Mission Control Status Report #9


                    MISSION CONTROL CENTER
                       Status Report #9

STS-49, Sunday, May 10, 1992, 8:30 p.m. CDT

Endeavour rendezvoused with the INTELSAT VI communications
satellite early this afternoon, but an attempt by the crew to
capture the free-floating satellite was unsuccessful.

After attempts by spacewalker Pierre Thuot to attach a capture bar
mechanism to the craft, Endeavour backed away to avoid the
spacecraft. The capture attempts had imparted a large wobble to
the INTELSAT that made further attempts unproductive.

After Endeavour reached a safe distance from INTELSAT, the
satellite's controllers in Washington D.C. stabilized the
spacecraft. Endeavour is now continuing to back away from the
INTELSAT at about 5 nautical miles per orbit, and flight
controllers and mission control are comparing notes as they plan a
second attempt to grasp the stranded INTELSAT tomorrow.

A description of the day's activities by the Endeavour crew is
expected later this evening as they show videotape of the attempts
to flight controllers.

Endeavour and INTELSAT remain in good health, with all systems
working well aboard both spacecraft.