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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT Friday, March 1, 1996 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center Newsroom Mission number: STS-76 Vehicle: OV-104/Atlantis Location: Pad 39-B Primary payload: MIR-3, Spacehab Astronauts: 6 Orbital altitude: 245 statute miles at MIR rendezvous Inclination: 51.6 degrees Mission Duration: 9 days, 4 hours, 30 minutes Launch date: March 21 3:35 a.m. EST Landing date: March 30 8:05 a.m. EST STS-76 IN WORK TODAY: · Main engine flight readiness test and aerosurface test cycling · Establishing Spacehab electrical connections · Installation of main propulsion system hydrogen flow control valves · Testing of ET/SRB pyrotechnic electrical harness STS-76 WORK SCHEDULED: · Spacehab tunnel connections and leak checks (Saturday-Sunday) · Helium signature leak test (Monday) · Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Tuesday-Wednesday) · Installation of solid rocket booster thermal curtains (Tuesday-Wednesday) · Calibration of inertial measurement units (Thursday) · Final preparations for hypergolic storable propellant loading (Friday) · Spacehab Interface Verification Test (IVT) (Saturday, Mar. 9) · Delivery of liquid oxygen to launch pad storage sphere (Monday - Friday) STS-76 WORK COMPLETED: · Installation of Spacehab module into payload bay STS-77/OV-105 - Endeavour OPF Bay 3 (Spacehab 4/Spartan 207) Replacement of thruster R2R is in work. Replacement of R2D is complete. Installation of the three main engines will begin next week. STS-75/OV-102 - Columbia Columbia is on-orbit. USMP payload experiments are going well. Landing of Columbia is planned at KSC on Mar. 7 at 7:16 a.m. EST. KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary Shuttle Landing Facility-7:00 a.m. Today’s minimum temperature: 61 degrees Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 70 degrees Lowest relative humidity: 70 percent Peak wind speed/direction: 24 mph/N Precipitation: .06 inches Total February precipitation: 1.22 inches Barometric pressure: 29.91