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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1996  (1:42 PM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Joel Wells
E-mail: J.Wells-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: No earlier than 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: Preparations to roll Columbia over to the Vehicle Assembly
Building on Wednesday continue and work in the Orbiter Processing
Facility is going well.  Work to complete the replacement of windows
No. 3 and 4 continues.  Final checks of tire pressure are complete. 
Call to stations for orbiter transport operations is scheduled for
12:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Roll Columbia to Vehicle Assembly Building and mate with external
  tank (no earlier than Wednesday at 2 p.m.)
* Deliver payload to Pad 39B (TBD)
* Roll-out 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: Removal of auxiliary power unit No. 2 is complete and ready for
shipment to the vendor for analysis. The other two APUs will be
removed later in the week. Radiator inspection is in work this
morning. Preparations for the orbital maneuvering system functional 
checkout are complete.

	Last week, while the left aft segment of STS-81’s SRB stack
was in the VAB’s bay 1, water from a rainstorm made contact with the
booster segment.  Measures were taken to clean-up the water and to
prevent any further rain-water interference.  Preliminary inspections
have revealed no water concerns, but officials will discuss the need
for further investigation later today.

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: Interface verification tests of the forward reaction control
system continue.  Fuel cell 3 leak checks and functional checkout is
complete and the main propulsion system leak checks and functional
checkout continues today.  Mid-body close-outs and water coolant loop
servicing continue this week. Cycles of the external tank door are
also complete.

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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