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"921006.DFC" (39815 bytes) was created on 10-06-92 06-Oct-92 Daily File Collection These files were added or updated between 05-Oct-92 at 21:00:00 {Central} and 06-Oct-92 at 21:00:11. =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:921006.REL 10/06/92: KSC FEATURE STORY IDEAS -- OCTOBER 1992 Bruce Buckingham October 1992 KSC RELEASE NO. 138 - 92 MAPPING AND MONITORING OF SCRUB JAY ACTIVITY AT KSC. The life sciences office at KSC routinely sends scientists out in the field to track and study the endangered scrub jay, an indigenous subspecies of the more popular blue jay. Scrub jays are native to Florida and found only in low brush or scrubs. The development of Florida and loss of habitat caused a drop in the scrub jay population and resulted in their being placed on the threatened species list. Much of the undeveloped land on KSC is the type of habitat scrub jays prefer. KSC is home to nearly half of the known population of this bird. (Public Affairs Contact: Mitch Varnes) SPACE STATION PROCESSING FACILITY CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES The construction of the 475,000-square-foot building to support prelaunch activities of the Space Station Freedom continues in KSC's industrial area. The facility is divided into an operational area and various support areas. Construction of the facility began in early 1991 and is scheduled for completion in the summer of 1994. (Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham) KSC ASSISTS IN HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE MEDICAL RECORDS RESTORATION The Biomedical Operations and Research Office was contacted by medical personnel of the Homestead Air Force Base Flight Surgeon's Office concerning the use of NASA facilities and expertise in the restoration of medical records that had become waterlogged from Hurricane Andrew. KSC's Biomedical Office coordinated efforts with the Failure Analysis & Materials Evaluation Office to effect the restoration of these records. The records were received on Sept. 10 and the refurbishment was complete prior to close of business the following day. (Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham) MANATEE STUDIES AND RANGE MONITORING. Miles of waterways around KSC make an ideal location for manatees to safely swim and breed. Hundreds of the endangered sea cows make their way to KSC in the spring and summer to enjoy the calm and protective environment of KSC's warm waters. NASA and the Fish and Wildlife Service are studying the manatees and monitoring their range of travel via satellite transmitter attached to the tail of the mammals. (Public Affairs Contact: Mitch Varnes) Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:921006.SHU KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 10/6/92 SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT: STS-52 Tuesday, October 6, 1992 George Diller Kennedy Space Center Vehicle: Space Shuttle Columbia/OV-102 Location: Launch Pad 39-B Primary Payloads: IRIS/LAGEOS-1 USMP-1 IN WORK: - STS-52 Flight Readiness Review in the Mission Briefing Room - APU #1 quick disconnect changeout - power-on testing - heat shield installation around SSME #3 - preparations for hypergolic propellant loading - preparations for helium signature leak checks of the main engines and main propulsion system - CVTE payload power supply checkout COMPLETED: - SSME #3 changeout - Initial SSME #3 leak checks - USMP payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) with Columbia SCHEDULED: - Helium Signature Leak Check on Wednesday - USMP cryogenic servicing on Wednesday - Potable water sample on Wednesday - Hypergolic storable propellant loading on Thursday and Friday - IRIS/LAGEOS payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) with Columbia on Saturday A summary of other orbiter vehicles, associated payloads and the VAB activities will be released weekly on Friday covering the schedule for the upcoming week and the previous week. Issues and concerns having potential schedule impact will be addressed if and when they occur. # # # Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:921006.SKD DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 10/6/92 Daily News Tuesday, October 6, 1992 24-hour audio service at 202/755-1788 % NASA & Russians sign astronaut-cosmonaut and Mars agreements; % STS-52 Flight Readiness Review underway at Kennedy Space Center; % 2-mile wide asteroid to pass near Earth on December 8 as Galileo flys by; % Hubble, EUVE astronomers to present latest findings this Thursday. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NASA and the Russian Space Agency signed yesterday in Moscow two cooperative agreements in the areas of human space flight and Mars exploration. NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin said "signing these agreements is the next crucial step in expanding cooperative activities with our Russian partners. We are very anxious to begin working on these important programs." One agreement calls for the flight of two NASA scientific instruments on the Russian Mars '94 lander mission. The other agreement calls for an experienced cosmonaut to fly aboard the STS- 60 space shuttle mission, now set for fall 1993, and for a NASA astronaut to fly on a long-duration Mir Space Station flight. That flight will coincide with a shuttle-Mir docking flight in 1995. The NASA astronaut will fly to Mir aboard a Soyuz while the shuttle flies two cosmonauts to the Russian space station. Joint life sciences experiments will be conducted while the shuttle and Mir are docked together. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Work on Columbia to prepare for the STS-52 mission continues at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-B. Replacement of Columbia's main engine #3 is complete, with engine leak testing currently underway. The standard helium signature leak test of all three main engines and the main propulsion system will be conducted tomorrow. Elsewhere at KSC, space flight management officials today are holding the STS-52 Flight Readiness Review. At the review's conclusion later this afternoon, management will issue a launch target date for Columbia, tentatively set for Thursday, October 22. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On December 8 one of the largest near-Earth objects, a two-mile-diameter (3.5 kilometer) asteroid called Toutatis 4179, will pass by the Earth at a distance of only 2.2 million miles (3.6 million km). Donald Yeomans, Jet Propulsion Laboratory chief of the Near Earth Object Center, said the asteroid passes less than one degree above Earth's orbital plane every four years, which makes it an ideal object for Earth-based studies. Viewing conditions for the upcoming asteroid passage will be excellent for infrared and radar observations before, during and after the flyby. This happens also to be the date for the second Earth flyby of Galileo, which will gain the final angular momentum change it needs to get to Jupiter. Galileo will pass within 200 miles of Earth on this last flyby. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NASA and university astronomers will present another in the Space Astronomy Update series Thursday, Oct. 8, at 1:00 pm EDT in the NASA Headquarters auditorium. The briefing, which will present a striking Hubble Space Telescope picture of cosmic mirror images and an Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer image of a powerful object two billion light years from the Milky Way, will be shown live on NASA Select television. The Hubble observations provide new information on distant galaxies and on the distribution of mysterious dark matter, whose nature remains unknown. The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer data provides new information about objects visible in that wavelength of light. Briefers will include Richard Ellis, University of Durham, U.K.; Bruce Margon, University of Washington, Seattle; Daniel Weedman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; and Steve Maran, Goddard Space Flight Center. Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer principal scientist Stuart Bowyer, University of California at Berkeley, will present his team's findings via videotape. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. Tuesday, October 6, 1992 Live 10:00 am STS-53 mission overview briefing with lead flight director Rob Kelso from Johnson Space Center. Live 11:00 am Department of Defense payload briefing with Lt. Col. James McLeroy; Glow experiment briefing with Charles Pike; Cryogenic Heat Pipe Experiment briefing with Mike Morgan; Space Tissue Loss briefing with Bill Wiesmann; Battlefield Laser Acquisition Sensor Test briefing with Lt. Col. Jan Drabczuk; and Microcapsules in Space briefing with Tom Tice all from JSC. Live 12:30 pm Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres briefing with Eugene Stansbery from JSC. Live 2:00 pm STS-53 flight crew briefing with mission commander Dave Walker, mission pilot Bob Cabana, and mission specialists Guy Bluford, Jim Voss, and Rich Clifford from JSC. 4:00 pm 8:00 pm & 12:00 midnight programming repeats. Wednesday, October 7, 1992 1:30 pm through 4:30 pm Validation testing for STS-52 mission (no programming). Thursday, October 8, 1992 Live 1:00 pm Space Astronomy Update presenting new Hubble Space Telescope and Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer images and featuring Richard Ellis, University of Durham, U.K.; Bruce Margon, University of Washington, Seattle; Daniel Weedman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; and Steve Maran, Goddard Space Flight Center. Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer principal scientist Stuart Bowyer, University of California at Berkeley, will present his team's findings via videotape. 2:00 pm Total Quality Management Colloquium with Edward Stone, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the topic of "Restructuring Cassini." 4:00 pm 8:00 pm & 12:00 midnight programming repeats. 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:921006A.REL 10/06/92: COSMONAUTS SELECTED TO FLY ON A SPACE SHUTTLE HQ 92-166/COSMONAUTS SELECTED Debra Rahn Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 6, 1992 RELEASE: 92-166 NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin has approved the selection of cosmonauts Sergei K. Krikalev and Col. Vladimir G. Titov as the two Russian candidates who will train to fly on a Space Shuttle mission scheduled for launch in November 1993. "We are delighted with the selection of these two outstanding cosmonauts and look forward to their impending arrival at NASA's Johnson Space Center," Goldin said in an Oct. 5, 1992, letter to Yuri N. Koptev, Director-General, Russian Space Agency (RSA). The two cosmonauts are scheduled to arrive at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, later in October to begin mission specialist training on Shuttle systems, flight operations, and manifested payload procedures. One cosmonaut will be designated the prime crewmember, and the other will be designated as the backup crewmember. The flight of a cosmonaut on the STS-60 mission is one element of the Implementing Agreement on NASA/RSA Cooperation in Human Space Flight that was signed today by Goldin and Koptev in Moscow. Cosmonaut Biographies Col. Vladimir Georgievich Titov, Soviet Air Force, was born Jan. 1, 1947, in the town of Sretensk, Chitinck region. Titov graduated from the Higher Air Force College in Chernigov, Ukraine, in 1970, where he served as a pilot- instructor until 1974. Titov has flown 10 different types of aircraft, has logged over 1300 hours flying time and holds the qualifications of Military Pilot, lst Class and Test- Pilot, 3rd Class. Titov was selected to join the cosmonaut team in 1976 and in September 1981, served as a back-up crew member for Soyuz T-5 launched on May 18, 1982. Titov made his first spaceflight as Commander of Soyuz T-8, launched on April 20, 1983. Titov was supposed to dock with Saylut 7, but was unable to because the Soyuz rendezvous radar antenna failed to deploy properly. After several attempts, Titov aborted the rendezvous to avoid a crash and returned to Earth after a flight lasting just over 2 days. Titov next served as backup for the Soyuz T-9 mission launched on June 27, 1983. Titov was onboard Soyuz T-10 on Sept. 27, 1983, which caught fire 1 minute before launch when a propellant line valve failed to close at T-90 seconds. The fire quickly engulfed the rocket, but controllers were able to pull the Soyuz descent module clear by the launch escape system. The crew landed safely some 2.5 miles (4 km) from the launch vehicle. In 1987 he graduated from the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy while working at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Titov was Commander of the Soyuz TM-4 launched on Dec. 21, 1987. Titov and Musa Manarov set a new record for long duration in space of 365 days, 22 hours and 89 minutes. Upon his return to Earth, Titov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and also received his second Order of Lenin. In addition, the French awarded him the title of Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur and in 1990, he and Manarov were awarded the U.S. Harmon Prize -- the first Soviet citizens to win the award -- in recognition of their world endurance record. Titov is married and has a daughter born in 1975 and a son born in 1985. Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev was born on Aug. 27, 1958, in Leningard. He completed his studies at the Institute of Mechanics in Leningrad in 198l, and then worked in a design bureau where he participated in the creation of new space technology devices. He is involved in sport aviation and holds a Master of Sport in sport aviation. Krikalev began cosmonaut training in November 1985 and made his first spaceflight as flight engineer onboard Soyuz TM-7, launched on Nov. 26, 1988. Krikalev returned to Earth after having spent 151 days, 11 hours and 8 minutes in space. His second flight aboard Mir was from May 18, 1991, to March 25, 1992 (312 days). Upon his return, Krikalev was awared the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and also received the Order of Lenin. In addition, the French awarded him the title of L'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur. Krikalev is married and has a daughter born in 1990. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:921006B.REL 10/06/92: NASA AND RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY SIGN SPACE AGREEMENTS HQ 92-165/Russian Agreement Debra J. Rahn Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 6, 1992 RELEASE: 92-165 NASA and the Russian Space Agency (RSA) have signed two cooperative agreements in Moscow, in the areas of human space flight and Mars exploration. "Signing these two agreements is the next crucial step in expanding cooperative space activities with our Russian partners. We are very anxious to begin working on these important programs," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. The Human Space Flight Agreement outlines the flight details of a Russian cosmonaut on the U.S. Space Shuttle, the flight of a U.S. astronaut on the Russian Mir Space Station and a joint mission including the rendezvous and docking of the Space Shuttle with the Mir Space Station. The Mars '94 agreement is for the flight of two U.S./NASA scientific instruments on the Russian Mars '94 lander. The agreements were signed by Administrator Goldin and RSA Director Yuri Koptev during the first annual U.S./Russian Space Policy Consultations. Ambassador Frank Wisner, Under Secretary of State, headed the U.S. delegation and met with Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to review the U.S./Russian space relationship. Human Space Flight Cooperation Agreement An experienced cosmonaut will fly aboard the STS-60 Space Shuttle mission, scheduled for launch in November 1993. RSA has nominated Col. Vladimir G. Titov and Sergei K. Krikalev as the two cosmonauts who will undergo mission specialist training. One cosmonaut will be designated the prime crewmember and the other designated backup crewmember. The cosmonauts are scheduled for arrival at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, in October 1992. A NASA astronaut will fly on a long-duration (more than 90 days) Mir Space Station flight. The flight's timing will coincide with a Shuttle docking flight in 1995. The astronaut will be flown to the Mir on a Soyuz spacecraft. The astronaut's duties will focus on science, particularly life sciences, as well as engineering and operational objectives. Two NASA astronauts will receive full cosmonaut training with their cosmonaut crewmates at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Facility "Star City" near Moscow. They will begin training no later than 12 months prior to the agreed flight date. One astronaut will be selected as the prime crewmember and the other will be designated backup crewmember. NASA will transport two cosmonauts in the Space Shuttle to replace the two cosmonauts on board Mir. Life sciences experiments, involving the NASA astronaut and the two cosmonauts on board the Mir, will be conducted while the Shuttle and Mir are docked. The NASA astronaut and the two cosmonauts who have been on the Mir will be returned in the Shuttle to the United States for continued post-flight life sciences experiments. NASA Participation in the Russian Mars '94 Mission The primary objective of this mission is to carry out further joint exploration of planet Mars in conjunction with the Russian Mars '94 mission. This may provide the opportunity for U.S. scientific instruments to be carried aboard the Russian spacecraft. This cooperation could significantly enhance the present Mars '94 mission and provide critical data for future human and robotic Mars missions. One U.S. instrument is the Soil Magnetic Properties Experiment, and the other is the Soil Reactivity/Composition Experiment. These will enable scientists to characterize the Martian physical and chemical surface environment. The soil magnetic properties experiment will use a magnet to collect and measure the magnetic minerals in the Martian soil. The soil reaction/composition experiment will provide chemical information about the volatile components in the Martian soil. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:921006C.REL 10/06/92: NASA AWARDS SCIENCE GRANTS FOR SPACE STATION FREEDOM Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 6, 1992 RELEASE: 92-167 NASA has awarded approximately $15 million in annual funding for 124 microgravity research grants to develop the research potential of Space Station Freedom as one of the nation's premiere science and technology assets. "These awards are a major step towards the space station era of microgravity research," said Robert Rhome, Director, NASA's Microgravity Science and Applications Division, Headquarters, Washington, D.C. "The hardware and experiments developed from these grants could make Space Station Freedom a microgravity laboratory unrivaled by any other." The grants to the 119 researchers represent an increase of 70 percent in the number of investigators sponsored by the microgravity division. The division now sponsors nearly 200 scientific investigators and plans to expand to at least 300 before Space Station Freedom is operational in 1997. The selected investigators represent 60 universities, eight corporate or private laboratories, five government laboratories and four NASA centers. Nearly 500 proposals were submitted by scientists in response to the NASA research announcements in fluid dynamics, biotechnology, materials science and fundamental science. The proposals were evaluated by peer review panels of recognized experts in those areas. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:921006D.REL 10/6/92: NASA SETS DATE FOR STS-52 SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH Ed Campion Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 6, 1992 Lisa Malone Kennedy Space Center, Fla. EDITORS NOTE: N92-88 NASA managers today announced Oct. 22 as the official launch date for the next Space Shuttle mission. The STS-52 flight will see the Space Shuttle Columbia and her 6 person crew deploy a satellite developed by the United States and Italy to obtain precise measurements of the Earth's tectonic plates. A series of U.S./Canadian experiments also will be conducted during the mission. The launch window on Oct. 22 opens at 11:16 a.m. EDT and extends for 2 1/2 hours. The mission duration for STS-52 is 9 days, 20 hours, 46 minutes. At the end of the mission, Columbia is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Fla. Mission Commander is James Wetherbee with Michael Baker serving as Pilot. Mission specialists are Charles Lacy Veach, William Shepherd and Tamara Jernigan. Steve MacLean is the payload specialist and the third Canadian citizen to fly aboard the Space Shuttle. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_12_12.TXT 10/06/92: NASA AND RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY SIGN SPACE AGREEMENTS HQ 92-165/Russian Agreement Debra J. Rahn Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 6, 1992 RELEASE: 92-165 NASA and the Russian Space Agency (RSA) have signed two cooperative agreements in Moscow, in the areas of human space flight and Mars exploration. "Signing these two agreements is the next crucial step in expanding cooperative space activities with our Russian partners. We are very anxious to begin working on these important programs," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. The Human Space Flight Agreement outlines the flight details of a Russian cosmonaut on the U.S. Space Shuttle, the flight of a U.S. astronaut on the Russian Mir Space Station and a joint mission including the rendezvous and docking of the Space Shuttle with the Mir Space Station. The Mars '94 agreement is for the flight of two U.S./NASA scientific instruments on the Russian Mars '94 lander. The agreements were signed by Administrator Goldin and RSA Director Yuri Koptev during the first annual U.S./Russian Space Policy Consultations. Ambassador Frank Wisner, Under Secretary of State, headed the U.S. delegation and met with Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to review the U.S./Russian space relationship. Human Space Flight Cooperation Agreement An experienced cosmonaut will fly aboard the STS-60 Space Shuttle mission, scheduled for launch in November 1993. RSA has nominated Col. Vladimir G. Titov and Sergei K. Krikalev as the two cosmonauts who will undergo mission specialist training. One cosmonaut will be designated the prime crewmember and the other designated backup crewmember. The cosmonauts are scheduled for arrival at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, in October 1992. A NASA astronaut will fly on a long-duration (more than 90 days) Mir Space Station flight. The flight's timing will coincide with a Shuttle docking flight in 1995. The astronaut will be flown to the Mir on a Soyuz spacecraft. The astronaut's duties will focus on science, particularly life sciences, as well as engineering and operational objectives. Two NASA astronauts will receive full cosmonaut training with their cosmonaut crewmates at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Facility "Star City" near Moscow. They will begin training no later than 12 months prior to the agreed flight date. One astronaut will be selected as the prime crewmember and the other will be designated backup crewmember. NASA will transport two cosmonauts in the Space Shuttle to replace the two cosmonauts on board Mir. Life sciences experiments, involving the NASA astronaut and the two cosmonauts on board the Mir, will be conducted while the Shuttle and Mir are docked. The NASA astronaut and the two cosmonauts who have been on the Mir will be returned in the Shuttle to the United States for continued post-flight life sciences experiments. NASA Participation in the Russian Mars '94 Mission The primary objective of this mission is to carry out further joint exploration of planet Mars in conjunction with the Russian Mars '94 mission. This may provide the opportunity for U.S. scientific instruments to be carried aboard the Russian spacecraft. This cooperation could significantly enhance the present Mars '94 mission and provide critical data for future human and robotic Mars missions. One U.S. instrument is the Soil Magnetic Properties Experiment, and the other is the Soil Reactivity/Composition Experiment. These will enable scientists to characterize the Martian physical and chemical surface environment. The soil magnetic properties experiment will use a magnet to collect and measure the magnetic minerals in the Martian soil. The soil reaction/composition experiment will provide chemical information about the volatile components in the Martian soil. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_12_13.TXT 10/06/92: COSMONAUTS SELECTED TO FLY ON A SPACE SHUTTLE HQ 92-166/COSMONAUTS SELECTED Debra Rahn Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 6, 1992 RELEASE: 92-166 NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin has approved the selection of cosmonauts Sergei K. Krikalev and Col. Vladimir G. Titov as the two Russian candidates who will train to fly on a Space Shuttle mission scheduled for launch in November 1993. "We are delighted with the selection of these two outstanding cosmonauts and look forward to their impending arrival at NASA's Johnson Space Center," Goldin said in an Oct. 5, 1992, letter to Yuri N. Koptev, Director-General, Russian Space Agency (RSA). The two cosmonauts are scheduled to arrive at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, later in October to begin mission specialist training on Shuttle systems, flight operations, and manifested payload procedures. One cosmonaut will be designated the prime crewmember, and the other will be designated as the backup crewmember. The flight of a cosmonaut on the STS-60 mission is one element of the Implementing Agreement on NASA/RSA Cooperation in Human Space Flight that was signed today by Goldin and Koptev in Moscow. Cosmonaut Biographies Col. Vladimir Georgievich Titov, Soviet Air Force, was born Jan. 1, 1947, in the town of Sretensk, Chitinck region. Titov graduated from the Higher Air Force College in Chernigov, Ukraine, in 1970, where he served as a pilot- instructor until 1974. Titov has flown 10 different types of aircraft, has logged over 1300 hours flying time and holds the qualifications of Military Pilot, lst Class and Test- Pilot, 3rd Class. Titov was selected to join the cosmonaut team in 1976 and in September 1981, served as a back-up crew member for Soyuz T-5 launched on May 18, 1982. Titov made his first spaceflight as Commander of Soyuz T-8, launched on April 20, 1983. Titov was supposed to dock with Saylut 7, but was unable to because the Soyuz rendezvous radar antenna failed to deploy properly. After several attempts, Titov aborted the rendezvous to avoid a crash and returned to Earth after a flight lasting just over 2 days. Titov next served as backup for the Soyuz T-9 mission launched on June 27, 1983. Titov was onboard Soyuz T-10 on Sept. 27, 1983, which caught fire 1 minute before launch when a propellant line valve failed to close at T-90 seconds. The fire quickly engulfed the rocket, but controllers were able to pull the Soyuz descent module clear by the launch escape system. The crew landed safely some 2.5 miles (4 km) from the launch vehicle. In 1987 he graduated from the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy while working at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Titov was Commander of the Soyuz TM-4 launched on Dec. 21, 1987. Titov and Musa Manarov set a new record for long duration in space of 365 days, 22 hours and 89 minutes. Upon his return to Earth, Titov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and also received his second Order of Lenin. In addition, the French awarded him the title of Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur and in 1990, he and Manarov were awarded the U.S. Harmon Prize -- the first Soviet citizens to win the award -- in recognition of their world endurance record. Titov is married and has a daughter born in 1975 and a son born in 1985. Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev was born on Aug. 27, 1958, in Leningard. He completed his studies at the Institute of Mechanics in Leningrad in 198l, and then worked in a design bureau where he participated in the creation of new space technology devices. He is involved in sport aviation and holds a Master of Sport in sport aviation. Krikalev began cosmonaut training in November 1985 and made his first spaceflight as flight engineer onboard Soyuz TM-7, launched on Nov. 26, 1988. Krikalev returned to Earth after having spent 151 days, 11 hours and 8 minutes in space. His second flight aboard Mir was from May 18, 1991, to March 25, 1992 (312 days). Upon his return, Krikalev was awared the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and also received the Order of Lenin. In addition, the French awarded him the title of L'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur. Krikalev is married and has a daughter born in 1990. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_40_5.TXT NASA SETS DATE FOR STS-52 SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH Ed Campion Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 6, 1992 Lisa Malone Kennedy Space Center, Fla. EDITORS NOTE: N92-88 NASA managers today announced Oct. 22 as the official launch date for the next Space Shuttle mission. The STS-52 flight will see the Space Shuttle Columbia and her 6 person crew deploy a satellite developed by the United States and Italy to obtain precise measurements of the Earth's tectonic plates. A series of U.S./Canadian experiments also will be conducted during the mission. The launch window on Oct. 22 opens at 11:16 a.m. EDT and extends for 2 1/2 hours. The mission duration for STS-52 is 9 days, 20 hours, 46 minutes. At the end of the mission, Columbia is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Fla. Mission Commander is James Wetherbee with Michael Baker serving as Pilot. Mission specialists are Charles Lacy Veach, William Shepherd and Tamara Jernigan. Steve MacLean is the payload specialist and the third Canadian citizen to fly aboard the Space Shuttle. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_8_3_4_24.TXT MGN STATUS 10/2 Magellan Status Status report of Magellan for Friday, October 2, 1992: 1. Magellan continues to operate normally, performing a starcal and desat on every orbit and transmitting a good signal to the DSN stations for gravity data collection. 2. The transmitter continues to peak at 55 degrees C, with a thermal cycle of 1.4 deg. 3. The present mode of operation will continue through the end of Cycle 4 on May 15, 1993. 4. Software Interface Specifications (SIS) have been made for all digitized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and altimetry data products. SISs are detailed instructions for users of digitized data products including optical disks and CDs. 5. As part of the special visitor activities surrounding the Mars Observer launch, Dr. R. Stephen Saunders, the Magellan Project Scientist; Craig Leff, the Magellan Science Data Coordinator; and Dave Doody, the Mission Control Team Deputy Team Chief gave presentations about the Magellan mission and its findings. 6. Tommy Thompson presented a "Brown Bag" Seminar on "Radar Studies of the Moon," describing earth-based radar observations and how they related to Venus radar studies. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_8_3_4_26.TXT MGN REPORT 10/06 Magellan Status Status report of Magellan for Tuesday, October 6, 1992: 1. The Magellan spacecraft, now in its fourth 243-day cycle at Venus, continues to operate normally. All starcals yesterday were successful and the transmitter continues to peak at 55.4 degrees C. 2. Yesterday controllers sent express commands to perform a memory readout of the on-board fault protection records. This verified that a double TWTA SSO had occurred on Sunday. 3. Throughout the mission-to-date, Magellan has had 25 SSOs on TWTA-A and 39 on TWTA-B. With the current fault protection configuration, the spacecraft immediately returns to normal operations, with no commanding from the ground. 4. The following is a statistical summary of the mission to date: DAYS TOTAL DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 791 DAYS DAYS OF SCIENCE DATA ACQUISITION . . . . . . 596 ORBITS TOTAL ORBITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5550 ORBITS MAPPING ORBITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4828 GRAVITY DATA ONLY ORBITS . . . . . . . . . .192 PERCENTAGE OF VENUS SURFACE AREA IMAGED TOTAL CYCLE 1 COVERAGE: 83.7% TOTAL CYCLE 2 COVERAGE: 54.5% TOTAL CYCLE 3 (STEREO) 22.8% TOTAL CYCLE 4 (GRAVITY) 9.3% ** MISCELLANEOUS RECOVERED GAPS .+14.6% PERCENTAGE OF VENUS SURFACE IN CAPTURED DATA . 99.0% ** Percent of the total planned orbits in Cycle 4. Gravity data requirement is for one in every four orbits. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:ATLAS.TXT Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) OBJECTIVE The Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) will measure long-term changes in the total energy radiated by the Sun, determine the variability in the solar spectrum, and measure the global distribution of key molecular species in the middle atmosphere. Such measurements are needed because even small changes in the Sun's total irradiance or its spectral distribution can have a significant impact on the Earth's climate and environment. Additional objectives are to differentiate man-made from natural perturbations in the Earth's atmosphere and to provide absolute calibrations for solar monitoring instruments on free-flying spacecraft. DESCRIPTION The first of the ATLAS missions will use two Spacelab pallets and an igloo to accommodate a core payload of six solar and atmospheric monitoring instruments plus reflights of six Spacelab investigations. Later missions at roughly 1-year intervals will have a single pallet. The Space Shuttle's orientation will either be inertially fixed so that selected instruments are pointed at the Sun or the nadir for observations of the Earth's atmosphere. The orbit must have solar occultations so that absorptions in the solar spectrum caused by trace molecules in the atmosphere can be detected by the Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy (ATMOS) instrument and infrared spectrometer with a mirror system to track the Sun. Command, control and data handling support for the experiments are provided by Spacelab's avionics located in the igloo. The crew will work in the aft flight deck, which has the displays and controls needed to conduct the ATLAS investigations. Launch Date: ATLAS-1: April 1992 ATLAS-2: April 1993 ATLAS-3: 1994 (planned) ATLAS-4: 1995 (planned) Investigations: 12 instrument complement for ATLAS-1 Orbit: 300 km altitude, 57 degree inclination Duration: 7-10 days Length: 9.2 m Weight: ATLAS-1: 9,090 kg ATLAS-2: 6,400 kg (planned) ATLAS-3: 6,400 kg (planned) Diameter: Approx. 4.6 m Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Foreign Participation: Germany, Belgium, France, Japan INVESTIGATIONS Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR) - R.Wilson (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Solar Constant Radiometer (SOLCON) - D. Crommelynck (Institut Royal Meteorologique, Belgium) Solar UV Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM) - G. Brueckner (Naval Research Laboratory) Solar Spectrum (SOLSPEC) - G. Thuiller (Service D'Aeronomie du CNRS, France) Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) - M. Gunson (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO) - M. Torr (MSFC) Microwave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) - Hartman (Max Planck Institute) Space Experiements with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC) - T. Obayashi (University of Tokyo, Japan) Atmospheric Emission Photometric Imaging (AEPI) - S. Mende (Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories) Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment (SSBUV)*- Hilsenrath (GSFC) Far Ultraviolet Astronomy (FAUST) - C. Bowyer (University of California, Berkeley) Grille Spectrometer - M. Ackerman (Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique) Investigation on Atmospheric H and D Through the Measurement of Lyman Alpha (ALAE) - J.Bertaux (CNRS, France) * co-manifest MISSION EVENTS Preliminary experiment design: Completed Mission concept, feasibility studies: Completed Mission definition studies: Completed Mission implementation: Ongoing Instrument delivery to Kennedy Space Center: Completed Launch readiness date: March 1992 Management NASA Headquarters E. Montoya, Program Manager D. Butler, Program Scientist Marshall Space Flight Center A. O'Neil, Mission Manager M. Torr, Mission Scientist T. Vanhooser, Deputy Mission Manager Major Contractors Teledyne Brown STATUS All ATLAS-1 instruments were delivered to Kennedy Space Center by the end of September 1990 for integration onto the pallets for launch. Mission has completed its Cargo Integration Review (CIR) with all engineering aspects declared completed or in process for completion. This mission is ready to be launched as soon as the instruments are integrated onto the pallets, which is expected by May 1991. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=END OF COLLECTION---COLLECTED 13 FILES---COMPLETED 21:04:13=--=