled to land at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at about 1:25 p.m. Nov. 19.

	No technical issues or concerns are being discussed by the mission
management team or by NASA engineers. The Docking Module located in Atlantis’
payload bay was powered-up for a final state-of-health check yesterday and
no problems were identified.

	Today, final mid-deck payload loading operations will be completed
and the rotating service structure will be retracted to launch position
at about 1:30 p.m., pending weather. Loading of the external tank with
cryogenic propellants is scheduled to begin at about 10:36 p.m.

	Air Force weather forecasters are indicating a 30 percent probability
of weather prohibiting launch on Saturday. The primary concern is for
possible cloudiness and ceiling below 6,000 feet. Also, there remains a
concern for marginal weather at the trans-Atlantic landing sites in Spain and Africa.

	During Saturday’s launch window, the winds at KSC’s Pad A are expected
to be from the south-southeast at 7 -12 knots; temperature 70 degrees F;
visibility 7 miles; humidity 81 percent; and clouds scattered at 3,000 feet
and broken at 25,000 feet. 

	The 24-hour-delay forecast reveals similar conditions and a 40 percent
chance of violation.


NOTE: For additional details regarding STS-74 countdown milestones, please 
refer to KSC Release No. 121-95.


SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-74

  T-TIME        LENGTH OF HOLD            HOLD BEGINS        HOLD ENDS 
T-27 hours	 4 hours		11:00 p.m. Wed.	    3 a.m. Thurs.
T-19 hours	 8 hours		11:00 a.m. Thurs.   7 p.m. Thurs.
T-11 hours	13 hours, 6 minutes	 3:00 a.m. Fri.     4:06 p.m. Fri.
T-6  hours	 2 hours		 9:06 p.m. Fri.    11:06 p.m. Fri.
T-3  hours	 2 hours		 2:06 a.m. Sat.     4:06 a.m. Sat.
T-20 minutes	10 minutes		 6:46 a.m. Sat.     6:56 a.m. Sat.
T-9  minutes	40 minutes		 7:07 a.m. Sat.     7:47 a.m. Sat.


CREW FOR MISSION STS-74

Commander (CDR): Ken Cameron
Pilot (PLT): James Halsell
Mission Specialist (MS1): Chris Hadfield 
Mission Specialist (MS2): Jerry Ross
Mission Specialist (MS3): William McArthur


SUMMARY OF STS-74 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Friday, Nov. 10 

10:00 p.m.	Wake up
10:30 p.m.	Breakfast

Saturday, Nov. 11 

* 2:51 a.m.	Lunch and crew photo
  3:21 a.m.     Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
  3:21 a.m.	Don launch and entry suits (MS1, MS3)
  3:31 a.m.	Don launch and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)
* 3:41 a.m.	Crew suiting photo 
* 4:01 a.m.	Depart for launch pad 39A
* 4:41 a.m.	Arrive at white room and begin ingress
* 5:56 a.m.	Close crew hatch
* 7:56 a.m.	Launch

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