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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
(revised) TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1996  (4:08 PM EDT)

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


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

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Palmdale, CA

NOTE: The orbiter Endeavour, riding atop the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier 
Aircraft (SCA), arrived at Palmdale, CA, at 3:45 p.m. EDT today. The vehicle 
departed KSC at about 6:55 a.m. EDT today and landed at Kelly AFB, San 
Antonio, TX, at about 10:10 a.m. for refueling. The orbiter/SCA then 
departed Kelly at about 11:45 a.m. and arrived ahead of schedule at 
Palmdale, completing the one-day ferry flight.

     Endeavour will be demated from the SCA early Thursday and towed into 
Rockwell's Orbiter Assembly Facility at Palmdale.

     Endeavour will remain in California for about eight months undergoing 
numerous modifications and structural inspections as part of its first 
Orbiter Maintenance Down Period. The most significant modification will be 
in the installation of an external air lock making Endeavour capable of 
docking with the International Space Station once construction begins late 
next year. Endeavour's first flight upon returning to flight status will be 
the first International Space Station assembly Space Shuttle flight, 
scheduled for launch in late 1997.
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