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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1996 (2:42 PM EST) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 (image) and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image) Flight Day 2 VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: in orbit LAUNCH DATE/TIME: November 19 at 2:55.47 p.m. EST TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 5 at 7:40 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: The Space Shuttle Columbia was launched yesterday from KSC's Pad 39B at 2:55.47 p.m. A KSC landing is targeted for Dec. 5 at about 7:40 a.m. Initial post-launch inspections of the pad indicate no significant damage. The solid rocket booster recovery ships have recovered all booster components and will arrive at Port Canaveral early tomorrow morning, then proceed to Hangar AF by mid-morning. Initial post-flight booster assessments will be conducted beginning tomorrow. Overnight, the crew of Columbia deployed the ORFEUS-SPAS free-flying platform at about 11:15 p.m. EST. MISSION: STS-81 -- 5th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image) VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 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: Flight control system checks are currently underway. Removal of fuel cell No. 1 is complete. Due to concerns with marginal pH levels, managers have decided to remove and replace fuel cell No. 2, as well. Today, managers are determining if this work can be done with the Spacehab tunnel adapter in place or if the tunnel must be removed. Assessments to the impact of the remainder of the schedule are currently under review. KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Close payload bay doors for rollover (under review) Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (no earlier than Dec. 5) Roll to pad 39B (no earlier than Dec. 10) 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: The left hand orbital maneuvering system pod was installed on Monday and interface verification testing will begin tomorrow. Fuel cell No. 1 will be removed and replaced on Friday. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters for mission STS-82 will continue this week in the Vehicle Assembly Building. KEY STS-82 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Mate external tank to solid rocket booster (Dec. 5) Close payload bay doors (Dec. 16)--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." Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm Mission status reports are issued daily by the Public Affairs Office at Johnson Space Center. NASA Johnson Space Center Mission Status Reports and other information are available automatically by sending an Internet electronic mail message to jscnews-request@listserver.jsc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type "subscribe" (no quotes). This will add the e-mail address that sent the subscribe message to the news release distribution list. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. Once you have subscribed you will receive future news releases via e-mail.