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03-Feb-93 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 02-Feb-93 at 21:00:00 {Central}
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2/03/93: SPACEWALK ADDED TO JULY SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. February 3, 1993
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 93-21
A spacewalk has been added to Space Shuttle mission STS-51 aboard
Discovery, set for a July launch, to continue extravehicular activity tests
begun with the addition of a spacewalk to NASA's first 1993 Shuttle flight in
January.
The STS-51 spacewalk is part of a series of tests NASA will conduct
during the next 3 years to prepare Space Station Freedom, scheduled to be built
in orbit starting in early 1996.
"The addition of the spacewalk to STS-51 will allow us to continue
refining our knowledge of human performance capabilities and limitations during
spacewalks", said Ron Farris, Chief of the Extravehicular (EVA) Section at the
Johnson Space Center, Houston.
"This EVA constitutes a continuing committment by NASA to advance our
preparation for future EVA missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope
servicing and Space Station Freedom assembly flights," Ferris added. Other
1993 Shuttle flights remain under consideration for the addition of spacewalks
as well.
The tests, as performed during STS-54 in January, concentrate on
defining the limits of spacewalking abilities, better understanding of the
differences between true weightlessness and the ground training facilities that
simulate weightlessness and gaining more insight into the times required for
various tasks to be performed while spacewalking. They also expand the
experience levels among the astronaut corps, Shuttle flight controllers and
spacewalk training instructors.
The specific tasks to be performed on STS-51 are still being evaluated
by flight planners, however, the tasks will concentrate on these goals and be
similiar to the tasks done during STS-54. The STS-51 spacewalk, as with the
STS-54 spacewalk and future tests, will be done without any impact on the main
objectives of the mission and will carry a low priority among the mission's
tasks. STS-51's primary objective will be to deploy the Advanced
Communications Technology Satellite. STS-51 crew members Jim Newman and Carl
Walz will perform the spacewalk.
With the spacewalk performed in January and the one planned for July, a
total of three Shuttle flights this year include spacewalks as now planned.
Shuttle mission STS-61, scheduled aboard Endeavour in December to service
several instruments and equipment on the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, will
feature several spacewalks. However, the STS-61 spacewalks are not part of the
test series.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 2/3/93
SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, February 3, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia Current location: VAB Bay 3
Primary payload: Spacelab D-2 Crew Size: 7
Orbital altitude: 184 sm Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours
Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25
Landing site/timeframe: KSC/March 6
STS-55 IN WORK:
- hard mate Columbia to external tank/solid rocket booster stack
- establish connections with mobile launch platform
tail service masts
- external tank/solid rocket booster battery installation
STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:
- replacement of orbiter left main landing gear door limit switch
- orbiter rollover first motion from OPF Bay 2 at 2:11 p.m.
- orbiter arrival in VAB transfer isle at 2:38 p.m.
- hoisting of Columbia from VAB transfer isle starting at 2 a.m.
- soft mate to external tank/booster stack complete at 11 a.m.
WORK SCHEDULED:
- establish electrical with connections stack Thursday
- replace main engine #1 hydraulic accumulator Thursday
- Shuttle Interface Test (SIT) Thursday thru Saturday
- rollout to Pad 39-A on Sunday at 8 a.m.
- Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test Feb. 11-12
- Launch Readiness Review Feb. 8
- Flight Readiness Review Feb. 11
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 2/3/93
Daily News
Wednesday, February 3, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014
% Columbia now in assembly building, to roll to launch pad 39-A this Sunday;
% Briefings on STS-55 mission and science occurring today and tomorrow;
% Marshall will exhibit Space Station Freedom trailers at Boston AAAS meeting;
% Fred Gregory kicks off agency African-American History Month today.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kennedy Space Center technicians working to prepare Columbia for its upcoming
STS-55 D-2 Spacelab mission are currently working to hard-mate Columbia to its
external tank/solid rocket booster stack today in the Vehicle Assembly
Building. The shuttle interface test to verify electrical interfaces between
the stack components will begin tomorrow. Rollout of the STS-55 stack is
expected to occur this Sunday morning at 8:00 EST.
Briefings on the mission objectives and science experiments are being held at
the Johnson Space Center today and tomorrow. The briefings are being carried
live on NASA Select television, and will be repeated at the end of each day.
KSC management will hold its launch readiness review on Monday, Feb. 8. The
NASA Office of Space Flight management's formal Flight Readiness Review will be
held at KSC on Wednesday, Feb. 11. The launch dress rehearsal with the
astronaut and ground launch team crews will take place on Feb. 11 and 12, with
the simulated launch time at 11:00 am EST on Feb. 12.
Preparations on Columbia continue to proceed on a schedule which could allow
the launch of the STS-55 mission in late February. The STS-55 mission is the
second dedicated German research flight; the first was the D-1 mission which
flew on STS-61A in November 1985. This flight is scheduled as an 8-day and
22-hour, seven- crewmember mission with the Spacelab long module and a variety
of scientific discipline investigations. This mission's major Spacelab
facilities will continue the exploration of fluid physics and human
physiological changes in microgravity.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Marshall Space Flight Center will exhibit their double- trailer Space Station
Freedom mockup at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
annual national convention in Boston next Tuesday, Feb. 9, through Thursday,
Feb. 11. NASA Headquarters will provide staff to answer questions from AAAS
members who tour the facility, which includes a walk-through of the U.S.
laboratory module and the crew habitat module.
Marshall will exhibit the trailers at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery
the following week.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
NASA kicked off the 1993 African-American History Month today with a special
address by Frederick Gregory, Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission
Quality. Gregory was twice commander of shuttle missions, STS-33 and STS-44,
and previously flew as the pilot of the STS- 51B mission. Gregory was to name
the winners of a student essay contest following his address on African-
American Scholars, Leaders, Activists and Writers.
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.
Wednesday, February 3, 1993
Live
9:30 am STS-55 mission overview with Gary Coen,
lead flight director, from Johnson Space Center.
Live
10:30 am German Research Organization science
overview with discipline investigation principal
investigators, from JSC.
Live
12:00 pm NASA science overview with discipline
investigation principal investigators, from JSC.
Live
2:00 pm Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment briefing
with Louis McFadin, from JSC.
Thursday, February 4, 1993
Live
9:00 am STS-55 crew briefing with Steven Nagel,
commander; Terence Henricks, pilot; Jerry Ross, Bernard
Harris, Jr., and Charles Precourt, mission specialists;
and Hans Schlegel and Ulrich Walter, German payload
specialists; from JSC.
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
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