Mission Control Status Report #2
					STS-74

Sunday, November 12, 1995   5 p.m. CST

Five astronauts continue to rest aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis,
awaiting an 8:31 p.m. CST wake-up call that will start their first
full day of work delivering a permanent shuttle docking port to the
Russian Mir Space Station.

Activities for the coming day will focus on preparing to connect the
Russian Docking Module to the shuttle airlock and getting Mission
Specialists Jerry Ross and Bill McArthur ready for a contingency space
walk should anything unexpected happen during Tuesday's move of the
docking module.

Maneuvers continuing the process of the shuttle rendezvous with
Russia's Space Station Mir will resume at 10:11 p.m. CST when
Commander Ken Cameron and Pilot Jim Halsell kick off the NC 2
burn. The NC 3 burn will occur at 10:09 a.m. CST Monday. Docking is
scheduled for 12:28 a.m. CST Wednesday.

Mission Specialist Chris Hadfield will test the robot arm that will
lift the module out of its payload bay moorings. With the help of
Mission Specialist Bill McArthur, Hadfield also will power up and
check the Orbiter Space Vision system that will be used to precisely
align the robot arm. Cameron will set up the VHF radio gear that will
be used for shuttle/Mir communications during the rendezvous.

Ross and McArthur will inspect their space suits and pre-breath pure
oxygen for an hour and a half to purge nitrogen bubbles from their
bodies and prevent a condition known as "the bends" should a space
walk be necessary. The pair is not expected to don the space suits
unless a space walk is required.

The STS-74 crew also is scheduled to be interviewed by the Canadian
news media beginning at 6:31 a.m. CST.

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