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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1996 (12:38 PM EST)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov

MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3
Flight Day 2

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbit
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 7 at about 7:32 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE:  Mission STS-75 status reports are issued daily from the
Johnson Space Center. Payload status reports are issued by the
Marshall Space Flight Center.

	The solid rocket boosters are reported to have performed as
expected. The booster retrieval ships are preparing the boosters for
return to Port Canaveral at about 7 a.m. Saturday. Pad damage
following launch yesterday appears minimal. Additional inspections
will be performed over the weekend.

	The crew of mission STS-75 are: Commander Andy Allen; Pilot
Scott Horowitz; Mission Specialists Jeff Hoffman, Maurizo Cheli,
Claude Nicollier, and Franklin Chang-Diaz; and Payload Specialist
Umberto Guidoni.

MISSION: STS-76 -- 3rd MIR DOCKING

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: March 21 at about 3:35 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 6 to 10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 30 at about 8:05 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 4 hours
CREW SIZE: 6 up -- 5 down
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Electrical mates between the orbiter and external tank are
being completed today. The Shuttle interface verification test is
scheduled to begin on Monday. The vehicle will be rolled out to Pad
39B at about 7 a.m. next Wednesday.

KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Transport Spacehab payload to pad (Monday)
* Roll out to Pad 39 B (Feb. 28)
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (March 5-6)

MISSION: STS-77 -- SPACEHAB-4 & SPARTAN 207

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 16 at 6:32 a.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 26 at 7:09 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 176 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE: The Orbiter Processing Facility is closed for normal work this
weekend as operations continue to remove and replace thrusters on the
reaction control system.

KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Install drag chute (Feb. 27)
* Install Space Shuttle main engines (March 8)