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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT MONDAY, JULY 29, 1996 (1:05 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 VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: September 12 at about 6:26 a.m. (EDT) LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: September 21 at about 11:30 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 5 hours CREW SIZE: 6 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: Atlantis remains in the Vehicle Assembly Building while stacking operations of the replacement set of solid rocket boosters (SRB) continues in the adjacent high bay. Atlantis is scheduled to be destacked from the original set of SRBs early Wednesday morning and transported to OPF bay no. 3 Wednesday evening. Atlantis will return to the VAB on Aug. 13 to be mated to the new stack. Following a failed leak check last week of the field joint between the right aft center and right forward center segments of the replacement SRBs, the forward center segment was destacked and cleaned. During inspections of the secondary O-rings, an applicator brush bristle was found and is believed to be the reason for the field joint leakage. New O-rings were installed and the segment was restacked over the weekend. A leak check is being conducted today. If the leak check is successful, booster stacking will be completed this week and the external tank mated to the stack as early as Friday. KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Demate orbiter from current SRB stack and move to OPF bay 3 (July 31) Mate external tank to solid rocket boosters (Aug. 2) Transport orbiter to VAB and mate with new set of solid rocket boosters (Aug. 13) Roll out Space Shuttle to Pad 39A (Aug. 20) STS-79 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Aug. 27-28) MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 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 SIZE: 5 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: The remote manipulator system was installed into Columbia's payload bay last week. Checks of the Flash Evaporator System and General Purpose Computers continue today. KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Begin removing Space Shuttle main engines (Aug. 7) Complete installation of main engines (about Aug. 15) 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 SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: Preparations to install the right hand orbital maneuvering system pod is in work this week. KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Complete installation of right hand orbital maneuvering system pod (about Aug. 7) Install remote manipulator system (Aug. 20) Install forward reaction control system (about Aug. 28) ENDEAVOUR -- PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD (OMDP) VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Shuttle Landing Facility NOTE: Endeavour was transported to the Shuttle Landing Facility this morning with first motion from OPF bay no. 3 at about 9:50 a.m. The orbiter will be mated to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft today and be ready to depart KSC at about 7 a.m. tomorrow. First stop of the orbiter/SCA will be at Ft. Campbell, KY, where it will remain overnight. The trip will continue Wednesday with an expected arrival at Palmdale, CA, early Wednesday afternoon. Endeavour is being sent to Palmdale for its first Orbiter Maintenance Down Period which is scheduled to last about eight months. KEY PRE-OMDP OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Depart KSC for ferry flight to Palmdale, CA (about 7 a.m. Tuesday)-- end -- NOTE: MISSION STS-81, ATLANTIS, IS TARGETED FOR LAUNCH ABOUT JAN. 16, 1997. SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS WILL BE ISSUED FOLLOWING MISSION STS-79. For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release."