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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1996 (12:01 PM EST)


MISSION:STS-72 -- SFU Retrieval & OAST-Flyer
FLIGHT DAY 6

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbit
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 11 at 4:41 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 at about 3:17 a.m. EST
MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 288 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Mission STS-72 in-flight status reports are issued daily from Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.

	Endeavour is scheduled to land at KSC on Saturday, Jan. 20, at about 3:17 a.m.

		The STS-72 crew are: Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent Jett, and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel Barry, Winston Scott, and representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan, Koichi Wakata. 


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

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:08 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 7 at 7:38 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Landing gear functional checks are currently in work today as preparations continue for the orbiter’s move to the Vehicle Assembly Building early next week. Also, orbiter close-out operations and final payload bay cleaning operations will continue today.

KEY STS-75 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building (Jan. 22)
* Rollout to pad 39B (Jan. 29)


MISSION: STS-76 -- 3rd MIR DOCKING

VEHICLE:Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: March 21 at about 3:34 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: About 6 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 30 at about 12:07 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days
CREW SIZE: 6 up; 5 down
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: The payload premate tests are in work today as preparations continue for the installation of the Orbiter Docking System next week. Also, main engine installation is scheduled for next week.

KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Deliver Orbiter Docking System to Orbiter Processing Facility (Jan. 22)
* Install Orbiter Docking System (Jan. 23)
* Install main engines (Jan. 24-25)