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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT Wednesday, August 21, 1996 George H. Diller Vehicle: OV-104/Atlantis (image) Mission number: STS-79 Location: Pad 39-A Primary payload: Spacehab (image) - Mir 4 Astronauts: 6 Orbital altitude: 245 statute miles Inclination: 51.6 degrees Mission Duration: 9 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes Target Launch date: Sept. 12 6:27 a.m. EDT Landing date: Sept. 21 11:36 a.m. EDT STS-79 IN WORK TODAY: - Establish umbilical connections between Space Shuttle and launch pad - Open payload bay doors - Establish electrical and fluid connections between Spacehab and orbiter STS-79 WORK SCHEDULED: - Main engine (image) flight readiness test (Thursday) - Spacehab interface verification test (Friday) - 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: - Rollout from VAB (First motion Tuesday at 2:28 p.m.- Hard down at 8:29 p.m.) ISSUES AND CONCERNS: None STS-80/OV-102/Columbia ORFEUS-SPAS 2 (image)/Wake Shield Facility 3 OPF Bay 1 The functional test of the manipulator positioning mechanism to which the robot arm attaches will conclude this afternoon and installation of the arm will be performed tonight. In the payload bay, the payload pre-mate electrical test is scheduled to begin tonight and will continue tomorrow. STS-82/OV-103/Discovery HST Second Servicing Mission OPF Bay 2 Testing of the cryogenic reactant system and leak and functional tests of the auxiliary power units continues. KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary Shuttle Landing Facility - 7 a.m. Today’s minimum temperature: 78 degrees Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 87 degrees Low relative humidity: 68 percent Peak wind speed/direction: 28 mph/E Precipitation: .04 inches Total August precipitation: 5.14 inches Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.09