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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1996 (12:03 PM EDT) LAUNCH - 3 DAYS 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 8:51 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 16 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 statute miles/39 degrees NOTE: Work in the aft main engine compartment was completed this weekend and the pyrotechnic initiator controller test was conducted this morning. The countdown for launch began on time today at 4 a.m. at the T-43 hour mark. Preparations are now in work to prepare the vehicle for loading cryogenic reactants into the power reactant storage and distribution system and the extended duration orbiter pallet. Reactant loading is scheduled to begin at midnight tonight and last for about 12 hours. The crew of mission STS-78 will arrive at KSC at about 3:30 p.m. today. Weather forecasters are currently indicating a 60 percent chance of weather violating launch constraints Thursday morning. IN WORK TODAY: Crew arrival (3:30 p.m.) Final vehicle close-outs for launch Stowage of flight crew equipment Start preparations for servicing fuel cell storage tanks Review flight software stored in mass memory units WORK COMPLETED: Aft engine compartment close-outs Check-out of contingency spacesuits Countdown preparations Begin countdown (4 a.m. today) KEY STS-78 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES: Begin loading of cryogenic reactants into Columbia's fuel cell storage tanks (midnight - noon Tuesday) Move Rotating Service Structure to launch position (4 p.m. Wednesday) Begin external tank loading for launch (2 a.m. Thursday) SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-78 T-TIME LENGTH OF HOLD HOLD BEGINS HOLD ENDS T-27 hours 4 hours 8:00 p.m. Mon. 12 midnight Mon. T-19 hours 8 hours 8:00 a.m. Tues. 4:00 p.m. Tues. T-11 hours 20 hours, 29 minutes 12 midnight Wed. 8:29 p.m. Wed. T-6 hours 1 hour 1:29 a.m. Thurs. 2:29 a.m. Thurs. T-3 hours 2 hours 5:29 a.m. Thurs. 7:29 a.m. Thurs. T-20 minutes 10 minutes 10:09 a.m. Thurs. 10:19 a.m. Thurs. T-9 minutes 10 minutes 10:30 a.m. Thurs. 10:40 a.m. Thurs. CREW FOR MISSION STS-78 Commander (CDR): Tom Henricks Pilot (PLT): Kevin Kregel Mission Specialist (MS1): Richard Linnehan Mission Specialist/Payload Commander (MS2): Susan Helms Mission Specialist (MS3): Charles Brady Payload Specialist (PS1): Jean-Jacques Favier (French Space Agency) Payload Specialist (PS2): Robert Brent Thirsk (Canadian Space Agency) SUMMARY OF STS-78 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES Thursday, June 20 5:39 a.m. Wake up (Payload Crew) 5:54 a.m. Wake up (Flight Crew) * 6:24 a.m. Breakfast and Crew Photo 6:54 a.m. Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2) 6:54 a.m. Don launch and entry suits (MS1, MS3, PS1, PS2) 7:04 a.m. Don launch and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2) * 7:15 a.m. Crew suiting photo * 7:34 a.m. Depart for launch pad 39B * 8:04 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress * 9:19 a.m. Close crew hatch *10:49 a.m. Launch * Televised events (times may vary slightly) All times Eastern-- end -- For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to: domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release."