MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-67 Status Report #9

Monday, March 6, 1995; 5 p.m. CST

  Flight controllers on the ground and the seven astronauts on board
Endeavour continued to work together today as the trio of Astro-2
instruments in the cargo bay gathered information on the "hidden"
universe through observations of the ultraviolet spectrum.

  The STS-67 astronauts also worked with several microgravity
experiments and talked with students on the ground around the world
through the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment.

  The Blue Team -- Payload Commander Tammy Jernigan, Mission Specialist
Wendy Lawrence and Payload Specialist Sam Durrance -- worked with the
Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instruments Technology
Associates Experiments (CMIX) and checked on the health of the Protein
Crystal Growth biotechnology experiments.

   Lawrence also sent special greetings to the 19 men and women who
reported to the Johnson Space Center today representing the Astronaut
Class of 1995.

   The Red Team -- Commander Steve Oswald, Pilot Bill Gregory, Mission
Specialist John Grunsfeld and Payload Specialist Ron Parise -- went on
duty about noon CST. As Grunsfeld and Parise supported Astro-2
observations, Oswald coordinating a successful data transfer that will
help Middeck Active Control Experiment scientists and engineers design
large spacecraft. Gregory practiced for the end of the 15 1/2 day
mission on the PILOT landing simulator.

   Flight controllers had a trouble-free day as Endeavour continued to
perform with zero defects in support of Astro-2. Endeavour is in an
orbit of approximately 191 by 186 nautical miles.