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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FERRY FLIGHT UPDATE

April 12, 1996   12:35 PM

Ferry flight status #6

The orbiter Atlantis riding atop the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
(SCA) departed Eglin AFB, Fla., at about 12:22 p.m. EDT today, en route to 
KSC. Arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility is estimated at about 1:30 
p.m.

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.


No significant impacts to the overall schedule for Atlantis' next flight, 
STS-79, is anticipated due to the unexpected delay in Atlantis returning 
back to KSC for processing.

Bruce Buckingham
NASA KSC Newsroom