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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1996  (3:48 PM 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: Preparations continue in work to load hypergolic reactants into
the orbiter. Tomorrow, the payload bay doors will be opened and
access gained to the payloads for final checks. The payload doors
will be closed for flight on Nov. 6 after final servicing is
complete. On Sunday, the flight readiness test of the main propulsion
system is scheduled. Countdown preparations will be conducted next
week.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Load hypergolic reactants into Columbia's reaction control system
   (Thursday/Friday)
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 testing of the forward reaction control system is
complete and good and operations to replace the wiring between APU
No. 2 and its controller continue today. Drag chute installation also
resumes today. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters continues in the
VAB.

KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
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: Work to secure the main engines continues this week. Servicing
of the ammonia boiler system is under way today. The payload bay
doors are closed for scheduled thermal protection system work.
Delivery of the left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod to the OPF
has been rescheduled for Nov. 4.

KEY STS-82 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Open payload bay doors (Oct. 29)
Deliver left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod to OPF and install on
   vehicle (Nov. 4)


NOTE: About three weeks ago, the Firex water deluge system in the
Hypergolic Maintenance Facility (HMF) inadvertently came on while
work was being performed on an orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pod
(see the Oct. 4, 1996 status report). The pod is scheduled for use on
Columbia on mission STS-83. An investigative board headed by United
Space Alliance (USA) and made up of representatives from NASA and USA
determined that a switch was inadvertently activated during system
testing due to human error. As a precautionary measure, 14 thermal
blankets on the OMS pod are being replaced. There was no other
damage.
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