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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, September 6, 1996

George H. Diller


Vehicle: OV-104/Atlantis
Mission number: STS-79
Location: Pad 39-A
Primary payload: Spacehab-Mir 4
Astronauts: 6
Maximum orbital altitude: 245 statute miles
Inclination: 51.6 degrees
Mission Duration: 10 days, 4 hours
Launch readiness date: Sept. 16   4:54 a.m. EDT
Landing date: Sept. 26   8:49 a.m. EDT

STS-79 IN WORK TODAY:
 -  Launch pad validations
 -  Aft main engine compartment closeouts
 -  Stowage of EVA spacesuits into orbiter airlock

STS-79 WORK SCHEDULED:
 -  Loading of storable propellants   (Sat.-Sun.)
 -  Software loading and checkout of inertial measurement units   (Mon.)
 -  Ordnance work  (Mon.-Tues. )
 -  Astronauts arrive and launch countdown begins  (Sept. 13)

STS-79 WORK COMPLETED:
 -  Spacehab equipment stowage
 -  Rollout to Pad A


STS-80/OV-102/Columbia
ORFEUS-SPAS 2/Wake Shield Facility 3
OPF Bay 1

	Mating of the right orbital maneuvering system pod propellant
lines is in work.  Application of waterproofing for both pods is
scheduled for over the weekend. Testing of the rudder speed brake is
successfully complete.  Mating of Columbia to the external tank/solid
rocket booster stack is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 5.


STS-82/OV-103/Discovery
HST Second Servicing Mission
OPF Bay 2

	The orbiter’s auxiliary power units are having functional
tests today and the S-band communications system is undergoing
routine testing.  The orbiter’s scheduled structural modifications
continue.


KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility - 7 a.m.

Today’s minimum temperature: 77 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 93 degrees
Low relative humidity: 50 percent
Peak wind speed/direction: 26 mph/W
Precipitation: Trace
Total September precipitation: .72 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 29.92