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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, JULY 8, 1996  (12:44 PM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692)
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov

ALERT: Due to the projected track of Hurricane Bertha, KSC has
officially gone to Hurcon (Hurricane Condition) IV as of 9:30 a.m.
today. Hurcon IV status indicates KSC expects to see 50 knot winds or
greater within 72 hours. Initial preparations are being implemented
to inform KSC workers of this status, intensify general cleanup of
debris around KSC, deliver sandbags and shutters to designated
locations, and discuss possible rollback options for Atlantis which
is currently at pad 39A.

	According to the KSC Hurricane Plan, the Space Shuttle will
be rolled back to the VAB if there is a possibility of sustained
hurricane force winds at the pad. Rollback to the VAB must be
completed before winds reach 40 knots sustained or 60 knot gusts.


MISSION: STS-79 -- 4th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION:  Pad 39A
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 31 at about 11:29 p.m. (EDT)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: August 9 at about 8:05 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Work continues to prepare Atlantis for launch with the helium
signature leak check of the main propulsion system set to begin
tonight and installation of the Spacehab scheduled to begin early
tomorrow. If the decision to rollback to the VAB is made due to
Hurricane Bertha, the payload bay doors could be closed as early as
tomorrow night and rollback operations begin as early as Wednesday
afternoon.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Helium signature leak checks (tonight)
Install Spacehab Double Module into orbiter (July 9)
STS-79 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (July 18-19)


MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 and
ORFEUS-SPAS-2

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102	
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 31 at 2:40 p.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 20 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 16 at 7:25 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Following yesterday's landing at KSC's Shuttle Landing
Facility, Columbia was towed to OPF bay 1 where it was spotted at
about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Today, post-mission deservicing is
underway as payload destow operations continue. The payload bay doors
are scheduled to be opened on Wednesday.  Early reports from
inspectors indicate nominal damage to Columbia's thermal protection
system following landing and 17 days in space.


MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION:  Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: February 13, 1997
LAUNCH WINDOW: 61 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: February 23, 1997
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 22 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Work continues to remove the ferry flight equipment from
Discovery. Access to the aft, mid-body and crew module continues.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Initial power-up (July 9)
Open payload bay doors (July 16)


PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3

NOTE: Preparations continue on Endeavour for its first Orbiter
Maintenance Down Period. Delivery to Palmdale, where Endeavour will
remain for about eight months, will occur around the first of August.
Once Endeavour returns to KSC, its next mission will be the first
International Space Station assembly Space Shuttle flight, scheduled
for launch in late 1997.

KEY PRE-OMDP OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Final payload bay closing (July 12)
Rollout to SLF for ferry flight to Palmdale, CA (July 29)
Depart KSC (July 30)
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