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"920917.DFC" (131388 bytes) was created on 09-17-92 17-Sep-92 Daily File Collection These files were added or updated between 16-Sep-92 at 21:00:00 {Central} and 17-Sep-92 at 21:00:18. =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920917.REL 9/17/92: NASA SCIENTIST AWARDED RUSSIAN MEDAL FOR SPACE ACHIEVEMENT HQ 92-151/HUNTRESS AWARD Donald L. Savage Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 17, 1992 RELEASE: 92-151 Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, Washington, D.C., last week received the Korolev Medal, awarded by the Russian Federation of Astronautics and Cosmonautics for achievement in space research. Dr. Huntress received the award at the sixth annual meeting of the U.S./Russia Joint Working Group on Solar System Exploration held in San Francisco. The award citation recognized his "great contribution to the development of Russian-American cooperation in solar system exploration." Recipients of the Korolev Medal have included cosmonauts, scientists and key individuals who have made significant contributions to space research. "I'm especially pleased that Dr. Huntress has been recognized for this prestigious award," said Daniel S. Goldin, NASA Administrator. "It is another symbol of the close working relationship between NASA and our colleagues in the Russian Federation and the high level of esteem with which they -- and we -- regard him." Dr. Huntress currently is responsible for leading the nation's planetary science and exploration program, including the ongoing missions of Ulysses, Magellan and Galileo and the upcoming Mars Observer mission. Dr. Huntress has been Director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division since July 1990. Prior to that, he served for 2 years as Special Assistant to the Director of the Earth Science and Applications Division. He came to NASA Headquarters after a 20-year career as a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., where he participated in a number of projects including the Giotto Halley's Comet, the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby and Cassini missions. At JPL, Dr. Huntress and his group gained international recognition for their pioneering studies of chemical evolution in interstellar clouds, comets and planetary atmospheres. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920917.SHU KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 9/17/92 KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1992 11 AM STS-47/SPACELAB J - ENDEAVOUR (105) - ON-ORBIT Mission STS-47 continues successfully as flight day 6 begins today. Endeavour's landing is planned on Sunday at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 7:19 a.m. EDT. KSC's convoy team will safe the vehicle and prepare the orbiter for tow to Or- biter Processing Facility bay 1. The STS-47 flight crew is scheduled to depart KSC about 8 hours after landing enroute to Houston, Tex. STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Cleaning of the payload bay. - Preparations to close the payload bay doors. - Close outs of the vehicle. - Final brazing of gaseous nitrogen lines in the aft compartment. - Replacement of the water accumulator for the crystals by vapor transport experiment located in the middeck. - Loading the STS-52 experiments into the payload canister. WORK SCHEDULED: - Transfer the STS-52 payloads to Pad 39-B tomorrow. - Transfer Columbia to the Vehicle Assembly Building targeted for Sunday. Columbia will be bolted to the external tank and boosters. - Flight Readiness Review on October 1. - Launch targeted for mid-October. STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 3 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Disconnection of the orbital maneuvering system crossfeed lines. - Preparations to remove the left orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pod for repairs of an oxidizer isolation valve. The pod will be transferred to the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility where repairs will be made. - Leak and functional tests of the auxiliary power units. - Servicing of freon coolant loop No. 1. - Servicing of the potable water. MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Packing the Ku-band drive assembly. - Installing the reinforced carbon carbon chin panel. - Preparations to deservice the freon cooling system. - Tests of the main propulsion system. WORK SCHEDULED: - Ferry Atlantis to the Rockwell International facility in Palmdale, Calif. on October 17 for extensive modifications. STS-52 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS/EXTERNAL TANK - VAB HIGH BAY 1 WORK SCHEDULED: - Bolting the orbiter Columbia to the boosters and tank this weekend. STS-53 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS/ MLP-1 - VAB HIGH BAY 3 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Attaching the right forward segment to the right booster. # # # # Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920917.SKD DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 9/17/92 Daily News Thursday, September 17, 1992 24-hour audio service at 202/755-1788 % Flawless performance of STS-47 crew, Spacelab and Endeavour continues; % Flight management OK's mission extension, landing now set for Sunday; % Administrator Goldin to give keynote speech at Aerospace Industries luncheon; % Langley researchers working on tropical atmospheric chemistry investigations; % Now that school has begun, Marshall reports Spacelink calls rising again; % Columbia set for rollover this Saturday for mating with STS-52 stack. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The nearly flawless performance of Endeavour, the Spacelab module and the seven-member STS-47 crew continues as the mission progresses toward a new planned landing on Sunday. Mission managers yesterday told the crew that because of their superb management of onboard consumables, the mission was being extended an additional day. Spacelab-J mission manager Aubray King said that extension would produce "a large increase in the science return." Japanese payload specialist Mamoru Mohri yesterday performed an in-flight maintenance procedure on the Image Furnace to improve its ability to precisely melt acoustically-suspended samples. The furnace's mirror and lamp adjustment system were greased by Mohri. The furnace was then used to provide additional data on the volume-temperature relationships of glass melts. Other crew members continued their investigations with materials and life science subjects. Mission specialist Jan Davis terminated the growth and secured one small organic metal crystal. The crystals, which are extremely difficult to grow well-enough on Earth to study the crystal properties, are believed to be an important new research tool for studies in the developing field of organic electronics. Another, larger sample continues to grow in another chamber. Life science observations of the frogs, carp and hornets indicate that all these biological subjects continue to perform well in their microgravity environment. The hornets now appear to be tending to larvae and building their honeycomb. Mae Jemison and Davis also continued with their Lower Body Negative Pressure tests. The system is being developed as a possible countermeasure for some of microgravity's debilitating effects on the human cardiovascular system. Jemison and Davis also took part in separate conversations with teachers, students and community leaders yesterday. Jemison talked with former teachers and present students in her hometown of Chicago, telling them that her teachers were a great influence on her and her choice of a career. Davis later spoke with community leaders from her hometown of Huntsville, telling them she was excited to be working an a Marshall-managed project after having worked at the center for eight years. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon being held in Washington today of the Aerospace Industries Association of America. Goldin will announce a number of initiatives to improve how NASA conducts business and works with its contractors. The remarks are being taped for playback following the conclusion of the STS-47 mission on NASA Select television. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Earth scientists at the Langley Research Center are in the process of monitoring the chemical composition of the atmosphere over the southern tropical Atlantic Ocean and the adjacent African and South American continental land masses. The investigation is part of the center's continuing environmental investigations into global tropospheric chemistry. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Marshall Space Flight Center reports their Spacelink calls are up again, as expected with school beginning. The center's electronically-maintained space and science database received about 18,000 callers last month. Almost half of the callers were either teachers or students. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kennedy Space Center technicians expect to move Columbia from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building just past midnight Saturday, September 19, for mating with the STS-52 solid rocket booster and external tank stack. The Kennedy center's launch readiness review for the mid- October mission has been set for Thursday, October 1. The mission is a nine-day flight to deploy a variety of scientific payloads and carry out a number of engineering and science experiments. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. Note that all events and times may change without notice, and that all times listed are Eastern. Live indicates a program is transmitted live. Thursday, September 17, 1992 Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space program. 9:00 pm Flight Day 6 highlights. Friday, September 18, 1992 Live 7:53 am VIP conversation with Japanese payload specialist Mamoru Mohri. Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space program. 9:00 pm Flight Day 7 highlights. Saturday, September 19, 1992 Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space program. 9:00 pm Flight Day 8 highlights. Sunday, September 20, 1992 6:19 am Scheduled time of Endeavour's re-entry maneuver. Live 7:19 am Scheduled time of landing of STS-47 crew and Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. NASA Select TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C- Band, 72 degrees West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, audio subcarrier is 6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920917A.REL 9/17/92: FIRST STUDENT-BUILT ROCKET PAYLOAD SET FOR LAUNCH MONDAY HQ 92-152/STUDENT ROCKET Terri Sindelar Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 17, 1992 Keith Kohler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. RELEASE: 92-152 The first sounding rocket payload managed and built by students is scheduled for launch on a NASA Orion launch vehicle, Monday, Sept. 21, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. Using surplus and donated equipment, the students will measure ozone density in the atmosphere above Wallops Island. Their data will be analyzed and compared with data gathered by NASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite. The pilot project, known as the Colorado Student Ozone Atmospheric Rocket (CSOAR), was developed to demonstrate the use of sounding rocket flight as a valuable educational tool for undergraduate and graduate students. This joint venture between NASA and the Space Grant Consortiums in Colorado and Virginia provides students hands-on experience in learning the basics of sounding rocket and science instrumentation, as well as learning about atmospheric ozone. More than 50 graduate and undergraduate students from six participating Colorado colleges and universities have developed the CSOAR payload over the past 2 years. Virginia students are providing post-flight data comparison and public affairs support. NASA Wallops Flight Facility is providing engineering advisors, an Orion launch vehicle, payload recovery system and operational launch support. The science instruments on the 140-pound (63 kg) CSOAR payload will begin taking data at about 15 miles (25 km) and will continue until the rocket reaches its highest altitude of 37 miles (60 km). The payload will descend by parachute and be recovered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The total flight time is less than 30 minutes. The participating Colorado universities are the University of Colorado at Boulder; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Fort Lewis College, Durango; Mesa State College, Grand Junction; Colorado State University, Fort Collins; and University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo. The Virginia universities participating in the CSOAR project are Old Dominion University, Norfolk, and Hampton University, Hampton. The CSOAR launch is supported by the NASA Sounding Rocket program, which is managed at Wallops for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications, Washington, D.C. The NASA program consists of approximately 30 sounding rockets launched each year from various worldwide locations. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920917B.REL 9/17/92: GOLDIN ANNOUNCES INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE NASA PERFORMANCE Bill Livingstone Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 17, 1992 RELEASE: 92-154 WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced a series of broad initiatives and activities to improve the way the agency conducts business and works with its contractors. "We are committed to strengthening AmericaUs belief in NASA as the 'can do' government agency," Goldin said at a speech to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). "And to remaining an institution that provides inspiration, economic and education benefits to all Americans." The initiatives represent the work over the past several months of the Red and Blue review teams, which have been looking at every NASA program on ways to operate faster, better, and cheaper without compromising safety. As each of the teams scrubbed through their respective programs, they were tasked to pay particular attention to operational costs that have been growing at an alarming rate. "We are pleased to report that each team has taken steps to reduce those costs," Goldin said. "We will use those savings to begin planning for new missions, using small spacecraft." Following are the major initiatives and activities: NASA'S Program Priorities ** Shuttle Safety Top Priority -- NASA is working to make the shuttle system safer and more reliable. This includes making investments in new display systems to optimize the flight controllers tasks, investing in hardware improvements, improving engine safety, and developing state of the art avionics. "Our top priority is Shuttle safety -- the continuation of a safe, robust shuttle program into the early part of the next century, with a maximum of eight flights per year," Goldin said. ** Space Station Freedom Second Priority -- "Our second priority is Space Station Freedom," Goldin said. NASA is taking steps to ensure its top talent is working on this program, and Goldin said NASA expects contractors to put their best people on the program as well. ** Pooling Award Fees -- To ensure that there is complete cooperation among the contractors working various contracts, NASA is examining the idea of setting aside a portion of the Space Station contractors' award fee and establishing a combined pool. "The fee paid from this pool would be awarded based on how well the contractors are working as an integrated team in meeting milestones and cost estimates," Goldin said. ** Aeronautics is High Priority -- Goldin said NASA must forge a joint vision with its partners in industry of where we should be heading in commercial aeronautics. The Red and Blue teams recommended that NASA better balance its programs between advanced subsonics, NASP hypersonics and high speed civil transport, including, as an example, shifting more funds to advanced subsonics and noise reduction. "We need to concentrate on programs that will lay the ground work for future generations of commercial aircraft," Goldin said. "We cannot get there from here if we spread our resources too thin." "We must also shift more resources to supersonic transport propulsion concepts, aimed at greater fuel efficiencies and lower noise and exhaust emissions," Goldin said. Goldin announced that in October he will meet with the CEOs of the largest airframe and engine manufacturers to brainstorm and discuss whether they agree with NASA'S assessment of priorities in aeronautics. ** EOS, AXAF, and Cassini High Priority -- Delivery on these science missions is a very high priority. Based on reviews of the Red and Blue teams, it has become clear that the development of suitable instruments is impacting NASA'S ability to accomplish these programs on time and within cost estimates. "We intend to call upon our contractors, scientists from universities, and our field centers to develop a new process to ensure we can provide for early availability of these instruments so crucial to our ability to extend our knowledge of Earth and our solar system," Goldin said. ** Earth Observing Systems (EOS) -- EOS has been rescoped, resulting in several improvements. Tasks have been more clearly defined and therefore can be more readily accomplished. "The program is more evolutionary now; new capabilities will be phased in," Goldin said. "Some of the potential international collaborations can result in certain EOS measurements being made earlier than was originally envisioned." The rescoping exercise, and incorporating 'common designs' will result in savings of $3 billion, "while still preserving the essential science objectives, as well as launch schedule of the main EOS spacecraft." An estimated $1 billion will be saved by rescoping and deferrals, including the deletion of the High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (HIRIS) instrument from the second EOS-AM spacecraft launched in 2003. Goldin said the deletion of the instrument can potentially be compensated for by a vigorous Landsat program and/or advances in technology that result in lighter weight and lower cost imaging instruments. ** Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) -- AXAF has been restructured into two smaller platforms. The changes will not cause a negative impact on the expected science. The Imaging AXAF mission will be launched into a high Earth orbit, allowing simpler and less expensive support systems for power, communications and pointing control. The small, or spectroscopic, mission will be flown on a Delta class rocket to low Earth orbit. ** Cassini Redesigned -- Fundamental changes will be made in the management approach. Technical managers will be empowered to act as project managers for their subsystems. All elements of a section will report directly to the technical manager. Projected staffing levels will be reduced by over 700 workyears. Key features of the re-designed mission include: Cassini-unique spacecraft with body-fixed instruments, and a lighter spacecraft permitting the launch by a standard Titan IV vehicle. ** Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) a Priority -- Goldin said NASA will perform the precursor work to ensure the SEI goals are achievable. NASA will also focus on small probes. "Our goal is to build a credible program in the short term, and with that foundation, work towards more substantial funding in future years," Goldin said. Other Initiatives ** National Launch System -- The Blue Team recommended changes to the program baseline, which are being coordinated with the Department of Defense, that include the reassessment of the facilities needed, the engine-out requirement for multi-engine configurations, and acceleration of vehicle development. ** Award Fee -- NASA will discuss its final proposed policy on Award Fee Contracting with the NASA-Industry Process Action Team on September 21 and expects to issue a policy for public comment in early October. ** Independent Cost Assessment Group -- NASA will establish a new independent group -- as recommended by the Augustine Committee -- staffed with sufficient resources and modern cost estimating tools, to help ensure its cost estimates are as accurate as possible. ** Cost Overruns -- Goldin said NASA "can no longer afford broken promises." According to a General Accounting Office (GAO) report, in a sample of 29 NASA programs, the average cost growth was 75 percent. "We can not tolerate contracts so fluid, that the product we bargained for in no way resembles what we end up with," Goldin said. "We are partners with industry, but we will hold you [contractors] accountable for what you sign up to deliver and ourselves accountable for establishing firm requirements," Goldin said. "I am confident that if we work as a team we will not only deliver great science, but we will do it on time and within budget. As a team, we will deliver on our promises," Goldin said. ** Town Meetings -- NASA will share its vision, mission and values with the American people during a series of town meetings, scheduled to begin in November, as well as allow prime contractors, small and disadvantaged businesses and the university community to express their views. Planned locations include Hartford, Raleigh-Durham, Tampa, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Seattle. ** Headquarters -- NASA is examining the roles and responsibilities of headquarters and the centers. The review is focused on eliminating conflicts caused by a lack of clear lines of authority and responsibility, as well as identifying the tasks that are headquarters' functions that should be transferred to field centers. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:3_2_7.TXT HOW TO PROPOSE NAMES FOR VENUS GEOLOGICAL FEATURES SPACELINK NOTE: The date for submitting names has past, but we have left this document on the system for historical purposes. 3/8/91: NAMES OF NOTABLE WOMEN TO BE PROPOSED FOR VENUS FEATURES RELEASE: 91-38 Scientists of NASA's Magellan Project, in association with the U.S. Geological Survey, are inviting the public to propose names of notable women for the many impact craters and large volcanic vents being discovered on Venus by the Magellan spacecraft's imaging radar. "We want everyone, especially students, to share in the adventure of discovery," said Magellan Project Scientist Dr. Steve Saunders. He said that the impact craters on Venus are some of the most beautiful features in the solar system. They form somewhat randomly in time and space when an asteroid or very large comet collides with Venus' surface. "The flower-like symmetry of impact craters evidences the enormous energy of these infrequent events," he said. "A modest 20-mile-diameter crater represents more energy than is contained in all the arsenals on Earth." Names sent to the Magellan Project offices at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be compiled for the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, a committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The IAU gives final approval to names for bodies in the solar system. Because the IAU meets only every 3 years and its next meeting is in July 1991, names newly proposed for Venusian features will not be considered until the following meeting in 1994. But names proposed this year, if accepted as provisional by the nomenclature committee, may be used on published maps and in articles, pending final approval by the IAU. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Flagstaff, Ariz., field office said they expect names for 4000 or more features on Venus are likely to be required in the coming decade. Of those features, at least 900 are expected to be impact craters. Cratersand volcanic calderas, called "paterae," on Venus are named for notable, actual women. Indeed, all features on Venus are named for women, with only three exceptions. They are Maxwell Montes, named years ago for early radar pioneer James Maxwell, and Alpha Regio and Beta Regio. "The mapping of Venus is unique in the history of cartography," said USGS cartographers Ray Batson and Joel Russell. "Never has so much territory been discovered and mapped in so short a period of time." The process of naming features on Venus began in the 1960s with early radar images taken from Earth. It continued through radar mapping spacecraft expeditions of the United States and Soviet Union. But, they said, the Magellan mission is resolving features 25 times smaller than those mapped previously and its radar data will cover an area nearly equivalent to that of the continents and the ocean floors on Earth. Many features on Venus, by international agreement, are named for goddesses of ancient religions and cultures. But craters and volcanic calderas or vents, the paterae, are named for actual women. There are certain stipulations, however. For example, women must have been deceased for at least 3 years and must have been in some way notable or worthy of the honor. Names of military or political figures of the 19th and 20th Centuries are specifically forbidden under rules of the IAU, as are the names of persons prominent in any of the six main living religions. Names of a specific national significance also are not allowed. When the name is submitted, her birth and death years and a one or two sentence written rationale for the honor should be given, along with a reference book citation, if available. The Magellan project members ask that submissions be sent to: Venus Names Magellan Project Office Mail Stop 230-201 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Dr. Pasadena, Calif. 91109. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_20.TXT SL-J Mission Status Report #07 6:00 p.m. CDT, September 15, 1992 03/08:40 MET Spacelab Mission Operations Control Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama As Space Shuttle Endeavour continued its orbit of the Earth, crew members were busy on their fourth day of the mission known as Spacelab-J. Forty-three experiments make up the payload for this seven-day, joint venture between the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and several of these investigations were the focus of today's research. Dr. Mamoru Mohri completed the initial operation of the Acoustic Levitation Furnace, one of several which make up Japan's Materials Experiment Laboratory (MEL). He successfully demonstrated that it is possible to heat a glass sample while it is suspended to avoid contact with a container. While the glass was levitated by sound waves traveling between twin curved mirrors, it was heated by the focused light of a pair of halogen lamps. The glass was suspended for an extended period, allowing it to melt and begin to cool, before a random vibration moved it away from the center of its case and caused it to hit the chamber wall. Principal investigator Dr. Junji Hayakawa of the Government Industrial Research Institute was very pleased with the first performance of his experiment facility in space. He asked that the crew avoid all contact with the furnace panel to alleviate any possible vibrations duing the next sample levitation session, scheduled for late Thursday afternoon. This experiment attempts to create a non-silicon-based glass with superior transmission properties in the infrared wavelength region. Mohri installed a sample containing an alloy of tungsten and nickel powder into the Large Isothermal Furnace (LIF) to test a materials processing application known as sintering. Sintering is a process by which particles are joined together to form a material using heat and pressure, without reaching the melting point of one or both of the materials. The sample of tungsten-nickel mixture was installed in the LIF and heated at 2800 degrees Fahrenheit. Growth of solid particles when one of the compounds is melted is of interest to scientists, but cannot be studied effectively on Earth because gravity segregates the solid particles. The data gathered during this mission will help scientists such as principal investigator Dr. Shiro Kohara of the Science University of Tokyo better understand and possibly improve sintering processes on Earth. It also raises the possibility of conducting such alloy manufacturing in microgravity laboratories like Space Station Freedom. In an effort to understand more about the factors that contribute to space motion sickness, Mohri had his head in a stabilizing device while he tracked a series of lights on a cross made of two bars. The first part of this test investigates how the eye responds to simple visual stimuli in microgravity conditions. The second use of this light-stimulation equipment tested hand-eye coordination under weightless conditions to gather data on human functioning and performance during space travel. One of Mission Specialist Mark Lee's many duties today included giving a report on the health of the carp to scientists at the Spacelab Mission Operations Control center in Huntsville, Ala. He mentioned that the fish looked the same as they did on launch day and appeared to be in good health. This verbal report is in addition to the brain wave recordings made during the light stimulation activities in their containers, which take place two times each day. By gathering data on the sensory conflict between eyes and inner ears during Spacelab-J, scientists hope to better understand this difference and its relationship to space motion sickness. Lee worked with another experiment investigating the effects of space travel when he exchanged the media (nutrient supply) in samples of rat bone-forming cells, which have been growing in a thermoelectric incubator for several days. Principal investigator Dr. Nicola Partridge of the St. Louis University School of Medicine will analyze the data from this experiment to answer some of the questions about the changes that take place when bone is subjected to microgravity. By understanding how spaceflight causes changes in bone cell function, scientists can better understand why bones become weaker during spaceflight. Lee also inserted the second sample of the semiconductor material lead-tin-tellurium into the Gradient Heating Furnace. Principal investigator Dr. Tomoaki Yamada of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation hopes to produce homogeneous single crystals, widely used in electronic applications. During the next 12-hour shift, Science Mission Specialist Mae Jemison and Mission Specialist Jan Davis will concentrate their efforts on providing information about the effects of body fluid loss to the lower extremities during space flight. This investigation, known as the Lower Body Negative Pressure Experiment, will help scientists develop countermeasures for the effects of microgravity on the cardiovascular system for future space travel. Jemison and Davis also will conduct other life and material sciences research during their shift. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_24.TXT STS-47 STATUS REPORT #14 MISSION CONTROL CENTER Wednesday, September 16, 1992, 3 p.m. CDT Capcom Sam Gemar announced to the Red Team crew members--Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru Mohri--at 9:44 a.m. CDT that the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission will be extended one extra day for additional science work. Flight controllers have been monitoring electrical power and breathing air levels over the first four mission days and have accumulated enough surplus consumables for about 25 hours additional time on-orbit over and above the standard two extension days planned for weather delays or other unexpected situations. During their fifth work day in space, Gibson and Brown periodically ran a fan hooked up to the air inlet at the front of the ISAIAH experiment container. The fan came from one of the crew launch/entry partial pressure suits. Increasing the air circulation through the hornets' enclosure did reduce the humidity from about 96 percent to as low as 78 percent. Brown monitors the humidity reading on the enclosure's instruments every two hours . Investigators expect the fan will have to be run periodically for the remainder of the flight. Gibson and Brown continue monitoring and videotaping the prefilter installed in the line between the cabin heat exchanger and the humidity separator. Detailed test objective number 647 evaluates the performance of the filter to remove debris from the air/water stream going from the heat exchanger to the humidity separator. The Blue Team--Jay Apt, Jan Davis and Mae Jemison--will wake up about 4 p.m. CDT. The Red Team will hand over the Orbiter and Spacelab chores to the Blue Team about 5 p.m. CDT. All systems aboard Endeavour continue nearly flawless performance. Endeavour is in a near-circular orbit of 16 by 162 nautical miles in an attitude that minimizes the number of thruster firings so as not to disturb sensitive experiments in the Spacelab module. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_25.TXT SL-J SPACELAB STATUS REPORT #9 SL-J Mission Status Report #09 6:00 p.m. CDT, September 16, 1992 04/08:40 MET Spacelab Mission Operations Control Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri took time out to give a lesson on microgravity to a group of school children in Japan. During the lesson, he told the children what it is like to live and work in a microgravity environment. After "class" was over, Mohri and Mission Specialist Mark Lee began their fifth day in the shirt-sleeve atmosphere of the Spacelab module, located in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Today's announcement of an extra day in space will give the crew members of Spacelab-J another 24 hours to conduct research in the microgravity laboratory. An in-flight maintenance procedure was performed by Mohri to lubricate the motor drive shaft of the Image Furnace (IMF). An earlier experiment run using this heating facility prompted engineers to develop a maintenance procedure to grease the motor drive shaft and allow the twin curved mirrors and two halogen lamps to move freely over the sample being heated in the furnace. Once this activity was completed, he installed a cubic sample of oxide glass into the center of the IMF. The actual temperature of the oxide sample was determined by observing the melting point of gold pieces imbedded in the glass sample. Principal investigator Dr. Naohiro Soga of Kyoto University watched video downlink of this experiment to obtain data on the occurrence of flow in a melting glass sphere in microgravity and to confirm information obtained on Earth for volume-temperature relationships of glass. Mohri installed two samples of silicon into the Crystal Growth Experiment Facility. The silicon was melted and allowed to grow into single crystals, then cooled. One of the advantages of crystals grown in space is that crystal growth can be achieved without the molten crystal touching the container, thus eliminating some of the impurities associated with Earth-grown crystals. Researchers will study these crystals to find out more about the growth and non-uniform characteristics of oxidation of silicon material. Mohri also conducted research in the area of life sciences today when he examined cultures of hybridoma cells. This experiment is to give scientists such as Dr. Atsushige Sato of Tokyo Medical and Dental University a better understanding of the effects of microgravity on cell structure and function. The cells in this investigation are like cancer cells in that they reproduce rapidly; however, hybridomes secrete monoclonal antibodies, which fight disease in much the same way that white blood cells do. Because of their rapid reproduction and disease fighting capability, these hybridoma cells produce valuable antibodies more rapidly than would white blood cells. To check on the overall health and well-being of the female frogs, Lee pulled the General Purpose Workstation from its stowed position in the Spacelab module. The advantages of having a confined area to handle these African clawed frogs were evident as video downlink showed one of the frogs leaping from Lee's gloved hands and levitating momentarily in the absence of gravity. During this activity, Lee added Ringer's solution (synthetic pond water) to the frogs' containers to keep them comfortable during their stay in space. Lee also took the chicken eggs out of their "space nests" and turned them over, simulating the actions taken by a mother hen during incubation. This experiment is being conducted on Spacelab-J to study the loss of calcium from bones and the resultant loss of bone density during spaceflight. The results of this investigation could help astronauts as well as people subjected to prolonged bedrest on Earth. During the next 12-hour shift, Mission Specialist Jan Davis and Science Mission Specialist Mae Jemison will once again provide information to help evaluate the effectiveness of the combination of fluid consumption and negative pressure on the lower body extremities during a medical investigation known as the Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. Davis also will conduct research in materials processing using paraffin with fine aluminum flakes as tracers in the Marangoni Convection Experiment Unit. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_26.TXT MISSION CONTROL CENTER STS-47 Status Report #15 Wednesday, September 16, 1992, 10:30 p.m. CDT Spacelab-J's Blue Team is midway through its sixth day of what is now expected to be an eight-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mission Specialist Jay Apt worked with the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment on the middeck and reported a good burn about 6:45 p.m. CDT. He noted, however, that the instrumented filter paper appeared to burn slightly unevenly. Apt also continued t o take Earth observations photographs, and reported that so far Endeavour has made contact with about 5,700 ham radio operators using the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment. Mission Specialists Jan Davis and Mae Jemison continued their work with experiments in the Spacelab-J module. Jemison participated in a live television interview hosted by a Chicago television station and fielded questions from students and former teachers in her hometown at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Before he began his sleep shift, Pilot Curt Brown reported that the insects in the Israeli Space Agency Investigation About Hornets appear to be working on their comb and tending larvae. Yesterday, the crew ran a fan hooked up to the air inlet at the front of the ISAIAH experiment container to increase the air flow and lower the humidity in the middeck locker. Scientists asked for the procedure because the hornets are used to a warm, dry climate. After the report of the comb-building activity, the crew was told it no longer needs to continue checking the hornets every two hours. The Red Team--Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru Mohri--will awaken at 2:30 a.m. CDT Thursday and take over for the Blue Team about 5 a.m. The crew was informed at 9:44 a.m. CDT Wednesday that the STS-47 Spacelab-J will be extended one extra day for additional science work. Endeavour and its crew have accumulated enough surplus consumables for about 25 hours additional time on-orbit over and above the standard two extension days planned for weather delays or other unexpected situations. All systems aboard Endeavour continue to perform nearly flawlessly. Endeavour is in a near-circular orbit of 164 by 163 nautical miles in an attitude that minimizes the number of thruster firings so as not to disturb sensitive experiments in the Spacelab module. ### Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_27.TXT MISSION CONTROL CENTER STS-47 Status Report #16 Thursday, September 17, 1992, 5:30 am. CDT Experiment data gathering is the norm aboard Endeavour as the spacecraft continues to perform without any problems that would impact the Spacelab science instruments. Flight controllers spent a relatively quiet morning assisting Mission Specialist Jay Apt in monitoring all orbiter systems and planning activities for the Red Team of crew members. Mission Specialist Mae Jemison discussed her activities thus far on the mission with the Sheridan Broadcasting Network and was a guest on the CBS morning program "Up to the Minute." All seven crew members participated in a press conference, answering questions from reporters located at the Kennedy Space Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center. Weather forecasters have begun taking a more detailed look at conditions for Sunday's landing and are predicting improved conditions in Florida at time of touchdown now scheduled for 6:19 a.m. CDT. The crew will perform the routine checkout of Endeavour's flight control surfaces tomorrow as planned pre-flight. ### Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_28.TXT SL-J Mission Status Report #10 6:00 a.m. CDT, September 17, 1992 04/20:40 MET Spacelab Mission Operations Control Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama Aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Blue Shift crew members Science Mission Specialist Dr. Mae Jemison and Mission Specialist Dr. Jan Davis continued conducting life sciences and materials processing research. NASA and Japan's space agency NASDA are sharing resources in this joint venture, Spacelab-J, a mission that has been extended one day, offering a "large increase in the science return," according to Mission Manager Mr. J. Aubray King. During their 12-hour shift, they took a break from their busy schedule to talk to folks back home. Jemison, a medical doctor, spoke with students in Chicago, Ill., where she grew up. She characterized Spacelab-J as a "very successful mission" and credited NASA training. She also said that her teachers from Morgan Park School were a great influence on her and her choice of a career. Following that interview, Davis spoke with community leaders from her hometown, Huntsville, Ala., the location of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. She said that she likes the role of "ambassador in space" and is excited to be working on a Marshall-managed mission, after spending eight years at Marshall as an engineer. The Spacelab science schedule is carefully planned before the mission and constantly monitored by activities planners at Marshall Center's Spacelab Mission Operations Control. When set-up for the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) experiment took longer than expected, the ground crew quickly went to work to reschedule one materials processing experiment that was to be performed by Davis as she monitored Jemison's progress during a decompression portion of the LBNP activity. The LBNP apparatus includes a cylindrical fabric bag that seals around the subject's waist and acts as a vacuum vessel. This bag is attached to the floor of the Spacelab module. Davis thanked principal investigator Dr. John Charles of Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, for letting her shift the bag's position, allowing Jemison to look out the Spacelab aft-end window while confined in the bag, since crew members rarely have a chance to enjoy the view. LBNP is a system being developed to counteract the effects of space on the heart and to help astronauts keep comfortable and healthy, especially on returning to gravity. Earlier in her shift, Davis was the subject for the LBNP ramp protocol, a 30-minute decompression run. After that, she switched from life sciences to materials processing when she turned on the Gradient Heating Furnace. She inserted graphite containers containing four indium-and-aluminum samples and one copper-and-lead sample inside a corrosion-resistant cartridge equipped with an ultrasonic vibrator. The cartridge was initially heated to 1750 degrees Fahrenheit to melt the samples. The temperature was maintained for 56 minutes, during which time the vibrator operated for 10 minutes to mix the molten ingredients. The temperature was then reduced to approximately 1200 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, and finally cooled using a helium purge, solidifying the ingredients into an alloy. In space, materials may be processed that are difficult to mix on Earth due to gravity-induced separation of ingredients. This experiment explores the possibility of fabricating more homogeneous, or uniform, alloys. These samples will be returned to Earth for metallurgical analysis by principal investigator Dr. Akihiko Kamio of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Davis also terminated the growth in a small organic metal crystal cell. Organic metals are organic compounds that have metal atoms or ions bound to them, allowing them to conduct electricity. On Earth, gravity-driven convection and sedimentation may cause crystals to develop flaws that make it hard to examine their properties. Principal investigator Dr. Hiroyuki Anzai of Japan's National Electrotechnical Laboratory wants to understand these properties, as organic metals may make important contributions to electronics in the future. This small crystal had been growing in the Organic Crystal Growth Experiment Facility for nearly eight hours, observed by a still camera. A large crystal sample continues to grow in a second OCG chamber. Because the crystals are very fragile, the samples will be placed in a fluid for the return to Earth. Davis also removed a non-silicon-based glass sample that had previously been processed in the Acoustic Levitation Furnace (ALF). Micrograviity allows containerless processing, which has important implications for improving the transmission properties of glass used for things such as telescopes. On Earth, when glass is manufactured, the ingredients touch the sides of the containers in which they are processed. This may introduce impurities and degrade the ability of glass to transmit light waves. The ALF contains a speaker and two mirrors that focus energy to levitate the glass-making ingredients. Dr. Junji Hayakawa of Japan's Government Industrial Research Institute will study the glass bead samples and video documentation produced to investigate the possibility of containerless processing for superior glass production. During the Red Shift, Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri and Mission Specialist Mark Lee will be performing the first run of the Bubble Behavior Unit, will process materials samples in the Image Furnace, and continue monitoring the carp experiment and another that studies the growth of bone cells in low gravity. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_29.TXT STS-47 STATUS REPORT #17 MISSION CONTROL CENTER Thursday, September 17, 1992, 3:30 p.m. CDT The STS-47 mission of Spacelab-J continues on schedule with Shuttle Endeavour providing a stable work platform for science investigations inside the Spacelab module. Hoot Gibson and Curt Brown, STS-47 commander and pilot, respectively, completed a waste water dump, monitored the Orbiter's onboard systems, and reported on observations and videotape of the Israeli Space Agency Investigation About Hornets. The invstigation uses oreintal hornets which have the unique ability to build combs in the direction of gravity. Experimenters want to obtain insight into the oriental hornet's ability to orient their combs when in microgravity. The ISAIAH experiment container is carried in a mid-deck locker on Endeavour. Each of the 18 test chambers holds hornets of a different age. Hornets in chamber number two on the bottom level of the experiment container have the most organized nest cell. Some of the hornets appear disoriented by the microgravity environment. Red Team crew members--Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru Mohri-- completed their sixth working day in space at 4:30 p.m. CDT when they will hand over both Orbiter and Spacelab operations to the Blue Team--Jay Apt, Jan Davis and Mae Jemison. To protect for a landing on Saturday, the crew will perform the routine checkout of Endeavour's flight control surfaces tomorrow as planned pre-flight. Endeavour travels around the Earth every 90 minutes in an orbit of 166 x 162 nautical miles. * * * Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_30.TXT SL-J Mission Status Report #11 6:00 p.m. CDT, September 17, 1992 05/08:40 MET Spacelab Mission Operations Control Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama The crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour held an in-flight press conference today. Members of the Japanese and American press were allowed to asked questions of Commander Robert Gibson, Pilot Major Curtis Brown, Mission Specialists Dr. Jay Apt and Dr. Jan Davis, Payload Commander Lt. Colonel Mark Lee, Science Mission Specialist Dr. Mae Jemison and Japanese Payload Specialist Dr. Mamoru Mohri. At the conclusion of the interview, Lee and Mohri began their sixth day of conducting research in the areas of life and materials science. Mohri activated the last of the materials processing facilities today when he used a syringe to create bubbles in the Bubble Behavior Unit. To create small bubbles, Mohri injected two large bubbles into silicon oil, and shook the cell vigorously. This experiment was designed to help principal investigator Dr. Hisao Azuma of the National Aerospace Laboratory gain a better understanding of the velocity of bubbles migrating when they are subjected to heat and acoustical variations. This information will be used in developing and refining microgravity materials processing techniques, as well as for augmenting basic scientific knowledge. Lee activated the Image Furnace and performed another experiment run to grow a Samarskite crystal in microgravity. Samarskite, an unusual mineral composed of calcium, iron, yttrium, uranium, thorium, nobium, tantalum, oxygen and other elements, is being crystallized during Spacelab-J by what is known as the traveling solvent float-zone method. A sample of Samarskite is placed in the furnace and a melt zone created so that a single crystal can be grown. Lee and Mohri provided verbal reports of the crystal's progress every 15 minutes during its growth. By analyzing the video downlink and the Samarskite crystal after it is returned to Earth, Dr. Shunji Takekawa, principal investigator from the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, hopes to understand more about how this unusual mineral was formed. Two reports concerning the health and behavior of the carp aboard Spacelab-J were given by Lee today. During these monitoring sessions, Lee also subjected the fish to pulses of light, alternating between the top and side of their in-flight containers. One of the carp had its otilith (gravity-sensing organ) removed in preparation for this mission to compare its behavior to that of the other fish, which has its otilith intact. Principal investigator Dr. Shigeo Mori of Nagoya University will compare data from each of the two carp to study the way fish adapt to the conflicts between visual and vestibular information caused by weightlessness. The conflict of these signals may possibly be a cause of space motion sickness. Lee removed enzyme crystallization kits from the thermoelectric incubator where they have been growing in a low temperature environment and photographed their progress with a 35 mm camera. This is an experiment for principal investigator Dr. Yuhei Morita of Kyoto University to grow large crystals of a functional protein mixed with four kinds of enzymes without the effects of Earth's gravity. As scientists understand more about proteins, the "building blocks of life," it may become possible to produce proteins with new specific functions and perhaps lead to improvements in nutrition and medicine. During the next 12-hour shift, Jemison and Davis will continue gathering information about the effects of gravity on the lower body as they perform the Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. These investigations will be a 24-hour follow-up to evaluate the effectiveness of yesterday's four-hour treatment. Davis will activate the last of the life science experiments with the Fluid Therapy System study dealing with on-board intravenous solutions and means to administer these fluids. Jemison will conduct a materials science investigation by performing an experiment on paraffin containing fine aluminum flakes as tracers and she is scheduled to remove the Samarskite crystal from the Image Furnace when its cool-down phase is complete. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_4.TXT STS-47 element set GSFC-016 (orbit 75) STS-47 1 22120U 92 61 A 92261.25080254 0.00076717 00000-0 25599-3 0 162 2 22120 57.0018 86.1352 0008861 296.9617 63.0553 15.89596179 752 Satellite: STS-47 Catalog number: 22120 Epoch time: 92261.25080254 (17 SEP 92 06:01:09.34 UTC) Element set: GSFC-016 Inclination: 57.0018 deg RA of node: 86.1352 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-47 Eccentricity: 0.0008861 Keplerian Elements Arg of perigee: 296.9617 deg Mean anomaly: 63.0553 deg Mean motion: 15.89596179 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6681.5464 Km Decay rate: 0.77E-03 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 309.08 Km Epoch rev: 75 Perigee Alt: 297.24 Km NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 016. 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. G.L.CARMAN STS-47 FLIGHT DAY 6 STATE VECTOR ON ORBIT OPERATIONS (Posted 09/16/92 by Roger Simpson) The following vector for the flight of STS-47 is provided by NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in ground track plotting programs. The vector is valid for flight day six. The vector represents the trajectory of Endeavour during on orbit operations. 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. Lift off Time : 1992/256/14:22:59.974 Lift off Date : 09/12/92 Vector Time (GMT) : 261/14:00:00.000 Vector Time (MET) : 004/23:37:00.030 Orbit Count : 80 Weight : 230490.0 LBS Drag Coefficient : 2.00 Drag Area : 2751.0 SQ FT M50 Elements Keplerian Elements ----------------------- -------------------------- X = -12004193.4 FT A = 3604.2391 NM Y = -3957212.9 FT E = 0.0009360 Z = 17904511.3 FT I (M50) = 57.22028 DEG Xdot = 666.535447 FT/S Wp (M50) = 319.09006 DEG Ydot = -24821.752254 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 84.05425 DEG Zdot = -5022.326695 FT/S / N (True) = 144.57965 DEG Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 144.51745 DEG Ha = 165.41700 NM Hp = 161.43800 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 Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_6.TXT STS-47 TV SKED, REV J *********************************************************************** NASA SELECT TV SCHEDULE STS-47/SPACELAB-J REV J 9/17/92 *********************************************************************** NASA Select programming can be accessed through GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13. The frequency is 3960 MHz with an orbital position of 72 degrees west longitude. This is a full transponder service and will be operational 24 hours a day. Two hour edited programs of each flight day will be replayed for Hawaii and Alaska on SpaceNet 1, transponder 17L, channel 18. The orbital position is 120 degrees West Longitude, with a frequency of 4060 MHz. Audio is on 6.8 MHz. The programs will begin launch day and will continue through landing, airing at 11 PM Central time, with the exception of Friday, September 18, when programming will begin two hours later. This Nasa Select television schedule of mission coverage is available on Comstore, the mission TV schedule computer bulletin board service. Call 713-483-5817, and follow the prompts to access this service. * DENOTES CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS SCHEDULE ORBIT SUBJECT SITE MET CDT ----- ------- ---- --- --- ------------------------- Thursday, September 17 ---------------------- FD 6 84 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 05/05:37 03:00 PM MSFC 85 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 05/07:00 04:23 PM 87 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 05/09:47 07:10 PM T=31:00 87 REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 05/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 87 FLIGHT DAY SIX HIGHLIGHTS JSC 05/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 88 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 05/11:19 08:42 PM T=19:50 -------------------------- Friday, September 18 ----------------------- FD 7 90 P/TV35 FLUID THERAPY SYSTEM TDRW 05/14:43 12:06 AM T=21:38 92 P/TV35 FLUID THERAPY SYSTEM TDRW 05/17:48 03:11 AM T=14:50 92 BLUE/RED HANDOVER 05/18:30 03:53 AM 93 P/TV20 ACOUSTIC LEVITATION FURNACE TDRE 05/19:50 05:13 AM T=12:25 93 P/TV25 VIP CONVERSATION WITH TDRE 05/20:10 05:33 AM JAPANESE PS A/V CHECK-OUT T=30:00 94 P/TV25 VIP CONVERSATION WITH TDRE 05/21:40 07:03 AM JAPANESE PAYLOAD SPECIALIST. T=15:00 95 * VTR DUMP OF JAPAN EARTH VIEWS TDRE 05/21:55 07:18 AM T=15:00 95 * P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 05/22:10 07:33 AM T=18:00 95 * NASA ADMINISTRATOR GOLDIN TDRW 05/22:50 08:13 AM SPEAKS WITH CREW (Live downlink available if camera is available) T=15:00 96 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 05/23:31 08:54 AM T=30:00 96 P/TV07 VISUAL STABILITY TDRW 06/00:30 09:53 AM T=8:00 97 P/TV07 VISUAL STABILITY TDRE 06/00:45 10:08 AM T=32:48 97 P/TV07 VISUAL STABILITY TDRE 06/01:20 10:43 AM T=22:01 98 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 06/02:37 12:00 PM T=37:59 98 TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 06/03:37 01:00 PM HOSTS - DR. BOB SOKOLOWSKI DR. BYRON LICHTENBERG 99 P/TV39 PCG DEACTIVATION TDRW 06/04:54 02:17 PM T=55:59 100 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 06/05:37 03:00 PM MSFC 101 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 06/07:00 04:23 PM 103 REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 06/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 103 FLIGHT DAY SEVEN HIGHLIGHTS JSC 06/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 ------------------------- Saturday, September 19 ---------------------- FD 8 108 BLUE/RED HANDOVER 06/18:45 04:08 AM 114 TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 07/03:37 01:00 PM HOSTS - DR. BOB SOKOLOWSKI DR. BYRON LICHTENBERG 115 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 07/04:37 02:00 PM MSFC 117 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 07/07:15 04:38 PM 118 * KU BAND STOW 07/09:15 06:38 PM 119 REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 07/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 119 FLIGHT DAY EIGHT HIGHLIGHTS JSC 07/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 121 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION SWITCHED JSC 07/13:42 11:05 PM TO JSC 121 RED TEAM AWAKE 07/14:15 11:38 PM -------------------------- Sunday, September 20 ----------------------- FD 9 125 DE-ORBIT BURN (NOT TELEVISED) 07/19:56 05:19 AM 125 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION SWITCHED KSC 07/20:37 06:00 AM TO KSC 126 KSC LANDING KSC 07/20:56 06:19 AM LANDING REPLAYS KSC TBD POST LANDING KSC 07/22:56 08:19 AM PRESS CONFERENCE POST LANDING SCIENCE MSFC 07/23:11 08:34 AM PRESS CONFERENCE ASTRONAUT DEPARTURE KSC TBD *********************************************************************** DEFINITION OF TERMS *********************************************************************** AFTE: Autogenic Feedback Training Experiment A/V: Audio/Visual CDT: Central Daylight Time DFRF: Dryden Flight Research Facility EDW: Edwards Air Force Base FD: Flight Day JSC: Johnson Space Center KSC: Kennedy Space Center LBNP: Lower Body Negative Pressure Experiment MET: Mission Elapsed Time. The time which begins at the moment of launch and is read: DD/HH:MM. MSFC: Marshall Space Flight Center PCG: Protein Crystal Growth P/TV: Photographic/Television downlink STS: Space Transportation System TDRE,W: Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, East and West Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_40_2_10.TXT CANADIAN EXPERIMENTS (CANEX) The Canadian Space Agency The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) was formed in 1989 with a mandate to promote the peaceful use and development of space, to advance the knowledge of space through science and to ensure that space science and technology provide social and economic benefits for Canadians. To meet these objectives, CSA coordinates a variety of programs involving space science, space technology, Space Station development, satellite communications, remote sensing and human space flight. An integral part of CSA, the Canadian Astronaut Program, supports space research and development in close cooperation with scientists and engineers in government, universities and the private sector. These investigations focus on space science, space technology and life sciences research carried out on Earth and in space. Canadian Experiments-2 (CANEX-2) CANEX-2 is a group of space technology, space science, materials processing and life sciences experiments which will be performed in space by Canadian Payload Specialist Dr. Steve MacLean during the STS-52 mission of Space Shuttle Columbia. Bjarni Tryggvason is a backup crew member and alternate to Dr. MacLean for this mission. The potential applications of CANEX-2 space research include machine vision systems for use with robotic equipment in space and in environments such as mines and nuclear reactors. Other potential applications relate to the manufacturing of goods, the development of new protective coatings for spacecraft materials, improvements in materials processing, a better understanding of the stratosphere which contains the protective ozone layer, and greater knowledge of human adaptation to microgravity. Many of these experiments are extensions of the work carried out by Dr. Marc Garneau as part of the CANEX group of experiments that helped form his 1984 mission. Space Vision System Experiment (SVS) Principal Investigator: Dr. H.F. Lloyd Pinkney, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Space is a difficult visual environment with few reference points and frequent periods of extremely dark or bright lighting conditions. Astronauts working in space find it difficult to gauge the distance and speed of objects such as satellites. The development of the Space Vision System (SVS), a machine vision system for robotic devices, such as the Canada arm, was undertaken to enhance human vision in the unfavorable viewing conditions of space. The SVS can provide information on the exact location, orientation and motion of a specified object. Dr. MacLean will evaluate an experimental Space Vision System for possible use in the Space Shuttle and in the construction of Space Station Freedom. The Space Vision System uses a Shuttle TV camera to monitor a pattern of target dots of known spacing arranged on an object to be tracked. As the object moves, the SVS computer measures the changing position of the dots and provides a real-time TV display of the location and orientation of the object. This displayed information will help an operator guide the Canada arm or the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) when berthing or deploying satellites. For the CANEX-2 experiments, target dots have been placed on the Canadian Target Assembly (CTA), a small satellite carried in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay. During the flight, a mission specialist will use the arm to deploy the CTA and take it through a series of maneuvers using the information displayed by the SVS. Dr. MacLean will evaluate SVS performance and investigate details that need to be considered to design a production model of the system. Beyond its possible application as a computerized eye for the Space Shuttle, a system derived from the Space Vision System may be used to help construct and maintain the Space Station. In another application, an SVS-based system could guide small, remotely-operated space vehicles for satellite retrieval and servicing. On Earth, advances in machine vision could lead to improvements in the manufacturing of products, in auto plants for example, and to applications involving work in environments such as mines or nuclear reactors. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_40_2_11.TXT SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS Materials Exposure in Low-Earth Orbit (MELEO) Principal Investigator: Dr. David G. Zimcik, Canadian Space Agency, Ottawa, Ontario. Plastics and composite materials used on the external surfaces of spacecraft have been found to degrade in the harsh environment of space. Evidence suggests that this degradation is caused by interaction with atomic oxygen which induces damaging chemical and physical reactions. The result is a loss in mass, strength, stiffness and stability of size and shape. The MELEO experiment is an extension of work performed by the CSA which began with the Advanced Composite Materials Experiment (ACOMEX) flown on Marc Garneau's 1984 mission. Researchers now want to extend the valuable baseline date obtained to further investigate the deterioration process, try new protective coatings and test materials designed for use on specific space hardware such as the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) for the Space Station Freedom and RADARSAT, the Canadian remote sensing satellite scheduled for launch in early 1995. The MELEO experiment will expose over 350 material specimens mounted on "witness plates" on the Canada arm and analyzed after the mission. Typical spacecraft materials will be tested along with new developments in protective measures against atomic oxygen. The specimens will be exposed in the flight direction for at least 30 hours. Dr. MacLean periodically will photograph the specimens to record the stages of erosion. All materials will be returned to Earth for detailed examination. The MELEO experiment uses active elements called Quartz Crystal Microbalances (QCM's), attached to the end of the Canada arm, to measure the erosion of material with a very high degree of accuracy. Their electrical functions are regulated by a controller located on the aft flight-deck of the Shuttle orbiter. Data will be recorded using the on- board Payload General Service Computer (PGSC). This will enable the Canadian Payload Specialist to have real-time readouts of the erosion data during the mission. It is expected that the MELEO experiment will provide data on the performance of new materials exposed to the true space environment and provide information to be used in the development of effective ground-based space simulation facilities capable of testing and screening spacecraft materials in the laboratory. Orbiter Glow-2 (OGLOW-2) Principal Investigator: Dr. E.J. (Ted) Llewellyn, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Photographs taken by astronauts have revealed a glow emanating from Shuttle surfaces facing the direction of motion. This phenomenon is thought to be caused by the impact of high-velocity atoms and the effect of the orbiter's surface temperature. In the first OGLOW experiment, Dr. Marc Garneau successfully photographed the glow phenomenon. Computer analysis of these photographs and of corresponding video recordings revealed the bright areas to be concentrated around the Shuttle's tail section instead of around the entire Shuttle, as had been expected. Additional data, obtained when Dr. Garneau took several photographs while the Shuttle's thrusters were firing, led to the need for an OGLOW-2 experiment. This experiment will explore in greater detail the gaseous reactions caused by the orbiter thrusters through the post-flight analysis of the thruster-induced glow spectrum. Photographs of the Shuttle's tail, primarily while the thrusters are firing, will be taken. On-board TV cameras will obtain corresponding video recordings. The OGLOW-2 experiment also should determine when theroptical measurements taken from the Shuttle might be adversely affected by the glow. As part of the experiment, Dr. MacLean will use newly developed equipment to photograph the Canadian Target Assembly with its different material surfaces. The OGLOW-2 experiment also will study the glow from the Earth's upper atmosphere. Queen's University Experiment in Liquid-Metal Diffusion (QUELD) Principal Investigator: Prof. Reginald W. Smith, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Atoms of any substance, whether liquid or solid, are in constant motion. Knowledge of the rate at which atoms move around and in between each other (diffusion) is important for a variety of industrial processes. On Earth, the effects of convection make it difficult to measure the actual degree of diffusion taking place within a substance. In space, where convection is eliminated, it is possible to obtain more accurate information. The QUELD experiment will allow diffusion coefficient measurements of a number of liquid state metals. The QUELD apparatus contains two small electric furnaces in which over 40 specimens will be heated in tiny graphite crucibles until the test metals are molten. They will be allowed to diffuse for 30 minutes or more and then rapidly cooled to solidify the metals for post-flight analysis. The researchers hope to use the data to help develop a general theory to predict the rate of diffusion for any metal in the liquid state, as well as provide fundamental information about the structure of liquid metals. This is expected to lead to creation of better crystals for use in the fabrication of computer microchips and radiation sensors and to the development of special alloys which cannot be made on Earth. Sun Photo Spectrometer Earth Atmosphere Measurement (SPEAM-2) Principal Investigator: Dr. David I. Wardle, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario. The measurement of atmospheric structure and composition using space-based instruments has provided a vast new capability for environmental monitoring. SPEAM-2 will add to an expanding body of information about the stratosphere, the part of the upper atmosphere containing most of Earth's protective ozone layer. The SPEAM-2 experiment comprises two measuring instruments and a control computer developed by the Atmospheric Environment Service of Environment Canada. The Sun Photo Spectrometer (SPS) will make multispectral measurements of ozone and nitrogen compounds which play an important role in controlling ozone balance especially in the presence of chlorine. Atmospheric transmission, or the degree to which light is absorbed in the Earth's atmosphere, also will be measured in the visible and near-infrared parts of the solar spectrum. This hand-held instrument will be aimed at the sun by Dr. MacLean during several sunset and sunrise periods. The Airglow Imaging Radiometer (AIR) will observe atmospheric air glow from atmospheric molecular oxygen in several regions of the electromagnetic spectrum and possibly from OH radicals, highly reactive molecules composed of oxygen and hydrogen, which affect the ozone concentration in the stratosphere. These measurements will provide information about the chemical processes which take place in the stratosphere and affect the protective ozone layer. SPEAM-2 data will complement other measurements including those from NASA's Solar Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) and other ground- based observations. It is expected that the SPEAM-2 experiment will provide extremely useful information about the upper atmosphere and the capabilities of the new instruments. The engineering data and experience gathered will enable Canadian atmospheric scientists to make more effective use of future space platforms such as research satellites and Space Station Freedom. Phase Partitioning in Liquids (PARLIQ) Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald E. Brooks, Department of Pathology and Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Phase partitioning is being studied as a way of separating, from complex substances, different kinds of cells which differ only subtly in their surface properties. The process uses two types of polymers (compounds formed by repeated units of similar but not identical molecules) dissolved together in water. They form two solutions, called"phases", which react to one another like oil and vinegar, one floating up to lie on top of the other once they have been mixed and left to stand. When mixtures of small particles such as cells are added to the liquids, some are attracted to one of the phases, some to the other. Consequently, the liquids separate the cell types. The astronaut will shake a container holding a number of chambers with solutions containing different mixtures of model cells visible through windows. The container then will be observed and photographed at short intervals as partitioning occurs. At the end of the experiment, the separated phases containing their cells will be isolated and returned to Earth. The effects of applying an electric field on the separation process also will be studied. The ultimate objective is to increase the purity of the separated cells. On Earth, it is difficult to separate substances and achieve maximum purity using this process because of gravity-induced fluid flow. In microgravity, the combined forces acting on the liquids and the cells are entirely different from those on Earth, and the physics of the process can be better understood. A phase partitioning experiment using the same apparatus was performed by Dr. Roberta Bondar and other crew members during her January 1992 mission. This investigation was itself an extension of an experiment carried out in 1985 on Shuttle mission 51D in which test solutions separated in a way that had not been observed previously. The results of this experiment will be of interest to medical researchers because the results apply to the separation and purification of cells involved in transplants and treatment of disease. Space Adaptation Tests and Observations (SATO) Principal Investigator: Dr. Alan Mortimer, CSA, Ottawa, Ontario. Every flight by a Canadian astronaut includes research into human adaptation to spaceflight. Dr. MacLean's mission is no exception. The data obtained will supplement the results of similar experiments performed during the missions of Drs. Marc Garneau and Roberta Bondar. What follows are descriptions of the investigations which make up the SATO group of experiments. Vestibular-Ocular Reflex Check Investigator: Dr. Doug Watt, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. An experiment performed by Marc Garneau in October 1984 investigated the effect of weightlessness on the vestibulo- ocular reflex, an automatic response triggered by the vestibular system that keeps the eyes focused on a given object despite head motion. Although researchers expected at least a slight deterioration in the functioning of this reflex, systematic testing revealed no change. Since these unexpected results were obtained several hours after launch, time during which considerable adaptation could have occurred, it is now necessary to test the vestibulo-ocular reflex at the time of entry into microgravity. The payload specialist will use a hand-held target and by rotating the head back and forth, determine the ability of the eyes to track correctly. Body Water Changes in Microgravity Investigators: Dr. Howard Parsons, Dr. Jayne Thirsk and Dr. Roy Krouse, University of Calgary. In the absence of gravity there is a shift of body fluids towards the head which leads to the "puffy face" syndrome observed in astronauts after several days of spaceflight. There also is a loss of water from the body early in a spaceflight. Preliminary results from Dr. Roberta Bondar's IML-1 mission in- dicate that there may be significant dehydration occurring. This test will determine changes in total body water throughout the spaceflight. The payload specialist will ingest a sample of heavy water at the beginning and end of the mission, and saliva samples will be collected daily. Upon return, the samples will be analyzed to determine total body water. The results of this experiment are important in developing nutritional protocols for long duration spaceflight and will contribute to the development of countermeasures to be used during re-entry. Assessment of Back Pain in Astronauts Investigator: Dr. Peter C. Wing, Head, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia,, University Hospital, Vancouver. More than two thirds of astronauts have reported experiencing back pain during spaceflight. The pain seems to be worst during the first few days in space. This may be due to the astronauts' total height increase of up to 7.4 cm as recently documented during Dr. Roberta Bondar's IML-1 mission. The height increase in the absence of gravity results from spinal column lengthening and the flattening of the normal spinal curves. This probably results from an increase in the water content and thus, the height of the discs between the vertebrae of the spine. This in turn may result in an increase in the distance between the vertebrae and may cause pain from tension on soft tissue such as muscle, nerves and ligaments. This experiment will continue the investigation of the causes of back pain in space which began during the IML-1 mission. The ultimate goal is to develop techniques to be used either before or during spaceflight to alleviate its effects. During the mission, Dr. Steve MacLean will measure his height and use a special diagram to record the precise location and intensity of any back pain. It is expected that the results of this experiment will lead to an increased understanding of back pain on Earth. Illusions During Movement Investigator: Dr. Doug Watt, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Astronauts have experienced the disconcerting illusion that the floor is moving up and down while performing deep knee bends in space and after return to Earth. The objective of this test is to determine when these illusions occur and to investigate how visual and tactile inputs may affect such illusions. For example, the payload specialist may hold onto a fixed object such as a seat while doing knee bends to see if that alters the illusion of the floor moving. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_40_2_12.TXT TANK PRESSURE CONTROL EXPERIMENT/THERMAL PHENOMENA An important issue in microgravity fluid management is controlling pressure in on-orbit storage tanks for cryogenic propellants and life support fluids, particularly liquid hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. The purpose of the Tank Pressure Control Experiment/Thermal Phenomena (TPCE/TP) is to provide some of the data required to develop the technology for pressure control of cryogenic tankage. TPCE/TP represents an extension of the data acquired in the Tank Pressure Control Experiment (TPCE) which flew on STS-43 in 1991. The flight of TPCE significantly increased the knowledge base for using jet-induced mixing to reduce the pressure in thermally stratified subcritical tanks. Mixing represents a positive means of limiting pressure build-up due to thermal stratification and may allow non-vented storage of cryogenics for some of the shorter duration missions. Longer missions, however, will require venting and will likely use thermodynamic vent systems for pressure control. The efficient design of either active or passive pressure control systems will depend on knowledge of the thermodynamic processes and phenomena controlling the pressure build-up in a low-gravity environment. The purpose of the reflight, TPCE/TP, is to focus on the thermal phenomena involved in the self-pressurization of subcritical tanks in a low-g environment. New technology for managing fluids in low gravity will be required for future space systems, such as the Space Transfer Vehicle, Space Station Freedom, space exploration initiatives, serviceable satellites, hypervelocity aerospace vehicles and space defense systems. Both TPCE and TPCE/TP are part of NASA's In-Space Technology Experiments Program (IN-STEP), managed by NASA's Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology. The TPCE/TP Project Manager is Richard Knoll, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland. Lewis investigators proposed and are managing the refight. M. M. Hasan from Lewis is the Principal Investigator. Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, Washington, developed the original flight hardware. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_40_2_13.TXT NOTE: This file is too large {25884 bytes} for inclusion in this collection. The first line of the file: STS-52 MIDDECK PAYLOADS Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_40_2_14.TXT STS-52 CREW BIOGRAPHIES James (Jim) D. Wetherbee, 39, U.S. Navy Commander, is Commander of Columbia's 13th space mission. Selected to be an astronaut in 1984, Wetherbee, from Flushing, N.Y., is making his second Shuttle flight. Wetherbee served as Pilot on Columbia's STS-32 mission in January 1990 to rendezvous with and retrieve the Long Duration Exposure Facility and to deploy a Navy communications satellite. A graduate of Holy Family Diocesan High School in South Huntington, N.Y., in 1970, Wetherbee received a bachelor of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1974. He was commissioned in the U.S. Navy in 1975 and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1976. He has logged more than 3,500 hours flying time in 20 different types of aircraft. His first Shuttle mission lasted 261 hours. Michael (Mike) A. Baker, 38, U.S. Navy Captain, is Pilot of STS-52. From Lemoore, Calif., he was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1985 and flew his first Shuttle mission aboard Atlantis' STS-43 mission in August 1991. As a crewmember on that flight, Baker helped in conducting 32 experiments as well as the primary mission to deploy a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. Baker graduated from Lemoore Union High School in 1971 and received a bachelor of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1975. He completed flight training in 1977 and has logged more than 3,600 hours flying time in almost 50 types of aircraft. Baker logged more than 213 hours in space on his first Shuttle mission. Charles L. (Lacy) Veach, 48, is Mission Specialist 1. Prior to being selected as an astronaut in 1984, he served as an instructor pilot in the Shuttle Training Aircraft used to train pilot astronauts to land the Space Shuttle. Veach from Honolulu, Haw., previously was a mission specialist on STS-39 in April 1991. Veach was responsible for operating a group of instruments in support of the unclassified Department of Defense mission aboard Discovery to better understand rocket plume signatures in space as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. A graduate of Punahou School in Honolulu, Veach received a bachelor of science degree in Engineering Management from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1966. He was commissioned in the Air Force after graduation and received his pilot wings at Moody AFB, Ga., in 1967. Veach has logged more than 5,000 hours in various aircraft. His first Shuttle mission lasted more than 199 hours. William M. Shepherd, 43, Navy Captain, is Mission Specialist 2. He was selected as an astronaut in 1984 and is from Babylon, N.Y. STS-52 is Shepherd's third Space Shuttle flight. He served as a mission specialist on Atlantis' STS-27 mission, a Department of Defense flight in December 1988. His second flight also was as a mission specialist on STS-41, a Discovery flight in October 1990 to deploy the Ulysses spacecraft designed to explore the polar regions of the Sun. Shepherd graduated from Arcadia High School, Scottsdale, Ariz., in 1967 and received a bachelor of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Naval Academy in 1971. In 1978 he received the degrees of Ocean Engineer and master of science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining NASA, Shepherd served with the Navy's Underwater Demolition Team, Seal Team and Special Boat Unit. He has logged more than 203 hours in space. Tamara (Tammy) E. Jernigan, 33, is Mission Specialist 3. Born in Chattanooga, Tenn., she was selected to be an astronaut in 1985. She first flew on Columbia's STS-40 Spacelab Life Sciences-1 mission. As a mission specialist, Jernigan participated in experiments to better understand how the human body adapts to the space environment and then readapts to Earth's gravity. The Spacelab mission was the first dedicated to life sciences aboard the Shuttle. She graduated from Sante Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in 1977. She received a bachelor of science degree in Physics and a master of science degree in Engineering Science from Stanford University in 1981 and 1983. Jernigan also received a master of science degree in Astronomy from the University of California-Berkeley in 1985 and a doctorate in Space Physics and Astronomy from Rice University in 1988. Prior to becoming an astronaut, Jernigan worked in the Theoretical Studies Branch at NASA's Ames Research Center. With her first Shuttle mission, Jernigan has logged more than 218 hours in space. Steven (Steve) Glenwood MacLean, 37, is Payload Specialist 1. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he will be making his first Shuttle flight. MacLean attended primary and secondary school in Ottawa and received a bachelor of science degree in Honours Physics and doctorate in Physics from York University in 1977 and 1983, respectively. He was one of six Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983. He was designated as the payload specialist to fly with the CANEX-2 set of Canadian experiments manifested on the STS-52 flight. MacLean is currently actively involved in the development of space technology, space science, materials processing and life sciences experiments that he will perform in space on the mission. He is astronaut advisor to the Strategic Technologies in the Automation and Robotics Program and Program Manager of the Advanced Space Vision System being flown on the mission. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_40_2_15.TXT MISSION MANAGEMENT FOR STS-52 NASA HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, D.C. Office of Space Flight Jeremiah W. Pearson III - Associate Administrator Brian O'Connor - Deputy Associate Administrator Tom Utsman - Director, Space Shuttle Office of Space Science Dr. Lennard A. Fisk - Associate Administrator Alphonso V. Diaz - Deputy Associate Administrator Dr. Shelby G. Tilford - Director, Earth Science and Applications Robert Benson - Director, Flight Systems Robert Rhome - Director, Microgravity Science and Applications Louis Caudill - LAGEOS II Program Manager Dr. Miriam Baltuck - LAGEOS II Program Scientist David Jarrett - USMP-1 Program Manager Office of Commercial Programs John G. Mannix - Assistant Administrator Richard H. Ott - Director, Commercial Development Division Garland C. Misener - Chief, Flight Requirements and Accommodations Ana M. Villamil - Program Manager, Centers for the Commercial Development of Space Raymond P. Whitten - Director, Commercial Infrastructure Office of Safety and Mission Quality Col. Federick Gregory - Associate Administrator Dr. Charles Pellerin, Jr. - Deputy Associate Administrator Richard Perry - Director, Programs Assurance Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Richard H. Petersen - Associate Administrator Gregory M. Reck - Director for Space Technology Jack Levine - Manager, Space Experiments Office Arthur R. Lee - Program Manager, Heat Pipe Performance Experiment Richard A. Gualdoni - Program Manager, Tank Pressure Control Experiment/Thermal Phenomena KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. Robert L. Crippen - Director James A. "Gene" Thomas - Deputy Director Jay F. Honeycutt - Director, Shuttle Management and Operations Robert B. Sieck - Launch Director Bascom Murrah - Columbia Flow Director J. Robert Lang - Director, Vehicle Engineering Al J. Parrish - Director of Safety Reliability and Quality Assurance John T. Conway - Director, Payload Management and Operations P. Thomas Breakfield - Director, Shuttle Payload Operations Joanne H. Morgan - Director, Payload Project Management Mike Kinnan - STS-52 Payload Processing Manager MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Thomas J. Lee - Director Dr. J. Wayne Littles - Deputy Director Harry G. Craft - Manager, Payload Projects Office Alexander A. McCool - Manager, Shuttle Projects Office Dr. George McDonough - Director, Science and Engineering James H., Ehl - Director, Safety and Mission Assurance Otto Goetz - Manager, Space Shuttle Main Engine Project Victor Keith Henson - Manager, Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor Project Cary H. Rutland - Manager, Solid Rocket Booster Project Parker Counts - Manager, External Tank Project R. E. Valentine - Mission Manager, USMP-1 Sherwood Anderson - Asst. Mission Manager Dr. S. L. Lehoczky - Mission Scientist, USMP-1 Dr. M. Volz - Asst. Mission Scientist Lyne Luna - Payload Operations Lead Rose Cramer - Payload Operations Lead JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON Aaron Cohen - Director Paul J. Weitz - Acting Director Daniel Germany - Manager, Orbiter and GFE Projects Donald Puddy - Director, Flight Crew Operations Eugene F. Kranz - Director, Mission Operations Henry O. Pohl - Director, Engineering Charles S. Harlan - Director, Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance STENNIS SPACE CENTER, BAY ST LOUIS, MISS. Roy S. Estess - Director Gerald Smith - Deputy Director J. Harry Guin - Director, Propulsion Test Operations AMES-DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH FACILITY, EDWARDS, CALIF. Kenneth J. Szalai - Director T. G. Ayers - Deputy Director James R. Phelps - Chief, Shuttle Support Office AMES RESEARCH CENTER, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. Dr. Dale L. Compton - Director Victor L. Peterson - Deputy Director Dr. Joseph C. Sharp - Director, Space Research GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, GREENBELT, MD. Dr. John M. Klineberg - Director Peter T. Burr - Deputy Director Vernon J. Weyers - Director, Flight Projects Directorate Jerre Hartman - Project Manager, International Projects James P. Murphy - Deputy Project Manager for LAGEOS Dr. Ronald Kolenkiewicz - Project Scientist ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY Professor Luciano Guerriero - President, Italian Space Agency Professor Carlo Buongiorno - Director General, Italian Space Agency Cesare Albanesi - Program Manager, Lageos II, Italian Space Agency Giovanni Rum - Program Manager, IRIS, Italian Space Agency Dr. Roberto Ibba - Mission Manager, Lageos II/IRIS CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY W. MacDonald Evans - Vice President, Operations Bruce A. Aikenhead - CANEX-II Program Manager And Director- General, Astronaut Program Bjami V. Tryggvason - Alternate Payload Specialist And Payload Operations Director Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--=