STS-80
Report # 02 
Status Report #2 

The first major objective of STS-80 was completed near the end of
flight day one Tuesday with the deployment of the Orbiting Retrievable
Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ORFEUS) on the reusable
Shuttle Pallet Satellite.  Release from Columbia's robot arm came
at 8 hours 15 minutes mission elapsed time, about 10:11 p.m. CST.
Three hours later, ground controllers observed the telescope door
opening and noted that the instrument appeared to be working properly,
beginning two weeks of gathering data on the origin and makeup of
stars.  The release was delayed for just over an hour from its
originally scheduled time due to longer than expected pre-deployment
checkout.

Columbia's five-astronaut crew, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Kent
Rominger and Mission Specialists Tammy Jernigan, Tom Jones and Story
Musgrave, were given a one-hour extension of their scheduled sleep
period today, following the longer flight day one. Crew wakeup is
planned for MET 20 hours, or 9:56 a.m. CST.

Wednesday's activities include work with a variety of experiments
and adjustments to Columbia's orbit to set up for retrieval of the
ORFEUS SPAS in two weeks. Crew members will operate equipment
supporting the Orbiter Space Vision System for monitoring the position
and alignment of structures in space. Rominger will activate the
CMIX-5 experiment hardware conducting research in several areas
including diabetes treatment, tissue replacement and the growth of
crystals for research into breast cancer inhibitors. Rominger and
Jernigan are scheduled to activate the Visualization in an
Experimental Water Capillary Pumped Loop (VIEW-CPL) experiment
studying alternate methods for spacecraft thermal management.

Tuesday's launch was the 21st for Columbia, oldest orbiter in the
fleet. The 16-day flight includes deployment and retrieval of two
satellites and two space walks to study tools and techniques for
building the International Space Station.

Columbia is orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of 218
statute miles with all systems operating normally. Orbiter and crew
are scheduled to return to Earth Dec. 5.
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