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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, March 29, 1996

George H. Diller


Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour
Mission number: STS-77
Location: OPF Bay 3
Primary payload:  Spacehab 4/Spartan 207
Astronauts: 6
Orbital altitude: 176 statute miles
Inclination: 39 degrees
Mission Duration: 10 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes
Launch date:   May 16       6:32 a.m. EDT
Landing date:  May 26       7:09 a.m. EDT

STS-77 IN WORK TODAY:
- Preparations for orbiter aft compartment closeouts
- Payload bay cleaning

STS-77 WORK SCHEDULED:
- Close payload bay doors (tonight)
- Aft main engine compartment closeouts
- Rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building  (April 9)

STS-77 WORK COMPLETED:
- Heat shield installation
- Landing gear functional test
- Flight control system test


STS-78/OV-102/Columbia
Life and Microgravity Science Laboratory
OPF Bay 2

     Functional testing of the orbital maneuvering system pods is underway 
and will continue through next week.  The nose landing gear wheel and tires 
are being installed today.  The payload bay is being prepared for the 
Spacelab Life and Mircrogravity Science Laboratory.  The star tracker doors 
are being removed for inspection.       
     

STS-76
     At NASA Hangar AF,  the solid rocket booster nozzles have been removed 
and inspected.  Engineers described the case-to-nozzle joints as clean  
with no gas paths to the wiper O-rings.

     Landing of Atlantis is planned for KSC on Saturday, March 30 at 
approximately 7:57 a.m. EST.  
                                                                              

KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility - 7:00 a.m.

Today's minimum temperature: 66 degrees
Yesterday's maximum temperature: 82 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 64 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 31 mph/WNW
Precipitation: 2.02 inches
Total March precipitation: 11.31 inches
Barometric pressure: 30.04