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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT Friday, April 19, 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: - Crew cabin and Spacehab pressurized leak checks - Preparations for hypergolic propellant loading operations 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: - Flight Readiness Test of main engines and flight control systems - Closure of payload bay doors in preparation for hypergolic loading operations STS-78/OV-102/Columbia Life and Microgravity Science Laboratory OPF Bay 2 Testing of the orbiter's Ku-band system is being performed today. Payload bay electrical checks continue in preparation for the arrival of the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) next week. Installation of the Spacelab coolant lines is complete. Landing gear wheel and tire installation is complete. Orbiter mid-body closeouts are in work. In the Operations and Checkout Building, closeouts of LMS will conclude today. The module will be installed into the payload canister on Monday. LMS will be transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility and installed into Columbia's payload bay on Tuesday, Apr. 23. In the Vehicle Assembly Building, stacking of the right aft center solid rocket booster segment was completed this morning. STS-79/OV-104/Atlantis MIR-4 Docking OPF Bay 1 The Spacehab-MIR double module was removed yesterday and transported to the Spacehab processing facility at Port Canaveral overnight. Preparations are beginning for removal of the tunnel adapter which is to be reinstalled into Columbia's payload bay next week. Main engine heat shield removal is in work and window polishing is underway. Modification work is starting for the planned installation of Global Positioning System equipment. KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary Shuttle Landing Facility - 7 a.m. Today's minimum temperature: 57 degrees Yesterday's maximum temperature: 78 degrees Lowest relative humidity: 43 percent Peak wind speed/direction: 22 mph/ESE Precipitation: 0 Total April precipitation: .55 inches Barometric pressure: 30.17