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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT Thursday, April 18, 1996 George H. Diller Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Mission number: STS-77 Location: Pad 39-B Primary payload: Spacehab 4/Spartan 207/TEAMS Astronauts: 6 Orbital altitude: 176 statute miles Inclination: 39 degrees Mission Duration: 10 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes Launch date: May 16 6:32 a.m. EDT Landing date: May 26 7:09 a.m. EDT STS-77 IN WORK TODAY: - Flight Readiness Test of main engines and flight control systems STS-77 WORK SCHEDULED: - Astronaut arrival for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Apr. 22 at 10:30 a.m.) - Helium Signature leak check of main propulsion system (Apr. 22) - Begin Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Apr. 23 at 8 a.m.) - Conclude Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Apr. 24 at 11 a.m.) - Flight Readiness Review (May 7) STS-77 WORK COMPLETED: - Installation of payloads into Endeavour’s payload bay - Launch pad electrical and mechanical validations STS-78/OV-102/Columbia Life and Microgravity Spacelab OPF Bay 2 Installation of the three main engines has been completed. Removal and replacement of the No. 3 TACAN unit used for landing navigational purposes is complete. Re-testing is in work. Payload bay electrical checks are occurring in preparation for the arrival of the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) next week. In the Operations and Checkout Building, closeouts of LMS are in work. The module will be installed into the payload canister on Apr. 22. LMS will be transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility and installed into Columbia’s payload bay the following day, Apr. 23. In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the left forward assembly is complete. Stacking of the right aft center segment is in work today. STS-79/OV-104/Atlantis MIR-4 Docking OPF Bay 1 The Spacehab-MIR, double module is being removed today. The ferry flight tail cone was removed yesterday. The waste containment system has also been removed for servicing. Removal of the reaction control system ferry flight throat plugs will occur tonight. KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary Shuttle Landing Facility - 7 a.m. Today’s minimum temperature: 56 degrees Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 75 degrees Lowest relative humidity: 40 percent Peak wind speed/direction: 18 mph/N Precipitation: 0 Total April precipitation: .55 inches Barometric pressure: 30.16