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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 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 3 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 solid rocket booster recovery ships have arrived at Hangar AF. Today workers will begin operations to remove the boosters from the water and start disassembly operations. An initial inspection of the recovered boosters indicate both look to be in good shape. Detailed post-flight assessments will be conducted next week. 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: Late yesterday, managers determined that fuel cell No. 2 can be removed and replaced without interfering with the Spacehab tunnel adapter. Therefore, no impact to the launch date is expected. The old fuel cell was removed last night and the new one will be installed today. Interface connections and testing will be conducted tomorrow. The payload bay doors are scheduled to be closed early next week. External tank and solid rocket booster close-outs are in work today in the Vehicle Assembly Building. KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Close payload bay doors for rollover (Monday or Tuesday) Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (Dec. 5) Roll out to Pad 39B (Dec. 10) Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Dec. 16-17) 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: Electrical connections on the left hand orbital maneuvering system pod are in work today and interface verification testing will begin tomorrow. Fuel cell No. 1 has been removed and the replacement fuel cell will be installed later today. The payload bay doors will be closed Dec. 16. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters for mission STS-82 continues in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The external tank will be mated to the solid rocket boosters during the first week of December. 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.