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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1996  (12:05 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 9

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 8:39 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, and status reports on the progress of the LMS experiments
are issued from Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.


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:  The Shuttle Interface Test continues and Atlantis is scheduled to
be powered down today at about noon.  The payload canister, carrying the
Spacehab payload, arrived at Pad 39A early this morning.  

Workers investigating a noise heard in the VAB while lifting the orbiter
a few days ago, may have identified the source.  Using video cameras to
examine the orbiter’s mid-body yesterday, engineers observed a keel latch
in Atlantis’ payload bay that may have swung shut during the lift. Closer
observations will be made upon Atlantis’ arrival at Pad 39A.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* 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
TARGET LAUNCH DATE:  Feb. 1997
LOCATION: Palmdale, CA 

NOTE: Discovery departed from Palmdale, CA, riding piggy-back on a
modified Boeing 747, at 10:01 a.m. EDT. Ferry flight managers plan to
travel to Oklahoma for the first refueling stop and possibly continue
eastward to Warner-Robbins AFB in Macon, GA where they may stay overnight.
Depending upon weather conditions throughtout the flight, Discovery may
arrive at KSC as early as Saturday morning.  Discovery’s flight plan is
also dependant upon weather conditions.

* KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Begin ferry flight  (Today)
* Expected arrival at KSC, weather permitting (June 29)


PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
NEXT MISSION:  STS-88, ISS-1
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE:  Late 1997
DELIVERY TO PALMDALE, CA:  Early August

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.

NOTE: Work to remove  Endeavour’s Forward Reaction Control System is
complete and removal of the left orbital maneuvering system pod is planned
for early Saturday.

KEY PRE-OMDP OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove left hand orbital maneuvering system pod (June 29)
* Remove right hand orbital maneuvering system pod (July 1)
* Final payload bay closing (July 12)
* Rollout for ferry flight (July 29)
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