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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1996 (12:19 PM EDT) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-78 -- LIFE AND MICROGRAVITY SPACELAB (LMS) VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Pad 39B 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: Shuttle Columbia began moving out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad 39B last night at 11:50 p.m. The Shuttle arrived at the pad about 5 hours later. The Rotating Service Structure has been placed around the vehicle and pad validations are underway. Also, preparations to perform the main engine flight readiness test are in work. KEY STS-78 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): 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 & SPACEHAB DM 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 this weekend. KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Install Space Shuttle main engines (June 1) Install Spacehab tunnel adapter (June 4) MISSION: STS-77 -- SPACEHAB-4; SPARTAN 207 (IAE); TEAMS VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 OFFICIAL STS-77 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 NOTE: Following yesterday's successful KSC landing, the 30th in the history of the Shuttle program, Endeavour was towed to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 for post-mission servicing. In the OPF, work today includes removing the residual cryogenic reactants from the orbiter's power reactant storage and distribution system tanks. Tomorrow the payload bay doors will be opened and next week work will begin to remove the payloads and the Spacehab tunnel adapter. The tunnel adapter will be delivered to OPF bay 1 and installed into the orbiter Atlantis. Over the next 60 days, Endeavour will be prepared for its first Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP) which involves sending the orbiter to Palmdale, CA, for about eight months of major modifications and structural inspections. Endeavour's next mission will be the first International Space Station assembly Space Shuttle flight, scheduled for launch from KSC in late 1997. KEY PRE-OMDP OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Open payload bay doors (Friday) Remove Spacehab payload (June 3) Remove tunnel adapter (June 4)-- 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."