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KSC SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT Monday, October 16, 1995 Vehicle: OV-102/Columbia Mission number: STS-73 Location: Pad 39-B Primary payload: USML-2 Astronauts: 7 Orbital altitude: 172 statute miles Inclination: 39 degrees Mission Duration: 15 days, 22 hours Launch date: Oct. 19 9:49 a.m. EDT Landing date: Nov. 4 6:44 a.m. EST STS-73 IN WORK TODAY: Scrub-turnaround activities STS-73 WORK SCHEDULED: PRSD reactant topoff (Tuesday) Mid-deck payload servicing (Wednesday) Resume countdown at T-11 Hours (NET 3:35 p.m. Wednesday) STS-73 WORK COMPLETED: Draining external tank of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen NOTE: Columbia’s astronauts will remain at KSC until the next launch attempt. Atlantis/OV-104 (STS-74) Russian MIR-2 Docking Module Pad 39-A The STS-74 astronauts arrived at KSC yesterday afternoon for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, the countdown dress rehearsal. The countdown for the TCDT will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and conclude at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Checks of Atlantis’ solid rocket booster flight controls have been completed. Preparations are in work for the upcoming hypergolic servicing. An environmental purge sequence of the Russian MIR-2 Docking Module is scheduled for Oct. 2-3 to be followed by closing the payload bay doors for flight. Prelaunch preparations are targeting a launch on Nov. 8; however, launch may occur on Nov. 9 or Nov. 10 pending the actual liftoff of STS-73. STS-72/Endeavour OPF Bay 3 Preparations are underway for installing the Remote Manipulator System. KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary Shuttle Landing Facility-7:00 a.m. Today’s minimum temperature: 70 degrees Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 77 degrees Lowest relative humidity: 69 percent Peak wind speed/direction: 28 mph/NNW Precipitation: .09 inches Total monthly precipitation: 6.20 inches Barometric pressure: 29.97