Mission Control Status Report #1
   Mission Control Status Report #1
   STS-69
   
   Thursday, September 7, 1995 5:00 p.m.
   
   Endeavour lit up the Florida sky as it hurtled into orbit following an
   on-time lift off from Kennedy Space Center at 10:09 a.m. central time.
   
   
   Once on orbit the crew members began to configure Endeavour for
   on-orbit operations. Endeavour's payload bay doors were opened about
   90 minutes into the flight, followed by a 'GO' for on-orbit
   operations.
   
   Crew members and ground controllers in Houston recycled a circuit
   breaker on board Endeavour as a system on board the shuttle that
   automatically scrubs the air to remove carbon dioxide did not start up
   as expected. After cycling the breaker and reactivating the system, it
   is now performing perfectly. Activation of payloads also got under way
   with the SPARTAN-201 spacecraft systems and the Wake Shield Facility
   carrier in the payload bay activated. SPARTAN-201 will be deployed
   from Endeavour using the shuttle's robot arm Friday morning about
   10:44 a.m. central time.
   
   Mission Specialists Jim Newman and Mike Gernhardt powered up
   Endeavour's robot arm and conducted a photographic survey on
   Endeavour's cargo bay. The five-member crew -- Commander Dave Walker,
   Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Newman and
   Gernhardt -- will begin an eight-hour sleep period at 6:09 p.m.
   central time.
   
   With all systems on board Endeavour performing well, the orbiter
   continues to circle the Earth every 92 minutes at an altitude of about
   233 miles.