KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1997 (12:08 PM EST)

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

      MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2
      • VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
      • LOCATION: Pad 39A
      • LAUNCH DATE/TIME: February 11 at 3:56 a.m.
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 65 minutes
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: February 21 at about 2:43 a.m.
      • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 22 hours, 47 minutes
      • CREW: Bowersox, Horowitz, Lee, Hawley, Harbaugh, Smith, Tanner (image)
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: Cryogenic servicing of the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) will continue through tomorrow. The payload end-to-end test will begin later this afternoon. Aft engine compartment close-outs continue in work this week with the aft doors scheduled to be installed on Saturday. The crew is scheduled to arrive at KSC Friday morning and the countdown is set to begin Saturday.

      STS-82 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Ordnance installation and pressurization of hypergolic system (Thursday)
      • Crew arrival (8 a.m. Friday)
      • Countdown begins (4 a.m. Saturday)
      • Close payload bay doors (Saturday)
      • Complete aft engine compartment close-outs (Saturday)

      MISSION: STS-83 -- Microgravity Science Laboratory-1
      • VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
      • LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
      • TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: April 3 at about 2:01 p.m. EST
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: April 19 at about 7:30 a.m. EDT
      • MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes
      • CREW: Halsell, Still, Voss, Thomas, Gernhardt, Linteris, Crouch
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: No further servicing is required for the Freon coolant loop and tunnel adapter installation is currently scheduled to begin Wednesday. The right hand orbital maneuvering system pod has been delivered to the OPF and will be installed on the orbiter tomorrow.

      STS-83 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Orbital maneuvering system pod installation (Wednesday)
      • Tunnel adapter installation (Wednesday)
      • Crew equipment and interface test (CEIT) (Feb. 15)
      • Close payload bay doors for move to Vehicle Assembly Building (Feb. 24)
      • Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (March 3)

      MISSION: STS-84 -- 6th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image)
      • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
      • LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
      • OFFICIAL KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 15 at about 4:05 a.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 24 at about 7:50 a.m. EDT
      • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 3 hours, 45 minutes
      • CREW: Precourt, Collins, Foale, Noriega, Lu, Clervoy, Kondakova
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Removal of the three Space Shuttle main engines is complete. The functional check of the forward reaction control system (FRCS) will continue throughout this week. Auxiliary power unit No. 3 is scheduled to be removed and replaced tomorrow. Stacking of the solid rocket boosters for mission STS-84 is underway in the VAB.

      STS-84 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Remove and replace APU No. 3 (Wednesday)
      • Remove forward reaction control system (Feb. 8)
      • Install left hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Feb. 26)
      • Mate external tank to solid rocket boosters (Feb. 27)
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