MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-67 Status Report #8

Monday, March 6, 1995; 8:30 a.m. CST

   Science operations continued throughout the night as the compliment of
Astro-2 instruments mounted in Endeavour's cargo bay gathered
information on the birth, evolution and death of stars and galaxies.

    Crew members also talked with students on the ground during several
successful Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) contacts with
schools in Australia, South Africa and India. In addition to
supporting the Astro-2 observations, crew members worked with the
Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instruments Technology
Associates Experiments (CMIX) biotechnology experiments on board.
These experiments use the unique microgravity environment found on the
shuttle to aid in the development of drugs and drug delivery systems
on the Earth.

     The Blue Team of astronauts -- Payload Commander Tammy Jernigan,
Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence and Payload Specialist Sam Durrance
-- took over orbiter and payload operations shortly after midnight.
Their Red Team counterparts ended a busy Flight Day 5 on orbit shortly
after 3 a.m. central time.

     Flight controllers had a troublefree night as Endeavour continued to
perform flawlessly in support of Astro-2 objectives.  Endeavour is in
an orbit of approximately 191 by 186 nautical miles.