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KSC SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, Sept. 11, 1995


Vehicle: OV-102/Columbia
Mission number: STS-73
Location: Pad 39-B
Primary payload:  USML-2
Astronauts: 7
Orbital altitude: 172 statute miles
Inclination: 39 degrees
Mission Duration: 15 days, 22 hours
Launch date:  Sept. 28   9:35 a.m. EDT
Landing date: Oct. 14   7:29 a.m. EDT

STS-73 IN WORK TODAY:

· Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)
· Helium signature leak test
· KSC Launch Readiness Review (LRR)
· Preparations for storable propellant loading operations


STS-73 WORK SCHEDULED:

· TCDT conclusion (Tuesday 11 a.m.)
· Hypergolic propellant loading activities (Wednesday-Thursday)
· Auxiliary power unit hot fire (Friday)
· USML battery charging and experiment fit checks (next week)


STS-73 WORK COMPLETED:

· solid rocket booster nozzle repair and confidence work

Issues and Concerns:  None at this time.


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

	Today the Russian MIR-2 Docking Module is being transported
from the Operations and Checkout Building to OPF Bay 2 and will be
installed into the payload bay of Atlantis late this afternoon.  The
Interface Verification Test (IVT) to verify the mechanical and
electrical connections is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday next week.
The orbiter docking system (ODS) was installed into the payload bay
over the weekend and electrical connections are being made today.
The heat shields are being installed around the three main engines.

	In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the external tank is being
mated to the solid rocket boosters today.  For schedule reasons, a
decision has been made to repair the STS-74 solid rocket booster
nozzles in the VAB instead of at the launch pad.


Discovery/OV-103
OPF Bay 1

	Work continues to deconfigure and deservice Discovery in
preparation for the ferry flight to Palmdale.  Discovery will be
towed to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Sept. 25 for mating to the
747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.  The ferry flight is scheduled to
begin on Sept. 26.


STS-69
Hangar AF

	At NASA Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Station, removal of
the solid rocket booster nozzles will be completed today.  They will
be shipped to Thiokol in Utah on Tuesday to begin inspections of the
nozzle joint O-ring seals.  The disassembly and analysis will take
approximately two weeks. 


KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility

Today’s minimum temperature: 71 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature:  86 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 72 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 18 mph/E
Precipitation as of 7 a.m.: Trace
Total monthly precipitation: 2.42 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.05