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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996  (11:33 AM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Joel Wells
E-mail: J.Wells-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov


MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 (image) 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: Columbia is mated to the orbiter transport system and is ready
to be rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building, scheduled for
mid-day today.  Work to replace windows No. 3 and 4 and tile rework
is complete.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Roll Columbia to Vehicle Assembly Building and mate with external tank
  (today)
* Deliver payload to Pad 39B (targeted for Oct. 10)
* Roll-out to Pad 39B (Oct. 16)
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test  (Oct. 22 - 23)


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: Auxiliary power unit No. 2 was shipped to the vendor yesterday
for analysis.  Work to remove and replace APUs No. 1 and 3 continue.
The left hand radiator inspection is complete and functional tests
are scheduled for next week. Orbital maneuvering system functional 
checkout is in work.

	In the VAB bay 1, the left forward center segment of STS-81’s
SRB stack was mated to the left aft segment by 2:22 a.m. today. 
Yesterday afternoon NASA managers discussed the possibility of
rainwater being present in the left aft segment and decided to
proceed with work to mate the two segments. A decision was also made
to conduct further inspections of the nozzle case joint in the left
aft segment after the right SRB stacking operations are complete. 
Preliminary inspections at KSC have revealed no water concerns.

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: Fuel cell and power reactant storage and distribution system
tests are in work today.  Interface verification tests of the forward
reaction control system continue. The main propulsion system liquid
oxygen leak checks and functional checkout continues.  Water coolant
loop servicing continues with leak checks today and close-out
tomorrow.

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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