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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1995 (10:35 AM EST)

NOTE: This Space Shuttle status report will not be issued while the
government-wide shutdown is in effect.
MISSION: STS-74 -- 2nd MIR DOCKING (Docking Module)
Flight Day 3

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Pad 39A
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 12 at about 7:30:43 a.m. (on time)
TARGET MIR DOCKING DATE/TIME: Nov. 15 at about 1:28 a.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 20 at about 12:31 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 5 hours
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: 	Mission status reports are issued through the Johnson Space
Center, Houston.

		The STS-74 crew are: Commander Ken Cameron, Pilot 
James Halsell, and Mission Specialists Jerry Ross, William McArthur
and, representing the Canadian Space Agency, Chris Hadfield.

	The solid rocket booster recovery ships with the solid rocket
boosters in tow, arrived at Hangar AF at about 2:30 p.m. Monday.


MISSION: STS-72 -- SFU-Retrieval & OAST-Flyer

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 11 at 4:18 a.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: 60 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 at 2:54 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 288 statute miles/28.45 degrees

KEY STS-72 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Crew equipment interface test (Nov. 17)
* Complete aft engine compartment close-outs (Nov. 18)
* Final payload bay door closure (Nov. 20)
* Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (Nov. 29)


MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 29, 1996 (under review)
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 14, 1996
MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

KEY STS-75 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove main engines (Nov. 24)
* Functional checks of the forward reaction control system (Nov. 27)
* Begin removal of onboard cryogenic storage tank set no. 2 (Nov. 28)


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