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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1995 (1:43 PM EST) MISSION: STS-74 -- 2nd MIR DOCKING (Docking Module) LANDING DAY VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Shuttle Landing Facility OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 12 at 7:30:43 a.m. (on time) KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 20 at 12:01 p.m. (on first opportunity) MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 4 hours, 30 minutes CREW SIZE: 5 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: Mission managers gave the crew of Atlantis approval for the deorbit burn to occur at about 10:58 a.m. to set the vehicle on course for a landing at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility today. Landing of Atlantis occurred on the first opportunity at 12:01 p.m. on runway 33, concluding its second mission to dock with Russia’s Mir space station. About 3 hours, 30 minutes after touchdown, ground crews will be ready to tow Atlantis to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1. Tow operations should take about 1 hour to complete. Once in the OPF, post-flight deservicing will begin and preparations will be made for Atlantis’ next mission to the Mir space station, STS-76, scheduled for launch in March 1996. Preliminary post-landing inspections of Atlantis reveal the tires and brakes to be in good condition. Tile damage will be assessed later today and tomorrow. Atlantis landed on orbit 129. Touchdown times are as follows: MET EST MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN 8:04:30.44 12:01.27 p.m. NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN 8:04:30.54 12:01.37 p.m. WHEELS STOP 8:04:31.42 12:02.24 p.m. Atlantis traveled 3.4 million miles on mission STS-74. This was the 27th KSC landing in the history of the Shuttle program. MISSION: STS-72 -- SFU-Retrieval & OAST-Flyer VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 11 at 4:18 a.m. EST LAUNCH WINDOW: 60 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 20 at 2:54 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes CREW SIZE: 6 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 288 statute miles/28.45 degrees KEY STS-72 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Final payload bay door closure (Nov. 22) * Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (Nov. 29) * Rollout to pad 39B (Dec. 5) MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3 VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 * TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 22, 1996 * TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 7, 1996 MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees * change from earlier status KEY STS-75 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Removal of main engines complete (Nov. 22) * Functional checks of the forward reaction control system (Nov. 27) * Begin removal of onboard cryogenic storage tank set no. 2 (Nov. 28) All times eastern