| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 974 |
| Total number of notes: | 18843 |
Associated Press Mon 2-FEB-1987 01:16 Shuttle Astronauts
Crew of First Shuttle Flight Since CHALLENGER to Start Training
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - Five astronauts picked to lead NASA
back into space as the crew of the first Shuttle flight since the
CHALLENGER accident are scheduled to start training Monday at the
Johnson Space Center.
The crew, led by mission commander Frederick H. ``Rick'' Hauck,
meet early Monday to review their training schedule for a launch set
for Feb. 18, 1988.
Others in the crew are pilot Richard Covey, mission specialists
George Nelson, John M. Lounge and David Helmers.
They are the first Shuttle crew in which every member has flown in
space. Hauck and Nelson have each flown twice, and the others have all
been on one mission.
Hauck completed his assignment last week as the associate NASA
administrator in charge of external affairs in Washington. Nelson is
returning from a sabbatical at Washington State University, where he
conducted research in astronomy.
CHALLENGER exploded 73 seconds after launch on Jan. 28, 1986,
killing all seven of its crew members.
The other three craft in the Shuttle fleet have been grounded since
then while engineers redesigned faulty parts, including the solid
rocket booster that was blamed for the accident.
The resumption of flight will hinge on the successful testing of a
new design for the rocket booster. NASA officials acknowledged that
the Feb. 18, 1988, launch date is tentative and that it may be
postponed to assure that the mission equipment is safe.
The principal payload for the first flight is to be a
communications satellite that NASA will use to carry signals from
orbiting Space Shuttles to mission control.
The five crew members will spend the months between now and their
launch training in simulators that will give them practice in the
techniques for operating the Space Shuttle and its equipment.
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| 254.1 | STS-26 Mission simulation on March 29 | DICKNS::KLAES | Kind of a Zen thing, huh? | Sun Mar 27 1988 17:29 | 20 |
From: [email protected] (Mike Smithwick) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: STS-26 simulation Date: 26 Mar 88 07:57:37 GMT Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. NASA-TV ALERT!! Okay you guys with satillite dishes. There will be a high-fidelity simulation of STS-26 on March 29. "Launch" is scheduled for 9:09 AM CDT. The "mission" continues through March 30, 5:00 PM CDT. The simulation will have the TDRSS deployment at 15:22, March 29, news conferences, et al. The TV schedule makes it appear that the simulation will have the full complement of coverage. No other information was given. *** Mike (Cyberpunk in training) Smithwick *** [Disclaimer: Nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas] | |||||
| 254.2 | SATCOM F-2, transponder 13 | ECADSR::KINZELMAN | Paul Kinzelman | Mon Mar 28 1988 14:44 | 14 |
From: DECWRL::"[email protected]" "Mike Smithwick 28-Mar-88 1028 PST" 28-MAR-1988 13:33 To: kinzel::kinzelman, [email protected] Subj: Re: question concerning your note about the simulation of STS Check out RCA's Satcom F-2, transponder 13. They have a great signal into the Bay Area. *** mike *** ======================================================================== Received: from ames.arc.nasa.gov by decwrl.dec.com (5.54.4/4.7.34) id AA28985; Mon, 28 Mar 88 10:31:53 PST Received: Mon, 28 Mar 88 10:28:23 PST by ames.arc.nasa.gov (5.58/1.2) Message-Id: <[email protected]> | |||||