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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1996  (2:25 PM EDT)

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


MISSION: STS-78 -- LIFE AND MICROGRAVITY SPACELAB (LMS)
Flight Day 5

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbit
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 20 at 10:49 a.m. (EDT)
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 7 at about 8:43 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE:  The solid rocket booster recovery ships arrived back at Hangar
AF with boosters in tow on Friday at about 2:45 p.m.  Preliminary
inspections show no anomalies.

The crew of mission STS-78 are: Commander Tom Henricks; Pilot Kevin
Kregel; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, Susan Helms and Charles
Brady; and Payload Specialists Jean-Jacques Favier (French Space
Agency) and Robert Brent Thirsk (Canadian Space Agency).

Mission status reports are issued daily by Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.


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

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: VAB
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: July 31 at about 11:29 p.m. (EDT)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: 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:  Forward and aft close-outs and preparations for mating the
orbiter and external tank are complete.  Atlantis was placed on the
orbiter transporter system on Saturday and was rolled over to the
Vehicle Assembly Building at about 11 a.m. today.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Roll Atlantis to Vehicle Assembly Building and mate with external
  tank (today)
* Transfer Spacehab double module to Pad 39A (June 28)
* Roll Atlantis to Pad 39A (July 1)
* Install Spacehab into orbiter at pad (July 9)
* STS-79 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (July 18-19)


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

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

NOTE: Discovery is currently in Palmdale, CA, where it has undergone
a series of modifications and thorough inspections as part of a
regularly scheduled Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP).  The
orbiter is scheduled to roll to the mate-demate device today.  Work
will continue throughout the day to place Discovery on the back of a
NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747.  Discovery is
scheduled to begin its ferry flight back to KSC on Tuesday in an
effort to avoid the poor weather forecasted for Wednesday.  The ferry
flight is expected to stop in northern Texas on its first leg of the
journey home. Discovery’s next flight, mission STS-82, the second
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, is set for launch in
February 1997.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Palmdale rollout today
* Begin ferry flight June 25
* Expected arrival at KSC, weather permitting (no earlier than June 26)


PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD

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

NOTE: Preparations for hypergolic systems drain are complete.
Endeavour’s orbital maneuvering system disconnects are scheduled to
be complete this Wednesday.

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 forward reaction control system (June 28)
* Remove right hand orbital maneuvering system pod (June 29)
* Remove left hand orbital maneuvering system pod (July 1)
* Final payload bay closing (July 12)
* Rollout for ferry flight (July 29)
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