| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 458.1 | Hubble Delayed Again | NAC::HUGHES | TANSTAAFL | Wed Aug 31 1988 12:33 | 4 |
| One detail I heard on All Things Considered during the drive home
was that the Hubble Telescope launch had been pushed out to 1990.
Mike Hughes
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| 458.2 | | STAR::HUGHES | | Wed Aug 31 1988 14:41 | 10 |
| re .1
The item about the HST being delayed until 1990 was on CNN this
morning.
re .0
My guess is that the Atlantis mission is to deploy a KH-12.
gary
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| 458.3 | | VINO::DZIEDZIC | | Wed Aug 31 1988 14:49 | 6 |
| I had heard a while back that none of the planned (necessary?)
modifications had yet been started on Atlantis. I can't see
how they expect to launch this year. That date was probably
set when NASA still planned to resume launches in July, and
should probably be taken with a (large) grain of salt.
|
| 458.4 | | BOSHOG::ALLEGREZZA | George Allegrezza @ NRO | Wed Aug 31 1988 14:49 | 7 |
| Re: .2
According to Av. Week, the KH-12 has been cancelled. I believe
the KH-11 has gone out of production, as well. I'm not sure what
we intend to use for strategic recon in the interim. Perhaps a
prototype KH-12 without the ocean recon and mobile targeting
capabilities?
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| 458.5 | | STAR::HUGHES | | Wed Aug 31 1988 17:08 | 15 |
| re .4
I read that article to mean that noone wanted it but it would still
be launched. However I skimmed it rapidly so may have misread it.
There was talk a while back of launching a 'spare' KH-11. I don't
recall the outcome or if there really is spare as distinct from
enough parts to build one.
re .1
If you subscribe to sci.space.shuttle on usenet, you will get daily
(a day or two late) status reports of the orbiters, their payloads
if appropriate and thngs like booster stacking. I get the impression
that work is proceeding on Atlantis.
gary
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| 458.6 | Atlantis | SHAOLN::DENSMORE | Legion of Decency, Retired | Wed Aug 31 1988 18:47 | 19 |
| re .3
I have seen some news about Atlantis' status. As of the end of
July, one of the three main engines had arrived. Modifications
were underway for the entire month and several systems test were
completed. (I won't enumerate the tests and the info I have did
not enumerate the modifications.) Columbia is in the modification
process too, but apparently further behind than Atlantis.
Obviously if any of the modification work falls behind, STS27 would
not fall in this calendar year but the goal is to get two flights
in before the end of the year.
On the 50 flight schedule: I have a hard time picturing 10 flights
a year given past performance *and* the solid fuel shortage. Also
consider that the fourth orbiter is not due for completion for at
least 2.5 years (1991).
Mike
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| 458.7 | NASA press release | STAR::HUGHES | | Thu Sep 01 1988 13:01 | 85 |
| Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 30, 1988
RELEASE: 88-120
NASA ISSUES UPDATED, MIXED-FLEET MANIFEST
NASA today issued the newest update of its mixed-fleet
manifest reflecting current planning for primary payloads for
Space Shuttle missions and expendable launch vehicles (ELV's)
through Fiscal Year 1993.
The manifest is for planning purposes only. Firm Shuttle
payload assignments are made during the formal integration
process approximately 19 months prior to launch. The next
Shuttle launch (STS-26) is currently targeted for late September
1988. The new manifest reflects NASA's current assessment of the
rate at which Shuttle flights can be resumed during 1989.
In addition to supporting Department of Defense mission
requirements, this mixed-fleet manifest continues to reflect the
high priority assigned to civil space science and applications
payloads and the commercial space initiatives.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been moved 7 months until
1990. The reasons are:
o the delayed initial launch of STS-26;
o an orderly flight rate buildup in 1989;
o maintaining the planetary launch opportunities and
avoiding the long mission slippages incurred when
planetary windows are missed; and
o preserving important DOD missions
A top priority in revising payload schedules has been to
maintain the fixed launch window opportunities of three
interplanetary missions:
o Magellan -- a mission to map the planet Venus, scheduled
to be launched in 1989;
o Galileo -- a cooperative project with Germany to
survey Jupiter and its moons, scheduled to be launched in
October 1989; and
o Ulysses -- a cooperative project with the European
Space Agency to investigate the properties of the sun and
its environment, scheduled to be launched in October
1990.
The DOD mission on the first flight of the orbiter Columbia
has been moved from February to July 1989, following the launch
of Magellan. Launch of NASA's U.S. Microgravity Laboratory
(USML-1) remains scheduled to be launched in March 1992. The
first step in extending mission durations beyond 9 days is
planned for the USML-1 flight. All other payloads manifested on
Columbia have later launch dates than those published in the
March 1988 manifest.
With the move of the Hubble Space Telescope from its June
1989 launch to February 1990, the DOD mission, which had been
scheduled for February 1990, moved to July 1990. To accommodate
this series of changes, one of the two DOD Shuttle missions,
previously slated for FY 1991, is now scheduled on a DOD ELV.
Seventeen Space Shuttle missions are planned through the
Ulysses launch (STS-42) in October 1990. Of these, seven are
DOD, one carries both a DOD and NASA payload (STS-32) and the
remaining nine are NASA missions. In each of the fiscal years
beyond 1991, there are two DOD dedicated flights. This approach
is consistent with the National Mixed Fleet concept. This mixed-
fleet manifest reflects NASA's plans to use ELV's for those
payloads not requiring the capabilities of the Space Shuttle.
Twenty-eight ELV launches are planned through FY 1993.
The manifest continues to support the commercial space
initiatives announced with the National Space Policy, Feb. 11,
1988.
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| 458.8 | <KH-12 cancellation ?> | ITAMKT::MARCOMM | | Tue Sep 06 1988 06:40 | 43 |
|
RE .2, .4 and .5
Everything is possible, but it seems improbable to me that KH-12 has been
cancelled. It is true that it had been designed from scratch to be mated
with the Shuttle payload bay, but it could be launched by a Titan 4, too.
When the Air Force layed out the specifications for the Complementary
Expendable Launch Vehicle, the payload capacity was stipulated as to be
equal to the Shuttle's one, as far as size was concerned (not weight).
So KH-12s could be launched from Vanderberg with Titan 4s, provided that the
satellite fuel reserve (15.000 pounds of hydrazine) is not fully loaded.
The STS-27 mission will almost surely carry the first KH-12. Launching from
Canaveral will involve a 57 degree maximum orbital inclination, but the
satellite could easily (well, almost) change its orbital plane using the
huge reserve of fuel. It could be even replenished in orbit by a Shuttle
mission (don't know how likely and feaseble is this option now).
As for the "spare" KH-11, I would have assumed that it has already be
orbited ! According to "Deep Black", by William E. Burrows, Random House,
New York, 1986, the fifth KH-11 (Se. No. 5505) had been launched on November
17, 1982, followed by 5506, on December 4, 1984. 5505 was de-orbited
in August 1985. It was to be replaced by 5507, tha last operational KH-11
built. But on August 28, 1985 the Titan 34D carrying it was lost for trivial
causes. This left only a KH-11 at hand, a demonstration model used by TRW
to test new hardware and sensors. It was not flightworthy, and required
some works to be so. Then the things went as we all know, and KH-11 No.
5506 remained on duty until the end of 1987, when it was replaced by
the modified demonstration model ( 5508 ?). At least one (probably more)
KH-12 has already been built by Lockeed. Probably KH-12s will be used at
reduced capability until Shuttles are qualified for launch from Vandenberg
(highly unlikely) or Shuttle-C becomes operational in the early '90s
(hopefully).
By the way, in which issue of AW&ST is reported the supposed cancellation of
KH-12 ? The last issue I received here in Italy is the August 15 one.
One guess : maybe the all thing has been circulated to smoke what is really
happening. It is not an uncommon practice in the military satellite world !
MARco COMelli Marketing (just to explain MARCOMM !)
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| 458.9 | Hubble postponement | PARITY::BIRO | | Tue Sep 06 1988 10:42 | 10 |
| Todays NY Times had a additical about the HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
being posponed form next June to Feb 1990 one of the reasons
give with the shortage of Rocket Fuel
No militray flights on the shuttle next year have been delayed.
Nass officaals said their importance for national security was too
great to consider postponement. Of the nine shuttle missions now
scheduled throught 1989 four are for the Pentagone, one is a joint
mission for the space agency and the pentagon and the remaining
four are for the space agency.
|
| 458.10 | Dates for Discovery. | WONDER::STRANGE | Stand-up philosopher. | Tue Sep 13 1988 09:51 | 4 |
| The flight of Discovery should be sometime between Mon., 26 Sep.
and Thurs, 29 Sep. This news as of this morning on the radio.
Steve
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| 458.11 | Space Shuttle Status - September 15 | MTWAIN::KLAES | No atomic lobsters this week. | Mon Sep 19 1988 16:42 | 72 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: decwrl!labrea!rutgers!joyce!ames!yee
Subject: Shuttle Status for 09/15/88 (Forwarded)
Posted: 15 Sep 88 19:48:18 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT FOR - Thurs. Sept. 15, 1988
STS-26 - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - PAD 39-B
Troubleshooting efforts revealed two very small internal
leaks in the liquid hydrogen portion of the main propulsion
system. When two valves were cycled, the pressure decay rates
returned to within the specifications. The data is currently
being analyzed, but it appears that the problem has been found
and corrected. The valves involved, the outboard fill and drain
and the return-to-launch-site dump valves, are operated
hydraulically.
Preparations for the helium signature leak test of the main
propulsion system and the main engines are in work. The test is
scheduled to begin this afternoon and is designed to reveal any
leaks in the system. Post-Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) tests of
the liquid oxygen system are underway today.
Batteries have been installed on the Inertial Upper Stage
and a pre-flight test is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. today. The
test simulates events that occur with the IUS during the last
hours of the launch countdown.
Testing of the newly installed poppets for the gasous oxygen
flow control valves was completed.
Yesterday, Shuttle managers concluded the Flight Readiness
Review and decided the program is ready for the STS-26 launch
later this month. A decision on the exact launch date will not be
announced any earlier than tomorrow. Managers wanted to evaluate
the effects of Hurricane Gilbert which is headed for the Texas
coastline and wanted more information on the small leak in
Discovery's liquid hydrogen system.
STS-27 - ATLANTIS (0V 104) - OPF BAY 2
Preparations are underway to install the third main engine
tomorrow. Other activities scheduled today include: main
propulsion system leak checks, thermal protection system
operations, midbody closeouts, pressure measurements of the
installed flight tires, and installation of flight tires on the
main gear. Preparations will begin today to remove and replace an
actuator on the right hand orbital maneuvering system pod. The
suspect actuator was discovered during interface testing.
STS-28 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1
Installation of electronic components is underway today to
support next week's planned power up. Today, workers are
servicing the orbiter's water coolant loop and implementing
return-to-flight modifications and inspections.
STS-27 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB
Closeouts of the field joints on the right hand solid rocket
booster are underway today. The external tank for the STS-27
vehicle is scheduled to be mated to the boosters next week.
At the Rotation Processing and Surge Facility, technicians
are processing segments for the STS-29 booster stack.
"Thus Mathematics helps/our brains and hands and feet and can
make/a race of supermen out of us." - The Education of T. C. Mits
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| 458.12 | DISCOVERY launch set for Thursday, September 29 | MTWAIN::KLAES | No atomic lobsters this week. | Mon Sep 19 1988 18:38 | 36 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: decwrl!labrea!agate!pasteur!ames!yee
Subject: NASA sets target date for Shuttle launch (Forwarded)
Posted: 16 Sep 88 22:26:04 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Sarah Keegan September 16, 1988
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
RELEASE: 88-127
NASA SETS TARGET DATE FOR SHUTTLE LAUNCH
NASA today set a target launch date of Sept. 29 for STS-26, the
next Space Shuttle flight. The opening of the launch window is
approximately 9:59 a.m. EDT.
The establishment of a launch date followed an updated assessment
of the projected impact of Hurricane Gilbert on mission control and
training facilities at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston.
Latest information from the weather service predicts that the storm
will make landfall in the early evening tonight south of Brownsville,
Texas. Forecasts for the Houston area call for potential rainfall of
1.5 to 2 inches tonight, but maximum sustained winds of only 25-30
miles per hour. Based on these updated predictions, no threat to JSC
facilities is projected if Gilbert continues on its current path.
In connection with the announcement, Adm. Richard H. Truly, NASA
associate administrator for space flight, said, "NASA's decision to
set this launch date is based on over two years of persistence and
dedication by NASA and contractor personnel, culminating in the STS-26
flight readiness review held at the Kennedy Space Center Sept. 13 and
14. I'm delighted to have reached this point and my hat is off to all
members of the Shuttle team whose tireless efforts have brought us
here to the brink of America's return to manned spaceflight."
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| 458.13 | updates to schedule... | SHAOLN::DENSMORE | Legion of Decency, Retired | Sun Sep 25 1988 17:29 | 41 |
| I got the following from a magazine called "Final Frontier".
STS-28 will fly *after* STS-29 to minimize the impact on
ground based processing work on the time critical STS-30
mission which will carry Magellan (Venus probe). STS-30
has a narrow April 1989 launch window.
STS-28 - Columbia - Brewster Shaw (cmdr), Dick Richards
(pilot) and MS's David Leestma, James Adamson and Mark
Brown.
STS-29 - Discovery - Mike Coats (cmdr), John Blaha (pilot)
and MS's James Buchli, Robert Springer and James Bagian.
STS-30 - Atlantis (Magellan) - Dave Walker, Ronald Grabe
and MS's Norm Thagard, Mary Cleave and Mark Lee.
STS-31 - Orbiter? (Hubble Space Telescope) - Loren Shriver
(cmdr), Charles Bolden (pilot) and MS's Steve Hawley,
Bruce McCandless and Kathy Sullivan.
STS-32 - Columbia - Syncom IV-5; retrieve the Long Duration
Exposure Facility
STS-35 - Astro-1 Ultraviolet Telescope; Broad-band X-Ray
Telescope
STS-37 - Discovery - 3 DoD experiments
STS-38 - Columbia - Spacelab life sciences mission
STS-39 - Atlantis - Gamma ray Observatory
STS-40 - Discovery - DoD
STS-41 - Columbia - Starlab
STS-43 - first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
(ATLAS-1)
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| 458.14 | Don't know how much, but rain is rain | SARAH::BUEHLER | Authorized to act like an idiot | Tue Sep 27 1988 14:51 | 5 |
| I just heard from a guy in the next office that rain is forecast for
the launch date. Any ideas how sensitive NASA is going to be to
weather for this first launch?
John
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| 458.15 | But what about the throat nozzles? | SNDCSL::SMITH | IEEE-696 | Tue Sep 27 1988 15:08 | 5 |
| I read in the Globe (must have been Sunday) that they were going
to be super paranoid about the weather. Somthing along the lines
of no distant rainshowers allowed, no ground fog allowed, etc.
Willie
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| 458.16 | Dial 1-900-909-NASA for shuttle information | STUD::DOTEN | This was a Pizza Hut | Wed Sep 28 1988 13:23 | 6 |
| Bruce Schweggler (sp?), weatherman on TV channel 4 (Boston WBZ),
just told about a number that will be active starting in the morning
that will have "shuttle update information". The number is 900-909-NASA
(900-909-6272).
-Glenn-
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| 458.17 | go for 09:59 AM | PARITY::BIRO | | Wed Sep 28 1988 16:24 | 18 |
| The latest from KSC Public Infomation Office
tomorrow weather will be 85 deg 7 miles visablitly
and winds of 10 to 15 knots from the East/West
The only predicted rainstorms will be 20 to 30
miles down range.
A 10-20 percent chance that the weather will get
bad enought to cancell the shuttle.
the launch as of 01:30 PM is on for thursday at 09:59 AM
NASA Public Information telephone number is
407 8672525 , this is a tape recording of the status
of Shuttle launch.
jb
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| 458.18 | Space Shuttle status - October 5 | MTWAIN::KLAES | Saturn by 1970 | Thu Oct 06 1988 14:10 | 50 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: decwrl!labrea!agate!pasteur!ames!yee
Subject: Shuttle Status for 10/05/88 (Forwarded)
Posted: 5 Oct 88 18:24:45 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT
FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988
STS-27 - ATLANTIS (0V 104) - OPF BAY 2
Payload bay closeout inspections continue. The KU-band
antenna has been stowed in its flight position following
inspection yesterday. Testing of the OMS/RCS electrical
connections is scheduled. Routine leak checks of the main
propulsion system are ongoing. Thermal protection tile bonding
and installation continues. Preparations are underway for the
crew equipment interface test scheduled later this week.
STS-28 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1
Preparations continue for Columbia's roll from the OPF to
the OMRF on Friday. Servicing of Columbia's water and coolant
loops is scheduled. Mid-body radiators have been latched in
preparation for payload bay door closure today.
STS-27 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB
Ordnance installation on the right booster has been
completed. Ordnance work on the left booster continues.
STS-26 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - HANGAR AF, CCAFS
Disassembly work on Discovery's boosters is on schedule.
Technicians are preparing to demate nozzle exit cone fragments
before demating both right and left booster aft skirts.
PREPARATIONS FOR STS-29 - VAB
The mobile launch platform used for Discovery's STS-26
launch, MLP 2, has been returned to Bay 1 in the Vehicle Assembly
Building. Having sustained only light damage during launch, the
same platform will be readied to support Discovery's STS-29
launch in February.
The external tank for STS-29 is scheduled to be moved from
its storage area in High Bay 4 to its checkout cell in High Bay
4 where it will remain until ready for mating with the rest of
Discovery's STS-29 assembly.
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| 458.19 | Future Space Shuttle science missions | MTWAIN::KLAES | Saturn by 1970 | Tue Oct 18 1988 11:42 | 170 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Path: decwrl!labrea!rutgers!ukma!husc6!cfa!willner
Subject: Shuttle Manifest (plus science expendables)
Posted: 16 Oct 88 18:16:37 GMT
Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics
Xref: decwrl sci.space:7758 sci.space.shuttle:2587
Here's a complete shuttle manifest and some additional launch
dates. The information was extracted from an article in CANOPUS dated
88/09/01. The schedule is being posted separately from the usual
CANOPUS postings because of its general interest. The following
comments are from CANOPUS.
1990 will be a busy year for space science with Hubble, Astro, the
Gamma Ray Observatory, Space Life Sciences-1, Ulysses, and ATLAS-1
missions being flown. The first two unclassified military Shuttle
payloads will also be flown, one carrying infrared telescopes and the
other carrying the Starlab laser targeting Spacelab mission.
In the manifest given below, a number in the first column denotes
a Space Shuttle mission, and an E denotes an expendable launch
vehicle. For clarity, only expendables carrying space science payloads
are listed.
STS DATE PAYLOAD/COMMENTS
26 9/88 TDRS-C. Resumes missions.
27 11/88 DOD.
29 2/89 TDRS-D; also carrying SSBUV-1 (Solar Spectral
Backscatter UV)
30 4/89 Magellan (Venus radar mapper)
E 5/89 Cosmic Background Explorer
28 7/89 DOD
33 8/89 DOD
34 10/89 Galileo (Jupiter orbiter/probe + inner solar system
mini-tour)
32 11/89 Syncom IV launch; LDEF retrieval
36 12/89 DOD
31 2/90 Hubble Space Telescope
E 2/90 ROSAT (Roentgen Satellit; West Germany)
35 3/90 ASTRO-1 + BBRXT (Broad Band X-ray Telescope)
37 4/90 Gamma Ray Observatory
38 5/90 DOD
40 6/90 Space Life Science-1
E 6/90 Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
39 7/90 CIRRIS (Cryogenic IR Radiance Instrument for
Shuttle), IBSS (Infrared Background Survey of
Shuttle; Spacelab-2 IR telescope on SPAS platform);
Teal Ruby (IR aircraft tracking system)
41 9/90 Starlab (DOD laser targeting tests)
42 10/90 Ulysses (international solar polar mission)
43 11/90 TDRS-E
44 12/90 ATLAS-1 (Atmospheric and Terrestrial Laboratory
Applications in Space)
45 1/91 Tethered Satellite System 1; GPS navigation satellite
46 2/91 DOD
47 4/91 IML-1 (International Microgravity Laboratory)
48 5/91 WAMDII (Wide-Angle Michaelson Imaging
Interferometer), GPS, EURECA (European Retrievable
Carrier)
(E 5/91 planetary alternative launcher)
E 6/91 Small Explorer-1
49 7/91 Spacelab J (U.S./Japan)
50 8/91 Spacehab-1, LAGEOS (Laser Geodynamics Satellite),
INMARSAT
E 8/91 Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
51 9/91 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
E 9/91 Small Explorer-2
E 10/91 Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
52 12/91 Spacelab D-2 (West Germany)
53 12/91 ASTRO-2, EUERCA retrieval
E 1/92 Small Explorer-3
54 2/92 Shuttle Radar Lab-1; first flight of replacement
orbiter (OV-105)
55 3/92 USML-1 (U.S. Microgravity Lab-1; extended duration
56 4/92 SHEAL (Shuttle High-Energy Astrophysics Laboratory);
GEOSTAR, ORFEUS (unidentified SPAS payload)
57 5/92 Advanced Communications Technology Satellite, USMP-1
(U.S. Micrgravity Platform)
58 6/92 ATLAS-2, Satcom
E 6/92 Small Explorer-4
59 7/92 Space Life Sciences-2 (extended duration planned)
60 7/92 Industrial Space Facility-1
E 7/92 Geotail ISTP (International Solar-Terrestrial Program)
61 8/92 DOD
62 9/92 DOD
E 9/92 Mars Observer
63 10/92 IML-2
64 10/92 Spacehab, Geostar commercial navigation satellite
65 11/92 TDRS-F
66 12/92 DOD
E 12/92 Wind ISTP
67 1/93 ATLAS-3; CRISTA (SPAS payload, not identified)
E 1/93 Small Explorer-5
68 2/93 Industrial Space Facility
69 3/93 Shuttle Radar Lab
70 4/93 EURECA-2, USMP-2 (U.S. Microgravity Platform)
71 5/93 DOD
72 6/93 SFU retrieval (not identified), GEOSTAR-3
E 6/93 Polar ISTP
E 6/93 Small Explorer-6
73 7/93 USML-2 (extended duration mission)
74 8/93 Spacehab 3, AAFE (Aeroassist Flight Experiment)
75 9/93 INMARSAT-2, Garvity Probe-B1
Steve Willner Phone 617-495-7123 Bitnet: willner@cfa
60 Garden St. FTS: 830-7123 UUCP: willner@cfa
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Internet: [email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
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Subject: Shuttle Status for 10/14/88 (Forwarded)
Posted: 16 Oct 88 20:40:54 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT -- Friday, Oct. 14, 1988
STS-27 - ATLANTIS (0V 104) - OPF BAY 2
The payload bay doors were closed last night in preparation
for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Today, a
functional test of the landing gear is scheduled. Over the
weekend, a structural leak check of the overall vehicle is
planned.
Thermal protection system operations are underway with nine
cavities remaining to prepare the orbiter for the rollover. Next
week, final thermal protection system and aft inspections are
scheduled.
Rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building is planned for no
earlier than Friday, Oct. 21 at 12:01 a.m. There, the orbiter
will be mated with its external tank and solid rocket boosters.
About a week later the whole vehicle will be rolled to Launch Pad
39-B for the November launch.
STS-29 - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 1
Yesterday, the protective tail cone was removed and this
morning the Inertial Upper Stage airborne support equipment (ASE)
was taken out of the payload bay. The ASE will be shipped back
to Boeing in Seattle for revalidation and troubleshooting of in-
flight movements that occurred following the IUS deploy from the
payload bay. This equipment will be used for Discovery's next
flight in deploying the next Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
and its IUS.
The payload bay doors will be closed today in preparation
for the frequency response test of the orbiter's aerosurfaces.
This is a required test in between each flight. Next week, the
main engines will be pulled off and taken to the main engine shop
in the VAB where several components will be replaced.
STS-28 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OMRF
Return-to-flight modifications scheduled today include: crew
escape, elevon cove, fuel cell improvements, chin panel and
improvements to the electrical power distribution system.
STS-26 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - HANGAR AF
The two aft segments were loaded onto the rail cars at
Contractor Rd. and left yesterday enroute to Morton Thiokol in
Utah for refurbishment. Other segments are being prepared for
loading onto the rail cars for shipment on Monday.
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| 458.20 | STS-29 Crew...Mission | SHAOLN::DENSMORE | Legion of Decency, Retired | Mon Oct 24 1988 08:04 | 17 |
| STS-29 (actually the 28th mission...NASA does not reassign numbers
when missions get out of order) is scheduled for Feb 18, 1989.
The crew will be Michael Coats (commander), John Blaha (pilot) and
mission specialists Jim Buchli, Bob Springer and Jim Bagian. Coats
and Buchli are shuttle veterans.
The main payload will be a TDRS to replace the original TDRS launched
in 1983. Other objectives include two student experiments, another
Protein Crystal Growth experiment, evaluation of a radiator to be
used on the Space Station and an ultraviolet payload to study ozone
in the atmosphere. The astronauts will also be carrying an IMAX
movie camera. ["The Dream is Alive. Part II" ? :-) ]
This will be Discovery's 8th flight, making it the workhorse among
the operational shuttles.
Mike
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| 458.21 | Hubble moved up... | SHAOLN::DENSMORE | Legion of Decency, Retired | Wed Oct 26 1988 12:15 | 7 |
| change to .19
According to a report I saw this morning, it looks like Missions
31 and 36 will swap slots. This puts the Hubble Telescope into
a 12/89 launch and pushes a DoD launch out one slot.
Mike
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| 458.22 | more crews | SHAOLN::DENSMORE | Legion of Decency, Retired | Tue Nov 01 1988 07:37 | 44 |
| I found some more crew assignments for the 1989 missions. I list
the missions below with the crews (if announced).
Mission Crew Launch Date Payload
------- ---------------------- ----------- ------------------
STS-29 Michael Coats, Cmd 2/18/89 TDRS-D
Discovery John Blaha, Pilot SHARE
James Buchli PCG-III-1
Robert Springer PM-1
James Bagian IMAX
STS-30 David Walker, Cmd 4/28/89 Magellan
Atlantis Ronald Grabe, Pilot (Venus Probe)
Norman Thagard
Mary Cleave
Mark Lee
STS-28 Brewster Shaw, Cmd 7/1/89 DoD
Columbia Richard Richards, Pilot
David Leestma
James Adamson
Mark Brown
STS-33 Not Announced 8/10/89 DoD
Discovery
STS-34 Not Announced 10/12/89 Galileo
Atlantis (Jupiter Probe)
STS-32 Not Announced 11/13/89 Syncom IV-5
Columbia LDEF Experiment
Retrieval
STS-31 Loren Shriver, Cmd 12/11/89* Hubble Space
Discovery Charles Bolden, Pilot Telescope
Bruce McCandless
Steven Hawley
Kathryn Sullivan
* Date is assumed. This was the date for STS-36, a DoD mission,
which was swapped with STS-31.
Mike
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| 458.23 | Four future Shuttle missions and crew info | MTWAIN::KLAES | Saturn by 1970 | Fri Dec 02 1988 11:54 | 138 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: decwrl!labrea!rutgers!mailrus!ames!yee
Subject: Four Space Shuttle crews named (Forwarded)
Posted: 1 Dec 88 05:26:43 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Sarah Keegan November 30, 1988
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 1:30 p.m. EST
Jeffrey Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 88-162
FOUR SPACE SHUTTLE CREWS NAMED
Astronaut flight crews have been named to four Space Shuttle
missions which are scheduled to fly in late 1989 and early 1990,
bringing the total number of crews in training to nine.
Col. Frederick D. Gregory (USAF) will command STS-33, a
Department of Defense mission aboard Discovery set for Aug. 10, 1989.
Gregory's crew members will consist of pilot S. David Griggs and
mission specialists F. Story Musgrave, M.D., Kathryn C. Thornton,
Ph.D. and Capt. Manley L. "Sonny" Carter, Jr., M.D. (USN).
The Space Shuttle Atlantis will fly under the command of Capt.
Donald E. Williams (USN on Oct. 12, 1989, on mission STS- 34.
Williams and crew will deploy the planetary probe Galileo, sending it
on its way to Jupiter. The pilot for the mission is Cmdr. Michael J.
McCulley (USN). Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D., Ellen S. Baker, M.D. and
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Ph.D., have been named as mission specialists.
Capt. Daniel C. Brandenstein (USN) will command the STS-32 crew
aboard Columbia. The mission, scheduled for Nov. 13, 1989, will
feature deployment of the Syncom IV-5 satellite and retrieval of the
Long Duration Exposure Facility. Lt. Cmdr. James D. Wetherbee (USN)
will serve as pilot. Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D., G. David Low and Marsha
S. Ivins have been named as mission specialists.
Shuttle mission STS-35 will feature the ASTRO-1 astronomy
laboratory and is scheduled to fly March 1, 1990. Commanding the
mission aboard Columbia is Capt. Jon A. McBride (USN). Col. Guy S.
Gardner (USAF) has been named as pilot. Mission specialists are John
M. "Mike" Lounge, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D., and Robert A.R. Parker, Ph.D.
Payload specialists named to the ASTRO-1 mission are Ronald A.
Parise, Ph.D. and Samuel T. Durrance, Ph.D. Durrance and Parise were
assigned previously to fly with ASTRO-1 in March 1986 on mission STS 61-E.
STS-32
Brandenstein, currently chief of the astronaut office, has flown
twice before on missions STS-8 as pilot and STS 51-G as commander.
Brandenstein was born Jan. 17, 1943, in Watertown, Wisc.
Wetherbee, making his first space flight, was born Nov. 27, 1952,
in Flushing, N.Y.
Dunbar will make her second flight as a mission specialist. Her
first was on STS 61-A in October 1985. She was born March 3, 1949, in
Sunnyside, Wash.
Low, born Feb. 19, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio, also will make his
first flight in space.
Ivins, also making her first flight, was born April 15, 1951, in
Baltimore, Md.
STS-33
Gregory flew previously as pilot on mission STS 51-B in May 1985.
He was born Jan. 7, 1941, in Washington, D.C.
Griggs flew as a mission specialist on STS 51-D in April 1985. He
was born Sept. 7, 1939, in Portland, Ore.
Carter, born Aug. 15, 1947, in Macon, Ga., will make his first
space flight. Carter considers Warner Robbins, Ga., his hometown.
Musgrave has flown twice before as a mission specialist on STS-6
in April 1983 and again on STS 51-F in July 1985. He was born Aug.
19, 1935, in Boston, Mass., but considers Lexington, Ky., his hometown.
Thornton was born August 17, 1952, in Montgomery, Ala. She will
be making her first flight in space.
STS-34
Williams was pilot on STS 51-D, the fourth flight of Discovery, in
April 1985. He was born Feb. 13, 1942, in Lafayette, Ind.
McCulley will be making his first Space Shuttle flight. He was
born Aug. 4, 1943, in San Diego, Calif., but considers Livingston,
Tenn., his hometown.
Baker, born April 27, 1953, in Fayetteville, N.C., will be making
her first Shuttle flight.
Chang-Diaz, a mission specialist on STS 61-C in January 1986
aboard Columbia, was born April 6, 1950, in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Lucid flew as a mission specialist on the fifth flight of
Discovery, STS 51-G, in June 1985. She was born in Shanghai, China,
on Jan. 14, 1943, and considers Bethany, Okla., her hometown.
STS-35
McBride previously flew as the pilot of STS 41-G aboard Challenger
in October 1984. He was born Aug. 14, 1943, in Charleston, W.V., but
considers Beckley, W.V., his hometown.
Gardner, assigned to the STS-27 mission aboard Atlantis, will be
making his second flight. He was born Jan. 6, 1948, in Altavista,
Va., but considers Alexandria, Va., his hometown.
Hoffman, making his second Shuttle flight, previously served as a
mission specialist on STS 51-D aboard Discovery in April 1985. He was
born Nov. 2, 1944, in Brooklyn, N.Y., but considers Scarsdale, N.Y.,
his hometown.
Lounge will be making his third spaceflight as a mission
specialist. He previously flew on Orbiter Discovery missions STS 51-I
launched in August 1985, and STS-26 launched in September 1988.
Lounge was born June 28, 1946, in Denver, Colo., but considers
Burlington, Colo., his hometown.
Parker, making his second Shuttle flight, served as a mission
specialist on STS-9, the first Spacelab mission, launched in November
1983. He was born in New York City on Dec. 14, 1936, but grew up in
Shrewsbury, Mass.
Durrance will be making his first Space Shuttle flight. He was
born Sept. 17, 1943, in Tallahassee, Fla.
Parise also will be making his first Shuttle flight. He was born
in Warren, Ohio, on May 24, 1951.
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| 458.24 | Who's In Charge, here? | BOSHOG::SCHWARTZ | But my timing is digital | Thu Jan 12 1989 19:24 | 10 |
| Most curious -
Navy captains seem to have a string of commands here.
Luck of the draw? or has the Navy been pulling strings/donating
money?
Are they bucking for a Space Fleet instead of a Space Force?
-**Ted**-
|
| 458.25 | NASA Spacelink has it | RDCV02::JCONNELL | | Fri Jan 20 1989 15:12 | 6 |
| If you want to check the future shuttle schedules get into the NASA
Spacelink System mentioned earlier in this notes file.I don't remember
exactly where it's located , but there is an entire shuttle launch
schedule detailing approximate date , who the crew is , length of
flight , and what the cargo is all the way through at least 1992.
|
| 458.26 | Space Shuttle science payloads through 1997 | MTWAIN::KLAES | No guts, no Galaxy... | Thu Jan 26 1989 11:13 | 130 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: decwrl!labrea!rutgers!mcnc!thorin!luther.cs.unc.edu!leech
Subject: NASA Manifest - science payloads
Posted: 25 Jan 89 04:21:50 GMT
Organization: University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
I extracted the science payloads from the "Mixed Fleet Manifest"
which Peter Yee posted in sci.space and reformatted in 80 columns, for
those of you who don't want to read through all 3500 lines of the
manifest. They're sorted by flight date, then requested launch date if
one hasn't been assigned yet. The '**' means "For NASA Planning
Purposes" (missions that haven't been funded).
[Editorial comment: We can tell how seriously NASA takes the mixed fleet
concept. 65 shuttle flights and only 29 ELVs planned up to 1994, and
that's before they attempt to build space station using the shuttle.]
| PAYLOAD | CARRIER |REQUEST DATE|FLIGHT DATE| TYPE/CLASS
| MAGELLAN | IUS | 89 04 | 89 04 28 | SHUTTLE
| COBE | N/A | 89 06 | 89 06 | DELTA
| GALILEO | IUS | 89 10 | 89 10 12 | SHUTTLE
| HST | | 89 06 | 89 12 11 | SHUTTLE
| HST | | 89 06 | 89 12 11 | SHUTTLE
| HST | | 89 06 | 89 12 11 | SHUTTLE
| ROSAT | N/A | 90 02 | 90 02 | DELTA
| GRO | UNIQUE | 90 01 | 90 04 7 | SHUTTLE
| ULYSSES | IUS/PAM | 90 10 | 90 10 5 | SHUTTLE
| EUVE | N/A | 91 08 | 91 08 | DELTA
| UARS | | 90 10 | 91 10 10 | SHUTTLE
| SMALL EXPL-01 | N/A | 91 12 | 91 12 | SCOUT
| SRL-01 | PALLET+MPESS | 91 07 | 92 05 7 | SHUTTLE
| SMALL EXPL-02 | N/A | 92 06 | 92 06 | SCOUT
| SPARTAN-02 | MPESS | 89 01 | 92 06 11 | SHUTTLE
| MARS OBSERVER | TOS | 92 09 | 92 09 | TITAN III
| SHEAL | UNIQUE/TAPS | 91 05 | 92 09 3 | SHUTTLE
| SRL-02 | PALLET+MPESS | 92 11 | 93 02 11 | SHUTTLE
| XTE | FSS | 93 11 | 94 01 13 | SHUTTLE
| HST-REV | PALLET+FSS | 93 06 | 94 03 24 | SHUTTLE
| HST-REV | PALLET+FSS | 93 06 | 94 03 24 | SHUTTLE
| HST-REV | PALLET+FSS | 93 06 | 94 03 24 | SHUTTLE
| RADARSAT** | TBD | 94 06 | 94 06 | MEDIUM**
| SRL-03 | PALLET+MPESS | 95 04 | 94 09 22 | SHUTTLE
| SOHO | N/A | 95 03 | | TBD
| CRAF | CENTAUR** | 95 08 | | TITAN IV**
| LUNAR OBSERVER** | TBD | 95 10 | | INTERMEDIATE**
| OSL** | TBD | 95 10 | | MEDIUM**
| CASSINI | CENTAUR** | 96 04 | | TITAN IV**
| PO** | TBD | 96 06 | | INTERMEDIATE**
| HST-REVISIT-02 | PALLET+FSS | 97 01 | | SHUTTLE
CASSINI Cassini
Saturn Orbiter/Titan Probe complements CRAF mission. Advance the knowledge
of early history of the solar system through the study of physically and
chemically primitive objects. Includes a rendevous with Saturn to study
the planet, its rings, and its moons.
COBE Cosmic Background Explorer
Determine the spectrum anistropy of cosmic microwave background.
CRAF Comet Rendevous Asteroid Fly-by
Explore two primitive bodies to gather new information on the origin and
evolution of the solar system, prebiotic chemical evolution and the origin
of life, and astrophysical plasma dynamics and processes.
EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
Produce definitive sky map and catalog of extreme ultraviolet portion of
electromagnetic spectrum (100-1000 angstroms).
GALILEO GALILEO
Investigates the chemical compostion and physical state of Jupiter's
atmosphere and satellites.
GRO Gamma Ray Observatory
Investigate extraterrestrial gamma-ray sources.
HEAO High Energy Astronomical Observatory
Satellite to study energetic radiation from space.
HST Hubble Space Telescope
Observes the universe to gain information about its origin, evolution and
disposition of stars, galaxies, etc.
HST-R Hubble Space Telescope-Revisit
Revisit mission to the Hubble Space Telescope to replace either science
instruments orother orbital replacement units (ORU's).
LO Lunar Observer
Geological, elemental, gravity, and magnetic field mapping of moon.
MAGELLAN Magellan
Spacecraft designed to globally map the surface of Venus.
MO Mars Observer
Spacecraft to study Mars' surface, climate, gravitational, and magnetic
fields.
OSL Orbiting Solar Laboratory
Will provide detailed data on our nearest star, the sun, to augment our
studies of distant stars and cosmic processes.
PO Planetary Observer
Spacecraft to study Martian upper atmosphere and ionosphere.
RADARSAT Radar Satellite
Remote free flyer sensing satellite will monitor land, sea and ice for
five years over the poles (U.S./Canadian/U.K.).
ROSAT Roentgen Satellite
NASA/West German cooperative satellite for studying X-Rays.
SHEAL Shuttle High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory
Obtains images, spectra and timing data on celestial x-ray sources and the
spectrum at the 30 ft. X-ray background.
SIRTF Space Infrared Telescope Facility
Will span the infrared part of the spectrum with a thousand- fold increase
in sensitivity.
SMALL EXPL Small Explorer
Payloads being designed to fly on Small Class ELV.
SOHO Solar Heliospheric Observatory
Provides optical measurements as well as plasma field and energetic
particle observations of the sun system for studies of the solar interior,
atmosphere and solar wind.
SPARTAN-02
Solar observing Spartan mission.
SRL Space Radar Laboratory
Series of flights to acquire radar images of the Earth's surface. The
images will be used for making maps, interpreting geological features, and
resource studies.
UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Satellite to study physical processes acting within and upon the
stratosphere, mesosphere, and lower thermosphere.
ULYSSES Formerly ISPM (International Solar Polar Mission)
Investigates the properties of the heliosphere (sun and its environment).
XTE X-Ray Timing Explorer
A Spacecraft to be used in Earth orbit to investigate the physical nature
of compact X-Ray sources by studying fluctuations in X-Ray brightness over
timescales ranging from microseconds to years. The XTE payload will be
launched on the Shuttle and changed out with the EUVE payload which will
have been previously launched on an explorer platform using a Delta
rocket.
--
Jon Leech ([email protected]) __@/
"The experiment must be wrong." - Richard Feynman (as quoted by
Eugen Merzbacher), upon hearing that experimental data did not
agree with theoretical predictions. Feynman was correct. :-)
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| 458.27 | Next flight date?? | WRASSE::FRIEDRICHS | Go B's!! | Tue Mar 21 1989 11:09 | 8 |
| Is the date of April 28 still the correct date for the next shuttle
flight??
(The date of the prev. reply was 25-jan and I know there have been
problems since...)
Thanks,
jeff
|
| 458.28 | Shuttle DoD missions for 1990 | RENOIR::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Thu May 18 1989 10:29 | 67 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA : Astronauts Named To 2 DOD Missions Scheduled for 1990
Date: 17 May 89 22:58:35 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Patt Haring)
Organization: City College Of New York
*NASA: ASTRONAUTS NAMED TO TWO DOD MISSIONS SCHEDULED FOR 1990
Shuttle crew members have been named for two Department of
Defense-dedicated Shuttle missions scheduled for mid-1990.
USAF Col. Richard O. Covey will command STS-38, a classified DOD
mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis scheduled for launch in May
1990. Covey's pilot will be USN Cmdr. Frank L. Culbertson. Assigned
as mission specialists are USMC Col. Robert C. Springer, USAF Maj.
Carl J. Meade and USA Capt. Charles D. "Sam" Gemar.
Named as mission specialists for Shuttle mission STS-39, an
unclassified DOD mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery scheduled for
launch in July 1990, are USAF Col. Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Richard J.
Hieb and Charles Lacy Veach.
The early assignment of mission specialists to STS-39 will
provide for long-range crew participation in payload training and
integration.
The remainder of the flight crew will be assigned later.
Covey has flown twice as pilot on missions STS-51I in August 1985
and STS-26 in September 1988. He was born Aug. 1, 1946, in Fayetteville,
Ark., but considers Fort Walton Beach, Fla., to be his hometown.
Culbertson will make his first space flight. He was born May 15,
1949, in Charleston, S.C., but considers Holly Hill, S.C., to be his
hometown.
Springer has flown as a mission specialist on STS-29 in March of
this year. He was born May 21, 1942, in St. Louis, Mo., but considers
Ashland, Ohio, to be his hometown.
Meade will make his first flight in space. He was born Nov. 16,
1950, at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill.
Gemar, also making his first space flight, was born Aug. 4, 1955,
in Yankton, S.D., but considers Scotland, S.D., to be his hometown.
Bluford is a veteran of two Shuttle missions, STS-8 in August
1983 and STS-61A in October 1985. He was born Nov. 22, 1942, in
Philadelphia, Pa.
Hieb will make his first trip to orbit. He was born Sept. 21,
1955, in Jamestown, N.D.
Veach also will make his first space flight. He was born Sept.
18, 1944, in Chicago, Ill., but considers Honolulu, Hawaii, to be his
hometown.
* Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501)
--
unitex - via FidoNet node 1:107/520
UUCP: ...!rutgers!rubbs!unitex
ARPA: [email protected]
Patt Haring | My other site is a Public Access UN*X
rutgers!cmcl2!ccnysci!patth | system: The Big Electric Cat
[email protected] | 1-212-879-9031 [email protected]
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| 458.29 | Space Shuttle mixed fleet manifest | RENOIR::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Wed Jun 14 1989 18:08 | 77 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA issues updated mixed fleet manifest (Forwarded)
Date: 14 Jun 89 19:23:32 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 14, 1989
2 p.m. EDT
RELEASE: 89-93
NASA ISSUES UPDATED MIXED FLEET MANIFEST
NASA today issued an updated mixed fleet manifest projecting
current planning for primary payloads for Space Shuttle missions and
expendable launch vehicles (ELV) through Fiscal Year 1995. In addition
to the changes in the Space Shuttle flight sequence through STS-37
announced on May 12, this latest launch schedule continues to reflect
NASA's commitment to the various science disciplines.
Following the successful launch of the Magellan spacecraft to
Venus in May, the planetary schedule is maintained with the Galileo
flight to Jupiter being readied for launch on Oct. 12, 1989, and the
Ulysses mission to study the sun scheduled for October 1990. Additionally,
the first of the great observatories, the Hubble Space Telescope, is now
scheduled for launch aboard the orbiter Discovery in March 1990.
In support of Earth sciences, six additional Shuttle Solar
Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) missions have been added to the
line-up and the four previously-manifested SSBUV missions have been
accelerated. The SSBUV instrumentation is a critical element in
maintaining an accurate measurement of global ozone.
Other major science mission changes include provisions for
additional Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
flights, an Astro flight and a U.S. Microgravity Payload flight.
Recognizing the significance of recovering the Long Duration
Exposure Facility (LDEF), a retrieval mission is slated for December
of this year. The LDEF, a free-flying satellite carrying 57 science,
technology and applications experiments, was deployed into orbit in
1984. After more than 5 years in space, LDEF -- in danger of being
destroyed on reentry if not recovered by early 1990 -- is a valuable
respository of information on space environmental effects.
The first three missions to begin assembling Space Station Freedom
are baselined in the new flight schedule in 1995. Also planned are two
Flight Telerobotic Servicer-Demonstration Test Flights, a system being
developed for the space station to assist in assembly, service and
inspection of the manned base and attached payloads.
In the international programs area, a third European Retrievable
Carrier (Eureca-3L) is now slated for launch in May 1995. Eureca is a
platform to be placed in orbit for 6 months, offering conventional
services to experimenters.
Two additional Spacehab modules have been booked, bringing the
total number of planned flights to 6. The Spacehab is a commercially
owned, pressurized module for conducting experiments in a human-tended
environment.
The new manifest also features six Shuttle "flight opportunities,"
beginning in 1992. Use of these flight opportunities by payloads which
slip out of their planned time frame will minimize major manifest revisions
and promote greater schedule stability in payload programs.
NASA continues to employ ELVs for payloads not requiring the use
of the Shuttle. Three new launches have been added to the ELV line-up
in 1995 including the Solar Heliospheric Observatory aboard an Atlas
II, a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite on an Atlas I
and the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby marking NASA's first use of a
Titan IV.
EDITORS NOTE: The June 1989 NASA Mixed Fleet Manifest is
available in the NASA Headquarters and field center newsrooms.
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| 458.30 | | VCSESU::COOK | I'm the NWA! | Thu Jun 15 1989 14:12 | 7 |
|
re .29
Great news. Thanks for posting!
/prc
|
| 458.31 | Crew assignments, mission updates | CLIPR::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Tue Aug 15 1989 12:58 | 146 |
| NASA SPACE SHUTTLE CREW ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED - can890628.txt - 6/29/89
USAF Col. John E. Blaha has been named to the flight crew of
Shuttle mission STS-33, a Department of Defense dedicated flight
targeted for November 19, this year. He replaces USNR Rear Admiral S.
David Griggs, who was killed on June 17 when the private plane he was
flying crashed in eastern Arkansas.
Blaha joins crew commander USAF Col. Frederick D. Gregory and
mission specialists F. Story Musgrave, M.D., Kathryn C. Thornton,
Ph.D., and USN Capt. Manley L. "Sonny" Carter, Jr., M.D., who have
been training since November, last year. The replacement is not
expected to impact the launch date.
Blaha previously had been assigned as the pilot for STS-40, a
space and life sciences dedicated mission (SLS-1). Replacing Blaha as
pilot for STS-40 is USAF Maj. Sidney M. Gutierrez. Planned for launch
in August 1990, the 7-day flight will feature space and life sciences
studies in the SLS-1 laboratory module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Gutierrez joins crew commander USMC Col. Bryan D. O'Connor,
mission specialists M. Rhea Seddon, M.D., James P. Bagian, M.D., and
Tamara E. Jernigan, Ph.D., and payload specialists F. Drew Gaffney,
Ph.D., and Robert W. Phillips, Ph.D, all previously named.
In another flight crew assignment, Mary L. Cleave, Ph.D., and
Norman E. Thagard, M.D., have been named as mission specialists for
STS-42, a 9-day flight aboard Columbia, targeted for December 1990.
The partial crew assignment will allow for long range crew
participation in payload training and integration associated with the
International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1). The remainder of the
7-member crew will be named later.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
SHUTTLE FLIGHT CREWS IN TRAINING
(as of 6/29/89)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
FLIGHT CREW DATE RANK BRANCH CLASS FLT EXPERIENCE
-----------------------------------------------------------------
STS-28 (DOD) 7/31/89
Brewster H. Shaw CDR Col. (USAF) 1978 STS-9,61-B
Richard N. Richards PLT Cmdr. (USN) 1980
James C. Adamson MS1 Lt. Col. (USA) 1984
David C. Leestma MS2 Cmdr. (USN) 1980 41-G
Mark N. Brown MS3 Maj. (USAF) 1984
STS-34 (Galileo) 10/12/89
Donald E. Williams CDR Capt. (USN) 1978 51-D
Michael J. McCulley PLT Cmdr. (USN) 1984
Shannon W. Lucid MS1 Civilian, Ph.D. 1978 51-G
F. R. Chang-Diaz MS2 Civilian - Ph.D. 1980 61-C
Ellen S. Baker MS3 Civilian, M.D. 1984
STS-33 (DOD) 11/19/89
Frederick D. Gregory CDR Col. (USAF) 1978 51-B
John E. Blaha PLT Col. (USAF) 1980 STS-29
Manley L. Carter MS Capt. (USN)- M.D. 1984
F. Story Musgrave MS Civ., Ph.D.,M.D 1967 STS-6;51-F
Kathryn C. Thornton MS Civilian, Ph.D. 1984
STS-32 (LDEF) 12/18/89
D. C. Brandenstein CDR Capt. (USN) 1978 STS-8;51-G
James D. Wetherbee PLT Lt. Cmdr. (USN) 1984
Bonnie J. Dunbar MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1980 61-A
G. David Low MS Civilian 1984
Marsha S. Ivins MS Civilian 1984
STS-36 (DOD) 2/1/90
John O. Creighton CDR Capt. (USN) 1978 51-G
John H. Casper PLT Col. (USAF) 1984
David C. Hilmers MS Lt. Col. (USMC) 1980 51-J;STS-26
Richard M. Mullane MS Col. (USAF) 1978 41-D;STS-27
Pierre J. Thuot MS Lt. Cmdr (USN) 1985
STS-31 (Hubble) 3/26/90
Loren J. Shriver CDR Col. (USAF) 1978 51-C
Charles F. Bolden PLT Col. (USMC) 1980 61-C
Steven A. Hawley MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1978 41-D;61-C
Kathryn D. Sullivan MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1978 41-G
Bruce McCandless MS Capt. (USN) 1966 41-B
STS-35 (ASTRO-1) 4/26/90
Vance D. Brand CDR Civ. (USMC ret) 1966 ASTP;STS-5; 41-B
Guy S. Gardner PLT Col. (USAF) 1980 STS-27
John M. Lounge MS Civilian 1980 51-I;STS-26
Jeffrey A. Hoffman MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1978 51-D
Robert A.R. Parker MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1967 STS-9
Ronald A. Parise PS Civilian - Ph.D.
Samuel T. Durrance PS Civilian - Ph.D.
STS-37 (GRO) 6/4/90
Steven R. Nagel CDR Col. (USAF) 1978 51-G;61-A
Kenneth D. Cameron PLT Lt. Col. (USMC) 1984
Jerry L. Ross MS Lt. Col. (USAF) 1980 61-B;STS-27
Jerome Apt MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1985
Linda M. Godwin MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1985
STS-38 (DOD) 7/9/90
Richard O. Covey CDR Col. (USAF) 1978 51-I
Frank L. Culbertson PLT Cmdr. (USN) 1984
Robert C. Springer MS Col. (USMC) 1980 STS-29
Carl J. Meade MS Maj. (USAF) 1985
Charles D. Gemar MS Capt. (USA) 1985
STS-40 (SLS-1) 8/16/90
Bryan D. O'Connor CDR Col. (USMC) 1980 1-B
Sidney M. Gutierrez PLT Col. (USAF) 1984
M. Rhea Seddon MS Civilian - M.D. 1978 51-D
James P. Bagian MS Civilian - M.D. 1980 STS-29
Tamara E. Jernigan MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1985
F. Drew Gaffney PS Civilian - M.D.
Robert W. Phillips PS Civilian - M.D.
STS-39 (IBSS) 11/1/90
TBD CDR
TBD PLT
Guion S. Bluford MS Col. (USAF) 1978 STS-8;61-A
Richard J. Hieb MS Civilian 1985
Charles L. Veach MS Civilian 1984
TBD MS
TBD MS
STS-42 (IML-1) 12/6/90 ?
TBD CDR
TBD PLT
TBD MS
Mary L. Cleave MS Civilian - Ph.D. 1980 61-B;STS-30
Norman E. Thagard MS Civilian - M.D. 1978 STS-7;51-B; STS-30
TBD PS ESA or NASA
TBD PS National Research Council of Canada
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| 458.32 | Space Shuttle crew assignments through 1991 | RENOIR::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Mon Oct 02 1989 14:30 | 150 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Astronauts named for five space shuttle missions (Forwarded)
Date: 29 Sep 89 20:52:33 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 29, 1989
Jeffrey Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 89-154
ASTRONAUTS NAMED FOR FIVE SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
Astronaut crew assignments have been made for five Space Shuttle
missions in late 1990 and early 1991, including the first assignments
from the astronaut class of 1987, the first U.S. Coast Guard astronaut
to fly, the first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to be named as
a mission specialist and the first black woman to be selected for
space flight.
The crew of the STS-41 mission, set for October 1990, will be
commanded by USN Capt. Richard N. Richards. USMC Lt. Col. Robert D.
Cabana has been named as pilot. Mission specialists are USN Capt.
William M. Shepherd, USCG Cmdr. Bruce E. Melnick, and USAF Maj. Thomas
D. Akers. Melnick and Akers will become the first of the astronaut
class of 1987 to fly in space. At an orbital altitude of 160 miles,
the crew of Atlantis will deploy the space probe ULYSSES on its way to
a major solar science mission in polar orbit around the sun.
USN Capt. Michael L. Coats will command the crew of Discovery on
STS-39, an unclassified Department of Defense mission scheduled for
November 1990. The pilot will be USAF Maj. L. Blaine Hammond, Jr.
Mission specialists are Gregory J. Harbaugh and USAF Maj. Donald R.
McMonagle. Previously assigned as mission specialists for the flight
are USAF Col. Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Richard J. Hieb, Ph.D., and
Charles Lacy Veach. During the 8-day mission, the crew will deploy,
rendezvous with and retrieve the free-flying Infrared Background
Signature Survey, a sensor experiment to gather signature data on a
variety of infrared, visible and ultraviolet sources.
Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., and C. Michael Foale, Ph.D., have
been named as mission specialists for the Atmospheric Laboratory for
Applications and Science (ATLAS-01) mission, STS- 45. In March 1991,
the crew of Columbia will spend 9 days in Earth orbit conducting
studies of the sun and of Earth's atmosphere in efforts to better
understand the effect of solar activity on Earth's climate and
environment.
ATLAS-01 payload specialists Michael L. Lampton, Ph.D., of the
University of California at Berkley, and Byron K. Lichtenberg, of
Payload Systems, Inc., were selected for this mission in 1984.
Additional crew members will be announced later.
In another partial crew assignment, USN Cmdr. Robert L. "Hoot"
Gibson has been named to command the crew of STS-46. NASA astronauts
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D., and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Ph.D., plus
Claude Nicollier, a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut assigned to
NASA, have been named to fly as mission specialists. During their
7-day mission, the crew of Atlantis will deploy the European
Retrievable Carrier (EURECA), an ESA-sponsored free flying platform
which will be retrieved and returned to Earth 8 months later.
This first flight of EURECA features 5 multi-user facilities
serving some 45 principal investigators in the material and life
sciences. In addition, the crew will demonstrate the Tethered
Satellite System (TSS), a joint project between NASA and the Italian
space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. The Shuttle-attached TSS
will provide for the deployment, operation and retrieval of a data
gathering probe through the use of a tether system which provides
constant physical and electrical connection and RF communication
between the probe and the Shuttle.
The STS-47 crew for Spacelab-J, a joint venture between the
United States and Japan to conduct experiments in life sciences and
materials processing, include mission specialists USAF Lt. Col. Mark
C. Lee and N. Jan Davis, Ph.D. Mae C. Jemison, M.D., also will fly
aboard Discovery on that mission in June 1991. Jemison, assigned as a
payload specialist, becomes the first black woman to be selected for a
space flight. Other crew members will be named later.
Richards, who will make his second space flight, his first as
commander, flew as pilot on STS-28. He was born August 24, 1946, in
Key West, Fla., but considers St. Louis his hometown.
Cabana will make his first flight in space. He was born Jan. 23,
1949, in Minneapolis.
Shepherd will make his second flight, having flown as a mission
specialist on STS-27. He was born July 26, 1949, in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Melnick will make his first space flight. He was born Dec. 5,
1949, in New York City, but considers Clearwater, Fla., his hometown.
Akers will make his first flight in space. He was born May 20,
1951, in St. Louis, but considers Eminence, Mo., his hometown.
Coats will make his third space flight, his second as commander.
He flew as pilot of STS-41D and as commander of STS- 29. Coats was
born Jan. 16, 1946, in Sacramento, Calif., but considers Riverside,
Calif., his hometown.
Hammond will make his first flight. He was born Jan. 16, 1952,
in Savannah, Ga.
McMonagle, selected in 1987 as a pilot, will make his first flight
as a mission specialist. He was born May 14, 1952, in Flint, Mich.
Harbaugh also will make his first flight in space. He was born
April 15, 1956, in Cleveland, but Willoughby, Ohio, is his hometown.
Sullivan, currently in training for her second space flight,
STS-31, will make her third flight. She flew previously as a mission
specialist on STS-41G. Sullivan was born Oct. 3, 1951, in Paterson,
N.J., but considers Woodland Hills, Calif., her hometown.
Foale, an American citizen born in England, will make his first
flight in space. He was born Jan. 6, 1957, in Louth, but considers
Cambridge, England, his hometown.
Gibson, making his fourth flight, has flown previously as pilot
on STS-41B and as commander on STS-61C and STS-27. He was born Oct.
30, 1946, in Cooperstown, N.Y., but Lakewood, Calif., is his hometown.
Hoffman, who will make his third flight, is currently in training
for his second Shuttle mission, STS-35. He flew as a mission
specialist on STS-51D. Hoffman was born Nov. 2, 1944, in Brooklyn,
N.Y., but considers Scarsdale, N.Y., his hometown.
Chang-Diaz, currently preparing for mission STS-34, will make his
third flight. He flew previously as a mission specialist on STS-61C.
Chang-Diaz was born April 5, 1950, in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Nicollier, making his first flight, will be the first ESA
astronaut to fly as a mission specialist. Under a special agreement
between NASA and ESA, he was assigned to receive mission specialist
training at NASA in 1980. He was born Sept. 2, 1944, in Vevey,
Switzerland.
Lee flew as a mission specialist on STS-30. He was born Aug. 14,
1952, in Viroqua, Wis.
Davis, making her first space flight, was born Nov. 1, 1953, in
Cocoa Beach, Fla., but considers Huntsville, Ala., her hometown.
Jemison will make her first flight in space. She was born Oct.
17, 1956, in Decatur, Ala.
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| 458.33 | Latest 1990 Space Shuttle launch dates | WRKSYS::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Wed Jan 24 1990 13:12 | 19 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: New Shuttle Launch Dates
Date: 23 Jan 90 22:06:55 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Ron Baalke)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
New launch dates based on the January 19, 1990 Lanuch Schedule:
STS-36 (DOD) FEB 22
STS-31 (HST) APR 19
STS-35 (ASTRO) MAY 10
STS-38 (DOD) AUG 7
STS-40 (SLS-1) AUG 30
Ron Baalke | [email protected]
Jet Propulsion Lab M/S 301-355 | [email protected]
4800 Oak Grove Dr. |
Pasadena, CA 91109 |
|
| 458.34 | Space Shuttle launch history and 1992 Manifest | MTWAIN::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Wed Jan 15 1992 16:53 | 241 |
| Article: 9578
From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Space Shuttle Program (STS-1 to STS-44)
Date: 14 Jan 92 01:40:12 GMT
Organization: University of South Australia
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (STS-1 to STS-51L)
STS Date Orbiter Payload
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1 12 Apr 81 Col-01 DFI (Detailed Flight Instrumentation)
2 12 Nov 81 Col-02 DFI, OSTA-1, IECM
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3 22 Mar 82 Col-03 DFI, OSS-1 (Office of Space Science), IECM, GAS TEST
4 27 Jun 82 Col-04 DFI, DOD 82-1 (Department of Defence), IECM, GAS(1)
5 11 Nov 82 Col-05 SBS-C (Satellite Business Systems), TELESAT-E, GAS(1)
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6 4 Apr 83 Cha-01 TDRS-A (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite), GAS(3)
7 18 Jun 83 Cha-02 SPAS-1, OSTA-2, TELESAT-F, PALAPA-B1, GAS(7)
8 30 Aug 83 Cha-03 PDRS/PFTA, OIM, INSAT 1-B (Indian Satellite), GAS(4)
9 28 Nov 83 Col-06 SPACELAB 1
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41B 3 Feb 84 Cha-04 SPAS-1A, PALAPA B-2, WESTAR-6, C-360b, GAS(5), IRT
41C 6 Apr 84 Cha-05 LDEF-1, SMM repair (Solar Maximum Mission), C-360b
41D 30 Aug 84 Dis-01 OAST-1, SBS-D, TELSTAR 3-C, SYNCOM IV-2
41G 5 Oct 84 Cha-06 OSTA-3, ERBS, LFC/ORS (Orbiter Refueling System), GAS(8)
51A 8 Nov 84 Dis-02 HS-376 retrieval(2), TELESAT-H, SYNCOM IV-1
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51C 24 Jan 85 Dis-03 Magnum (electronic intelligence reconnaissance)
51D 12 Apr 85 Dis-04 TELESAT-I, SYNCOM IV-3, GAS(2)
51B 29 Apr 85 Cha-07 SPACELAB 3, GAS(2)
51G 17 Jun 85 Dis-05 SPTN-1, MORELOS-A, ARABSAT-1B, TELSTAR 3-D, GAS(6)
51F 29 Jul 85 Cha-08 SPACELAB 2
51I 27 Aug 85 Dis-06 AUSSAT-1, ASC-1, SYNCOM IV-4, SYNCOM salvage
51J 3 Oct 85 Atl-01 DSCS III-2/3 (Defence Satellite Communication System)
61A 30 Oct 85 Cha-09 SPACELAB D-1 (German Spacelab), GLOMR
61B 26 Nov 85 Atl-02 EASE/ACCESS, MORELOS-B, SATCOM KU-2, AUSSAT-2, GAS(1)
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61C 12 Jan 86 Col-07 MSL-2, SATCOM KU-1, GAS BRIDGE, HH-G1, GAS(13)
51L* 28 Jan 86 Cha-10 SPTN-HALLEY, TDRS-B (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)
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* Launch failure
ACCESS Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures
ARABSAT Arab Satellite Communications Organisation Satellite
ASC American Satellite Company
AUSSAT Australian Communication Satellite
C-360b Cinema 360
EASE Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA
ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
GAS Get Away Special
GLOMR Global Low Orbit Message Relay
HH-G1 Hitch Hiker Goddard
IECM Induced Enviroment Contamination Monitor
IRT Integrated Rendevous Radar Target
LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility
LFC Large Format Camera
MORELOS Mexican Communication Satellite
MSL Materials Science Laboratory
OIM Oxygen Interaction with Materials
OAST Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology
OSTA Office of Space and Terrestial Applications
PALAPA Indonesion Communication Satellite
PDRS Payload Deployment and Retrieval System
PFTA Payload Flight Test Article
SATCOM RCA Communications Satellite
SBS Satellite Business Systems
SPAS Shuttle Pallet Satellite
SPTN Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
SYNCOM Hughes Communications Satellite
TELESAT Canadian Telecommunication Satellite
TELSTAR AT&T Communications Satellite
WESTAR Western Union Telegraph Communication Satellite
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (STS-26 to STS-44)
STS Date Orbiter Payload
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26 29 Sep 88 Dis-07 TDRS-C (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)
27 2 Dec 88 Atl-03 Lacrosse (radar reconnaissance)
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29 13 Mar 89 Dis-08 TDRS-D, IMAX-1, SHARE
30 4 May 89 Atl-04 Magellan
28 8 Aug 89 Col-08 KH-12 (photo reconnaissance)
34 18 Oct 89 Atl-05 Galileo, IMAX-2, SSBUV-1
33 22 Nov 89 Dis-09 Magnum (electronic intelligence reconnaissance)
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32 9 Jan 90 Col-09 SYNCOM IV-5, LDEF retrieval, IMAX-3
36 28 Feb 90 Atl-06 KH-12 (photo reconnaissance)
31 24 Apr 90 Dis-10 HST (Hubble Space Telescope), IMAX-4, APM-1
41 6 Oct 90 Dis-11 Ulysses, SSBUV-2, ISAC (INTELSAT Solar Array Coupons)
38 15 Nov 90 Atl-07 Magnum (electronic intelligence reconnaissance)
35 2 Dec 90 Col-10 ASTRO-1 (ultraviolet astronomy), BBXRT-1
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37 5 Apr 91 Atl-08 GRO (Gamma Ray Observatory), CETA
39 28 Apr 91 Dis-12 AFP-675 (CIRRIS), IBSS, STP-1 (Space Test Program), MPEC
40 5 Jun 91 Col-11 SLS-1 (Spacelab Life Sciences), GAS Bridge
43 2 Aug 91 Atl-09 TDRS-E, SSBUV-3, SHARE-II
48 12 Sep 91 Dis-13 UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite)
44 24 Nov 91 Atl-10 DSP (Defence Support Program)
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AFP Air Force Project
APM Ascent Particle Monitor
BBXRT Broad Band X-Ray Telescope
CETA Crew and Equipment Translation Aid
CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
IBSS Infrared Background Signature Survey
IMAX Large format motion picture camera
LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility
MPEC Multi-Purpose Experiment Cannister
SHARE Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element
SSBUV Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-Violet Instrument
SYNCOM Hughes Communications Satellite
TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
--
Steven Pietrobon, Australian Space Centre for Signal Processing
School of Electronic Engineering, University of South Australia
The Levels, SA 5095, Australia. [email protected]
Article: 9579
From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Space Shuttle Manifest (7 Jan 1992)
Date: 14 Jan 92 01:42:58 GMT
Organization: University of South Australia
SPACE SHUTTLE MANIFEST (7 Jan 1992)
Inc. Alt.
STS Date Time Window deg. km Orbiter Payload
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42 22 Jan 92 0854S 2h 48m 57.00 302 Dis-14 IML-1, GAS Bridge
45 14 Mar 92 0813S 2h 13m 57.00 296 Atl-11 ATLAS-1, SSBUV-A1
49 9 Apr 92 0917D 0h 54m 28.35 339 End-01 INTELSAT VI Reboost, ASEM
50 3 Jun 92 1159D 3h 09m 28.45 296 Col-12 USML-1, EDO
46 2 Jul 92 0945D 5h 29m 28.45 426 Atl-12 TSS-1, EURECA-1L
47 12 Aug 92 1008D 4h 35m 57.00 302 End-02 SL-J, GAS Bridge
52 24 Sep 92 1130D 2h 30m 28.45 296 Col-13 LAGEOS II, USMP-1, ASP
53 24 Oct 92 - - 57.00 370 Dis-15 DOD-1 (Department of Defence)
54 3 Dec 92 - - 28.45 296 End-03 TDRS-F, DXS
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55 27 Jan 93 - - 28.45 296 Col-14 SL-D2 (Spacelab Germany)
51 22 Feb 93 0655S 1h 57m 28.45 296 Dis-16 ACTS, ORFEUS-SPAS
56 23 Mar 93 1028S 2h 05m 57.00 296 End-04 ATLAS-2, SSBUV-A2, SPTN-201-1
57 22 Apr 93 - - - - Atl-13 EURECA-1R, SPACEHAB-1, GAS Bg
58 26 Jun 93 - - - - Col-15 SLS-2, EDO
59 4 Sep 93 - - - - Dis-17 SPACEHAB-2, WSF-1
60 5 Oct 93 - - - - End-05 SRL-1
61 12 Nov 93 - - - - Atl-14 HST REV-1
62 14 Dec 93 - - - - Col-16 USMP-2, payload oppty
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S = EST, D = EDT, h = hours, m = minutes
ACTS Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
ASEM Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods
ASP Attitude Sensor Package
ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
DXS Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
EDO Extended Duration Orbiter
EURECA European Retrievable Carrier
GAS Get Away Special
HST REV Hubble Space Telescope Revisit
IML International Microgravity Laboratory
LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite
ORFEUS Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer
SL-J Spacelab Japan
SLS Spacelab Life Sciences
SPAS Shuttle Pallet Satellite
SPTN Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (aka SPARTAN)
SRL Shuttle Radar Laboratory
SSBUV Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-Violet Instrument
TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
TSS Tethered Satellite System
USMP United States Microgravity Payload
USML United States Microgravity Laboratory
WSF Wake Shield Facility
SPACE SHUTTLE MANIFEST (7 Jan 1992)
STS Date Orbiter Payload (continued)
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63 24 Feb 94 Dis-18 LITE-I, SPTN-204, GAS Bridge
64 30 Apr 94 Atl-15 SPACEHAB-3, SPAS-III, payload oppty
65 10 Jun 94 End-06 CRISTA-SPAS, ATLAS-3, SSBUV-A3
66 12 Jul 94 Col-17 IML-2 (International Microgravity Laboratory)
67 10 Aug 94 Dis-19 ASTRO-2 (Ultraviolet Astronomy), SPTN-201-2
68 1 Oct 94 Atl-16 SFU (Space Flyer Unit) Retrieval, TPITS
69 22 Oct 94 End-07 SRL-2 (Shuttle Radar Laboratory)
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70 25 Jan 95 Dis-20 SPACEHAB-4, WSF-2 (Wake Shield Facility), EURECA-2L
71 3 Mar 95 Atl-17 USMP-3, LITE-II, SPTN-201-3
72 4 Apr 95 End-08 SL-D3 (Spacelab Germany)
73 23 May 95 Col-18 USML-2 (United States Microgravity Laboratory), EDO
74 4 Aug 95 Atl-18 TDRS-G (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)
75 2 Sep 95 End-09 ATLAS-4, WISP (Waves in Space Plasma), SSBUV-A4
76 10 Oct 95 Col-19 SPACEHAB-5, EURECA-2L, WSF-3 (Wake Shield Facility)
77 10 Nov 95 Dis-21 SSF-MB-01
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78 26 Jan 96 End-10 SSF-MB-02
79 27 Feb 96 Col-20 SLS-3 (Space Life Sciences)
80 29 Mar 96 Dis-22 SRL-3 (Shuttle Radar Laboratory)
81 4 Jun 96 Atl-19 SSF-MB-03
82 30 Jul 96 Col-21 SPACEHAB-6, WSF-4 (Wake Shield Facility)
83 4 Sep 96 Dis-23 SSF-MB-04
84 9 Oct 96 Atl-20 SSF-MB-05
85 12 Nov 96 End-11 HST REV-2 (Hubble Space Telescope Revisit)
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86 12 Feb 97 Col-22 SPACEHAB-7, USMP-4
87 7 Mar 97 Dis-24 SSF-MB-06 (Manned Tended Capability)
88 15 Apr 97 Atl-21 SSF-MB-07
89 14 May 97 End-12 SSF-UF-01
90 8 Jul 97 Dis-25 ATLAS-5
91 29 Aug 97 Atl-22 SSF-MB-08
92 9 Sep 97 End-13 SSF-UF-02
93 14 Oct 97 Col-23 flight oppty
94 7 Nov 97 Atl-23 SSF-MB-09
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95 27 Jan 98 End-14 SSF-UF-03
96 25 Feb 98 Col-24 SLE-2 (Spacelab Europe)
97 7 Apr 98 Dis-26 SSF-MB-10
98 12 May 98 End-15 SSF-UF-04
99 12 Jun 98 Col-25 USMP-5, SPACEHAB-8
100 24 Jul 98 Dis-27 SSF-MB-11
101 19 Aug 98 Atl-24 SSF-MB-12
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ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
CRISTA Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere
EDO Extended Duration Orbiter
EURECA European Retrievable Carrier
LITE Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment
SPTN Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (aka SPARTAN)
SSBUV Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-Violet Instrument
SSF-MB Space Station Freedom Manned Base
SSF-UF Space Station Freedom Utilisation Flight
TPITS Two Phase Integration Thermal System
USMP United States Microgravity Payload
--
Steven Pietrobon, Australian Space Centre for Signal Processing
School of Electronic Engineering, University of South Australia
The Levels, SA 5095, Australia. [email protected]
|
| 458.35 | Space Shuttle flights to date | MTWAIN::KLAES | Houston, Tranquility Base here... | Fri Jul 08 1994 11:51 | 229 |
| From: US4RMC::"[email protected]" "Iain R. Murray" 8-JUL-1994
To: [email protected]
CC:
Subj: Here is a list of ALL Space Shuttle flights
For my own reference, I put together a list of all the Space Shuttle
flights, just to summarise the main details of each flight in a small
amount of text. However, I thought others might find such a list
useful too, so I post it here.
If anyone finds it useful, or sees any errors or omissions (e.g. flights
with RMS or EVAs which I've missed), please e-mail me and let me know.
Note there is a key to abbreviations at the end.
Best regards,
Iain Murray,
University of Dundee, UK. ([email protected])
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SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
======================
# STS/ORB LAUNCH/LANDING MAIN PAYLOADS/CREW
- ------- -------------- ------------------
1 1 12.Apr.81-A DFI
CO-1 14.Apr.81-EL23 2-Young,Crippen
2 2 12.Nov.81-A A/DFI/OSTA-1 with SIR-A
CO-2 14.Nov.81-EL23 2-Engle,Truly
3 3 22.Mar.82-A A/DFI/OSS-1
CO-3 30.Mar.82-WL17 2-Lousma,Fullerton
4 4 27.Jun.82-A A/IECM/DoD payload
CO-4 4.Jul.82-E22 2-Mattingly,Hartsfield
5 5 11.Nov.82-A SBS S-2(D)/Anik-C3(D)
CO-5 16.Nov.82-E22 4-Brand,Overmeyer/Allen,Lenoir
6 6 4.Apr.83-A T/TDRS-A(D)
CH-1 9.Apr.83-E22 4-Weitz,Bobko/Musgrave,Peterson
7 7 18.Jun.83-A A/SPAS-1(DR)/Palapa B-1(D)/Anik-C2(D)
CH-2 24.Jun.83-EL23 5-Crippen,Hauck/Ride,Fabian,Thagard
8 8 30.Aug.83-A A/INSAT 1B(D)/PFTA
CH-3 5.Sep.83-E22 5-Truly,Brandenstein/Gardner,Thornton,Bluford
9 9/41-A 28.Nov.83-A Spacelab 1
CO-6 8.Dec.83-E17 6-Young,Shaw/Garriott,Parker/Lichtenberg,Merbold
10 41-B 3.Feb.84-A T/U/A/SPAS-1A/Palapa B-2(D)/Westar 6(D)
CH-4 11.Feb.84-K15 5-Brand,Gibson/McCandless,McNair,Stewart
11 41-C 6.Apr.84-A T/U/A/LDEF(D)/Solar Max(RD)
CH-5 13.Apr.84-E17 5-Crippen,Scobee/van Hoften,Hart,Nelson
12 41-D 30.Aug.84-A Leasat 2(D)/Telstar 3-C(D)/SBS 4(D)/OAST-1
DI-1 4.Sep.84-E17 6-Hartsfield,Coats/Resnik,Mullane,Hawley/Walker
13 41-G 5.Oct.84-A T/A/ERBS(D)/OSTA-3 with SIR-B
CH-6 13.Oct.84-K33 7-Crippen,MacBride/Leestma,Ride,Sullivan/Scully-
Power,Garneau
14 51-A 8.Nov.84-A U/A/Leasat 3(D)/Anik-D2(D)/Palapa B-2(R)/Westar 6(R)
DI-2 17.Nov.84-E33 5-Hauck,Walker/Fisher,Gardner,Allen
15 51-C 24.Jan.85-A DoD satellite(D)
DI-3 27.Jan.85-K15 5-Mattingly,Shriver/Buchli,Onizuka/Payton
16 51-D 12.Apr.85-A T/A/Leasat 3(D)/Anik C-1(D)
DI-4 17.Apr.85-K33 7-Bobko,Williams/Seddon,Griggs,Hoffman/Walker,Garn
17 51-B 29.Apr.85-A Spacelab 3
CH-7 6.May.85-E17 7-Overmyer,Gregory/Lind,Thagard,Thornton/van den
Berg,Wang
18 51-G 17.Jun.85-A A/Arabsat 1-B(D)/Telstar 3-D(D)/Morelos-A(D)/
SPARTAN-1(DR)
DI-5 24.Jun.85-EL23 7-Brandenstein,Creighton/Lucid,Nagel,Fabian/Baudry,
Al-Saud
19 51-F 29.Jul.85-A Spacelab 2
CH-8 6.Aug.85-EL23 7-Fullerton,Bridges/Musgrave,England,Henize/Acton,
Bartoe
20 51-I 27.Aug.85-A T/A/Satellite(D)/ASC-1(D)/IV-4(D)/Leasat 3(RD)
DI-6 3.Sep.85-EL3 5-Engle,Covey/van Hoften,Lounge,Fisher
21 51-J 3.Oct.85-A 2 DoD DSCS satellites(D)
AT-1 7.Oct.85-EL23 5-Bobko,Grabe/Hilmer,Stewart/Pailes
22 61-A 30.Oct.85-A Spacelab-D1/GLOMR(D)
CH-9 6.Nov.85-E17 8-Hartsfied,Nagel/Dunbar,Buchli,Bluford/
Messerschmid,Furrer,Ockels
23 61-B 26.Nov.85-A T/Morelos-B(D)/AUSSAT-2(D)/SATCOM Ku-2(D)/EASE/
ACCESS
AT-2 3.Dec.85-E22 7-Shaw,O'Connor/Cleave,Spring,Ross/Vela,Walker
24 61-C 12.Jan.86-A SATCOM Ku-1(D)
CO-7 18.Jan.86-E22 7-Gibson,Bolden/Chang-Diaz,Hawley,Nelson/Cenker,
Nelson
25 51-L 28.Jan.86-B TDRS-B/SPARTAN-Halley
CH-10 Lost in flight 7-Scobee,Smith/Onizuka,Resnik,McNair/Jarvis,
McAuliffe
26 26 29.Sep.88-B TDRS-C(D)/OASIS
DI-7 3.Oct.88-E17 5-Hauck,Covey/Lounge,Nelson,Hilmers
27 27 2.Dec.88-B DoD
AT-3 6.Dec.88-E17 5-Gibson,Gardner/Mullane,Shepherd,Ross
28 29 13.Mar.89-B TDRS-D(D)
DI-8 18.Mar.89-E22 5-Coats,Blaha/Buchli,Springer,Bagian
29 30 4.May.89-B Magellan(D)
AT-4 8.May.89-E22 5-Walker,Grabe/Cleave,Lee,Thagard
30 28 8.Aug.89-B DoD
CO-8 13.Aug.89-E17 5-Shaw,Richards/Brown,Adamson,Leestma
31 34 18.Oct.89-B Galileo(D)/SSBUV-1
AT-5 22.Oct.89-EL23 5-Williams,McCulley/Baker,Chang-Diaz,Lucid
32 33 22.Nov.89-A DoD
DI-9 27.Nov.89-E4 5-Gregory,Blaha/Musgrave,Carter,Thornton
33 32 9.Jan.90-A A/SYNCOM IV-5(D)/LDEF(R)
CO-9 20.Jan.90-E22 5-Brandenstein,Wetherbee/Ivins,Low,Dunbar
34 36 28.Feb.90-A DoD
AT-6 4.Mar.90-EL23 5-Creighton,Caspar/Hilmers,Mullane,Thuot
35 31 12.Apr.90-B A/Hubble ST(D)
DI-10 17.Apr.90-E22 5-Shriver,Bolden/Hawley,McCandless,Sullivan
36 41 6.Oct.90-B Ulysses(D)/SSBUV-2
DI-11 10.Oct.90-E22 5-Richards,Cabana/Shepherd,Melnick,Akers
37 38 15.Nov.90-A DoD
AT-7 20.Nov.90-K33 5-Covey,Culbertson/Gemar,Meade,Springer
38 35 2.Dec.90-B Astro-1
CO-10 10.Dec.90-E22 7-Brand,Gardner/Hoffman,Lounge,Parker/Parise,
Durrance
39 37 5.Apr.91-B T/Gamma Ray Observatory(D)
AT-8 11.Apr.91-E33 5-Nagel,Cameron/Apt,Godwin,Ross
40 39 28.Apr.91-A DoD/IBSS/SPAS-2/STP-1
DI-12 6.May.91-K15 7-Coats,Hammond/Bluford,Hieb,Harbaugh,McMonagle,
Veach
41 40 5.Jun.91-B Spacelab Life Sciences-1
CO-11 14.Jun.91-E22 7-O'Connor,Gutierrez/Bagian,Jernigan,Seddon/Gaffney,
Fulford
42 43 2.Aug.91-A TDRS-E(D)/SSBUV-3
AT-9 11.Aug.91-K15 5-Blaha,Baker/Adamson,Low,Lucid
43 48 12.Sep.91-A UARS(D)
DI-13 18.Sep.91-E22 5-Creighton,Reightler/Brown,Gemar,Buchli
44 44 24.Nov.91-A DoD/DSP(D)
AT-10 1.Dec.91-E5 6-Gregory,Hendricks/Runco,Voss,Musgrave/Hennen
45 42 22.Jan.92-A IML-1
DI-14 30.Jan.92-E22 7-Grabe,Oswald/Readdy,Thagard,Hilmers/Bondar,Merbold
46 45 24.Mar.92-A ATLAS-1/SSBUV-4
AT-11 2.Apr.92-K33 7-Bolden,Duffy/Sullivan,Foale,Leestma/Frimout,
Lichtenberg
47 49 7.May.92-B T/A/Intelsat 6(RD)/ASEM
EN-1 16.May.92-E22 7-Brandenstein,Chilton/Melnick,Akers,Hieb,Thornton,
Thuot
48 50 25.Jun.92-A USML-1
CO-12 9.Jul.92-K33 7-Richards,Bowersox/Dunbar/Meade,Baker/DeLucas,Trinh
49 46 31.Jul.92-B TSS-1/EURECA(D)
AT-12 8.Aug.92-K33 7-Shriver,Allen/Hoffman,Chang-Diaz,Ivins,Nocollier/
Malerba
50 47 12.Sep.92-B Spacelab-J
EN-2 20.Sep.92-K33 7-Gibson,Brown/Lee/Davis,Apt,Jemison/Mohri
51 52 22.Oct.92-B LAGEOS-II(D)/USMP-1
CO-13 1.Nov.92-K33 6-Wetherbee,Baker/Veach,Shepard,Jernigan/MacLean
52 53 2.Dec.92-A DoD/ODERACS/GCP
DI-15 9.Dec.92-E22 5-Walker,Cabana/Bluford,Voss,Clifford
53 54 13.Jan.93-B T/TDRS-F(D)/DXS
EN-3 19.Jan.93-K33 5-Casper,McMonagle/Runco,Harbaugh,Helms
54 56 8.Apr.93-B A/ATLAS-2/SSBUV-A/SPARTAN-201(DR)
DI-16 17.Apr.93-K33 5-Cameron,Oswald/Cockrell,Foale,Ochoa
55 55 26.Apr.93-A Spacelab-D2
CO-14 6.May.93-E22 7-Nagel,Hendricks/Ross,Precourt,Harris/Walter,
Schlegel
56 57 21.Jun.93-B T/A/Spacehab-1/EURECA(R)
EN-4 1.Jul.93-K33 6-Grabe,Duffy/Low/Sherlock,Voss,Wisoff
57 51 12.Sep.93-B T/ACTS(D)/SPAS-ORFEUS(DR)/LDCE
DI-17 22.Sep.93-K15 5-Culbertson,Readdy/Bursh,Newman,Walz
58 58 18.Oct.93-B Spacelab Life Sciences-2
CO-15 1.Nov.93-E22 7-Blaha,Searfoss/Seddon/McArthur,Wolf,Lucid/Fettman
59 61 2.Dec.93-B T/A/Hubble(RD)
EN-5 13.Dec.93-K33 7-Covey,Bowersox/Musgrave/Nicollier,Akers,Thornton,
Hoffman
60 60 3.Feb.94-A A/WSF/Spacehab-2/ODERACS/BREMSAT(D)
DI-18 11.Feb.94-K15 6-Bolden,Reightler/Sega,Davis,Krikalev,Chang-Diaz
61 62 4.Mar.94-B A/USMP-2/OAST-2/SSBUV
CO-16 18.Mar.94-K33 5-Casper,Allen/Thuot,Gemar,Ivins
62 59 9.Apr.94-A SRL-1
EN-6 20.Apr.94-E22 6-Gutierrez,Chilton/Godwin/Apt,Clifford,Jones
FORTHCOMING FLIGHTS
-------------------
63 65 8.Jul.94-A IML-2
CO 22.Jul.94-K 7-Cabana,Halsell/Hieb,Walz,Chiao,Thomas/Mukai
64 68 18.Aug.94-A Space Radar Lab 2
EN 28.Aug.94-K 6-Baker,Wilcutt/Jones,Smith,Bursch,Wisoff
65 64 9.Sep.94-B LITE 1/Spartan-201/SAFIR
DI 19.Sep.94-K 6-Richards,Hammond/Linenger,Helms,Meade,Lee
66 66 27.Oct.94-A ATLAS-3/CRISTA-SPAS/SSBUV
AT 7.Nov.94-K 6-McMonagle,Brown/Ochoa,Tanner,Clervoy,Parazynski
67 67 12.Jan.95-B ASTRO-2
EN 28.Jan.95-K 7-Oswald,Gregory/Jernigan,Grunsfeld,Lawrence/Parise,
Durrance
68 63 2.Feb.95-A Spacehab-3/Spartan-204/Mir RV
DI 10.Feb.85-K 6-Wetherbee,Collins/Voss,Harris,Foale,Titov
69 69 4.May.95-B Wake Shield/OAST
EN 14.May.95-K 5
70 71 30.May.95-A Spacelab/Mir docking
AT 10.Jun.95-K 7-Gibson,Precourt/Dunbar,Baker,Narbaugh,Solovyev,
Budarin(Thagard)
71 70 29.Jun.95-B TDRS-G
DI 4.Jul.95-K 5
72 72 24.Aug.95 SPARTAN-201.Mar.Space Flight Unit Retrieval
EN 2.Sep.95 6
73 73 21.Sep.95 USML-2
CO 7.Oct.95 7
74 74 26.Oct.95-A Mir docking
AT 1.Nov.95 5
# - Chronological STS number
STS - Mission official STS number
ORBITERS - CO = Columbia(OV-102), CH = Challenger(OV-099),
DI = Discovery(OV-103),
AT = Atlantis(OV-104), EN = Endeavour(OV-105)
Number indicates flight number for that Orbiter
LAUNCH - A = KSC Pad 39-A, B = KSC Pad 39-B
LANDING - E = Edwards Air Force Base, K = KSC SLF, W = White Sands
L = Lakebed runway (otherwise concrete), numbers indicate runway
designations
PAYLOAD - attached payloads, except:
D = deployed into free orbit, R = retrieved from free orbit,
T = tethered EVA performed, U = untethered EVA in MMU performed,
A = RMS arm carried
CREW - Crew size-Commander,Pilot/Payload Commander/Mission specialists/
Payload specialists
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