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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, August 16, 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
Target Launch date:   Sept. 12   6:27 a.m. EDT
Landing date:  Sept. 21  11:30 a.m. EDT

STS-79 IN WORK TODAY:
 -  Shuttle Interface Test  (through Saturday)

STS-79 WORK SCHEDULED:
 -  Solid rocket booster closeouts  (Sunday)
 -  Rollout preparations  (Monday)
 -  Rollout from VAB to Pad 39-A  (Tuesday  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)
 -  Flight Readiness Review  (Aug. 29)

STS-79 WORK COMPLETED:
 -  Connection of tail service mast umbilicals
 -  Orbiter to et/srb stack electrical connections


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

	Installation of the three main engines is underway. 
Overnight, engine No. 1 was installed.  Also, the remote manipulator
system is being installed today.  Rudder speed brake checkout and
Drag chute (image) installation are complete.  Preparations continue for
installing the remote manipulator system tomorrow.  Payload bay
reconfiguration for ORFEUS-SPAS and the Wake Shield Facility is
nearing completion and preparations are underway for the payload
pre-mate electrical tests next week on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Flash
evaporator system testing continues.  In the Vehicle Assembly
Building, stacking of the STS-80 solid rocket boosters is scheduled
to begin on Aug. 29.

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

	Installation of the payload bay flood lights and the
orbiter’s brakes are underway today.  The main propulsion system
functional test is complete.  Testing of the cryogenic reactant
system is scheduled to begin Monday.  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: 71 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature:  89 degrees
Low relative humidity: 62 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 38 mph/W
Precipitation: .38 inches
Total August precipitation: 4.63 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.09