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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1996 (12:07 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 7

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbit
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 7 at about 7:32 a.m. EST
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 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 & SPACEHAB

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: The Space Shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to Pad 39B today.
First motion from the Vehicle Assembly Building occurred at 6:44 a.m.
The Rotating Service Structure will be moved around the vehicle at
about 5 p.m. today and the payload bay doors open later tonight. The
Spacehab single module payload is in the payload change-out room at
the pad and will be installed into Atlantis’ payload bay tomorrow.

KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Open payload bay doors (Wednesday evening)
* Install Spacehab single module into Atlantis’ payload bay (Thursday)
* Space Shuttle main engine flight readiness test (Friday)
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (March 5-6)
* Flight Readiness Review (March 11)


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: Operations to remove and replace thrusters on the reaction
control system have been put on hold as work to prepare the
hypergolic manifold tanks continue.

KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove remote manipulator system (Feb. 29)
* Install Space Shuttle main engines (March 8)