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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1996 (1:02 PM EST) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3 Flight Day 8 VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Orbit OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m. EST TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 7 at about 7:32 a.m. EST MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: Mission STS-75 status reports are issued daily from the Johnson Space Center. Payload status reports are issued by the Marshall Space Flight Center. The crew of mission STS-75 are: Commander Andy Allen; Pilot Scott Horowitz; Mission Specialists Jeff Hoffman, Maurizo Cheli, Claude Nicollier, and Franklin Chang-Diaz; and Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni. MISSION: STS-76 -- 3rd MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: March 21 at about 3:35 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 6 to 10 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 30 at about 8:05 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 4 hours CREW SIZE: 6 up -- 5 down ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: The Space Shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to Pad 39B yesterday, arriving at the pad about 6 hours behind schedule when two "shoes" on the crawler transporter broke as the vehicle was just inside the pad perimeter fence. Following repairs to the crawler, the vehicle was finally harddown on the pad at about 7:30 p.m. and the Rotating Service Structure moved around the vehicle at about 8:30 p.m. (First motion from the Vehicle Assembly Building occurred at 6:44 a.m.) The payload bay doors were opened last night and today the Spacehab single module will be installed into the payload bay. KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Install Spacehab single module into Atlantis’ payload bay (today) * Space Shuttle main engine flight readiness test (Friday) * Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (March 5-6) * Flight Readiness Review (March 11) MISSION: STS-77 -- SPACEHAB-4 & SPARTAN 207 VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 16 at 6:32 a.m. TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 26 at 7:09 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 10 days CREW SIZE: 6 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 176 statute miles/39 degrees NOTE: Operations to remove and replace thrusters on the reaction control system are expected to begin this afternoon following completion of efforts to remove all residual hypergolic reactants from the manifold storage tanks. Due to these problems, the remote manipulator system will not be removed from the orbiter’s payload bay until next week. Space Shuttle main engine installation will begin next Thursday as scheduled. KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Install Space Shuttle main engines (March 7-8)