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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FERRY FLIGHT UPDATE

April 12, 1996   10:43 AM

Ferry flight status #5

The orbiter Atlantis riding atop the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 
(SCA) landed at Eglin AFB, Fla., at about 10:25 a.m. EDT today.

The SCA vehicle will be refueled and prepared for the final leg of the trip 
back to KSC.

Departure from Eglin is expected to be about 12 - 12:30 p.m. EDT with 
arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at about 1:30 p.m. EDT.

Weather forecasters continue to indicated no serious weather concerns for 
the remainder of the trip today.

Standard flight plans call for the SCA pilots to fly over the central 
Brevard Country beach areas prior to touchdown, if weather and fuel 
consumption permits.

Once at KSC, the orbiter will be demated from the SCA and towed to Orbiter 
Processing Facility bay 1. Towing operations are expected to begin Saturday 
morning.

Bruce Buckingham
NASA KSC Newsroom