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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996 (11:22 AM EDT) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 (image) and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image) VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: November 8 at 2:47 p.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: November 24 at 7:31 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 16 days CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: Space Shuttle Columbia was rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad 39B today. First motion occurred at 4:21 a.m. and the Mobile Launcher Platform was hard-down on the pad at about 10:30 a.m. Pad validations have begun and auxiliary power unit no. 1 will be hot fired tonight. Following this APU test, the Rotating Service Structure will be closed around the vehicle and workers will begin a flight readiness test of the main propulsion system. The Rotating Service Structure will be retracted late Friday night for KSC's Community Appreciation Day on Saturday. KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Open Rotating Service Structure for KSC's Community Appreciation Day (Saturday) Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Oct. 22-23) Launch Readiness Review (Oct. 22) Flight Readiness Review (Oct. 25) MISSION: STS-81 -- 5th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image) VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 12, 1997 at about 4:17 a.m. (EST) LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 21, 1997 at about 8:40 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days (+1) CREW: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up) Blaha (down) ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: Leak checks of the auxiliary power units are complete and a functional test is scheduled for next week. The orbital maneuvering system pod functional test is also complete to date. Removal of the main engines is scheduled to begin Monday. Solid rocket booster stacking operations continue in the Vehicle Assembly Building. KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Remove Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 21) Install Space Shuttle main engines (Nov. 5) Crew Equipment Interface Test (Nov. 9) MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2 VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: February 13, 1997 at 2:59 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 61 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: February 23, 1997 at 1:35 a.m. 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: A functional check of the main propulsion system is in work today as are operations to prepare the orbiter for main engine installation tomorrow. Work on the external tank doors, the main landing gear, and the external airlock is continuing today. The payload bay doors will be closed for about a week for scheduled thermal protection system work. KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): Install Space Shuttle main engines (Thursday) Install left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Oct. 21)--end-- 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." Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm