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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1996  (1:45 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 are in work to complete loading hypergolic fuel
into the orbiter's reaction control system today and tonight.
Ordnance installation has been postponed until this weekend due to
concerns with the wiring on pyrotechnics associated with the T-0
umbilicals. The pins on the ordnance wires will be inspected and
ordnance operations rescheduled for Sunday. The payload interface
verification test on Wake Shield Facility was conducted yesterday. A
re-verification of the communications links between the payload and
the orbiter will be conducted tomorrow. The payload doors remain on
schedule to be closed for flight on Nov. 5. Countdown preparations
and aft engine compartment close-outs will continue throughout the
week. Aft close-outs are targeted for completion on Monday.

	The KSC launch team will continue to prepare Columbia for
launch as early as Nov. 8, pending further review of the RSRM's
nozzle insulation material. A firm launch date is expected to be
announced following a follow-up Flight Readiness Review Monday
afternoon.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Follow-up Flight Readiness Review (Nov. 4)
Complete aft engine compartment close-outs (Nov. 4)
Crew arrival at KSC (6:30 p.m. Nov. 4)
Close payload bay doors for flight (Nov. 5)
Countdown begins (1 p.m. Nov. 5)


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: Drag chute installation and auxiliary power unit functional
checks continue today. APU No. 2 rewiring also continues this week.
Preparations are in work to install the main engines next week.
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: The payload bay doors are open and work continues for payload
bay reconfiguration operations. Payload pre-mate tests are scheduled
for next week. Installation of the inertial measurement units is
complete. Forward reaction control system manifold pressure checks
are set for tomorrow.

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