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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1996  (2:11 PM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham 
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov

MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 (image) and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image)

VEHICLE: VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Pad 39B
(new) TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: no earlier than November 15 at 2:50 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
(new) TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 1 at 7:34 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes
CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Mission managers will meet on Monday afternoon for the
follow-up Flight Readiness Review at which time they will review the
acceptability for flight of the solid rocket boosters and their
nozzles. Launch was delayed a week when managers, reviewing data from
mission STS-79, saw unusual erosion in one of the booster's nozzle
insulation material. Extra time was required to permit managers an
opportunity to fully understand the issue. Also, managers will assess
an issue regarding Columbia's fuel cells. A suspect technique used to
assemble the fuel cell's regulator diaphragm, which is internal to
the cell, is being reviewed. Managers will meet at 1 p.m. EST Monday
for the Flight Readiness Review and announce plans to continue with
launch operations targeted for no earlier than Friday, Nov. 15.
Pending this decision, the STS-80 crew will be standing by in Houston
for word to leave for KSC. Arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility
is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 11, at about 6:30 p.m. EST. The
countdown for launch is set to begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, pending
management approval.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Complete aft engine compartment close-outs (Saturday)
Follow-up Flight Readiness Review (1 p.m. Monday)
Crew arrival at KSC (6:30 p.m. Monday)
Countdown begins (no earlier than Nov. 12)


MISSION: STS-81 -- 5th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image)

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 12, 1997 at about 4:17 a.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 21, 1997 at about 8:40 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days (+1)
CREW: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up) Blaha (down)
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Auxiliary power unit No. 2 wiring work is complete. A retest of
the system will be conducted next week. Main engine securing will
continue through next week. Stacking of the STS-81 solid rocket
boosters in the Vehicle Assembly Building will be completed this
weekend. The external tank will be mated to the boosters about Nov. 14.

KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Crew Equipment Interface Test (Saturday)
Mate external tank to solid rocket boosters in Vehicle Assembly Building (Nov. 14)
Close payload bay doors for rollover (Nov. 22)
Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (Dec. 2)


MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: February 13, 1997 at 2:59 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 61 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: February 23, 1997 at 1:35 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 22 hours
CREW: Bowersox, Horowitz, Lee, Hawley, Harbaugh, Smith, Tanner
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Payload pre-mate tests continue this week and the main
propulsion system will be checked for leakage. External air lock
checks will continue through next week. Stacking of the solid rocket
boosters for mission STS-82 will continue next week in the Vehicle
Assembly Building.

KEY STS-82 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Deliver left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod to OPF (Nov. 11)
Complete installation of orbital maneuvering system on orbiter (Nov. 15)
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