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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996  (7:23 AM EDT)

LAUNCH DAY --- FLIGHT DAY 1

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 (IAE); TEAMS

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbit
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 19 at 6:30.00.066 a.m. (EDT)
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 29 at 7:07 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 176 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE: Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour occurred on time today at 6:30 
a.m. from KSC's Pad 39B. No technical issues were worked during the final 
phases of the countdown. Endeavour is scheduled to remain in orbit for 10 
days and land back at Kennedy Space Center on May 29 at about 7:07 a.m.

     The crew of mission STS-77 are: Commander John Casper; Pilot Curt 
Brown; and Mission Specialists Andy Thomas, Dan Bursch, Mario Runco and Marc 
Garneau of the Canadian Space Agency.

     Mission status reports are issued daily by Johnson Space Center, 
Houston, TX.
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