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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1996  (10:07 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 (IAE); TEAMS
FLIGHT DAY 3

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbit
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 19 at 6:30 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: 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.

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


MISSION: STS-78 -- LIFE AND MICROGRAVITY SPACELAB (LMS)

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
* LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 20 at about 10:49 a.m. (EDT)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
* TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 7 at about 8:39 a.m.
* MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 22 hours (+1 day)
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 statute miles/39 degrees
* change from previous status

NOTE: Columbia was transferred to the Vehicle Assembly Building
overnight and today will be lifted and mated with the external tank.
First motion from the VAB was at about 12:55 a.m. today. On Friday,
the Shuttle interface verification test will begin. Rollout to Pad
39B is set for 2 a.m., May 30.

KEY STS-78 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Begin Shuttle interface verification test (May 24)
* Rollout to Pad 39B (May 30)
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (June 4-5)


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. (EDT)
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:	Preparations continue to remove and replace six thrusters on
the orbiter’s reaction control system. The bay will be closed for
thruster removal on Wednesday. Closed-bay work will last through the
rest of the week.

	In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the solid
rocket boosters continues.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Remove and replace six reaction control system thrusters (Wednesday)
* Install Space Shuttle main engines (May 30)

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