MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-67 Status Report #18

Saturday, March 11, 9:30 a.m. CST

Business as usual aboard Endeavour means continued data collection in
support of the second Shuttle mission dedicated to the study of
celestial objects in the universe.

Three of the seven astronauts spent the night and early morning hours
assisting with observations using the cluster of three telescopes
mounted in the rear of Endeavour's payload bay.

While Tammy Jernigan and Sam Durrance monitored the science instrument
work, Wendy Lawrence fine tuned the Shuttle's position and maintained
the orbiter's systems.

The other four astronauts on the mission are scheduled to wake up
about 10 this morning and relieve their co-workers at about noon.

Jernigan and Durrance answered a couple of questions about the mission
sent via the Internet through Mission Control.  One was about women
becoming astronauts and the other about the brightness of stars.

Endeavour's systems are in excellent shape as the vehicle circles the
Earth every 90 minutes at an average altitude of 190 nautical miles.

The JSC Newsroom is open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 9
a.m. - 1 p.m.  weekends, throughout the mission.  NASA's MSFC Newsroom
is open from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. weekdays, and from 6 a.m. - 2
p.m. weekends.  MSFC's code-a-phone is updated twice daily and can be
reached by calling 205-544-6397.