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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1996 (12:21 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 16 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: (as early as) Dec. 5 at 7:33 a.m. EST (new) MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: Mission managers are preparing the orbiter Columbia for landing tomorrow at KSC, a day earlier than previously scheduled, due to possible poor weather conditions this weekend at KSC. Forecasters will brief managers early tomorrow morning, permitting managers to make a final landing decision prior to the time the payload bay doors are to be closed, about 3:45 a.m. EST. Columbia is now scheduled to land at KSC as early as Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7:33 a.m. EST. Landing at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) on Thursday will occur on orbit 248 at a mission elapsed time of 15 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes. The deorbit burn will occur at about 6:27 a.m. Thursday. The two KSC landing opportunities on Thursday are: 7:33 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. EST. In the event a landing is not possible at KSC on Thursday due to weather concerns, a landing could be made at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), CA. A single landing opportunity at Edwards on Thursday occurs at 10:38 a.m. EST. If managers decide to keep Columbia in orbit an additional day, two landing opportunities are available at KSC and two at Edwards on Friday. 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. 22, 1997 at about 7:52 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes CREW: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up) Blaha (down) ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: An earlier requirement to further check the airlock on Atlantis was withdrawn allowing workers to close the payload doors this morning. This decision puts Atlantis on track to be moved to the VAB at about noon tomorrow. Today, the landing gear will be retracted and the orbiter placed on the Orbiter Transporter. Once in the VAB, Atlantis will be mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters. Rollout to Pad 39B has been rescheduled for Dec. 10. KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Orbiter roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (noon Dec. 5) Deliver Spacehab to pad (Dec. 6) Roll out Shuttle Atlantis to Pad 39B (7 a.m. 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: Payload-to-orbiter pre-mate checks are complete and hydraulic operations involving the main landing gear and brakes continue today. The Crew Equipment Interface Test is set for this weekend. The payload bay doors are scheduled to be closed Dec. 16. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters for mission STS-82 is complete. The external tank will be mated to the boosters early next week in the Vehicle Assembly Building. 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)--end-- For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release." 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