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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1996  (2:23 PM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692)
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov


MISSION: STS-79 -- 4th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image)

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 (image)
LOCATION: Pad 39A
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 16 at about 4:54 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: about 7 minutes (possibly less)
MIR DOCKING: Sept. 18 (late evening)
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Sept. 26 at about 8:49 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 4 hours
CREW: Readdy, Wilcutt, Akers, Blaha (up), Lucid (down), Apt, Walz
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees
All times are EDT

NOTE: Early stowage operations of equipment and supplies in the
Spacehab double module is complete as are operations to finish
loading the hypergolic reactants into the orbiter's auxiliary power
units and the booster's hydraulic power units. Aft engine compartment
close-outs continue this week and are expected to be complete on
Thursday. The spacesuits have been installed into the orbiter's
airlock and will be checked-out for flight today. Tonight, ordnance
installation and connection operations will begin as countdown
preparations continue.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Complete aft engine compartment close-outs (Thursday)
Begin countdown at T-43 hours (12:01 a.m. Friday)
Flight crew arrival at KSC (12:01 a.m. Friday)
Begin fueling external tank for launch  (7:33 p.m. Sunday)


MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image)

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: (no earlier than) Oct. 31 at 2:40 p.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 20 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: (no earlier than) Nov. 16 at 7:25 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: The Mobile Launcher Platform was returned to the VAB over the
weekend and stacking of the solid rocket boosters will begin tonight.
The orbiter's main engine heat shields continue to be installed today
and preparations are in work for final checks of the main propulsion
system.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Crew equipment interface test  (Friday-Saturday)
Landing gear functional checks (Sept. 17)
Final payload bay door closure (about Sept. 23)
Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (about Oct. 5)

NOTE: MISSION STS-81, ATLANTIS, IS TARGETED FOR LAUNCH ON JAN. 12,
1997. SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS WILL BE ISSUED FOLLOWING MISSION
STS-79.


MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION:  Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: February 13, 1997
LAUNCH WINDOW: 61 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: February 23, 1997
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 drag chute (image) has been installed, connected and checked-out.
Today, installation and tests begin on the Ku-band antenna.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Install remote manipulator system (Sept. 16)
Deliver forward reaction control system to OPF (Sept. 19)
Complete installation of the forward reaction control system (Sept. 22)
Begin fuel cell no. 3 replacement (about Sept. 23)
Complete installation of main engines (about Oct. 1)
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