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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1996  (11:56 AM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham 407-867-2468 (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)

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: November 8 at 2:47 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: November 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: The Shuttle interface verification test will be completed today
as preparations to roll Columbia to Pad 39B continue. Rollout is
scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. tomorrow. The 4.2-mile trip to the pad
will be completed shortly after sunrise. At the pad, auxiliary power
unit no. 1 will be powered-up and run briefly. Following this "hot
fire," the Rotating Service Structure will be closed around the
vehicle and workers will begin a flight readiness test of the main
propulsion system.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Roll-out to Pad 39B (2 a.m. Wednesday)
Open Rotating Service Structure for KSC's Community Appreciation Day (Oct. 19)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Oct. 22-23)
Launch Readiness Review (Oct. 22)
Flight Readiness Review (Oct. 25)


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: Installation of the auxiliary power units is complete and leak
checks of this system is in work today. Also, the orbital maneuvering
system pod functional test is on going. Removal of the main engines
is scheduled to begin Monday. SRB stacking operations continue in the
VAB.

KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Remove Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 21)
Install Space Shuttle main engines (Nov. 5)
Crew equipment interface test (Nov. 9)


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: Tests on the remote manipulator system are complete to date.
Operations are in work to prepare the orbiter for main engine
installation beginning Thursday. The payload bay doors will be closed
later tonight for about a week for scheduled thermal protection
system work.

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