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SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1996 (11:30 a.m. EST) Vehicle: OV-102/Space Shuttle Columbia Mission: STS-75 -- Tethered Satellite-1R & USMP-3 Current Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 Target Launch Date: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m. EST KSC Landing Date: March 7 at 7:38 a.m. Launch Window: 2 hours, 30 minutes Mission Duration: 13 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes Crew Size: 7 Orbital Altitude and Inclination: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees STS-75 crew are: Commander Andrew Allen; Pilot Scott Horowitz; Payload Commander Franklin Chang-Diaz; Mission Specialists Jeffrey Hoffman, Claude Nicollier (ESA), Maurizio Cheli (ESA); and Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni (Italy). STS-75 Operational Milestones (target dates only): -Roll over to Vehicle Assembly Building (late Jan. 23) -Mate orbiter to external tank (Jan. 24) -Vertical payload transported to Pad 39B (Jan. 25) -Roll out to pad 39B (Jan. 29) -Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Feb. 1-2) -Flight Readiness Review (Feb. 9) Vehicle: OV-104/ Space Shuttle Atlantis Mission: STS-76 -- 3rd MIR Docking Current Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 Target Launch Date: Mar. 21 at 3:34 a.m. KSC Landing Date: Mar. 30 at 7:39 a.m. Launch Window: about 6 minutes Mission Duration: 9 days Crew Size: 6 up and 5 down Orbital Altitude and Inclination: 196-245 miles/51.6 degrees In Work: -Installing Tunnel Adapter today -Midbody closeout today -Main Engine installation (Jan. 24) -Orbiter Docking System installation (Jan. 24) -SRB stacking complete (Jan. 27) Vehicle: OV-105/Space Shuttle Endeavour Mission: STS-77 -- SPACEHAB-4; Spartan 207; TEAMS Current Location: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 Target Launch Date: May 16, 6:32 a.m. EDT KSC Landing: May 26, 8:42 a.m. Launch Window: 2 hours, 30 minutes Mission Duration: 10 days Crew Size: 6 Orbital Altitude and Inclination: 176 statute miles/ 39 degrees STS-77 Crew are: Commander John Casper; Pilot Curtis Brown; Mission Specialists Daniel Bursch, Mario Runco, Marc Garneau (CSA) and Andrew Thomas In Work: -Reviewing thrusters that failed in mission STS-72 -Looking into left payload bay door that closed slower than right on STS-72 -Flash Evaporator System troubleshooting begins (Jan. 24)