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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Thursday, April 18, 1996

George H. Diller

Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour
Mission number: STS-77
Location: Pad 39-B
Primary payload: Spacehab 4/Spartan 207/TEAMS
Astronauts: 6
Orbital altitude: 176 statute miles
Inclination: 39 degrees
Mission Duration: 10 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes
Launch date:   May 16    6:32 a.m. EDT
Landing date:  May 26    7:09 a.m. EDT

STS-77 IN WORK TODAY:
 -  Flight Readiness Test of main engines and flight control systems

STS-77 WORK SCHEDULED:
 -  Astronaut arrival for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
    (Apr. 22 at 10:30 a.m.)
 -  Helium Signature leak check of main propulsion system  (Apr. 22)
 -  Begin Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Apr. 23 at 8 a.m.)
 -  Conclude Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Apr. 24 at 11 a.m.)
 -  Flight Readiness Review  (May 7)

STS-77 WORK COMPLETED:
 -  Installation of payloads into Endeavour’s payload bay
 -  Launch pad electrical and mechanical validations


STS-78/OV-102/Columbia
Life and Microgravity Spacelab
OPF Bay 2

	Installation of the three main engines has been completed. 
Removal and replacement of the No. 3 TACAN unit used for landing
navigational purposes is complete.  Re-testing is in work.  Payload
bay electrical checks are occurring in preparation for the arrival of
the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) next week.

        In the Operations and Checkout Building, closeouts of LMS are
in work.  The module will be installed into the payload canister on
Apr. 22.  LMS will be transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility
and installed into Columbia’s payload bay the following day, Apr. 23.

	In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the left
forward assembly is complete.  Stacking of the right aft center
segment is in work today.


STS-79/OV-104/Atlantis
MIR-4 Docking
OPF Bay 1

	The Spacehab-MIR, double module is being removed today.  The
ferry flight tail cone was removed yesterday.  The waste containment
system has also been removed for servicing.  Removal of the reaction
control system ferry flight throat plugs will occur tonight.


KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility - 7 a.m.

Today’s minimum temperature: 56 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 75 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 40 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 18 mph/N
Precipitation: 0
Total April precipitation: .55 inches
Barometric pressure:  30.16