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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1996 (1:02 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 8

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 yesterday,
arriving at the pad about 6 hours behind schedule when two "shoes" on
the crawler transporter broke as the vehicle was just inside the pad
perimeter fence. Following repairs to the crawler, the vehicle was
finally harddown on the pad at about 7:30 p.m. and the Rotating
Service Structure moved around the vehicle at about 8:30 p.m. (First
motion from the Vehicle Assembly Building occurred at 6:44 a.m.) The
payload bay doors were opened last night and today the Spacehab
single module will be installed into the payload bay.

KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Install Spacehab single module into Atlantis’ payload bay (today)
* 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 are expected to begin this afternoon following
completion of efforts to remove all residual hypergolic reactants
from the manifold storage tanks. Due to these problems, the remote
manipulator system will not be removed from the orbiter’s payload bay
until next week. Space Shuttle main engine installation will begin
next Thursday as scheduled.

KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Install Space Shuttle main engines (March 7-8)