MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-67 Status Report #14

Thursday, March 9, 1995; 8 a.m. CST

Thousands of questions have been pouring into the Astro-2 world-wide
web page which was created to give details about the mission. As time
permits, the STS-67 crew will respond to several questions each
day. At about 5 a.m. CST, Tammy Jernigan responded to a question from
9 year-old Tom Maier, Jr., from Decatur, Ga., and Wendy Lawrence
answered a question from Matt Haligman in San Anselmo, Calif.

Looking out of the Shuttle's window, Wendy Lawrence recorded
volcanic activity on an island south of Burma and replayed the brief
video at about 5:45 a.m. CST.

An alignment of the inertial measurement units and a water dump
through the flash evaporator system were successfully performed this
morning.

Earlier this morning Commander Stephen Oswald downlinked video of
the Middeck Active Control Experiment showing the effects of
vibrations on spacecraft.  Through this experiment, researchers want
to learn how to actively control flexible structures in space.

Lawrence continued maneuvering the orbiter while Jernigan and Sam
Durrance continued the Astro-2 observations of the ultraviolet
universe.

Blue Team crew members are scheduled to go to sleep at about 12:30 p.m. CST.

The Red Team -- Oswald, Bill Gregory, John Grunsfeld and Ron Parise --
will be waking up at about 10 a.m. CST.

Endeavour's astronauts will pass the half-way mark at mid-evening
tonight.

Endeavour remains at an altitude averaging 190 nautical miles.

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