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Launch May 16, 1996 at 6:32 a.m (ESTIMATED). Launch window is 2 hours 30 min.

On 4/9/96, rollover of Endeavour occured from OPF Bay 3 to the VAB. The Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's) have been stacked and mated with external tank. At 10:00am on 4/16/96, the shuttle began it's roll from the VAB to Launch Pad 39-B and arrived at 3:30pm (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 4/17/1996).

On 3/25/96, Payload premate testing was complete and the tunnel adapter was installed and leak checked. The external tank had been mated to the solid rocket boosters and close-out operations were underway. The Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) and the landing gear functional test was conducted 3/26/96. (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 3/26/1996).

The Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME's) were installed on Endeavour in OPF bay 3 (Reference KSC Shuttle Status 3/13/1996).

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Developed under the direction of the NASA KSC Public Affairs Office
Author: Jim Dumoulin / NASA (dumoulin@titan.ksc.nasa.gov)
Curator: Jim Dumoulin / NASA (dumoulin@titan.ksc.nasa.gov)
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Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24 16:07:20 EDT 1996 (J. Dumoulin)

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