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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT MONDAY, MAY 6, 1996 (10:30 AM EDT) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-77 -- SPACEHAB-4 & SPARTAN 207 VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 16 at 6:32 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes 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: The payload bay doors were closed for flight Friday night. Aft engine compartment close-outs begin today. Ordnance operations will begin tonight. The Flight Readiness Review is scheduled to be held at KSC tomorrow beginning at 12 noon EDT. The FRR is a meeting of all management aspects involved in preparing the vehicle for its mission. Managers and engineers from all of NASA s spaceflight centers will be present for this final management review. Following the FRR, a firm launch date is expected to be announced. KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Ordnance (Part 1) installation (tonight) * Flight Readiness Review (Tuesday) * Install and check-out spacesuits (Wednesday) * Ordnance (Part 2) operations (Thursday) MISSION: STS-78 -- LIFE AND MICROGRAVITY SPACELAB (LMS) VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 20 at about 10:49 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 6 at about 8:46 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 22 hours CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 statute miles/39 degrees NOTE: Installation of the Spacelab transfer tunnel was halted Saturday when workers noted a bad bearing on a keel fitting in the orbiter s payload bay. The bearing will be replaced today and the tunnel installation rescheduled for later in the week. The external tank was mated with the solid rocket boosters on Friday in the Vehicle Assembly Building. KEY STS-78 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Crew equipment interface test (Friday) * Roll orbiter to Vehicle Assembly Building (May 23) MISSION: STS-79 -- 4th MIR DOCKING VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: July 31 at about 11:42 p.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: August 9 at about 8:17 p.m. MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes CREW SIZE: 6 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: Fuel cell no. 2 will be removed and replaced a functional check of the orbital maneuvering system pods continues in work today. Hydraulic operations to checks the landing gear and aerosurfaces continue today. In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the left hand solid rocket booster will begin. KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Install Space Shuttle main engines (May 20)-- end -- For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to: domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release."