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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FERRY FLIGHT UPDATE

April 12, 1996 1:45 PM

Ferry flight status #7 (Final Status Report)

The orbiter Atlantis riding atop the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (SCA) landed at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15  at
1:41 p.m. today after departing Eglin AFB, Fla., at about 12:22 p.m.
EDT today.

Once Atlantis is demated from the SCA (later tonight), it will be
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