MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-67 Status Report #19

Saturday, March 11, 5 PM CST

Endeavour's astronauts continued smooth sailing Saturday as their
marathon astronomy research mission proceeded in flawless fashion in
their tenth day in orbit.

Red Team astronauts Steve Oswald, the commander, Pilot Bill Gregory,
Mission Specialist John Grunsfeld and Payload Specialist Ron Parise
conducted more observations of distant celestial objects through the
use of the three ASTRO-2 telescopes housed in the cargo bay with no
systems problems reported by the crew.

Gregory continued work with the Portable In-Flight Landing Operations
Trainer, PILOT, a laptop computer and hand controller designed to
simulate Shuttle landings. The device helps Shuttle Commanders and
Pilots to stay sharp during long duration flights.

The Blue team astronauts ---Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence, Payload
Commander Tammy Jernigan and Payload Specialist Sam Durrance completed
their shift of galactic studies late this morning and began an
eight-hour sleep period at 2:08 PM CST. They'll be awakened late
tonight to start another night's work on orbit.

The astronauts responded to questions throughout the day from people
around the world who have inquired on the Internet about various
aspects of the mission and spaceflight in general.

Endeavour is orbiting the Earth every 91 minutes at an altitude of
about 190 nautical miles with no systems problems to report. The
STS-67 mission, which is planned to be the longest in Shuttle history,
is scheduled to end Friday with a landing at mid-afternoon at the
Kennedy Space Center.

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