MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-67 STATUS REPORT #26

Wednesday, March 15, 1995, 8 a.m. CST

Endeavour's astronomical observatory continues its around-the-clock
operations as the orbiter nears the end of its eighth voyage in space.

Mission Specialist Tammy Jernigan, a native of Chattanooga, talked
with a Tennessee radio station along with crew mate Wendy Lawrence.
The discussion centered around the astronomical observations being
conducted throughout the mission as well as homeowner- type questions
posed to Jernigan, making her third flight aboard the Shuttle.

Along with Sam Durrance, the three astronauts have been choreographing
orbiter maneuvers with instrument pointing to precisely aim the ASTRO
observator at the desired celestial targets throughout the universe.

The remaining four crew members -- Steve Oswald, Bill Gregory, John
Grunsfeld and Ron Parise -- will wake up just after 10 a.m. central
time today and will take over control of Endeavour and its payloads
about noon.

Before Lawrence turns in, she will join Oswald and Gregory in the
routine, pre-entry checkout of Endeavour's flight control system,
which includes verifying the health of the moveable surfaces on the
wings and tail used during the atmospheric reentry portion of landing.
One of the Endeavour's three hydraulic systems is required during
portions of the checkout scheduled to begin about 12:30 this
afternoon.

Endeavour's mission continues to progress trouble-free as the vehicle
circles the earth every 91 minutes at an average altitude of 185
nautical miles.

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