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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1996  (10:53 AM EDT)

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)

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Pad 39B
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: As workers were preparing for the main engine flight readiness
test (FRT) last night, samples from gaseous helium used to purge the
system were found to have higher than allowed levels of moisture.
This resulted in a delay of the FRT which has now been rescheduled
for Sunday, Oct. 27. No impact to the mission is expected. The
Rotating Service Structure will be retracted at about 8 p.m. tonight
(weather permitting) for KSC's Community Appreciation Day on
Saturday. The RSS will be returned to its closed position Saturday
evening. Also, the Flight Readiness Review, originally set for Oct.
25, has been rescheduled for Oct. 28.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Open Rotating Service Structure for KSC's Community Appreciation Day
   (Saturday)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Oct. 22-23)
Launch Readiness Review (Oct. 22)
Load hypergolic reactants into Columbia's reaction control system (Oct. 24)
Main engine flight readiness test (Oct. 27)
Flight Readiness Review (Oct. 28)


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: Functional tests of the auxiliary power units and the forward
reaction control system are scheduled for next week. Removal of the
main engines will begin Monday. Solid rocket booster stacking
operations continue in the Vehicle Assembly Building.

KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Remove Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 21)
Functional checks of the forward reaction control system (Oct. 22)
Install Space Shuttle main engines (Nov. 4-5)
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: Main engine installation continues in work today. The payload
bay doors are closed for scheduled thermal protection system work.

KEY STS-82 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Install Space Shuttle main engines (today)
Open payload bay doors (Oct. 29)
Install left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Oct. 30)
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