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KSC SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, Sept. 15, 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:

· Hypergolic storable propellant loading operations (OMS fuel)
· Retraction of rotating service structure (8 p.m.)
· Auxiliary power unit hot fire  (10:30 p.m.)

STS-73 WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:

· aft main engine compartment closeouts
· installation of flight crew equipment lockers
- installation of contingency EVA spacesuits
· external tank purge
· USML battery charging and experiment fit checks
· Countdown preparations in Firing Room 3
· Top off pad liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen storage tanks

STS-73 WORK COMPLETED:

· Flight Readiness Review
· Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
· Solid rocket booster nozzle joint repair and confidence work

NOTE:  Each auxiliary power unit will be run in sequence for seven minutes.


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

	The functional test of the Orbiter Docking System (ODS) has
been rescheduled for Monday.  The Interface Verification Test of the
Russian MIR-2  Docking Module has been rescheduled for Wednesday and
Thursday.  The state-of-health check will follow on Friday. 
Servicing of the water spray boilers and potable water servicing is
complete.  Technicians continue installing heat shields around the
three main engines, and aft main engine compartment closeouts are in
work.  On Saturday, the astronauts will conduct the Crew Equipment
Interface Test (CEIT).

	The Space Shuttle Atlantis’ solid rocket booster repair work
is scheduled to begin on Sept. 24 in the Vehicle Assembly Building. 
Atlantis’ rollover to the VAB is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Oct. 2.


Discovery/OV-103
OPF Bay 1

	Work continues to prepare Discovery for the ferry flight to
Palmdale.  The ferry flight OMS pod installation is continuing and
will conclude late tonight.  The payload bay doors will also be
closed on Saturday, and the ferry flight tail cone installed next
week.  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/Endeavour

	The Wake Shield Facility was grappled at 9:59 a.m. EDT
yesterday after 74 hours, 34 minutes of free flight.  The astronaut
spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 4:04 a.m. EDT on Saturday,
concluding at 10:24 a.m.

	 Landing of Endeavour is scheduled at KSC on Monday, Sept. 18
at approximately 7:41 a.m. weather permitting.  The forecast at this
time is generally favorable as a high pressure ridge builds over the
southeast.  On Monday, the landing forecast calls for scattered
clouds at low and mid-level, and a high layer of broken clouds.  The
visibility will be 7 to 10 miles with Northeast winds at 6-12 knots. 
There is a chance of showers offshore.  Tropical Storm Marilyn is not
expected to be an influence in the Cape Canavaral vicinity on
Monday.



KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility

Today’s minimum temperature: 76 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 89 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 66 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 17 mph/E
Precipitation as of 7 a.m.: .08 inches
Total monthly precipitation: 3.64 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.09