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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1996  (10:40 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 11 -- LANDING DAY

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Shuttle Landing Facility
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 19 at 6:30 a.m. (EDT)
OFFICIAL KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 29 at 7:09 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 176 statute miles/39 degrees

NOTE: Endeavour landed today on the first opportunity at KSC at 7:09
a.m. EDT on the Shuttle Landing Facility's runway 33. Work is
underway to destow experiments from the orbiter's mid-deck and from
the Spacehab module located in the orbiter's payload bay. The vehicle
will be towed to OPF bay 3 beginning at about 4 p.m. today. Once in
the OPF, post-flight deservicing will begin and preparations made for
the scheduled Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP) to begin in
about 60 days.

	Preliminary post-landing inspections of Endeavour reveal the
tires and brakes to be in good condition. Initial tile assessments
indicates normal wear.

	Touchdown times are as follows:

MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN:  10:00:30:18 MET   7:09:18 a.m. EDT

NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN:  10:00:39:33 MET   7:09:33 a.m. EDT

WHEELS STOP:          10:00:40:10 MET   7:10:10 a.m. EDT

	Endeavour landed on orbit 161 after traveling 4.1 million
miles in orbit on mission STS-77. This was the 30th KSC landing in
the history of the Shuttle program.


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

NOTE: The Shuttle Columbia is scheduled to begin its rollout to Pad
39B at 11 p.m. today. The Shuttle will be hard-down on the pad at
about 5:30 a.m. tomorrow. Once at the pad, the Rotating Service
Structure will be placed around the vehicle at about 8 a.m. and pad
validations will begin. Also, preparations to perform the main engine
flight readiness test will commence.

KEY STS-78 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Rollout to Pad 39B. First motion set for 11 p.m., today
Main engine flight readiness test (Friday-Saturday)
Helium signature test (Monday-Tuesday)
Crew arrival for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (9:30 a.m. Monday)
Launch Readiness Review (Monday)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (June 4-5)
Flight Readiness Review (June 6)


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:	Operations to remove and replace six thrusters on the
orbiter's reaction control system were conducted last week.
Additional closed-bay work is expected to be conducted off and on
through most of this week. The Space Shuttle main engines will be
installed beginning Friday.

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

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Install Space Shuttle main engines (May 31)
Install tunnel adapter (June 1)
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