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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1996 (2:34 PM EST) MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3 VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 7 at 7:32 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: The Shuttle Columbia was transferred to Pad 39B today from the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion occurred at 2:33 a.m. The vehicle was hard down on the pad at about 9:30 a.m. Tonight, the three auxiliary power units will be hot fired. Beginning tomorrow, workers will start the week long process to remove and replace the high pressure fuel turbo pump from main engine no. 1. IN WORK TODAY: * Pad validations * Preparations to remove and replace high pressure fuel turbo pump from main engine no. 1 KEY STS-75 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Hot fire auxiliary power units (Tuesday) * Open payload bay doors (Tuesday) * Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Thursday/Friday) * Flight readiness review (Feb. 9) MISSION: STS-76 -- 3rd MIR DOCKING VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: March 21 at about 3:34 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: about 6 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 30 at about 7:39 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days CREW SIZE: 6 up -- 5 down ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Inertial measurement unit functional checks (Tuesday) * Crew equipment interface test (Feb. 8) 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 8:42 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 10 days CREW SIZE: 6 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 176 statute miles/39 degrees NOTE: The OAST-Flyer and the Japanese satellite retrieved during mission STS-72 have been removed from the orbiter. Tests of the Flash Evaporator System will continue this week. A decision has been made to remove and retest the robotic arm prior to the next flight. IN WORK TODAY: * Preparations to deservice hypergolic reactants KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Complete hypergolic deservicing (Jan. 31) * Remove main engines (Feb. 16)