KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1995 (3:13 AM EST)
KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham - 407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
(Internet e-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov)

MISSION: STS-67 -- ASTRO - 2
LAUNCH DAY/FLIGHT DAY 1

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: en orbit
LAUNCH DATE and TIME: March 2 at 1:38.13 a.m.
KSC LANDING DATE and TIME: March 17 at 3:10 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: The countdown for launch of Endeavour on mission STS-67
proceeded smoothly this morning with liftoff occurring at 1:38
a.m. EST, about 1 minute and 13 seconds later than the originally
targeted liftoff time. The slight delay was due to engineers
discussing a potential problem with a heater system on the flash
evaporator system. A backup heater was utilized and the countdown
proceeded.

	Additional information regarding post launch inspections of
the pad and solid rocket booster retrieval operations will be
available later today.

	Mission STS-67 status reports will be issued daily by the
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tx.


CREW FOR MISSION STS-67

Commander (CDR): Stephen Oswald (Red Team)
Pilot (PLT): William Gregory (Red Team)
Payload Commander/Mission Specialist (MS3): Tamara Jernigan (Blue Team)
Mission Specialist (MS1): John Grunsfeld (Red Team)
Mission Specialist (MS2): Wendy Lawrence (Blue Team)
Payload Specialist (PS1): Samuel Durrance (Blue Team)
Payload Specialist (PS2): Ronald Parise (Red Team)

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