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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, August 14, 1996

George H. Diller


Vehicle: OV-104/Atlantis
Mission number: STS-79
Location: VAB High Bay Bay 3
Primary payload:  Spacehab (image) - Mir 4
Astronauts: 6   
Orbital altitude: 245 statute miles
Inclination: 51.6 degrees
Mission Duration: 9 days, 5 hours
Launch date:   Sept. 12       6:26 a.m. EDT
Landing date:  Sept. 21      11:30 a.m. EDT

STS-79 IN WORK TODAY:
-  Establishing electrical connections between orbiter and
   external tank/solid rocket booster stack
  
STS-79 WORK SCHEDULED:
-  Shuttle Interface Test  (Friday)
-  Rollout from VAB to Pad 39-A  (Aug. 20  4 a.m.)
-  Main engine flight readiness test
-  Astronaut arrival for safety training and Terminal Countdown
   Demonstration Test (Aug. 25  5:30 p.m.)
-  STS 79 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test  (Aug. 27 - 28)

 STS-79 WORK COMPLETED:
-  Rollover from OPF Bay 3 to Vehicle Assembly Building (image)
-  Mating of orbiter to external tank/solid rocket booster stack

              
STS-80/OV-102/Columbia
ORFEUS-SPAS 2 (image)/Wake Shield Facility 3
OPF Bay 1

        Drag chute (image) installation is in work today.  Preparations continue for 
installing the remote manipulator system and the orbiter main engines on Friday.  
Preparations are also underway for a planned purge and flush of the flash 
evaporator system this week.  Payload bay reconfiguration continues.  Polishing 
of windows 3 and 4 is complete.

  	
STS-82/OV-103/Discovery
HST Second Servicing Mission
OPF Bay 2

	The right orbital maneuvering system pod is being installed today.  The 
radiator functional test is complete.  The main propulsion system functional test 
is scheduled to begin tonight and orbiter electrical system testing will resume.   
The orbiter’s forward reaction control system is scheduled for installation on 
Aug. 30.   


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

Today’s minimum temperature: 73 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 91 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 55 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 37 mph/W
Precipitation: .29 inches
Total August precipitation: 4.25 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.05