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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1996  (11:18 AM 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 6

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

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: Columbia arrived in the Vehicle Assembly Building at about
11:10 a.m. yesterday.  Work to soft mate the orbiter and external
tank was complete yesterday and a hard mate should be complete this
morning.  Columbia is scheduled to roll out to Pad A early on Monday.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* 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 rolled to the mate-demate device at about 8:30 a.m. PDT
yesterday.  Work to mate Discovery on the back of a NASA Shuttle
Carrier Aircraft was temporarily halted yesterday due to high winds. 
Mating operations will continue today, preparing Discovery for
departure at first light on Wednesday.  The ferry flight is scheduled
to make a refueling stop at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City and continue
homeward for an estimated arrival time of 7 p.m. EDT at KSC’s Shuttle
Landing Facility. Discovery’s ferry flight plan and arrival time are
dependent upon weather conditions. 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):
* Begin ferry flight  (June 26)
* Expected arrival at KSC, weather permitting (June 26)


PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD

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

NOTE:  Endeavour’s orbital maneuvering system (OMS) will be
disconnected by Wednesday.  Work to drain the OMS cross feed system
is in progress today.

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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