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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1996  (12:35 PM EDT)

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

MISSION: STS-78 -- LIFE AND MICROGRAVITY SPACELAB (LMS)

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Pad 39B
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 20 at 10:49 a.m. (EDT)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 7 at about 8:39 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 22 hours (+1 day)
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE: Hypergolic reactants loading onboard the orbiter was
successfully completed Friday. Work is now underway to close-out the
aft main engine compartment with close-outs for flight targeted for
completion by Saturday. Also, countdown preparations are in work at
the pad. The countdown will begin at 4 a.m. Monday, June 17.

KEY STS-78 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Complete aft engine compartment close-outs (Saturday)
Check-out contingency space suits (Tuesday)
Ordnance operations and pressurization of hypergolic system (Wednesday)
Begin countdown at the T-43 hour mark (4 a.m. June 17)
Crew arrival (3:30 p.m. June 17)


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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION:  Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: July 31 at about 11:42 p.m. (EDT)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: August 9 at about 8:17 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: The crew equipment interface test was completed Saturday by
members of the STS-79 crew. They toured the orbiter in the OPF
inspecting the configuration of the Spacehab and orbiter docking
system in the payload bay. Today, servicing of the ammonia boiler is
in work. Also, the pitch actuator on Space Shuttle main engine no. 1
may have to be replaced. If so, it is likely the work will be done
once the vehicle is rotated vertical in the VAB and mated to the
external tank. This may prompt an early roll over to the VAB to
provide time for the additional work there. Engineering evaluation is
still underway. No impact to the overall schedule is expected.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Close payload bay doors for flight (June 19)
Roll Atlantis to Vehicle Assembly Building (June 24)


PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD

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

NOTE: The payload bay doors were closed Friday for a structural test
that was conducted over the weekend. The test is complete and the
doors will be opened tonight. Tomorrow, the hypergolic reactants
system will be deserviced.

	Endeavour is being prepared for its first Orbiter Maintenance
Down Period (OMDP) which involves sending the orbiter to Palmdale,
CA, for about eight months of major modifications and structural
inspections. Delivery to Palmdale will occur around the first of
August. Endeavour's next mission will be the first International
Space Station assembly Space Shuttle flight, scheduled for launch
from KSC in late 1997.

KEY PRE-OMDP OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Remove Space Shuttle main engines (June 18)
Remove right hand orbital maneuvering system pod (June 26)
Remove forward reaction control system (June 29)
Remove left hand orbital maneuvering system pod (July 2)


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

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Palmdale, CA

NOTE: Discovery is currently in Palmdale, CA, where a series of
modifications and thorough inspections are being finalized as part of
a regularly scheduled Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP), an
operation that periodically removes all orbiters from flight
operations. The vehicle is scheduled to be delivered back to KSC
later this month, at which time it will be towed to OPF bay 3. There,
preparations will begin for its next flight, mission STS-82, the
second Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, set for launch in
February 1997.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Palmdale rollout (June 25)
Begin ferry flight (June 26)
Expected arrival at KSC, weather permitting (June 27 or 28)
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