yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (03/28/91)
Edward Campion Headquarters, Washington, D.C. March 27, 1991 (Phone: 202/453-8536) Lisa Malone Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 407/867-2468) STS-37 LAUNCH ADVISORY NASA managers today set April 5, 1991 as the target launch date for Space Shuttle mission STS-37. This will be the 39th flight of the Space Shuttle system and will include deployment of the Gamma Ray Observatory by the Shuttle Atlantis crew and the first "spacewalk" performed by Shuttle astronauts since returning to flight. "The launch team has done a super job in getting us ready to fly STS-37" said Shuttle Director Robert Crippen. "With the delay in STS-39 Discovery, the team had a real challenge to meet, and they came through right on schedule." The launch window on April 5 opens at 9:18 a.m. EST with the mission projected to last just over 5 days. A launch on April 5 at the opening of the window would put landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on April 10.