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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1996  (2:26 PM EST)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692)
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov


MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 (image) and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image)
Flight Day 14

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: in orbit
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: November 19 at 2:55.47 p.m. EST
(new)TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 6 at about 7:57 a.m. EST
MISSION DURATION: 16 days, 17 hours, 2 minutes
CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Mission managers today decided to extend Columbia's mission by
24 hours to allow for additional observations from the free-flying
ORFEUS-SPAS ultraviolet astronomy satellite. Landing is now set for
Friday, Dec. 6, at about 7:57 a.m., at KSC.

	Based on this mission extension, berthing of ORFEUS-SPAS is
set for about 7:56 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4.

	The solid rocket booster nozzles arrived in Utah this
weekend. Detailed inspections will occur over the next few days.


MISSION: STS-81 -- 5th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image)

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 12, 1997 at about 4:17 a.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 21, 1997 at about 8:40 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days (+1)
CREW: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up) Blaha (down)
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: At the time of payload bay door closing last week, engineers
found a small indention on a strut on the floor of the payload bay.
The strut was replaced over the weekend and the payload bay doors are
now set to be closed this afternoon. A pressure check of the aft
engine compartment is in work today following aft close-outs which
were completed this weekend. In light of the airlock concerns aboard
Columbia, additional checks of Atlantis' airlock were conducted with
no problems found. Rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building is
currently targeted for midnight Wednesday night. Once in the VAB,
Atlantis will be mated to the external tank and solid rocket
boosters. Rollout to Pad 39B is set for Dec. 10.

KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Orbiter roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (12:01 a.m. Dec. 5)
Deliver Spacehab to pad (Dec. 6)
Roll out Shuttle Atlantis to Pad 39B (Dec. 10)
Hot fire all three auxiliary power units (Dec. 11)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Dec. 16-17)


MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: February 13, 1997 at 2:59 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 61 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: February 23, 1997 at 1:35 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 22 hours
CREW: Bowersox, Horowitz, Lee, Hawley, Harbaugh, Smith, Tanner
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: In light of the airlock concerns aboard Columbia, additional
checks of Discovery's airlock were conducted this past weekend with
no problems found. Payload-to-orbiter pre-mate checks are now in work
and hydraulic operations involving the main landing gear and the
brakes are set to begin tomorrow. The payload bay doors are scheduled
to be closed Dec. 16. The Crew Equipment Interface Test is set for
this weekend. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters for mission
STS-82 continues in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The external tank
will be mated to the boosters early next week.

KEY STS-82 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Crew Equipment Interface Test (Dec. 7)
Mate external tank to solid rocket booster (Dec. 9)
Close payload bay doors (Dec. 16)
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