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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1995 (10:12 AM EDT) MISSION: STS-71 -- 1st MIR DOCKING FLIGHT DAY 10 VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbit LAUNCH DATE and TIME: June 27 at 3:32 p.m. EDT KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 7 at 10:55 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 19 hours, 23 minutes CREW SIZE: 7 up, 8 down ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.60 degrees Mission STS-71 status reports are issued daily by the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tx. The crew for mission STS-71 are: Commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson; Pilot Charles Precourt; Mission Specialists Ellen Baker, Greg Harbaugh and Bonnie Dunbar; Mir 19 Commander Anatoly Solovyev; Mir 19 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin; Mir 18 Commander Vladimir Dezhurov; Mir 18 Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov; and Mir 18 Cosmonaut-Researcher Norm Thagard. MISSION: STS-70 -- TDRS-G VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Pad 39-B LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 13 at 9:41 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 21 at 7:51 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 7 days, 22 hours CREW SIZE: 5 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees IN WORK TODAY: * Hypergolic pressurization operations * Aft engine compartment close-outs * Launch countdown preparations WORK COMPLETED: * Purge external tank * Ordnance connections KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES FOR STS-70 (dates are target only): * Close payload bay doors for flight (July 10) * Countdown begins (10 a.m. July 10) * Crew arrival for launch (4:20 p.m. July 10) MISSION: STS-69 -- WSF-2 & SPARTAN 201-03 VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 * LOCATION: Pad 39-A * TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: August 3 at about 10:40 a.m. (no earlier than) LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes * TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: August 14 at about 7:10 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours CREW SIZE: 5 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 230 statute miles/28.45 degrees * Change from earlier status NOTE: Rollout to Launch Pad 39-A occurred late last night with first motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at about 11 p.m. The vehicle was hard down on the pad at about 4:30 a.m. today. Hot fire of auxiliary power units 2 and 3 will occur tonight. The rotating service structure will be moved around the vehicle about 8 a.m. tomorrow. Also, managers yesterday decided to move Endeavour’s target launch date to no earlier than August 3. KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Install payload into orbiter (July 12) * Flight readiness review (July 18) * Terminal countdown demonstration test (July 19-20) MISSION: STS-73 -- U.S. MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-2 VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 21 at 10:37 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 7 at 8:31 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 16 days CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 172 statute miles/39 degrees NOTE: Preparations are in work to install the payload early next week. Also, the right hand orbital maneuvering system pod will be installed on the orbiter mid-week.