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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1996 (11:41 AM EST)

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


MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3
Flight Day 16

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbit
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m. EST
* TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 9 at about 7:24 a.m. EST
* MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees
* change from earlier status

NOTE: The Mission Management Team today waved off landing
opportunities at KSC due to unfavorable weather conditions in
Florida. The MMT decided to extend the mission by about 24 hours as
forecasters grow optimistic about tomorrow’s weather at KSC.

	The two landing opportunities at KSC on Saturday are: 7:24
a.m. and 8:59 a.m. EST. The two opportunities available at Edwards on
Saturday are: 10:26 a.m. and 12:01 p.m. EST.

        Saturday’s weather outlook at KSC calls for low broken to
scattered clouds and winds from the north at 15 knots gusting to 25.
No precipitation is in the forecast.

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


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 pad is closed today as workers continue to load hypergolic
reactants into the orbiter’s reaction control system.

KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Flight Readiness Review (March 11)
* Close payload bay doors for flight (March 12)


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: Work to remove the remote manipulator system is underway today.
Installation of the Space Shuttle main engines will begin on
Saturday. Solid rocket booster stacking operations continue in the
Vehicle Assembly Building.

KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove remote manipulator system (Friday)
* Install Space Shuttle main engines (Saturday-Sunday)
* Payload premate tests (March 12)