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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, May 3, 1996

George H. Diller


Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour
Mission number: STS-77
Location: Pad 39-B
Primary payload:  Spacehab 4/Spartan 207/TEAMS
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:
 -  Completion of TEAMS Interface Verification Test (IVT)
 -  Payload closeouts
 -  Close payload bay doors for flight
 -  External tank/solid rocket booster closeouts
 -  KSC Launch Readiness Review

STS-77 WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:
 -  Ordnance work
 -  Flight Readiness Review
 -  Install/check contingency EVA spacesuits
 -  Orbiter aft main engine compartment closeouts
 -  Load orbiter mass memory units with launch/mission software
 -  Begin launch countdown preparations in Firing Room 1

STS-77 WORK COMPLETED:
 -  Application of solid rocket booster aft skirt foam insulation
 -  Replenish launch pad liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen storage tanks
 -  Spartan Interface Verification Test (IVT)

Issues and Concerns:  The KSC Launch Readiness Review for STS-77 was
held in the Mission Briefing Room this morning.  There were no issues
and concerns which have not already been addressed and are closed. 
KSC will continue to target May 16 as the launch date until the
agency’s Flight Readiness Review is held next week on Tuesday.  Since
all prelaunch activities are on schedule at this time, no work at the
pad is planned over the weekend.


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

	The orbiter hydraulic systems are being tested.  The TACAN
navigational system used during landing is also undergoing testing
today.  The Spacelab access tunnel will be installed on Saturday.  In
the Vehicle Assembly Building, the external tank is being mated to
the solid rocket boosters.


STS-79/OV-104/Atlantis
MIR-4 Docking
OPF Bay 1

	The orbital maneuvering system pod functional test and the
auxiliary power unit leak and functional check are underway.  The
water spray boilers are also being tested.  The Global Positioning
System modification continues.  Tile waterproofing work is scheduled
for this weekend.


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

Today’s minimum temperature: 81 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 65 degrees
Lowest relative humidity: 64 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 19 mph/ENE
Precipitation: 0
Total May precipitation: 0
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.09

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