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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1996  (11:29 AM EDT)


KSC Public Affairs Contact Lisa Malone  407-867-2468 (fax 407-867-2692)
E-mail: lisa.malone-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov

MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image)
VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 8 at 2:47 p.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 24 at 7:31 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees


NOTE: Windows No. 3 and 4 have been replaced on Columbia and work is under way
to install the thermal barriers that surround the windows. The windows were replaced
after a recent engineering analysis suggested that windows with a high number of flights
could tend to fracture more easily. One of the windows had flown eight times and the other
seven times. Original estimates on the time it would take to replace the windows were very
conservative, and work has gone well this weekend in the OPF. Officials are now targeting
to roll Columbia to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Wednesday afternoon. A Wednesday
roll to the VAB would preserve the Nov. 8 target launch date.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Roll Columbia to Vehicle Assembly Building and mate with external tank(No earlier than Wednesday afternoon)
Deliver payload to Pad 39B (TBD)
Rollout to Pad 39B (TBD)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TBD)



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: The auxiliary power units have been deserviced and APU No. 2 will be removed today and sent to the vendor for analysis. The other two APUs will be removed later in the week. A functional test of the radiators is scheduled today and an inspection tomorrow.

KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Remove Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 24)
Install Space Shuttle main engines (Nov. 5)



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: Midbody close-outs and water coolant loop servicing continue this week. Various orbiter systems tests are continuing this week including the power reactant storage and distribution system, cycles of the external tank door and interface verification tests of the forward reaction control system. 

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Install Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 14)
Install left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Oct. 21)

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