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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1996 (10:37 AM EDT) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-78 -- LIFE AND MICROGRAVITY SPACELAB (LMS) VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Pad 39B LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 20 at 10:49 a.m. (EDT) LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 7 at about 8:51 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 16 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 statute miles/39 degrees NOTE: Work in the aft main engine compartment continues today with close-outs targeted for completion late tonight. The countdown will begin at the T-43 hour mark at 4 a.m. Monday, June 17. The crew of mission STS-78 will arrive at KSC at about 3:30 p.m. Monday. KEY STS-78 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): · Begin countdown at the T-43 hour mark (4 a.m. June 17) · Crew arrival (3:30 p.m. June 17) · Begin external tank loading for launch (2 a.m. June 20) MISSION: STS-79 -- 4th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 TARGET LAUNCH DATE: July 31 at about 11:42 p.m. (EDT) LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: August 9 at about 8:17 p.m. MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes CREW SIZE: 6 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: The actuator on Space Shuttle main engine no. 1 is being replaced today in the OPF. Mid-body and aft compartment close-outs are also continuing. The external tank door functional checks are in work today and the landing gear will be retracted tonight. Roll over to the VAB remains scheduled for Monday, June 24. First motion of the orbiter departing from the OPF is set for 4 a.m. KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Close payload bay doors for flight (June 19) * Roll Atlantis to Vehicle Assembly Building (June 24) PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 NOTE: Post-deservicing operations are currently in work on Endeavour. Helium tank purging is in work as preparations continue to remove the main engines next week. Endeavour is being prepared for its first Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP) which involves sending the orbiter to Palmdale, CA, for about eight months of major modifications and structural inspections. Delivery to Palmdale will occur around the first of August. Endeavour’s next mission will be the first International Space Station assembly Space Shuttle flight, scheduled for launch from KSC in late 1997. KEY PRE-OMDP OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Remove Space Shuttle main engines (June 18) * Remove right hand orbital maneuvering system pod (June 26) * Remove forward reaction control system (June 29) * Remove left hand orbital maneuvering system pod (July 2) MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION - 2 VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Palmdale, CA NOTE: Discovery is currently in Palmdale, CA, where a series of modifications and thorough inspections are being finalized as part of a regularly scheduled Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP), an operation that periodically removes all orbiters from flight operations. The vehicle is scheduled to be delivered back to KSC later this month, at which time it will be towed to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2. In the OPF, preparations will begin for Discovery’s next flight, mission STS-82, the second Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, set for launch in February 1997. KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Palmdale rollout (June 25) * Begin ferry flight (June 26) * Expected arrival at KSC, weather permitting (June 27)-- end -- For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to: domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release."