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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1996 (11:53 AM EST)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov


MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3
Flight Day 12

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbit
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 7 at about 7:16 a.m. EST
MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE:  Mission STS-75 status reports are issued daily from the
Johnson Space Center. Payload status reports are issued by the
Marshall Space Flight Center.

	The crew of mission STS-75 are: Commander Andy Allen; Pilot
Scott Horowitz; Mission Specialists Jeff Hoffman, Maurizo Cheli,
Claude Nicollier, and Franklin Chang-Diaz; and Payload Specialist
Umberto Guidoni.


MISSION: STS-76 -- 3rd MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Pad 39B
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: March 21 at about 3:35 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 6 to 10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 30 at about 8:05 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 4 hours
CREW SIZE: 6 up -- 5 down
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: The Spacehab single module has been installed into the payload
bay and connected to the tunnel adapter. The Space Shuttle main
engine flight readiness test was conducted Friday. The Helium
signature test is in work today. The STS-76 crew arrived at KSC last
night at about 8 p.m. for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test.
The test will end with a simulated engine cut-off at 11 a.m.
Wednesday.

KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Tuesday-Wednesday)
* Launch Readiness Review (Wednesday)
* Load hypergolic reactants (Thursday-Friday)
* Flight Readiness Review (March 11)


MISSION: STS-77 -- SPACEHAB-4 & SPARTAN 207

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 16 at 6:32 a.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 26 at 7:09 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 176 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE: Operations to remove and replace thrusters on the reaction
control system are finished. The bay will be open for normal
operations tonight. Space Shuttle main engine installation will begin
on Friday.

KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Install Space Shuttle main engines (Friday)
* Install remote manipulator system (Friday)