Conference 7.286::space

>    	   Columbia being prepared to retrieve the materials testing
>    	   satellite (uncertian of actual name) in December?  

	Columbia is scheduled to retrieve the LDEF (Long Duration Exposure
	Facility) in Dec. They are presently cleaning the shuttle. I would
	presume that the tiles got water damaged.

	Susan

    	NASA was also afraid that some of the internal circuitry may have 
    been damaged by the water.  They are currently checking them out.
    
        Larry
    

A little item in the Boston Globe states that NASA officials have found
the damage to be less than originally feared.  They are now fairly sure
that they can still hit the December launch.

						Mike

Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA Headline News for 09/26/89 (Forwarded)
Date: 26 Sep 89 19:55:07 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
 
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                         NASA Headline News
Tuesday, September 26, 1989                    Audio:202/755-1788
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    This is NASA Headline News for Tuesday, September 26:
  
    Tom Utzman, Kennedy Space Center's Deputy Director, says it's too
early to assess the full extent of damage to the Space Shuttle
Columbia after the fire sprinkler system was accidentally turned on in
the Orbiter Processing Facility Sunday.  Utzman told United Press
yesterday that water did get into some parts of the orbiter, but it's
"too soon to give up on plans" to launch the Columbia on schedule
December 18. 
 
    The launch date for the Atlantis remains on schedule for October
12 at 1:29 P.M., Eastern time.  An official launch date will be set at
the conclusion of the flight readiness review scheduled for October 2
and 3 at Kennedy Space Center. 
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    Here's the broadcast schedule for public affairs events on NASA 
Select TV.   All times are Eastern.
  
    Thursday, September 28....
 
    11:30 A.M.       NASA Update will be transmitted.
 
     1:00 P.M.       Galileo mission probe briefing from the
                     Ames Research Center.
 
     3:30 P.M.       Coverage begins of Amroc launch of Air                    
                     Force/MIT experiments from Vandenberg
                     Air Force Base. Launch window opens at
                     4:30 P.M.
  
    Friday, September 29.....
 
      7:00 P.M.      Premiere of the musical composition "Return
                     to Flight" by members of the Brevard, 
                     Florida, Symphony at KSC's Spaceport USA.      
 
    All events and times are subject to change without notice.
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Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA Headline News for 09/27/89 (Forwarded)
Date: 27 Sep 89 17:18:30 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
 
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                           NASA Headline News
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1989                     Audio: 202/755-1788
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    This is NASA Headline News for Wednesday, September 27:
  
    The orbiter COLUMBIA was electrically powered up yesterday
following its inadvertent water drenching Sunday.  A damage assessment
is still underway, but officials at Kennedy Space Center are still
hopeful the incident won't force a delay in the launch of COLUMBIA now
scheduled for December 18, 1989. 
  
    NASA has opened its computerized science data bases to the
nation's universities to stimulate so called "cottage industry" space
research by professors and entice more students to specialize in
science and engineering studies.  Seven universities that participated
in a pilot phase of the program at Marshall Space Flight Center gave
it very high marks. 
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Here's the broadcast schedule for public affairs events on NASA 
Select TV.  All times are Eastern.
  
    Thursday, September 28....
 
    11:30 A.M.       NASA Update will be transmitted.
 
     1:00 P.M.       Galileo probe briefing from Ames Research Center.
 
     3:30 P.M.       Amroc launch with Air Force/MIT experiments
                     from Vandenberg AFB.  Window opens at 4:30 P.M.
 
    Friday, September 29.....
 
     7:00 P.M.       Premiere of "Return to Flight" musical 
                     composition from Spaceport USA at KSC.
  
    Monday, October 2 .....
 
      1:00 P.M       Voyager/Neptune 30-minute video summary from              
                     JPL.
 
All events and times are subject to change without notice.
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re .1

>	Columbia is scheduled to retrieve the LDEF (Long Duration Exposure
>	Facility) in Dec. 


		Your right, its the LDEF.

		Thanks, Ken