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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1996 (11:11 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: 15 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: The payload bay doors on Columbia are open and the mission payloads are being installed into the payload bay today. The orbiter mid-body umbilical unit will be mated to the orbiter today and checked for leaks. Also, the helium signature leak check of the main propulsion system is scheduled to begin tomorrow. The problem with moisture in the pad's helium system has been resolved. The crew of mission STS-80 arrived at KSC last night for the scheduled Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test this week. KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Tuesday and Wednesday) Launch Readiness Review (Tuesday) Load hypergolic reactants into Columbia's reaction control system (Thursday) 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: Removal of the main engines will begin today and functional tests of the forward reaction control system are scheduled for later in the week. 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 (today and tomorrow) Functional checks of the forward reaction control system (Tuesday) 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 is complete. Work to secure the engines continues this week. The payload bay doors are closed for scheduled thermal protection system work. Servicing of the ammonia boiler system is set to begin on Friday. KEY STS-82 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Open payload bay doors (Oct. 29) Install left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Oct. 30)--end-- For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release." Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm