| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 844.1 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 01/22/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jan 25 1993 09:46 | 32 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, January 22, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
STS-57 ENDEAVOUR
IN WORK:
- preparations to open payload bay doors
- ordnance safing
- preparations for hypergolic deservicing
- tile waterproofing for next mission
- installation of window covers
- dump of flight data recorders
STS-57 ENDEAVOUR WORK SCHEDULED:
- open payload bay doors
- post flight mechanical inspections
- waste containment system functional check
- drag chute hardware removal
- wheel and tire removal
- TACAN post-flight checkout
- preparations for DXS and IUS airborne support equipment removal
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| 844.2 | Crew List | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jan 26 1993 18:49 | 17 |
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The crew list is as follows:
STS 57 - Endeavour (4)
- SPACEHAB-1; EURECA-1R;
- Commander: Ron Grabe (4)
- Pilot: Brian Duffy (2)
- PC/MS1: David Low (3)
- FE/MS2: Nancy Sherlock
- MS3: Janice Voss
- MS4: Peter Wisoff
Sherlock, Voss and Wisoff are rookies from class of 1990. The rest
are all veterans. This will be Endeavour's fourth mission.
Susan
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| 844.3 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 01/29/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Feb 01 1993 16:15 | 45 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, January 29, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Location: OPF Bay 1
Primary payload: Spacehab/EURECA 1-R Crew size: 6
Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission duration: 6 days 23 hours
Launch timeframe: NET April 28
Landing site/timeframe: KSC May 5
IN STS-57 WORK:
- nose landing gear hydraulic leak checks
- fuel cell checkout
- payload bay door inspections
- radiator functional checks
- main propulsion system leak and functional checks
- thruster inspections
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- removal of DXS from payload bay
- removal of IUS airborne support equipment from payload bay
- removal of drag chute hardware
- payload bay door radiatior inspections
STS-57 ENDEAVOUR WORK SCHEDULED:
- hypergolic system deservicing
- main engine removal
- install wheels and tires
- TACAN system testing
- S-Band air-to-ground system testing
- radar altimeter testing
- forward reaction control system functional checks
- OMS/RCS electrical checks
- auxilary power unit leak checks
- air data system functional check
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| 844.4 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 02/05/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Feb 08 1993 17:55 | 56 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, February 5, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Location: OPF Bay 1
Primary payload: Spacehab/EURECA 1-R Crew size: 6
Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission duration: 7 days 23 hours
Launch timeframe: NET April 28
Landing site/timeframe: KSC May 6
STS-57 IN WORK:
- main engine removal
- preparations for ammonia boiler servicing
- fuel cell testing
- forward reaction control system functional testing
- waste management system drain and flush
- waste containment system functional test
- tile water proofing
- air data system functional testing
STS-57 ENDEAVOUR IN WORK continued:
- TACAN testing
- window polishing
- structural inspections
- Ku-band antenna inspections
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- installation of wheels and tires
- checks of nose landing gear hydraulics
- installation of Spacehab into CITE stand in O&C
STS-57 WORK SCHEDULED:
- Spacehab CITE testing
- orbiter power system validations
- testing of flight control hydraulics
- installation of Spacehab water lines
- installation of remote manipulator arm
- OMS pod functional tests
- payload bay door latch installation
- heads up display system testing
- Ku-band radar testing
- tire pressure checks
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| 844.5 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 02/12/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Feb 15 1993 09:50 | 58 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, February 12, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Location: OPF Bay 1
Primary payload: Spacehab/EURECA 1-R Crew size: 6
Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission duration: 7 days 23 hours
Launch timeframe: NET April 28
Landing site/timeframe: KSC May 6
STS-57 IN WORK:
- remote manipulator arm installation
- configuring payload bay for Spacehab
- install Spacehab water lines
- hydraulic system inspections
- tile water proofing
- preparations for fuel cell removal
- Spacehab electrical testing in the O&C Building
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- main engine removal
- installation of wheels and tires
- checks of nose landing gear hydraulics
- fuel cell testing
- forward reaction control system functional test
- TACAN testing
- waste management system drain and flush
- waste containment functional test
- tile water proofing
- orbiter power system validations
- Ku-band antenna inspections
- air data system functional testing
- OMS pod functional tests
- payload bay door latch installation
- heads up display system testing
- Ku-band radar testing
- tire pressure checks
STS-57 WORK SCHEDULED:
- installation of drag chute mortar and retractor
- ammonia boiler servicing
- replace thruster R1R
- install Spacehab tunnel adapter
- potable water servicing
- external tank door latch pull test
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| 844.6 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 02/19/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Feb 22 1993 19:57 | 43 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, February 19, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
407/867-2468
STS-57
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Location: OPF Bay 1
Primary payload: Spacehab/EURECA 1-R Crew size: 6
Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission duration: 7 days 23 hours
Launch timeframe: NET April 28
Landing site/timeframe: KSC May 6
STS-57 IN WORK:
- OMS pod functional testing
- mid-body closeouts
- tile repair
- water spray boiler servicing
- preparations in payload bay for Spacehab installation
- Spacehab electrical testing in the O&C Building
- stacking solid rocket boosters in VAB High Bay 3
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- main propulsion system electrical checkout
- remote manipulator arm electrical connections
STS-57 WORK SCHEDULED:
- ammonia boiler servicing on Monday
- tunnel adapter installation next week
- auxiliary power unit lube oil servicing next week
- Spacehab installation on March 1
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| 844.7 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 02/26/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Mar 02 1993 13:23 | 52 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, February 26, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Mission: STS-57
Current Location: OPF Bay 1 Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm
Primary payload: Spacehab/EURECA 1-R Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Launch timeframe: NET April 28 Nominal landing site: KSC
Mission duration: 7 days 23 hours Crew Size: 6
STS-57 IN WORK:
- installation of orbiter Spacehab water heaters
- leak checks of orbiter Spacehab coolant lines
- potable water servicing
- Ku-band antenna testing
- radar altimeter troubleshooting
- bulb seal repair
- power control assembly fuse inspections
- stacking solid rocket boosters in VAB High Bay 3
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- elevon and rudder speed brake closeouts
- ammonia boiler servicing
- Spacehab tunnel adapter installation
- OMS/RCS flight control functional test
- remote manipulator system functional test
STS-57 ENDEAVOUR WORK SCHEDULED:
- install Spacehab into canister on Tuesday
- transport Spacehab to OPF and install on Wednesday
- auxiliary power unit #1 lube oil servicing
- auxiliary power unit #1/#2 controller testing
- OMS/RCS electrical redundancy checks
- potable water system leak check
- MSBLS system testing
- reinstall radar altimeters
- radar altimeter testing
- star tracker door testing
- remote manipulator arm elbow and wrist heater testing
- tile waterproofing
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| 844.10 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 03/05/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Mar 08 1993 10:02 | 23 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT
Friday, March 5, 1993
Mitch Varnes
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
STS-57
VEHICLE: OV-105/ Orbiter Endeavour MISSION: STS-57
Current location: Orbiter Processing Facility
STS-57 IN-WORK:
- Electrical connections between Spacehab and orbiter.
- Aft compartment closeouts.
- Testing of main landing gear.
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- Mechanical installation of Spacehab into orbiter's payload bay.
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| 844.11 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 03/12/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Mar 15 1993 10:29 | 36 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, March 12, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Mission: STS-57
Current Location: OPF Bay 1 Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm
Primary payload: Spacehab/EURECA 1-R Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Launch timeframe: NET April 28 Nominal landing site: KSC
Mission duration: 7 days 23 hours Crew Size: 6
STS-57 IN WORK:
- Spacehab Interface Verification Test (IVT)
- crew hatch functional check
- electrical interface checks between external tank and solid
rocket boosters in VAB Bay 3
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- installed Spacehab-1
- auxiliary power unit lube oil servicing
STS-57 ENDEAVOUR WORK SCHEDULED:
- Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) on Saturday
- begin Spacehab closeouts next week
- begin closeouts of orbiter mid-body next week
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| 844.12 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 03/15/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Mar 17 1993 09:14 | 17 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE DAILY STATUS
Monday, March 15, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
SPECIAL TOPICS:
(STS-57)
In OPF Bay 1, the astronauts completed the Crew Equipment
Interface Test (CEIT) for Endeavour on Saturday. The payload bay
doors are scheduled to be closed on Thursday. Rollover to the
VAB is currently planned to occur on March 25.
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| 844.13 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 03/16/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Mar 17 1993 09:16 | 17 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE DAILY STATUS
Tuesday, March 16, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
SPECIAL TOPICS:
(STS-57)
The external tank/solid rocket booster stack is being relocated today to
VAB High Bay 1 to permit planned modifcation work to begin in High Bay 3.
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| 844.14 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 03/23/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Mar 25 1993 18:37 | 16 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE DAILY STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, March 23, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
SPECIAL TOPICS:
In OPF Bay 1, Endevour's weight and center of gravity determination is in
work and the orbiter will be placed on the transporter tonight. Rollover to
the Vehicle Assembly Building is scheduled for approximately 12 Noon Wednesday.
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| 844.15 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 03/24/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Mar 25 1993 18:39 | 16 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE DAILY STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, March 24, 1993
Mitch Varnes
NASA Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
OTHER BUSINESS:
STS-57/SPACEHAB OV-105/Endeavour
Endeavour was transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building at about 9 a.m.
today. Mating of the orbiter with its tank and boosters is planned to begin
late this afternoon.
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| 844.16 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 03/26/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Mar 29 1993 11:42 | 36 |
| SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, March 26, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
STS-57
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Mission Number: STS-57
Current location: OPF Bay 1 Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm
Payloads: Spacehab-1/EURECA 1-R Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Launch timeframe: NET May 10 Nominal Landing Site: KSC
Mission duration: 8 days Crew Size: 6
IN WORK:
- umbilical connections between orbiter and external tank
- connecting tail service masts to orbiter
WORK SCHEDULED:
- power up Shuttle stack on Monday night
- Shuttle Interface Test (SIT) Tuesday and Wednesday
WORK COMPLETED:
- rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building completed on Wednesday morning
- mated orbiter to external tank/solid rocket booster stack on Wednesday night
ISSUES AND CONCERNS: Because of turbo pump availability and the recent STS-55
check valve issue, Endeavour was moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building without
main engines. They will be installed later at the launch pad.
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| 844.17 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/02/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Apr 05 1993 19:10 | 31 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, April 2, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 250 nm
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: May 26
Target Launch Date: May 18
IN WORK TODAY:
* Shuttle interface test
* T-0 umbilical closeouts and leak checks and cavity purge
* Reposition body flap and rudder speed brake
WORK SCHEDULED:
* SRB hydraulic tests
* Begin main engine installation April 12
* Rollout to pad 39-B targeted for NET April 19
WORK COMPLETED:
* Electrical mates between orbiter and external tank
* Hydraulic circulation and sampling
* Liquid oxygen monoball closeouts
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| 844.18 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/05/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Apr 05 1993 19:11 | 30 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, April 5, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 250 nm
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: May 26
Target Launch Date: May 18
IN WORK TODAY:
* Shuttle interface test
* T-0 umbilical closeouts and leak checks and cavity purge
* Reposition body flap and rudder speed brake
WORK SCHEDULED:
* SRB hydraulic tests
* Begin main engine installation April 12
* Rollout to pad 39-B targeted for NET April 19
WORK COMPLETED:
* Electrical mates between orbiter and external tank
* Hydraulic circulation and sampling
* Liquid oxygen monoball closeouts
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| 844.19 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/09/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Apr 12 1993 10:32 | 30 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT
Friday, April 9, 1993
Mitch Varnes
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/SPACEHAB-1/EURECA-retrieval
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building
Mission Duration: 7 days, 23 hours
Targeted Launch Date: May 18
IN-WORK TODAY:
* Hydraulic tests of the Solid Rocket Boosters
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Begin main engine installation on April 16
* Rollout to Launch Pad 39-B targeted for April 22
WORK COMPLETED:
* Shuttle interface test
* External tank separation cameras installed
* Main Propulsion System interface inspections
* T-0 leak checks
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| 844.20 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/12/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Apr 13 1993 09:51 | 32 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, April 12, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: May 26
Target Launch Date: May 18
IN WORK TODAY:
* Shuttle interface test
* External tank foaming operations
WORK SCHEDULED:
* SRB hydraulic closeouts
* Begin main engine installation April 16
* Rollout to pad 39-B targeted for NET April 21
WORK COMPLETED:
* Main engine interface inspections
* T-0 umbilical closeouts, leak checks and cavity purge
* Reposition body flap and rudder speed brake
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| 844.21 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/13/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Apr 14 1993 11:14 | 30 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, April 13, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: May 26
Target Launch Date: NET May 18
IN WORK TODAY:
* Shuttle interface test
* External tank foaming operations
* Pre-rollout inspections
WORK SCHEDULED:
* SRB hydraulic closeouts
* Begin main engine installation April 16
* Rollout to pad 39-B targeted for NET April 22
WORK COMPLETED:
* Main engine interface inspections
* T-0 umbilical closeouts, leak checks and cavity purge
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| 844.22 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/21/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Apr 26 1993 11:49 | 30 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, April 21, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: May 27
Target Launch Date: May 19
IN WORK TODAY:
* Heat shield installation
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Aft securing for rollout
* Rollout to pad 39-B targeted for Monday, April 26
WORK COMPLETED:
* Installation of main engines
* Hydraulic fluid circulation and sample tests
* Orbiter hydraulic operations
* Hold down post ordnance closeouts
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| 844.23 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/27/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Apr 28 1993 11:33 | 30 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, April 27, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: June 11
Target Launch Date/Time: June 3, 6:13 p.m.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Platform retraction
* Position crawler transporter for rollout
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Rollout to pad 39-B (First motion targeted for 8 a.m.,
Wednesday, April 28)
* Launch pad validations
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (T-0 set for 11 a.m.,
Friday, May 7)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Main engine securing
* Aft securing for rollout
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| 844.24 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 04/29/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon May 03 1993 11:55 | 36 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Thursday, April 29, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: June 11
Target Launch Date/Time: June 3, 6:13 p.m.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Launch pad validations
* Open payload bay doors
* Inertial measurement unit calibrations
* Main engine securing
* Heat shield removal
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Mate orbital mid-body umbilical unit
* Install SHOOT payload
* Preparations to replace fuel turbo pump on main engine # 1
(The pump is being replaced due to the potential for cracking
in the turbine inlet sheet metal.)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Rollout to pad 39-B. First motion occurred at 7:22 a.m. today.
The vehicle was hard down on the pad at about 2:00 p.m.
* Rotate service structure around vehicle
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| 844.25 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/05/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu May 06 1993 15:33 | 40 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, May 5, 1993
KSC Contact: Mitch Varnes
407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: June 11
Target Launch Date/Time: June 3, 6:13 p.m.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Preparations to install replacement fuel turbo pump onto main
engine #1
* Preparations for loading of pre-launch onboard propellants
* Main engine insulation foaming operations
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Installation of new turbo pump on main engine # 1 is set to
begin late today. The replacement unit should be completely in-
stalled and torqued to launch specifications by Friday. Leak
checks are set for Saturday. The pump is being replaced due to
the potential for cracking in the turbine inlet sheet metal.
* Loading of hypergolic fuels scheduled for early next week
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test set for May 13-14
* Removal of 3D Microgravity Accelerometer experiment from
Spacehab is scheduled for tomorrow. Vertical access equipment
(MVAK) will be installed today. The experiment is being removed
and replaced due to concerns of the customer.
WORK COMPLETED:
* Fuel pump removed from main engine #1
* Forward/aft reaction control system fuel regulator flow test
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| 844.26 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/10/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue May 11 1993 14:02 | 34 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, May 10, 1993
KSC Contact: Mitch Varnes
407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt.: 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours Target KSC Landing: June 11
Target Launch Date/Time: June 3, 6:13 p.m.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Securing of main engine #1 replacement turbo pump
* Preparations for loading of pre-launch onboard propellants
* Main engine insulation foaming operations
* Inspections of oxygen feedline bracket
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test set for May 13-14
* STS-57 astronauts to arrive at KSC at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
WORK COMPLETED:
* Mechanical hook-up of main engine #1 replacement turbo pump
* Inspections of external tank/orbiter aft strut connections
* Inspections of tail service mast T-0 connections
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| 844.27 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/18/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Fri May 21 1993 10:23 | 35 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, May 18, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: June 3, 6:17 - 7:28 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:14 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Pad cleared for hypergolic fuel loading operations through
Wednesday morning
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Auxiliary power unit leak checks
* Engine number 1 heat shield installation
* Helium signature test
* Launch Readiness Review (Wednesday)
* Flight Readiness Review (Friday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* X-rays and borescope checks of main propulsion system
(additional inspections may be scheduled at a later date)
* Orbiter/external tank umbilical foaming operations
* Close payload bay doors
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| 844.28 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/19/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Fri May 21 1993 10:24 | 33 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, May 19, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham 407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: June 3, 6:17 - 7:28 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:14 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Continue analysis of flexible joints in main propulsion system
* Auxiliary power unit leak checks
* Main engine number 1 high pressure fuel pump leak checks
* Open payload bay doors
* Launch Readiness Review
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Main engine number 1 heatshield installation
* Helium signature test
* Main engine number 1 flight control checks
* Flight Readiness Review (Friday)
* Begin aft compartment closeouts
WORK COMPLETED:
* Hypergolic fuel and oxidizer loading operations
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| 844.29 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/20/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Fri May 21 1993 10:24 | 34 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Thursday, May 20, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: June 3, 6:17 - 7:28 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:14 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Continue analysis of flexible joints in main propulsion system
* Main engine number 1 heatshield installation
* Install and checkout extravehicular mobility units (Spacesuits)
* Spacehab late stowage demonstration
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Helium signature test
* Main engine number 1 flight control checks
* Flight Readiness Review (Friday)
* Begin aft compartment closeouts
WORK COMPLETED:
* Main engine number 1 high pressure fuel pump leak checks
* Open payload bay doors
* Auxiliary power unit leak checks
* Launch Readiness Review
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| 844.30 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/24/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed May 26 1993 10:18 | 34 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, May 24, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: June 3, 6:17 - 7:28 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:14 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Aft engine compartment closeouts
* Continue analysis of flexible joints in main propulsion system
* Preparations for hypergolic pressurization
* Launch countdown preparations
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Ordnance installation
* Pressurization of hypergolic fuel tanks
* External tank purges
WORK COMPLETED:
* Flight Readiness Review
* Spacehab late stowage demonstration
* Helium signature test and hypergolic purges
* Main engine number 1 flight control checks and heatshield
installation
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| 844.31 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/25/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed May 26 1993 10:18 | 35 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, May 25, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: June 3, 6:17 - 7:28 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:14 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Pad cleared of all non-essential personnel
* Pressurization of hypergolic fuel and oxidizer tanks
* Ordnance installation
* Aft engine compartment closeouts
* Continue analysis of flexible joints in main propulsion system
* Launch countdown preparations
WORK SCHEDULED:
* External tank purges
* Final ordnance installation
WORK COMPLETED:
* Helium signature test
* Hypergolic line purges
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| 844.32 | STS-57 prelaunch element set JSC-001 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed May 26 1993 10:25 | 25 |
|
STS-57
1 57001U 93154.98251631 .00033000 00000-0 25200-3 0 12
2 57001 28.4515 73.2955 0050372 47.5745 312.9054 15.45740961 28
Satellite: STS-57
Catalog number: 57001
Epoch time: 93154.98251631 = (03 JUN 93 23:34:49.40 UTC)
Element set: 001
Inclination: 28.4515 deg
RA of node: 73.2955 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-57
Eccentricity: .0050372 Prelaunch Element set JSC-001
Arg of perigee: 47.5745 deg Launch: 03 JUN 93 22:17 UTC
Mean anomaly: 312.9054 deg
Mean motion: 15.45740961 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: 3.3000e-04 rev/day~2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
Checksum: 270
*** NOTE: Since STS-57 is the EURECA retrieval flight, there will be
several orbit adjust burns during the rendezvous sequence.
These elements are based on the planned nominal post OMS-2
burn vector and are valid only until the NC1 burn on orbit 4.
G.L.CARMAN
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| 844.33 | STS-57 Press Kit available | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed May 26 1993 11:19 | 8 |
| The first edition of the STS-57 press kit is available. No graphics yet.
pragma::public:[nasa]sts-57.ps
34 information packed pages.
- dave
|
| 844.34 | | SKYLAB::FISHER | Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent | Fri May 28 1993 10:37 | 5 |
| The launch has been delayed a couple weeks because an inspection stamp was
discovered on a spring in one of the turbopumps in such a location as might
weaken the spring. They are going to replace the pump with one from Discovery.
Burns
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| 844.35 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/27/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Jun 01 1993 14:00 | 45 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Thursday, May 27, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: June 3, 6:17 - 7:28 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:14 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
NOTE: The concern still exists regarding a spring in the high pressure oxidizer
turbopump on Endeavour's main engine number 2 that has a misplaced inspection
stamp (penetration verification stamp). Mission managers are discussing
whether or not the misplaced stamp could reduce the strength of the spring
which is designed to keep the turbopump's ball bearings in place and reduce
vibration. A decision to replace the pump or to fly as is, has not come forth
at this time. Work at KSC continues toward a launch on June 3.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Aft engine compartment closeouts
* External tank purges
* Launch countdown preparations
* SHOOT payload health checks
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Install aft compartment doors
* Final ordnance installation
* Countdown begins 11:00 a.m. EDT Monday
* Crew arrival set for 3:30 p.m. EDT Monday
* Final servicing of the SHOOT payload with liquid helium
* Close payload bay doors for flight (Tuesday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Mass memory unit loads
* Hypergolic fuel tank pressurization
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| 844.36 | Launch Advisory - Delay | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Jun 01 1993 14:01 | 36 |
| Ed Campion May 27, 1993
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 6:00 p.m. EDT
Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
LAUNCH ADVISORY - JUNE 3 LAUNCH OF ENDEAVOUR POSTPONED
NASA managers have decided to changeout Space Shuttle Endeavour's #2 main
engine liquid oxygen turbopump because of an issue which was raised with a part
on the pump. The decision to remove and replace the pump will move the launch
of Endeavour on Shuttle Mission STS-57, originally scheduled for June 3, to
sometime around mid-June. A firm launch date will be set after the replacement
pump has been installed and checked out.
The specific issue with the turbopump is with one of two springs which are
designed to keep the pump's ball bearings in place and in their proper
positions. During inspection of the pump, engineers discovered evidence of an
inspection etch mark in a high-stress region of the spring. While there is
data which indicates the spring will work as designed, NASA managers decided to
replace the unit since they could not firmly determine that the pump would
operate in a safe manner. If a spring were to fail, the rotor position may not
be held accurately and the potential exists for higher vibration.
Springs are etched for a variety of reasons. They are marked to document
individual serial numbers, to verify that materials penetration inspections
have been complete, and/or to note that the part has been used in ground test
operations. The misplaced etch mark on Endeavour's engine was a penetration
verification stamp.
The pumps on the main engines to be used on the upcoming flights of Space
Shuttle Discovery (STS-51/July 1993) and Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-58/Sept.
1993) will be examined as part of their pre-launch processing.
- end -
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| 844.37 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 05/28/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Jun 01 1993 14:02 | 41 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, May 28, 1993
KSC Contact: Lisa Malone
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: mid-June
Landing site: KSC
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
NOTE: A decision was made last night to replace the high pressure
oxidizer turbopump on Endeavour's main engine number 2. Officials
could not conclusively determine whether the misplaced inspection
stamp on an internal spring could reduce its strength. The spring
is designed to keep the turbopump's ball bearings in place and
reduce vibration.
Also last night, officials determined the most probable
cause for the loud noise and vibration in Endeavour's aft com-
partment last month. Tests conducted at the manufacturing plant
proved that a loud noise and vibration could be caused by the
ball strut tie-rod assembly, inside the 17-inch liquid hydrogen
line.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Removal of heat shields around No. 2 main engine
* Preparations to remove oxidizer turbopump
* Backing out of launch countdown preparations
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Removal of oxidizer pump next week
WORK COMPLETED:
* Conditioned liquid oxygen portion of the external tank
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| 844.38 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/01/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Jun 01 1993 14:03 | 31 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, June 1, 1993
KSC Contact: Mitch Varnes
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: Late in third week of June
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: TBD
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Pressurization checks of Reaction Control System and Orbital Maneuvering
System
* Preparations for removing and replacing high pressure oxidizer
turbopump (HIPOTP) from main engine #2
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Removal and replacement of suspect HIPOTP on Thursday
WORK COMPLETED:
* Heat shields removed from main engine No. 2
* External tank purged
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| 844.39 | Updated Press Kit | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Jun 02 1993 10:06 | 8 |
| Final version of the STS-57 press kit is now available. It includes
the mission logo and a cutaway drawing of SpaceHab. 35 pages and counting.
I also cleaned up a couple of formatting snafus.
Same place as before: pragma::public:[nasa]sts-57.ps
- dave
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| 844.40 | EURECA element set? | WIZZER::TRAVELL | John T, UK VMS System Support | Wed Jun 02 1993 19:34 | 10 |
| It just occurred to me that since this mission (whenever it flies) is planned to
retrieve EURECA, they have to go to wherever EURECA is... That is, unless EURECA
is still mobile, and is having it's orbit adjusted to make it easier to catch...
Bearing this in mind, does anyone have an element set for EURECA. This would
allow calculation of where the mission will have to park Endeavour to be able to
reach out and grab hold... If they launch before I return from vacation, I might
still get a chance to see Endeavour in orbit...
John Travell.
|
| 844.41 | | AUSSIE::GARSON | nouveau pauvre | Thu Jun 03 1993 09:10 | 11 |
| re .40
>That is, unless EURECA is still mobile, and is having its orbit adjusted to
>make it easier to catch...
From memory from reading the press kit no mention is made of EURECA
adjusting its orbit - or let me clarify that, the orbit was supposed to
be adjusted "several weeks before launch". Due to the late postponement
of the launch EURECA should already have adjusted its orbit. Unless it
will move back up to 500km, any elset that you have now for it should
remain valid, modulo further delays in the launch schedule.
|
| 844.42 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/02/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jun 03 1993 10:10 | 31 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, June 2, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: Late in third week of June
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: TBD
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Operations to remove and replace high pressure oxidizer
turbopump (HPOTP) on main engine #2
* Pressurization checks and trickle purge of Reaction Control
System and Orbital Maneuvering System
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Hypergolic depressurization
* Secure newly installed HPOTP
* Engine and HPOTP leak checks
WORK COMPLETED:
* Installed engine locks
* Microwave landing system tests
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| 844.43 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/04/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 07 1993 10:44 | 30 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, June 4, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham 407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Window: Around the third weekend of June
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: TBD
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Secure new high pressure oxidizer turbopump (HPOTP) to main
engine 2
* Pressurization checks and trickle purge of Reaction Control
System and Orbital Maneuvering System
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Engine and HPOTP leak checks
* Helium Signature test
WORK COMPLETED:
* Bolted HPOTP to main engine 2
* Re-position body flap and main engines 1 and 3
* HPOTP powerhead checks
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| 844.44 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/07/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Jun 09 1993 10:29 | 31 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, June 7, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham 407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Launch Date/Window: June 20 at 9:37 a.m. EDT
Expected KSC Landing Date: June 28
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Secure new high pressure oxidizer turbopump (HPOTP) to main
engine 2
* Reaction control system helium tank pressurization
* Pressurization checks and trickle purge of Reaction Control
System and Orbital Maneuvering System
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Engine leak checks
* Engine 2 heatshield installation
* Helium Signature test
WORK COMPLETED:
* Preliminary HPOTP leak checks
* HPOTP torque checks on main engine 2
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| 844.45 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/08/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Jun 09 1993 10:29 | 40 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, June 8, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
-----------------------------------------------------------------
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Launch Date/Window: June 20, 9:37 - 10:48 a.m. EDT
Expected KSC Landing Date/Time: June 28, 8:34 a.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
NOTE: Yesterday NASA set June 20 as the new date for the STS-57 Shuttle
mission. The countdown is scheduled to begin at 2:30 a.m. June 17. The
decision follows the completion of work to remove and replace the liquid oxygen
turbopump from Endeavour's number
two engine.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Secure new high pressure oxidizer turbopump (HPOTP) to main
engine 2
* Reaction control system helium tank pressurization
* Pressurization checks and trickle purge of Reaction Control
System and Orbital Maneuvering System
WORK SCHEDULED:
* HPOTP leak checks (Wednesday)
* Engine 2 heatshield installation
* Helium Signature test
* Flight readiness test
* Launch countdown preparations
* Final helium service of SHOOT payload
WORK COMPLETED:
* Preliminary HPOTP leak checks
* HPOTP torque checks on main engine 2
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| 844.46 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/11/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 14 1993 10:37 | 32 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, June 11, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Launch Date/Window: June 20, 9:37 - 10:48 a.m. EDT
Expected KSC Landing Date/Time: June 28, 8:34 a.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Helium Signature test
* Launch countdown preparations
* Begin aft compartment closeouts
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Flight readiness test (Saturday)
* External tank purges (Monday)
* Ordnance installation (Tuesday)
* Countdown set to begin 2:30 a.m. June 17
* Crew scheduled to arrive at KSC 3:30 p.m. June 17
WORK COMPLETED:
* Preparations for helium signature test
* Engine 2 heatshield installation
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| 844.47 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/15/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jun 17 1993 09:50 | 31 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, June 15, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57 -
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Launch Date/Window: June 20, 9:38 - 10:49 a.m. EDT
Expected KSC Landing Date/Time: June 28, 8:34 a.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Launch countdown preparations
* Ordnance installation (Pad clear at 4:00 p.m.)
* Aft compartment closeouts
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Final SHOOT servicing (Wednesday)
* Countdown set to begin 2:30 a.m. June 17
* Crew scheduled to arrive at KSC 3:30 p.m. June 17
WORK COMPLETED:
* External tank purges
* Flight readiness test
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| 844.48 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/16/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jun 17 1993 09:51 | 32 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, June 16, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Launch Date/Window: June 20, 9:38 - 10:49 a.m. EDT
Expected KSC Landing Date/Time: June 28, 8:33 a.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Launch countdown preparations
* Final SHOOT servicing
* Aft confidence test
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Countdown set to begin 2:30 a.m. Thursday
* Crew scheduled to arrive at KSC 3:30 p.m. Thursday
* Close payload bay doors for flight (Thursday)
* Spacehab late stowage operations (Friday/Saturday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Final ordnance installation
* Aft compartment closeouts
* Basic payload closeouts
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| 844.49 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/18/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Sat Jun 19 1993 15:52 | 41 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Launch Minus 2 Days -- Friday, June 18, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Launch Date/Window: June 20, 9:38 - 10:49 a.m. EDT
Expected KSC Landing Date/Time: June 28, 8:33 a.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
NOTE: Work crews are preparing to enter the aft engine compartment this
afternoon to check for high concentrations of helium in the main propulsion
system. The inspections should last no more than a few hours and are not
expected to impact launch on Sunday. Some scheduled events will be delayed a
few hours to accommodate the extra work. At this time the countdown clock is
at T-19 hours and holding and will begin counting again at 2:30 p.m. today.
The six member crew arrived at KSC at about 3:45 p.m. yesterday. Crew members
for this mission are: Commander Ron Grabe, Pilot Brian Duffy, and Mission
Specialists David Low, Nancy Sherlock, Jeff Wisoff and Janice Voss.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Access set-ups to enter aft engine compartment this afternoon
* Late stowage set-ups for SPACEHAB
* Final stowage of mid-deck and flight deck supplies & payloads
WORK SCHEDULED:
* SPACEHAB late stowage operations (late Friday/Saturday)
* Rotate service structure to launch position (Saturday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Countdown began at 2:30 a.m. Thursday
* Crew arrived at 3:45 p.m. Thursday
* Load reactants into onboard cryogenic tanks
* Close payload bay doors for flight
* Final SHOOT servicing and payload bay closeouts
|
| 844.50 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/19/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Sat Jun 19 1993 15:52 | 69 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Launch Minus 1 Days -- Saturday, June 19, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
STS-57
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Launch Date/Window: June 20, 9:38 - 10:49 a.m. EDT
Expected KSC Landing Date/Time: June 28, 8:33 a.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/22 hours/46 minutes
Work continues on schedule today for launch of Endeavour
tomorrow at the opening of the 71 minute window at 9:38 a.m. EDT.
Yesterday crews entered the aft engine compartment to check on
higher than expected concentrations of helium around the main
propulsion system. Inspections revealed no problems and the aft
doors were replaced early this morning.
No other issues or concerns are being worked today.
The rotating service structure was retracted late this morn-
ing with first motion at 11:26 a.m.
Workers are now in the processing of making final stowage of
flight crew equipment and mid-deck experiments.
The weather forecast for tomorrow's launch is very favorable
with only a 10 percent chance of launch criteria violation. This
slight concern is primarily due to the possibility of rain in the
vehicle's flight path.
The countdown clock today is at T-11 hours and holding and
will begin counting again at 7:13 p.m. today.
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| MISSION STS-57 CREW |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Commander (CDR) Ron Grabe
Pilot (PLT) Brian Duffy
Payload Commander (MS1) David Low
Mission Specialist (MS2) Nancy Sherlock
Mission Specialist (MS3) Jeff Wisoff
Mission Specialist (MS4) Janice Voss
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| SUMMARY OF STS-57 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
(Sunday)
3:03 a.m. Wake up
3:33 a.m. Breakfast
4:03 a.m. Free Time
5:28 a.m. Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
5:28 a.m. Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3, MS4)
5:38 a.m. Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
6:00 a.m. Depart for launch pad 39-B
6:30 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress
7:53 a.m. Close crew hatch
9:38 a.m. Launch (June 20, 1993)
|
| 844.51 | STS-57 prelaunch element set JSC-001 (includes EURECA target vector)
| PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Sat Jun 19 1993 15:56 | 113 |
|
STS-57
1 57001U 93154.98251631 .00033000 00000-0 25200-3 0 12
2 57001 28.4515 73.2955 0050372 47.5745 312.9054 15.45740961 28
Satellite: STS-57
Catalog number: 57001
Epoch time: 93154.98251631 = (03 JUN 93 23:34:49.40 UTC)
Element set: 001
Inclination: 28.4515 deg
RA of node: 73.2955 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-57
Eccentricity: .0050372 Prelaunch Element set JSC-001
Arg of perigee: 47.5745 deg Launch: 03 JUN 93 22:17 UTC
Mean anomaly: 312.9054 deg
Mean motion: 15.45740961 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: 3.3000e-04 rev/day~2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 2
Checksum: 270
*** NOTE: Since STS-57 is the EURECA retrieval flight, there will be
several orbit adjust burns during the rendezvous sequence.
These elements are based on the planned nominal post OMS-2
burn vector and are valid only until the NC1 burn on orbit 4.
G.L.CARMAN
STS-57
PREDICTED STATE VECTORS
ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 06/17/93 by Roger Simpson)
NOTE***THESE VECTORS WILL BE UPDATED POST OMS-2***
The following vectors for the flight of STS-57 are provided by NASA
Johnson Space Center, Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in
ground track plotting programs. The first vector represents the
trajectory of Endeavour during on orbit operations, after the OMS-2
maneuver. The second vector represents the trajectory of Eureca prior to
rendezvous. The vectors assume an on time launch.
Lift off Time : 1993/171/13:37:00.000
Lift off Date : 06/20/93
ORBITER VECTOR
Vector Time (GMT) : 171/14:21:08.115
Vector Time (MET) : 000/00:44:08.115
Orbit Count : 001
Weight : 236043.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 2750.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = -20851813.9 FT A = 3680.1307 NM
Y = -2002522.8 FT E = 0.003969
Z = -8073305.8 FT I (M50) = 28.30084 DEG
Xdot = 5216.222871 FT/S Wp (M50) = 49.33453 DEG
Ydot = -23188.707524 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 319.78141 DEG
Zdot = -7720.727544 FT/S / N (True) = 179.99997 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 179.99997 DEG
Ha = 250.801 NM
Hp = 215.054 NM
TARGET VECTOR
Vector Time (GMT) : 171/13:37:00.000
Vector Time (MET) : 000/00:00:00.000
Orbit Count : 001
Weight : 8900.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 305.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = -14422281.1 FT A = 3705.6253 NM
Y = 17120389.7 FT E = 0.001988
Z = 1993581.2 FT I (M50) = 28.31776 DEG
Xdot = -17613.609963 FT/S Wp (M50) = 147.98486 DEG
Ydot = -13455.049742 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 319.62405 DEG
Zdot = -11671.529726 FT/S / N (True) = 21.23735 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 21.15496 DEG
Ha = 260.627 NM
Hp = 253.521 NM
Mean of 1950 (M50) : Inertial, right-handed Cartesian system whose
Coordinate System origin is the center of the earth. The epoch
is the beginning of the Besselian year 1950.
X axis: Mean vernal equinox of epoch
Z axis: Earth's mean rotational axis of epoch
Y axis: Completes right-hand system
A: Semi-major axis
E: Eccentricity N: True anomaly
I: Inclination M: Mean anomaly
Wp: Argument of perigee Ha: Height of apogee
RAAN: Right ascension of ascending node Hp: Height of perigee
Questions regarding these postings may be addressed to Roger Simpson,
Mail Code DM4, L. B. J. Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058,
Telephone (713) 483-1928.
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If you use these state vectors, please drop us a postcard and
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| 844.52 | NASA Select Schedule available | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Sat Jun 19 1993 16:00 | 4 |
| pragma::public:[nasa]sts-57.nasa_select
- dave
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| 844.53 | Scrub #1 (Sunday) | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 21 1993 01:05 | 6 |
| The first launch attempt was scrubbed due to bad weather and rangee
safety problems. NASA announced that they will attempt a launch again
Monday morning around 9AM (I'm sure they gave the exact time, but I
don't have it nearby).
- dave
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| 844.54 | STS-57 Launch Statement June 21, 1993
| PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 21 1993 14:00 | 19 |
| The Space Shuttle Endeavour rocketed into partly cloudly Florida skies at 8:07
a.m. CDT this morning. This is the fourth flight for Endeavour and the 56th
flight of the Space Shuttle system. Endeavour was launched from KSC's
pad 39-B. No technical problems were worked throughout the duration of the
terminal countdown phase. Liftoff was about 22 seconds late, however, due to a
Range Safety hold as a stray aircraft intruded or was about to intrude into
restricted airspace.
Endeavour had been scheduled for launch yesterday but the launch was
scrubbed at T-5 minutes due to low clouds and rain near the Shuttle Landing
Facility and concern for weather at all three available Transatlantic abort
sites.
Endeavour is scheduled to land back at KSC on Tuesday June 29 at about
8:03 a.m.
Mission status reports are usually issued 6 to 12 hours after launch and
updated on a regular basis. Those reports will be posted shortly after they
are received.
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| 844.55 | MCC Status Reports #1,2 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Jun 22 1993 10:18 | 66 |
| Mission Control Center
STS-57 Status Report #1
Monday, June 21, 1993, Noon CDT
The Space Shuttle Endeavour's main engines roared to life this morning at 8:07
a.m. Houston time to start chasing the European Retrievable Carrier in low
Earth orbit.
The ascent portion of the flight went smoothly with a near perfect trip to
orbit for the six-member crew. Once in space, the crew quickly went about
setting up Endeavour for the mission. Mission Specialists Janice Voss and
David Low successfully activated the SpaceHab module and will begin work with
some of the experiments housed in the middeck augmentation module later today.
Also today, Endeaour will perform the first in a series of burns to rendezvous
with the EURECA satellite. The final rendezvous and grapple of the science
satellite will occur on Thursday morning. A four-hour spacewalk by Mission
Specialists Low and Jeff Wisoff is set for Friday morning.
Currently, Endeavour is in a 252 by 212 n.m. orbit and is operating without any
major anomalies.
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #2
Monday, June 21, 1993, 5 p.m. CDT
The STS 57 crew is off to a good start on its first work day in space. At
10:25 a.m. CDT, Payload Commander David Low reported that the crew was
pressing ahead with Spacehab activation. Spacehab is a pressurized module that
quadruples the workspace for crew-tended space experiments. By increasing
access to space for these experiments, NASA is supporting the commerical
development of space so that private sector researchers can test and evaluate
processing techniques in the microgravity environment.
Low and fellow crewmembers Janice Voss, Jeff Wisoff, Brian Duffy and Ron Grabe
entered the module at 11:41 a.m. CDT then went to work turning on the
experiments carried in the Spacehab. Meanwhile, Nancy Sherlock powered on and
checked out the teleprinter and fax machines on Endeavour.
The Spacehab module occupies about one-third of Endeavour's payload bay. The
pressurized module is connected to the Shuttle's mid-deck by the standard
tunnel adapter used on Spacelab missions. The module can hold a mixed
complement of microgravity experiments housed in either locker-size spaces or
in larger Spacelab-type racks.
Experiments underway on STS-57 include materials processing, life sciences
studies, and an investigation of key components for a space station water
reclamation and management system. The crew provided status information to
ground controllers who responded that all the experiments were performing as
expected.
Mission Commander Ron Grabe fired Endeavour's small reaction control system
jets this afternoon for the first in a series of maneuvers to raise Endeavour's
orbit, allowing Endeavour to catch up to the European Retrievable Carrier, or
EURECA, a 10,000- pound research platform that will be plucked from orbit on
Thursday using Endeavour's robot arm. EURECA will be latched down in the aft
section of Endeavour's cargo bay for the return to Earth.
Endeavour circles the Earth every 93 minutes in an elliptical orbit of 252 by
215 nautical miles.
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| 844.56 | MCC Status Reports #3-5 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Jun 23 1993 18:33 | 126 |
| MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #3
Tuesday, June 22, 1993, 6 a.m. CDT
As Endeavour continues closing at a rate of 171 nautical miles per orbit on the
European Retrievable Carrier satellite it will retrieve Thursday, the crew's
attention on its first full day in orbit is being directed toward the
experiments in the Spacehab module. Early this morning, Mission Specialist
Nancy Sherlock turned on the Bioserve Pilot Laboratory in the Spacehab,
laboratory equipment designed for use in growing bacteria specimens. The
bacteria to be studied on the flight include a plant root bacteria that is
beneficial to agriculture and another variety that is used in pharmaceutical
manufacturing. Other Spacehab experiments in work today include the Liquid
Encapsulated Melt Zone experiment, a study of growing highly pure crystals via
a "floating zone" method that takes advantage of weightlessness to allow the
crystals to be grown without being in a container.
Other activities for the crew this morning included flipping their spacecraft
end over end for a test run with the Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer
experiment which is mounted on a platform in the cargo bay. SHOOT studies a
technology that may one day be used to refill satellite-mounted telescopes with
liquid helium, used for cooling of some instruments. For the experiment,
superfluid helium, the coldest substance know to man at almost absolute zero or
minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit, is transferred between two tanks. For a first
run of the experiment, Commander Ron Grabe steered Endeavour through a series
of somersaults, the fastest ones taking about two minutes to complete, and then
fired the shuttle's steering jets to accelerate Endeavour slightly. The flips
and engine firings are designed to slosh the helium in the SHOOT tanks so
engineers on the ground can study the effect. Endeavour will perform two more
engine firings during the next few days for similar studies.
Highlights of the crew's afternoon will include a checkout of Endeavour's
mechanical arm that will be used Thursday by Payload Commander David Low to
grasp EURECA; an engine firing that will align Endeavour in an orbit exactly
below EURECA and adjust the rate it is catching up to the satellite; and
continued work with the 13 various experiments carried in the Spacehab.
The crew was awakened at 12:37 a.m. central today to the song "Sitting on Top
of the World," performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford.
Endeavour is about 4,000 nautical miles behind EURECA in an orbit with a high
point of 252 nautical miles and a low point of 216 nautical miles.
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #4
Tuesday, June 22, 1993, 3:30 p.m. CDT
The Endeavour crew wraps up a busy work day in space when their sleep period
begins at 4:37 p.m.CDT.
The crew received a telephone call from President Clinton at 11:45 a.m. CDT
today. The President congratulated the STS-57 astronauts for their work thus
far on the mission and thanked them for their educational contributions to the
nation's school children. The Endeavour crew contacted students at Mitchell
Elementary School in Houston on the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment.
The second transfer of liquid helium today was successful between the two
containers on the Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer experiment, or SHOOT,
which is mounted on a platform in the cargo bay. SHOOT studies a technology
that may one day be used to refill satellite-mounted telescopes with liquid
helium, used for cooling of some instruments.
David Low and Nancy Sherlock checked out Endeavour's mechanical arm that Low
will use on Thursday to grasp the EURECA science platform. Low put the arm
through the moves he will use during the grapple and berthing of EURECA.
Sherlock practiced the maneuvers she will perform with the robot arm on Friday
when the arm will serve as a work platform for testing procedures during a
planned spacewalk by Low and Jeff Wisoff.
At 12:49 p.m. CDT, Grabe fired selected reaction control system jets, the
small steering thrusters on Endeavour, to align Endeavour in an orbit exactly
below EURECA and adjust the rate it is catching up to the satellite. Endeavour
is now in an orbit with a high point of 253 nautical miles and a low point of
217 nautical miles. Catching up to EURECA at a rate of 185 nautical miles
every 93 minutes, Endeavour is now 2,964 nautical miles behind EURECA.
Both Endeavour and its Spacehab payload are performing very well allowing the
crew to concentrate its attention on the 22 experiments on mission STS-57 and
the planned course corrections to rendezvous with EURECA.
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #5
Wednesday, June 23, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Endeavour's crew worked with a host of secondary experiments this morning as
their spacecraft drew ever nearer to one of the the main objectives of the
mission -- tomorrow's capture of the European Retrievable Carrier satellite.
Today's activities so far have included more operations with the Superfluid
Helium On-Orbit Transfer experiment in the cargo bay; an evaluation of
soldering in weightlessness by Pilot Brian Duffy; continued work with crystal
growth, materials processing and biological experiments in the Spacehab module;
and the activation of several student-devised experiments in the cargo bay.
Early this morning, experimenters at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center in
Greenbelt, Md., successfully completed a third run of the SHOOT experiment, and
Endeavour's Commander Ron Grabe fired the shuttle's steering jets so the
experimenters could guage the effects of the disturbance on their equipment. A
second, similiar engine firing is planned later today as well as more SHOOT
runs. SHOOT studies technology that may one day lead to a method of refilling
satellites in orbit with liquid helium, used for cooling various science
instruments.
Duffy's soldering work is part of an evaluation of maintenance equipment that
may be used on the space station. Duffy began by soldering several electrical
connections together at a special workbench in the Spacehab. Next, he'll
evaluate removing solder from several electrical connections.
Later today, Grabe will fire Endeavour's large orbital maneuvering engines at
around 12:10 p.m. central to continue refining Endeavour's closing on EURECA,
and a second engine firing also may be performed later in the day to prepare
for tomorrow's rendezvous. Endeavour is now about 1,300 nautical miles behind
EURECA, moving closer by about 195 nautical miles with each 93-minute long
orbit.
The crew was awakened at 12:37 a.m. central today by the song "The Smurfs,"
played to them by Mission Control in honor of Mission Specialist Nancy
Sherlock, whose nickname among the astronaut corps is "Smurf."
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| 844.57 | MCC Status Report #6 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jun 24 1993 10:47 | 43 |
| MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #6
Wednesday, June 23, 1993, 3:30 p.m. CDT
The STS-57 crew completed its third work day in space this afternoon. Mission
Commander Ron Grabe completed a pair of jet firings this afternoon to bring
Endeavour closer to the EURECA satellite for Thursday's early morning
retrieval. The first maneuver at 12:08 p.m. helped Endeavour move closer to
EURECA and the second maneuver at 12:55 p.m. brought the Shuttle into a
co-elliptic orbit with EURECA--so that both spacecraft are precisely the same
distance apart in their separate orbits around Earth. Endeavour is now 291
nautical miles behind EURECA, closing in at 32 nautical miles per 94-minute
orbit.
David Low and Jeff Wisoff with assistance from Brian Duffy checked out the
space suits that Low and Wisoff will wear on Friday during a spacewalk to test
tools and procedures that may be used during the Hubble Space Telescope repair
mission later this year. The suit checks went well and both suits are fully
ready for the spacewalk.
The Spacehab module work was completed for today at 2 p.m. CDT. The soldering
experiment conducted by Brian Duffy at a special workbench in the Spacehab
included soldering several electrical connections onto a printed circuit board
and removing the solder from some electrical connections.
Nancy Sherlock reported getting excellent photography of the Bahama Islands for
the CAN-DO project, a student experiment mounted in canisters in the cargo bay.
Students in the Charleston County School District, South Carolina, assembled
the experiment that features a camera to take more than a thousand photos of
Earth for studies of the environment. A second part of the experiment studies
the effects of space on hundreds of different materials.
The space station experiment, Environmental Control and Life Support System
Flight experiment, has a partial clog in the unibed filter. The experiment
tests components of the water recycling system under development for the space
station. An inflight maintenance procedure performed by David Low did not
unclog the filter. Experiment managers plan to evaluate the situation further
while letting this first half of the experiment continue to run in the hope
that some data may be gathered from partial operation. The second half of the
experiment is scheduled for Saturday.
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| 844.58 | STS-57 vectors (day 2) | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jun 24 1993 10:49 | 126 |
| Endeavour is within a few hundred feet of EURECA as I type...
STS-57 element set JSC-011
STS-57
1 22684U 93 37 A 93174.80070494 .00001585 00000-0 31158-4 0 116
2 22684 28.4590 297.8224 0005255 184.0141 176.0458 15.31427478 364
Satellite: STS-57
Catalog number: 22684
Epoch time: 93174.80070494 = (23 JUN 93 19:13:00.90 UTC)
Element set: 011
Inclination: 28.4590 deg
RA of node: 297.8224 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-57
Eccentricity: .0005255 Keplerian Element set JSC-011
Arg of perigee: 184.0141 deg from NASA flight Day 3 vector
Mean anomaly: 176.0458 deg
Mean motion: 15.31427478 rev/day G. L. Carman
Decay rate: 1.585e-05 rev/day~2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 36
Checksum: 300
G.L.CARMAN
STS-57
FLIGHT DAY 2 STATE VECTORS
ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 06/22/93 by Roger Simpson)
The following vectors for the flight of STS-57 are provided by NASA
Johnson Space Center, Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in
ground track plotting programs. The first vector represents the
trajectory of Endeavour during on orbit operations. The second vector
represents the trajectory of Eureca prior to rendezvous.
***NOTE***
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SCHEDULE TO BE USED TO UPDATE THE ORBITER VECTOR
BEING POSTED ON THE JSC PAO BULLETIN BOARD:
FLIGHT DAY 3: Wednesday, 2000 GMT, 3:00 p.m. CDT
FLIGHT DAY 4: Thursday, 1600 GMT, 11:00 a.m. CDT (POST RENDEZVOUS)
FLIGHT DAY 5: FRIDAY, 2000 GMT, 3:00 p.m. CDT (Last Vector before Deorb)
Lift off Time : 1993/172/13:07:21.953
Lift off Date : 06/21/93
ORBITER VECTOR
Vector Time (GMT) : 173/18:00:00.000
Vector Time (MET) : 001/04:52:38.047
Orbit Count : 019
Weight : 238283.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 2750.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = -14360123.3 FT A = 3682.0413 NM
Y = -13662556.2 FT E = 0.004259
Z = -10523753.0 FT I (M50) = 28.24456 DEG
Xdot = 16626.475407 FT/S Wp (M50) = 54.42324 DEG
Ydot = -18607.136815 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 304.81720 DEG
Zdot = 1625.577968 FT/S / N (True) = 223.30440 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 223.63991 DEG
Ha = 253.350 NM
Hp = 218.073 NM
The following is a preliminary maneuver plan for the Orbiter prior to
Eureca rendezvous:
POST BURN
MNVR MET IGN DVX DVY DVZ HA HP
1 001/20:15:48 3.60 0.00 0.00 253.2 220.2
2 001/21:49:12 3.60 0.00 0.00 253.2 222.2
3 002/04:01:52 52.50 0.00 0.00 254.8 252.2
4 002/18:25:28 4.23 0.00 0.00 254.9 254.3
5 002/19:12:30 2.71 0.00 0.00 255.8 254.9
6 002/22:20:43 3.03 -0.15 0.00 257.7 254.9
7 003/01:00:00 GRAPPLE
TARGET VECTOR (NEXT UPDATE WEDNESDAY)
Vector Time (GMT) : 172/16:07:21.953
Vector Time (MET) : 000/03:00:00.000
Orbit Count : 4953
Weight : 8900.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 1.40 (Cd)
Drag Area : 305.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = -2575284.8 FT A = 3704.7291 NM
Y = 21307418.3 FT E = 0.001884
Z = 6648045.2 FT I (M50) = 28.28354 DEG
Xdot = -23274.938175 FT/S Wp (M50) = 131.89307 DEG
Ydot = 87.337678 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 312.03794 DEG
Zdot = -9269.859068 FT/S / N (True) = 9.46570 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 9.43024 DEG
Ha = 260.547 NM
Hp = 253.717 NM
Mean of 1950 (M50) : Inertial, right-handed Cartesian system whose
Coordinate System origin is the center of the earth. The epoch
is the beginning of the Besselian year 1950.
X axis: Mean vernal equinox of epoch
Z axis: Earth's mean rotational axis of epoch
Y axis: Completes right-hand system
A: Semi-major axis
E: Eccentricity N: True anomaly
I: Inclination M: Mean anomaly
Wp: Argument of perigee Ha: Height of apogee
RAAN: Right ascension of ascending node Hp: Height of perigee
Questions regarding these postings may be addressed to Roger Simpson,
Mail Code DM4, L. B. J. Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058,
Telephone (713) 483-1928.
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| 844.59 | KSC Shuttle Status Report - 06/23/93 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jun 24 1993 15:51 | 24 |
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, June 23, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
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-----------------------------STS-57------------------------------
MISSION: STS-57/SPACEHAB/EURECA-Retrieval
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbit (Flight Day 3)
ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 291 x 250 statute miles
INCLINATION: 28 degrees
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: June 21, 9:07.22 a.m. EDT
EXPECTED KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: June 29, 8:09 a.m. EDT
EXPECTED MISSION DURATION: 7 days/23 hours/2 minutes
CREW: Commander Ron Grabe; Pilot Brian Duffy; Mission Specialists
David Low, Nancy Sherlock, Jeff Wisoff and Janice Voss
NOTE: The solid rocket boosters have arrived at Hangar AF. Disas-
sembly and flight analysis will begin today. Preliminary inspec-
tions show no peculiarities following flight.
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| 844.60 | MCC Status Reports #7,8; Latest vector | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jun 24 1993 20:26 | 159 |
| MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #7
Thursday, June 24, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Endeavour is on course with all activities proceeding as planned to recapture
the European Retrievable Carrier, or EURECA, at about 8:27 a.m. central time
today.
The next milestone in the process of intercepting EURECA will be an engine
firing by Endeavour, called the Terminal Interception burn, or TI burn, at
about 6:27 a.m. Performed when Endeavour is eight nautical miles directly
behind EURECA, the TI burn will begin the last phase of the rendezvous with the
European satellite. About an hour after that burn, Endeavour's Commander Ron
Grabe will take manual control of the shuttle's flight controls for the
approach to EURECA. Payload Commander David Low will then use the shuttle's
mechanical arm to capture the satellite and tuck it into the cargo bay for the
trip home.
EURECA controllers in Darmstadt, Germany, are ready for the retrieval, and the
next milestone for them will come during the final phase of Endeavour's
approach when they remotely command the satellite's solar panels to fold up.
Following that, they will command its two antennas to retract as well.
Endeavour's crew was awakened at midnight Houston time to the 1974 tune
"Rendezvous'" performed by The Hudson Brothers. At 5 a.m. CDT, Endeavour was
25 nautical miles behind EURECA and closing slowly. A course correction burn
is next up for the shuttle, scheduled for 5:29 a.m. CDT.
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #8
Thursday, June 24, 1993, 3:30 p.m. CDT
Endeavour's crew captured and stowed the EURECA satellite at 11:36 a.m. CDT
today when the payload retention latches and keel latch locked down onto the
special berthing platform in the aft cargo bay.
The European Retrievable Carrier's two solar panels retracted and latched into
place as planned. But, EURECA ground controllers could not get the two radio
antennas completely into position for a positive latch indication. The number
one antenna was about four degrees from complete retraction and the number two
antenna was two degrees from its stowed position. After an additional attempt
to drive both latch motors in the primary and redundant modes, payload
controllers and the Mission Control team decided to berth the satellite with
the antennas unlatched. The remotely operated electrical umbilical was locked
into place at 11:42 a.m. CDT. The umbilical supplies electricty from
Endeavour's fuel cells to the EURECA satellite's thermal control units to keep
instrument temperatures at the proper levels.
The EURECA payload controllers and Mission Control teams are refining three
options to latch down the two EURECA antennas. The first option calls for the
two spacewalking astronauts, David Low and Jeff Wisoff, to manually hold down
the antenna booms while EURECA controllers send computer commands to drive the
latches closed. The second option has the spacewalkers removing the two
antennas from the satellite and stowing them inside Endeavour's crew cabin at
the end of the spacewalk. The third option would have the astronauts tie down
the antenna booms to the main satellite structure.
During the crew's sleep period tonight, the Planning Team will refine the
details of the three options for a final decision before the spacewalk begins
at 8 a.m. CDT Friday.
Janice Voss wrapped up the Spacehab module experiments for Thursday a few
minutes after 2 p.m. CDT.
Endeavour's circles the Earth every 94 minutes in a near-circular orbit with a
high point of 260 nautical miles and a low point of 255 nautical miles.
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STS-57 element set GSFC-014 (orbit 49)
STS-57
1 22684U 93 37 A 93175.64821865 0.00000990 00000-0 30148-4 0 145
2 22684 28.4591 292.0278 0005299 194.1335 165.9112 15.29165967 493
Satellite: STS-57
Catalog number: 22684
Epoch time: 93175.64821865 (24 JUN 93 15:33:26.09 UTC)
Element set: GSFC-014
Inclination: 28.4591 deg
RA of node: 292.0278 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-57
Eccentricity: 0.0005299 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 194.1335 deg
Mean anomaly: 165.9112 deg
Mean motion: 15.29165967 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6856.4363 Km
Decay rate: 0.99E-05 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 481.68 Km
Epoch rev: 49 Perigee Alt: 474.42 Km
NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 014.
The spacecraft has been propagated to the next ascending
node, and the orbit number has been adjusted to bring it
into agreement with the NASA numbering convention.
R.A. Parise, Goddard Space Flight Center
G.L.CARMAN
STS-57
FLIGHT DAY 4 STATE VECTORS
ON ORBIT OPERATIONS
(Posted 06/24/93 by Roger Simpson)
The following vector for the flight of STS-57 is provided by NASA Johnson
Space Center, Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in ground track
plotting programs. The vector represents the trajectory of Endeavour
during on orbit operations after the rendezvous with Eureca.
***NOTE***
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SCHEDULE TO BE USED TO UPDATE THE ORBITER VECTOR
BEING POSTED ON THE JSC PAO BULLETIN BOARD:
FLIGHT DAY 5: FRIDAY, 2000 GMT, 3:00 p.m. CDT
FLIGHT DAY 8: MONDAY, 1400 GMT, 9:00 a.m. CDT
Lift off Time : 1993/172/13:07:21.953
Lift off Date : 06/21/93
Vector Time (GMT) : 175/18:47:21.953
Vector Time (MET) : 003/05:40:00.000
Orbit Count : 051
Weight : 243584.0 LBS
Drag Coefficient : 2.00
Drag Area : 2750.0 SQ FT
M50 Elements Keplerian Elements
----------------------- --------------------------
X = 14493930.9 FT A = 3705.2990 NM
Y = -16708000.7 FT E = 0.001032
Z = 4101483.1 FT I (M50) = 28.24192 DEG
Xdot = 15598.841162 FT/S Wp (M50) = 61.18081 DEG
Ydot = 16235.131015 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 290.74579 DEG
Zdot = 10924.454241 FT/S / N (True) = 321.48173 DEG
Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 321.55535 DEG
Ha = 259.876 NM
Hp = 254.590 NM
Mean of 1950 (M50) : Inertial, right-handed Cartesian system whose
Coordinate System origin is the center of the earth. The epoch
is the beginning of the Besselian year 1950.
X axis: Mean vernal equinox of epoch
Z axis: Earth's mean rotational axis of epoch
Y axis: Completes right-hand system
A: Semi-major axis
E: Eccentricity N: True anomaly
I: Inclination M: Mean anomaly
Wp: Argument of perigee Ha: Height of apogee
RAAN: Right ascension of ascending node Hp: Height of perigee
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| 844.61 | | STAR::HUGHES | Less zooty, more dusted | Fri Jun 25 1993 11:52 | 7 |
| The two EVA astronauts openned the outer hatch a little after 9am EDT
this morning. I didn't watch long enough to find out which option they
were going to try for certain, but the dialog suggested they were going
to hold the antennas in place while ground control activated the
latches.
gary
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| 844.62 | | SKYLAB::FISHER | Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent | Fri Jun 25 1993 13:28 | 4 |
| Clarinet reported they would first try to retract them as Gary said, and if that
failed strap them down with bungee cords.
Burns
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| 844.63 | | STAR::HUGHES | Less zooty, more dusted | Fri Jun 25 1993 14:50 | 4 |
| And if that doesn't work, use The Force (i.e. duct tape... it has a
light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together)
gary
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| 844.64 | | SKYLAB::FISHER | Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent | Fri Jun 25 1993 15:41 | 4 |
| They got them both latched back using the first procedure (ground control +
astronaut pushing).
Burns
|
| 844.65 | MCC Status Reports #9-12 (Friday, Saturday) | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 28 1993 16:02 | 154 |
| MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #9
Friday, June 25, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Preparations for a space walk planned to start at 8:02 a.m. central time today
have been progressing smoothly aboard Endeavour.
Astronauts David Low and Jeff Wisoff will spend about 40 minutes of their five
hours outside working to secure two antennas on the European Retrievable
Carrier satellite retrieved by the shuttle yesterday. Remote commands during
the retrieval to retract the antennas did not fold them fully, against the
EURECA satellite. Standing on a platform at the end of the shuttle's robot
arm, Low will push each antenna to the fully folded position so that latches
can be remotely closed to hold them secure during Endeavour's return to Earth.
If the latches won't close, then the space walkers will lash the antennas in
place with straps carried aboard Endeavour.
After the antennas are secured, the remaining four hours of space walking will
be spent as planned prior to the flight. Low and Wisoff will perform
evaluations of moving and aligning large objects while standing at the end of
Endeavour's robot arm, evaluate how well a space walker must be restrained to
perform work such as tightening a bolt, and evaluate general mobility.
During the space walk, Mission Specialist Nancy Sherlock will control
Endeavour's mechanical arm from the aft cockpit. Low and Wisoff began
breathing pure oxygen inside their spacesuits four hours before the spacewalk,
purging nitrogen from their bodies to prevent a condition commonly called the
bends. Upcoming activities include the beginning of depressurizing Endeavour's
airlock about 7:42 a.m. central; the EURECA antenna securing to start at about
8:57 a.m.; and the conclusion of the space walk about 1:02 p.m.
The crew was awakened at 12:07 a.m. central today by the Dire Straits' song
"Walk of Life," played by Mission Control in honor of the upcoming space walk.
Early this morning, Commander Ron Grabe fired Endeavour's large orbital
maneuvering system engines to drop the low point of the shuttle's orbit by
about 45 nautical miles and enhance the landing opportunities that will be
available at the end of the mission. Endeavour is now in an orbit with a high
point of 256 nautical miles and a low point of 210 nautical miles, circling
Earth each 93 minutes.
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Mission Control Center
STS-57 Status Report #10
Friday, June 25, 1993, 4:30 p.m. CDT
The European Retrievable Carrier's dual antennas are safely latched against the
science satellite following a spacewalk by Mission Specialists David Low and
Jeff Wisoff.
At the beginning of the five-hour, 50-minute extravehicular activity, David Low
mounted an foot restraint on the end of Endeavour's robotic arm. Mission
Specialist Nancy Sherlock then positioned the arm so Low could gently push the
arms against EURECA's latch mechanisms. Payload controllers then drove the
latches to secure each antenna.
Following the EURECA work, Low and Wisoff performed several procedures for an
abbreviated EVA Detailed Test Objective. Activities associated with each of the
areas of investigation -- mass handling, mass fine alignment and high torque --
were completed with both EVA crewmen taking turns on the robot arm. Low and
Wisoff wrapped up their spacewalk and returned to Endeavour's airlock shortly
before 3 p.m. Central.
The STS-57 crew will end their fifth day in space with an eight-hour sleep
period, beginning at 4:37 p.m. Central.
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MISSION CONTROL STATUS REPORT
STS-57 Status Report #11
Saturday, June 26, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
With a primary objective of their flight -- the retrieval of the EURECA
satellite -- completed, Endeavour's crew will turn its attention back to the
host of experiments aboard the shuttle and in the Spacehab module.
The crew was awakened at 1:07 a.m. after eight and a half hours of sleep for
the sixth day of the flight to the song "Holiday" performed by Madonna, played
to suggest the crew take some time to celebrate the success of their mission.
Activities today for the crew will include work with crystal growth, spacecraft
technology and biological experiments in the Spacehab. Among the experiments
will be an evaluation of maintenance equipment, including an oscilloscope and
electrical test meter, that may be used on Space Station Freedom.
In addition, the crew will run an experiment in transferring fluids in
weightlessness without creating bubbles in the fluid. The experiment, called
the Fluid Aquisition and Resupply Experiment, or FARE, studies filters and
processes that may lead to methods of refueling spacecraft in orbit and
transfers water between two foot-diameter transparent tanks on Endeavour's
middeck. During some tranfers, Endeavour's steering jets will be fired to
observe the disturbance created by them to the process.
As an evaluation of one activity that may be required for a shuttle to spend
long periods docked at the space station, Pilot Brian Duffy will turn off one
of Endeavour's three electricity-generating fuel cells today. The fuel cell
will be restarted in two days.
At about 12:22 p.m. central today, Commander Ron Grabe and Payload Commander
David Low will be interviewed by the Cable News Network about their flight.
Endeavour is in a 256 by 209 nautical mile orbit, circling Earth each 93
minutes.
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MISSION CONTROL STATUS REPORT
STS-57 Status Report #12
Saturday June 26, 1993, 2 p.m. CDT
The Endeavour crew completed flight day six activities about 1:30 p.m. CDT
today. Saturday's work focused on several experiments in the Spacehab module
and one experiment carried in the middeck.
The diagnostic equipment portion of the Tools and Diagnostics System experiment
was performed by Nancy Sherlock. Using electronics test instruments including
an oscilloscope and electrical test meter, Sherlock conducted tests on a mock
printed circuit board and communicated with ground controllers via computer
messages on suggested repair procedures and their results.
Brian Duffy and Jeff Wisoff worked on several test setups of the Fluid
Acquisition and Resupply Experiment, or FARE, which evaluates techniques that
could be used to develop methods of refueling spacecraft in orbit. By
transferring water between two transparent tanks on Endeavour's middeck,
engineers can evaluate how the fluids behave while the shuttle's steering jets
are fired for small maneuvers.
Janice Voss worked on the Liquid Encapsulated Melt Zone, or LEMZ, experiment
which uses a process called floating zone crystal growth. The low- gravity
conditions of space flight permit large crystals to be grown without touching a
container. This particular experiment uses a liquid to surround the indium
bismuth material as it is melted, then solidified into crystal form.
Researchers expect to produce large single indium crystals that may pave the
way for use of the LEMZ hardware to test materials of commercial interest on
future missions. If processes can be refined to commercially produce large,
pure crystals such as gallium arsenide, they could contribute to the next
generation of high-speed computer, optics and sensor systems.
The test calling for shutting down one of Endeavour's fuel cells was terminated
when the hydrogen reactant valve would not close. Fuel cell number three was
restarted without incident and is performing normally. Flight controllers are
evaluating whether to try the test again later in the mission. The study is
designed to expand the electrical generation engineers' knowledge of fuel cell
performance when turned off and then back on while in space. At least three
tests on separate shuttle flights are planned in preparation for prolonged
shuttle stays at the space station when a fuel cell would need to be
temporarily turned off.
Endeavour continues to perform well, allowing the crew to dedicate its work
days to the Spacehab module experiments.
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| 844.66 | MCC Status Reports #13-15 (Sunday, Monday) | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 28 1993 16:04 | 129 |
| MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #13
Sunday, June 27, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Endeavour's crew continues to work on experiments in the Spacehab module and
the shuttle's lower deck that includes studies of body posture, the spacecraft
environment, crystal growth, metal alloys, wastewater recycling and the
behaviour of fluids.
The crew was awakened at 11:37 p.m. CDT last night to begin their seventh day
aboard to the song "I Got You," performed by James Brown, a favorite tune of
Payload Commander David Low.
Included in the day's work will be a second day of test runs of the Fluid
Aquisition and Resupply Experiment by Mission Specialist Jeff Wisoff. FARE, in
the shuttle's middeck, consists of two transparent tanks linked by a series of
filters and special plumbing, studies technology for transferring fluid from
one container to another with a minimum of bubbling in weightlessness. Fluids
and gas do not naturally separate in weightlessness as they do in Earth's
gravity when fluid collecting at the bottom of a contaner and the air above.
FARE's technology may one day lead to a method for refueling spacecraft in
orbit.
Other experiments later today will include a study of an astronaut's body
posture in orbit. In weightlessness, the spine lengthens and other changes
take place which result in a unique posture. The study will photograph and
videotape crew members floating in a relaxed position, and is hoped to provide
assistance in improving the design of future spacecraft to make them as
comfortable and habitable as possible. For the same reasons, the crew will
evaluate lighting conditions and noise levels on the shuttle and in the
Spacehab today.
Endeavour remains in excellent mechanical health in an orbit of 256 by 209
nautical mile orbit circling Earth each 93 minutes.
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STS-57 Status Report #14
MISSION CONTROL CENTER
Sunday June 27, 1993, 2 p.m. CDT
The STS-57 crew put in another busy day of science and hardware testing today
as it wrapped up a full work week in space.
Ron Grabe, Brian Duffy and Janice Voss participated in the Neutral Body
Position study. Flight surgeons have noted on previous flights that the body's
basic posture changes while in microgravity. This postural change, sometimes
called the "zero-g crouch," is in addition to the one- to two-inch lengthening
of the spine during space missions. To better document this phenomenon over
the duration of a space mission, still and video photography of crew members in
a relaxed position are taken early and late in the mission. Researchers will
include these findings in the specifications for design of future spacecraft to
make work stations and living areas efficient and more comfortable for
astronauts.
Jeff Wisoff worked on several more run-throughs of the Fluid Acquisition and
Resupply Experiment, called FARE, in Endeavour's middeck. This test transfers
water between two see-through containers with the goal of making the transfer
cycle without causing bubbles in the water. Experiment investigators hope to
use the results to develop refueling systems for orbiting satellites.
Nancy Sherlock stepped through the electronics procedures portion of the Human
Factors Assessment this morning. She set up a work platform then hooked up a
notebook computer and went through a simulated computer procedure for a space
station propulsion system. These studies rely on the astronauts' feedback for
planning future, longer-duration missions. Since crew members will
increasingly rely on computer procedures instead of paper documents for
maintenance and operations of spacecraft and experiment equipment, it is
important to make the equipment and the procedures as easy to use as possible.
Sherlock and Duffy also completed some preparatory steps for a possible in-
flight maintenance procedure on the Environmental Flight Experiment called EFE,
a test of water recycling hardware being developed for a space station.
Sherlock and Duffy removed 27 screws from the top panel of the experiment
fixture, leaving eight screws to hold the panel in place. Should a decision be
made to perform the repair procedure, a designated crew member would try to
remove a clog in the experiment's fluid line.
Endeavour continues to perform nearly flawlessly as it circles the Earth every
93 minutes in an elliptical orbit of 256 by 208 nautical miles.
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #15
Monday, June 28, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Endeavour's crew this morning checked the controls the shuttle will use to
return to Earth, worked to unclog a line in a water recycling experiment, and
planned to speak with reporters about their flight in an early morning press
conference.
Mission Specialist Nancy Sherlock performed an impromptu plumbing job on the
Environmental Control Systems Flight Experiment, a study of wastewater
purification equipment that may be used aboard future spacecraft. EFE uses a
mixture of water and potassium idodide to simulate wastewater. The solution is
pumped through a series of filters to purify it. During the flight,
experimenters have seen a reduced flow of water through the device and opted to
perform the maintenance procedure.
Sherlock loosened a fitting on one water line inside the experiment, wrapped
the loose fitting with an absorbent diaper, and, using a laptop computer
onboard, turned a pump on the experiment into reverse for about 20 minutes in
an attempt to flush out the clog. Sherlock then retightened the fitting and
put the experiment back into normal operation for ground experimenters, who
will now spend about an hour and a half watching it run to see if the clog has
been cleared.
Meanwhile, Commander Ron Grabe and Pilot Brian Duffy found everything in order
during a standard check of Endeavour's flight controls and cockpit displays
performed in preparation for the trip home. A test firing of the shuttle's
steering jets is scheduled later. Endeavour is currently set to touchdown at
7:44 a.m. CDT Tuesday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. However, enough
supplies and electricity are available onboard to add another day in orbit to
the flight, and shuttle managers will consider that option when they meet later
this moring.
A second opportunity for landing Tuesday at Kennedy would mean a 9:24 a.m.
touchdown. For Tuesday's first opportunity, Endeavour would fire its engines
at 6:34 a.m. to begin its descent. For the later landing, Endeavour's engines
would fire at 8:14 a.m.
The crew was awakened at 10:37 p.m. Sunday for their eighth day in orbit to
Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star." Endeavour is in a 256 by 208 nautical mile
orbit, completing a circle of Earth every 93 minutes, 21 seconds.
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| 844.67 | | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 28 1993 16:08 | 12 |
| Endeavour is coming home tomorrow. The EFE experiment was not repaired so
they essentially don't have much to stay up for (other than the spectacular
views -- wow!).
NASA Select was an extra-special treat for this flight. During the crew
sleep time (which is essentially prime-time here on the U.S. east coast),
they downlinked video from the payload bay cameras. Dust storms off of
Saudia Arabia, thunderstorms at night over Africa, brush fires in
Australia... what a job.
- dave
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| 844.68 | MCC Status Report #16 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 28 1993 16:10 | 41 |
| MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #16
Monday, June 27, 1993, 9 a.m. CDT
Endeavour's crew this morning checked the equipment the shuttle will use for
tomorrow's Florida landing; attempted a repair of a water recycling experiment;
and spoke to reporters about their flight in a 6:37 a.m. CDT press conference.
Endeavour is currently set to touchdown at 7:44 a.m. central Tuesday at
Florida's Kennedy Space Center. A second opportunity for a landing tomorrow at
Kennedy would mean a 9:24 a.m. touchdown. For tomorrow's early opportunity,
Endeavour would fire its engines at 6:34 a.m. to begin its descent. For the
later landing, Endeavour's engines would fire at 8:14 a.m.
Mission Specialist Nancy Sherlock devoted most of her day to an impromptu
plumbing job on the Environmental Control Systems Flight Experiment, or EFE, a
study of wastewater purification equipment that may be used aboard future
spacecraft. EFE uses a mixture of water and potassium idodide to simulate
wastewater. The solution is pumped through a series of filters to purify it.
However, experimenters have seen a reduced flow of water through the device.
Sherlock loosened a fitting on one water line inside the experiment, wrapped
the loose fitting with an absorbent diaper, and, using a laptop computer
onboard, turned a pump on the experiment into reverse for about 20 minutes in
an attempt to flush out the clog. Sherlock then retightened the fitting and
put the experiment back into normal operation for ground experimenters.
However, as the experiment was powered up, Sherlock spotted a leak from the
fitting. Rather than dissassemble the equipment again, flight controllers
opted to stop the work due to the limited time left for the crew's other
priorities.
Meanwhile, Commander Ron Grabe and Pilot Brian Duffy found everything in order
during standard checks of Endeavour's flight controls, cockpit displays and
steering jets performed in preparation for the trip home. Endeavour is in
excellent condition for tomorrow's landing.
The remainder of the day will be devoted to powering down and packing up the
experiments on board in preparation for the return. Endeavour is in a 256 by
208 nautical mile orbit, completing a circle of Earth every 93 minutes, 21
seconds.
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| 844.69 | Landing waved off for today | SKYLAB::FISHER | Carp Diem : Seize the fish! | Tue Jun 29 1993 12:25 | 7 |
| The landing scheduled for this morning has been waved off until tomorrow due to
weather at KSC. Tomorrow, there are two opportunities to land at KSC (first at
7:59 EDT, I think), and then two more at EAFB. For some reason, there were no
opportunities today at EAFB. Perhaps the physical opportunities were too early
(still dark?).
Burns
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| 844.70 | | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Jun 29 1993 14:56 | 9 |
| I'm pretty sure there were 2 Edwards "opportunities", but they were not in
consideration except for emergency purposes. Endeavour had plenty of
consumables for an extra day in orbit (they were planning on running
a full extra day anyway), so if KSC wasn't O.K., no big deal. I guess it
is cheaper to keep it up an extra day vs. transporting it from California.
The fun stops tomorrow. They come home -- one place or the other.
- dave
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| 844.71 | | SKYLAB::FISHER | Carp Diem : Seize the fish! | Tue Jun 29 1993 15:35 | 3 |
| That makes a lot more sense, Dave.
Burns
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| 844.72 | MCC Status Reports #17,18 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue Jun 29 1993 16:44 | 73 |
| ISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #17
Monday, June 28, 1993, 3 p.m. CDT
Endeavour's six-member crew went to sleep a few minutes after 2 p.m. CDT today
after completing their eighth work day in space. Earlier today, Ron Grabe and
Brian Duffy checked the equipment the shuttle will use for tomorrow's Florida
landing. Nancy Sherlock, aided by Janice Voss, attempted a repair of a water
recycling experiment. The entire crew spoke to reporters about their flight in
a 6:37 a.m. CDT press conference.
Endeavour is currently set to touch down at 7:45 a.m. central Tuesday at
Florida's Kennedy Space Center. A second opportunity for a landing tomorrow at
Kennedy would mean a 9:23 a.m. touchdown. For tomorrow's early opportunity,
Endeavour would fire its engines at 6:39 a.m. to begin its descent. For the
later landing, Endeavour's engines would fire at 8:19 a.m.
The Spaceflight Meterology Group's latest weather forecast remains the same for
Tuesday morning. The Planning Team and Entry Team flight controllers will
monitor weather conditions leading up to Endeavour's scheduled landing time.
Curent predictions are generally favorable with a possibility of low clouds and
rain showers within 30 miles of KSC's runway 33 at the first landing
opportunity, and a chance of rising winds at the time of the second
opportunity.
Meanwhile, Commander Ron Grabe and Pilot Brian Duffy found everything in order
during standard checks of Endeavour's flight controls, cockpit displays and
steering jets performed in preparation for the trip home. Endeavour is in
excellent condition for tomorrow's landing.
The STS-57 crew will wake up at 10:07 p.m. CDT tonight to begin their final
steps in powering down and packing up the experiments on board in preparation
for their Tuesday landing. Endeavour is in a 256 by 208 nautical mile orbit,
completing a circle of Earth every 93 minutes.
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #18
Tuesday, June 29, 1993, 5 a.m. CDT
Endeavour's cargo bay doors have been shut and all preparations for a planned
7:44 a.m. CDT landing at Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33 are proceeding
smoothly.
For a 7:44 a.m. Florida touchdown, Endeavour will fire its engines at 6:34
a.m. to begin its descent. The current weather forecast for Kennedy calls for
favorable weather, but there is a chance of rainshowers in the vicinity of the
landing site. Flight controllers will continue to monitor the weather and
receive updated forecasts as the morning progresses.
If needed, a second opportunity also exists at KSC, beginning with an engine
firing by Endeavour at 8:14 a.m. and leading to a 9:23 a.m. touchdown on Runway
33. Opportunities also exist for a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.,
a backup landing site, but they are not under consideration by flight
controllers as an option today.
After a 6:34 a.m. deorbit burn, Endeavour would enter the atmosphere at about
7:13 a.m. when it reaches an altitude of about 75 miles. Its approach to
Florida will take it across the coast of northern Baja California at about 7:24
a.m. and continuing above northern Mexico to cross the western Texas border at
about 7:26 a.m. It will cross Texas in less than four minutes, traveling
through the central part of the state and passing north of Marfa, south of San
Angelo and south of Waco before crossing the Louisiana border about 7:30 a.m.
After passing almost directly above Alexandria, La., Endeavour will move off
the coast and over the Gulf midway between New Orleans and Mobile, Al., at
about 7:32 a.m. At about 7:36 a.m., still traveling four times the speed of
sound, Endeavour will cross the Florida coast north of Tampa. It will go
subsonic at it passes north of Orlando at about 7:40 a.m. and then perform a
right 232-degree turn above Kennedy as it makes a final approach for touchdown.
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| 844.73 | | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Jun 30 1993 09:21 | 7 |
| First attempt at KSC was waived off. Second attempt looks questionable
(line of thunderstorms will have just moved off).
No Edwards attempts today either. They have 2 days of consumables still
on board.
- dave
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| 844.74 | | SKYLAB::FISHER | Carp Diem : Fish the Day | Wed Jun 30 1993 11:25 | 3 |
| They have waved off till Thursday.
Burns
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| 844.75 | MCC Status Reports #19,20 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jul 01 1993 10:41 | 62 |
| STS-57 Status Report #19
Tuesday, June 29, 1993, 4:30 p.m. CDT
The STS-57 crew went to sleep at 2:07 p.m. CDT today after unfavorable weather
conditions at Florida's Kennedy Space Center canceled their landing plans.
Low clouds at the Shuttle Landing Facility and possible showers in the Kennedy
area required that today's landing be delayed until Wednesday.
The Shuttle crew completed their deorbit and landing backout procedures, gave
status reports on some middeck payloads, and prepared the vehicle for an
overnight stay in space.
Endeavour's crew will wake up at 10:07 p.m. CDT tonight to begin final
preparations for a Wednesday landing. The first landing opportunity is to
Kennedy Space Center with a deorbit engine firing at 5:48 a.m. CDT and landing
on runway 33 at 6:59 a.m. CDT.
Should weather prove unsuitable for a KSC landing, two back-up landings are
available at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The first opportunity calls
for a deorbit burn at 7:17 a.m. CDT with landing at 8:28 a.m. CDT.
Endeavour continues to perform well as it orbits Earth every 93 minutes in an
elliptical orbit of 257 by 208 nautical miles.
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-57 Status Report #20
Wednesday, June 30, 1993, 3 p.m. CDT
The Endeavour crew is spending another day in orbit after Wednesday's landing
at the Kennedy Space Center was delayed for a second consecutive day to
Thursday. Low clouds and the possibility of rain showers in the vicinity of the
Shuttle landing facility have prevented Endeavour's landing so far.
During their shortened work day, the crew set up the bicycle ergometer and
monitoring equipment for an experiment investigating aerobic exercise as a
countermeasure to the dizziness astronauts sometimes experience upon returning
to Earth's gravity. The study compares readings from various body systems as
the astronaut exercises vigorously on the stationary bicycle. Measurements
from exercise performed pre-flight, on the third flight day, the day before
landing, and post-flight are compared to help determine if aerobic exercise
could be used as an effective countermeasure against the physiological effects
of weightlessness during longer duration space missions.
Thursday's landing at Kennedy Space Center is scheduled at 7:52 a.m. CDT,
requiring Endeavour's orbital maneuvering systems engines to fire at 6:41 a.m.
CDT to bring Endeavour back into the Earth's atmosphere. Should weather be
unfavorable at KSC, landing would occur at Edwards Air Force Base, California
at 9:21 a.m. CDT. The deorbit engine firing would occur at 8:10 a.m. CDT for
the California landing.
Endeavour's systems continue to function well as the Orbiter circles the Earth
every 93 minutes in a 256 by 208 nautical mile orbit.
-end-
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| 844.76 | Endeavour safely lands at KSC | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jul 01 1993 10:43 | 5 |
| A beautiful landing today at KSC runway 33.
When I left for work they were safing the orbiter.
- dave
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| 844.77 | STS-57 LANDING STATEMENT | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Jul 07 1993 10:49 | 14 |
| STS-57 LANDING STATEMENT
July 1, 1993
After an extended mission, Space Shuttle Endeavour successfully landed at the
Kennedy Space at 8:52 a.m. EDT. The landing concluded Endeavour's STS-57
mission which retrieved the EURECA satellite and conducted experiments in the
Spacehab module. The post-flight press briefing for this mission is scheduled
for July 13 at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
Endeavour's main gear touched down at 7:52:16 a.m. CDT. Nose gear touchdown
occurred at 7:52:34 a.m. with wheel stop at 7:53:23. Total mission elapsed
time for STS-57 was 9 days, 23 hours, 46 minutes, and 1 second.
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| 844.78 | EURECA Back on Earth | CXDOCS::J_BUTLER | E pur, si muove... | Wed Jul 14 1993 18:16 | 63 |
|
European Space Agency
Press Information Note No. 17-93
Paris, France 1 July 1993
EURECA BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH
EURECA, the European Space Agency's largest and reusable satellite,
landed on Thursday 1 July at 14h52 CEST [Central European Summer Time]
on the Space Shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center (USA).
After almost 11 months in near-Earth space providing pristine microgravity
conditions for a record duration of almost seven months, EURECA has
fulfilled its task and satisfied the expectations of the scientists involved
in this programme. Its safe return to Earth brings to an end of a series of
complex orbital operations planned and carried out jointly by ESA and NASA.
One prerequisite for EURECA's return to Earth was reaching rendez-vous
and retrieval orbit at a lower altitude. As its orbit had by the end of May
1993 decayed (through natural air drag) from the initial mission altitude of
508 km to about 490 km, a precision descent to the phase-repeating rendez-vous
orbit around 476 km altitude was required.
The EURECA Operations Control Centre at ESOC, Darmstadt, was in
charge of planning and executing the orbital manoeuvres. Three burns, one
each on 20, 24 May and 8 June, were carried out and brought about perfect
conditions for EURECA's retrieval.
The spacecraft was however not idle during the waiting period that followed:
its payload operations programme was resumed and continued successfully
until 14 June, when most of the instruments had to be deactivated to allow
for propellant leak closeout test to proceed until retrieval. On this very
last day of general payload operations the WATCH instrument, while scanning
the sky for cosmic X-ray sources, detected and located a strong 10-second
single-peak burst of a previously unknown gamma-ray source (GRB930614).
In view of its recent success, the WATCH instrument was activated for a final
observation opportunity on 21 June 1993, the day of Endeavour's launch.
ESA's Inter-Orbit Communications experiment (IOC) was used until a few
hours before retrieval, to augment the EURECA data recovery and
command.
Space Shuttle Endeavour was following closely the orbital manoeuvre plan
that put it in pursuit of EURECA, and achieved orbital catch-up and rendez-
vous three days later on 24 June 1993 when, at 1553h CEST, the Shuttle's
robot arm firmly engaged with EURECA's grapple pin.
Before this decisive event, EURECA had been shifted to optimal grappling
attitude and its two huge solar arrays were retracted, reducing its physical
dimensions from a span of almost 20 meters to a compact 4.5 meters.
EURECA's multi-disciplinary complement of 15 active and 3 passive
payloads allowed a total of 71 experiments to be carried out; some of them
stretched over several months, with many involving multiple runs. These
intensive experiment activities yielded a wealth of data and products,
catering for the engineering and scientific interests of 29 European institutes
and research centres.
The results of scientific evaluation of the experiments, particularly those in
the microgravity disciplines (the prime purpose of the mission), will be
presented during a dedicated EURECA Day, to be held on 18 July 1994 as
part of the COSPAR conference planned for then in Hamburg, Germany.
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| 844.79 | Errant command to STS-57 mission caused short circuit and minor power failure | SKYLAB::FISHER | Carp Diem : Fish the Day | Wed Aug 04 1993 15:48 | 51 |
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Subject: Erroneous shuttle command prompts safety review
HOUSTON (UPI) -- NASA officials are looking into how a wrong command
was sent to the space shuttle Endeavour during its June 21-July 1
flight, causing sparks and a brief power loss on board the craft.
None of the six astronauts aboard was hurt and the $1.8 billion
spacecraft was undamaged. But the incident spurred Johnson Space Center
officials to convene a meeting of a safety advisory board that will
issue recommendations next week for avoiding future problems, the
Houston Post reported Wednesday.
``While the particular incident itself wasn't so terribly serious,
the process hiccup that was there...could be extremely serious,'' said
Lee Briscoe, lead flight director at JSC.
The incident happened when the controller -- one of 17 certified by
NASA to supervise shuttle mechanical systems in orbit -- improvised an
electrical test that was not thoroughly reviewed by co-workers in
Mission Control.
Randy Stone, assistant director for shuttle mission operations, said
the controller sent two commands without a reset command to separate
them. The commands caused a short circuit that could have burned wires
or disabled part of the shuttle.
``I'm sure there were some local sparks at a contact, but it was out
in the (cargo) bay in a vacuum,'' Stone said. ``It wasn't in an area you
could see.''
The controller was testing one of the shuttle's three main power
units when power was lost to a vent door, a cooling fan inside a bank of
experiments and possibly smaller systems, Stone said.
Power was restored to the vent door within 10 minutes, and the
cooling fan was fixed by astronauts the next morning, Stone said.
NASA officials did not release the name of the flight controller. He
remains certified and ``will probably be much better'' because of his
mistake, Stone said.
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| 844.80 | EURECA Symposium | CXDOCS::J_BUTLER | E pur, si muove... | Sun Apr 10 1994 10:26 | 68 |
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Subject: EURECA symposium at ESTEC [ESA Release 05-94]
Date: 8 Apr 1994 11:40:27 -0700
Organization: European Space Agency
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Press Information Note Nr.05-94
Paris, 8 April 1994
EURECA symposium at ESTEC
Following the successful mission in space and return to Earth
of ESA's EURECA (EUropean REtrievable CArrier (*)), the
project team, the operations team and representatives of the
industrial consortium that built the spacecraft will present the
technical and operational achievements of this mission during
a three-day symposium at ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk, the
Netherlands, on 27-29 April 1994.
The symposium will also be an opportunity to highlight the
numerous scientific accomplishments of the mission and to
present the first results of the many post-flight investigations
still under way at various laboratories and companies
throughout Europe.
Media representatives are welcome to attend the opening
session of the Symposium on Wednesday 27 April with the
following programme:
09:00 Registration in Conference Centre (Newton
Conference Room)
Collection of badges and conference kitsd
10:30 Opening of Symposium
Opening addresses
10:45- Session A
13:00 EURECA: Objectives, implementation,results
a. The EURECA programme objectives
b. EURECA from an industry point of view
c. The EURECA mission, its operations concept and
d. Highlights of the EURECA deploy and
retrieve missions
e. EURECA scientific results: an overview
- Questions and Answers
13:00 Lunch
Media representatives intending to attend the opening session
of the symposium are kindly requested to complete the
attached form and return it (preferably by fax) to:
ESA/ESTEC Public Relations Office
Keplerlaan 1
NL-2200-AG-NOORDWIJK
(The Netherlands)
Tel: + 31 1719 83006
Fax: + 31 1719 17400
(*) Deployed by Space Shuttle Atlantis (mission STS-46) on
2 August 1992, the EURECA platform was retrieved after 11
months of successful operation in orbit on 24 June 1993 and
returned to Earth on 1 July 1993 by Space Shuttle Endeavour
(mission STS- 57).
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