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                              STS-55 SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                                   Monday, January 25, 1993

          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia      Location: OPF Bay 2
          Primary payload: Spacelab D-2         Crew Size: 7
          Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25  10:30 a.m.
          Mission duration: 8 Days 22 Hours     Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees     Initial orbital altitude: 184 sm

          STS-55 IN WORK:

          - Spacelab final power-up

          - payload bay door test cycles

          - orbiter aft main engine compartment closeouts

          - main propulsion system closeouts

          - Ku-band antenna stowage

          - thermal protection system tile closeouts

          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT)

          - Spacelab laboratory module closeouts

          - Spacelab tunnel Interface Verification Test (IVT)

          - Spacelab tunnel leak checks

          - avionics bay closeouts

          - payload bay door radiator stowage

          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - aft structural leak check

          - orbiter composite pressurization test

          - weight and center of gravity determination

          - install Columbia on orbiter transporter

          - roll to the VAB the first week in February
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