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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1996  (10:41 AM EDT)

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


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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION:  Vehicle Assembly Building
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: September 12 at about 6:26 a.m. (EDT)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: September 21 at about 11:30 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 5 hours
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: The right forward center segment has been mated to the booster
stack in the Vehicle Assembly Building and the follow-on leak check
of the stacked segments is complete and good. The right forward
segment of the replacement SRBs was scheduled to be mated to the
stack today. However, damage to a vent port plug must be repaired and
stacking operations are in a temporary hold. The repairs will be
conducted later today. Booster stacking will be completed this
weekend and the external tank is now scheduled to be mated to the
stack Sunday.

	Atlantis remains in the Vehicle Assembly Building while
stacking operations of the replacement set of solid rocket boosters
(SRB) continues in the adjacent high bay. Due to the stacking
schedule, Atlantis will be destacked from the original set of SRBs
early Thursday morning and transported to OPF bay no. 3 Thursday
evening. Atlantis will return to the VAB on Aug. 13 to be mated to
the new stack.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Demate orbiter from current SRB stack and move to OPF bay 3 (Thursday)
Mate external tank to solid rocket boosters (Sunday)
Transport orbiter to VAB and mate with new set of solid rocket
boosters (Aug. 13)
Roll out Space Shuttle to Pad 39A (Aug. 20)
STS-79 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Aug. 27-28)


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: (no earlier than) Oct. 31 at 2:40 p.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 20 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: (no earlier than) 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: The remote manipulator system has been installed into
Columbia's payload bay and the system is being checked and tested
this week. Checks of the Flash Evaporator System and General Purpose
Computers are complete.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Begin removing Space Shuttle main engines (Aug. 7)
Complete installation of main engines (about Aug. 15)


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: Preparations to install the right hand orbital maneuvering
system pod is in work this week.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Complete installation of right hand orbital maneuvering system pod
(about Aug. 7)
Install remote manipulator system (Aug. 20)
Install forward reaction control system (about Aug. 28)


ENDEAVOUR -- PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD (OMDP)

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: En route to Palmdale, CA

NOTE: Endeavour, bolted atop the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (SCA), departed KSC at about 6:55 a.m. today en route to
Palmdale. CA. The orbiter/SCA arrived at Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX,
at about 10:10 a.m. EDT for a brief refueling stop. Pending weather,
Endeavour will continue to Palmdale this afternoon. Endeavour is
being sent to Palmdale for its first Orbiter Maintenance Down Period
which is scheduled to last about eight months.

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NOTE: MISSION STS-81, ATLANTIS, IS TARGETED FOR LAUNCH ABOUT JAN. 16,
1997. SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS WILL BE ISSUED FOLLOWING MISSION
STS-79.

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