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| | 12.07.96 - STS-80 Mission Status Report # 39
NASA’s final Shuttle mission of 1996 concluded early this morning as Space Shuttle Columbia glided to a 5:49 a.m. central time landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
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| | 12.07.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #38
NASA’s final Shuttle mission of 1996 concluded early this morning as Space Shuttle Columbia glided to a 5:49 a.m. central time landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
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| | 12.06.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #37
A second extra day in space was granted to the five astronauts aboard Columbia when fog prevented a landing at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center and high winds on the Mojave Desert meant that Edwards Air Force Base also was not available today.
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| | 12.05.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #36
Columbia’s astronauts will spend another 24 hours in orbit after low cloud ceilings in the vicinity of the landing site caused a wave-off of today’s landing opportunities to the Kennedy Space Center.
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| | 12.04.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #35
Columbia’s astronauts will wake up to begin what could be their final day of the mission as flight controllers in Houston keep an eye on weather systems in Florida.
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| | 12.04.96 - STS-80 Mission Status Report # 34
Columbia’s five astronauts were notified this morning that their 16-day mission would end as originally scheduled with a landing at 6:33 a.m. central time Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center.
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| | 12.03.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #33
While STS-80 crew members get ready to retrieve the ORFEUS-SPAS astronomy satellite tonight, the flight control team is watching the weather in Florida and exploring options for bringing Columbia home.
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| | 12.03.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #32
Routine space operations were the order of business for Columbia’s five astronauts today as they monitored experiments and discussed the mission during a news conference.
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| | 12.02.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #31
Scientists on the ground are delighted to have an extra day of work with the ORFEUS-SPAS astronomy satellite while Colombia's crew enjoys an extra day in space after shuttle managers today decided to extend the shuttle flight to allow additional observations by the German satellite.
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| | 12.01.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #29
The STS-80 crew is waking up and getting started on its 13th day of the mission, a day that will include some rest time, an opportunity to talk with family members and a middeck test of a new tool to be used for future spacewalks.
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| | 12.01.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #28
Columbia’s astronauts spent a relatively quiet day monitoring experiments on board and carrying out two rendezvous burns to maintain a stable distance from the free-flying ORFEUS-SPAS astronomy satellite.
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| | 11.30.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #27
After a day of extensive ground analysis and testing of a balky airlock hatch on Columbia, STS-80 mission managers decided to cancel the two spacewalks that had been planned for astronauts Tammy Jernigan and Tom Jones.
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| | 11.30.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #26
The STS-80 Mission Management Team concluded at its 8 a.m. meeting today that around-the-clock analysis and testing so far has not identified a most likely cause of a jammed hatch that has prevented astronauts aboard the orbiter Columbia from conducting the first of two planned space walks.
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| | 11.30.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #25
Columbia’s astronauts concluded their 11th day in space with discussions about troubleshooting measures they may undertake this afternoon to open a balky airlock hatch if the shuttle mission management team decides this morning to proceed.
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| | 11.29.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #24
As Columbia’s astronauts began their 11th day in space, NASA engineers and managers continued troubleshooting and analysis of the balky shuttle hatch handle which forced a cancellation of the spacewalk by Tammy Jernigan and Tom Jones Thursday night.
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| | 11.29.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #23
The STS-80 Mission Management Team (MMT) chaired by Loren Shriver, Shuttle Launch Integration Manager, met at 10 a.m CST today to review mission status and to consider possible courses of action to deal with the shuttle hatch problem which led to cancellation of last night’s EVA.
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| | 11.29.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #22
The planned spacewalk by astronauts Tammy Jernigan and Tom Jones was canceled late Thursday after the airlock outer hatch failed to open.
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| | 11.28.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #21
STS-80 Mission Specialists Tammy Jernigan and Tom Jones will have their Thanksgiving dinners waiting for them tonight when they finish the first of two space walks scheduled for the flight.
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| | 11.28.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #20
Columbia’s five astronauts spent the day preparing for the first of two planned spacewalks that will begin tonight and refined the distance to the ORFEUS-SPAS astronomy satellite trailing the orbiter by about 20 nautical miles.
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| | 11.27.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #19
With final preparations for the first of two spacewalks on tap for today, the STS-80 crew began the ninth day of its mission at mid-afternoon.
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| | 11.27.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #18
Mission Specialists Tom Jones and Tammy Jernigan carefully guided the Wake Shield Facility back into its payload bay moorings at 12:53 a.m. CST today following 6 1/2 hours of experiments while attached to Columbia’s robot arm.
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| | 11.26.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #17
Following retrieval yesterday, the Wake Shield Facility satellite will be powered up again today for futher experiment work.
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| | 11.26.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #16
The Space Shuttle Columbia continues to lead the ORFEUS-SPAS ultraviolet telescope by 20 miles as the pair of spacecraft orbit the Earth in tandem.
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| | 11.25.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #15
Securing its precious cargo of advanced semiconductor materials for awaiting scientists on Earth, Columbia today recaptured the Wake Shield Facility, one of two science satellites that had been flying in orbital formation with the shuttle.
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| | 11.25.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #14
Columbia’s crew will retrieve the Wake Shield Facility tonight, completing a successful mission by the free-flying satellite, which was able to grow all seven of its planned thin semi-conductor films over a period of three days.
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| | 11.24.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #13
Following extensive tracking analysis and predictions of the ORFEUS-SPAS satellite’s position in relation to the Wake Shield Facility, STS-80 mission managers determined that the distances will be well within the rendezvous margins at the time of Wake Shield retrieval tomorrow night by Columbia.
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| | 11.24.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #12
Columbia's crew enjoyed a half-day off this afternoon as ground controllers closely monitored the two satellites trailing the shuttle, evaluating whether one satellite may need to be retrieved tonight, a day earlier than first planned.
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| | 11.24.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #11
Columbia’s two free-flying satellites continued their scientific studies in orbit Sunday as they trail the shuttle 34 miles apart.
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| | 11.23.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #10
Columbia continued to fly in orbital formation with two science satellites Saturday as the crew turned its attention toward secondary experiments inside the cabin.
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| | 11.23.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #9
With both of their free-flying satellites deployed, Columbia’s astronauts today will focus on maintaining formation and working with in-cabin microgravity experiments.
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| | 11.22.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #8
Columbia’s crew released the Wake Shield Facility at 7:38 p.m. central as the two spacecraft flew about 200 miles above the western Pacific on the 51st orbit of the STS-80 mission.
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| | 11.22.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report # 7
Columbia’s crew is poised to release the second satellite of shuttle mission STS-80 -- the Wake Shield Facility -- at 7:06 p.m. CST.
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| | 11.22.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report #6
As crew members begin their fourth day of STS-80, all systems on board Columbia are ready for the second satellite deployment of the flight and the beginning of the Wake Shield Facility's third mission in space.
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| | 11.21.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report # 5
While the astronomy satellite they released Tuesday began its scientific work, Columbia’s astronauts turned their attention today to preparations for the major activities still to come during their two remaining weeks in space.
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| | 11.21.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report # 4
While Columbia’s astronauts sleep, scientists on the ground are completing their setup of the ORFEUS-SPAS instruments and preparing to begin observations with the free-flying spacecraft.
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| | 11.20.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report # 3
While Columbia leads the ORFEUS-SPAS spacecraft by about 25 nautical miles, the five astronauts concentrated their attention on other activities aboard the orbiter including testing the Space Vision System, conducting a visual checkout of the Wake Shield Facility and working with middeck experiments that will be conducted throughout the 16-day mission
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| | 11.19.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center 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.
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| | 11.19.96 - STS-80 Mission Control Center Status Report # 1
The Space Shuttle Columbia returned to space for the 21st time, to study stars, produce improved semiconductor films and practice building the International Space Station.
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