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14-Jul-93 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 13-Jul-93 at 21:00:00 {Central}
and 14-Jul-93 at 21:00:15.
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 7/14/93
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Wednesday, July 14, 1993
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
MISSION: STS-51 ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS
Launch minus 3 days
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 184 miles
LOCATION: Pad 39-B INCLINATION: 28.45 degrees
LAUNCH DATE: Saturday, July 17, 1993 CREW SIZE: 5
LAUNCH WINDOW: 9:22 - 10:24 a.m. EDT
EXPECTED KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 26 or 27 7:21 a.m. EDT
EXPECTED MISSION DURATION: 8 days/22 hours + 1 day (an additional day on orbit
may be granted if orbiter cryogenics allow)
NOTE: The countdown for Discovery's launch began at the T-43 hour mark today at
9:30 a.m. Forecasters indicate a 10 percent proba- bility of weather
prohibiting launch with a slight chance of showers being the primary concern.
The five member crew for this mission will arrive KSC at 2:30 p.m. today. Crew
members are: Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot William Readdy, and Mission
Specialists Daniel Bursch, James Newman and Carl Walz.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Verification of Shuttle power on systems, data processing and
flight control systems
* Final stowage of mid-deck and flight deck supplies and payloads
* Preparations for power reactant and storage distribution
system operations
* Orbiter closeouts
* Pad surface washdown and foreign object debris assessments
* Move solid rocket booster flame deflectors to launch position
* Payload bay closeouts
* Retract payload ground handling mechanism
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Crew to arrive KSC 2:30 p.m. today
* Close payload bay doors for flight this afternoon
* Cryogenic reactants loading for power reactant and storage
distribution system (Thursday)
* Retract rotating service structure (11:00 a.m. Friday)
* External tank loading operations (1:02 a.m. Saturday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Aft engine compartment closeouts
* Hypergolic pressurization closeout operations
* Launch countdown preparations
* Aft confidence test
* Purge external tank
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 7-14-93
Daily News
Wednesday, July 14, 1993
Two Independence Square; Washington, D.C.
Audio Service:202/358-3014
% Countdown for the STS-51 mission underway;
% Replay of Lansat-4 and -5 briefing on NASA TV;
% TDRSS C-Band agreement restructured.
Countdown for Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-51 mission began this morning. The
STS-51 crew is scheduled to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:30 p.m.
EDT today.
Highlights of this mission will be the deployment of the ACTS-TOS communication
satellite, which will serve as a testbed to develop new communication
satellites. The STS-51 mission also will deploy and retrieve the U.S./German
free-flying scientific observation satellite, the ASTR0-SPAS. Crew members
during this mission are scheduled to perform a spacewalk as part of NASA's
continuing series of test spacewalks to increase experience with spacewalks and
refine spacewalk training methods.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Today at 1:00 p.m. EDT, NASA TV will replay the Landsat-4 and-5 press briefing
that was held on June 24. The press briefing discussed refined estimates of
the extent of tropical deforestation and forest fragmentation in the Brazilian
Amazon Basin. The press briefing will air again tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
NASA and Columbia Communications Corp., Honolulu, have recently restructured
the agreement under which Columbia leases commercial C-band capacity on board
two of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS). Under the
restructured agreement, Columbia will share with NASA all revenues received
from leasing capacity to third parties.
Built in the 1970's, TDRS was designed to support a variety of
telecommunication capabilities. The TDRS system is a space based network that
provides communications, tracking, telemetry, data acquisition and command
services necessary to the Space Shuttle and low-Earth orbital spacecraft
missions.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA TV.
Note that all events and times may change without notice and that all times
listed are Eastern.
Wednesday, July 14, 1993
noon NASA Today.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Pictures in the Mind.
1:00 pm LANDSAT-4 and -5 press briefing replay.
2:00 pm Shaping Tomorrow.
2:30 pm Return to the Red Planet.
3:00 pm Gemini, the Twins.
3:30 pm Around the Moon.
Thursday, July 15, 1993
noon NASA Today.
12:15 pm The Night Sky with Dr. Rich Terrile.
12:30 pm Best of NASA Today: Artists of NASA.
1:00 pm Four Days of Gemini IV
1:30 pm Veil of Venus.
2:00 pm Starfinder #1.
2:30 pm Zero-G and Space Suits.
3:00 pm LANDSAT-4 and -5 press briefing replay.
NASA TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West
Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MHz, 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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STS-51 LAUNCH WEATHER FORECAST
LAUNCH WEATHER FORECAST FOR STS-51
L-3 Days
George H. Diller
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Synopsis: High pressure dominates. Weak low altitude and mid-level winds
provide little movement for developing convective showers or thunderstorms over
land, however, offshore activity will move gradually onshore.
At the opening of the launch window at 9:22 a.m. on Saturday forecast
conditions are:
Clouds: scattered low level
Visibility: 7 or miles or greater
Wind - Pad 39B: WSW/4-6 knots
Temperature: 80 degrees
Dewpoint: 70 degrees
Humidity: 69%
Precipitation: slight chance of showers offshore
Other weather concerns: no other significant weather
Probability of launch weather violation on Saturday: 10%
tanking violation on Saturday: 5%
Chance of violation with 24 hour scrub turnaround: 10%
48 hour scrub turnaround: 10%
Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
Department of the Air Force
7/14/93
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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NASA REGIONAL CENTER EDUCATION OFFICES
To request NASA educational services, please contact the Education Officer at
the NASA Center that serves your state or territory.
If you live in: Write to the Education Office at:
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Alaska NASA Ames Research Center
Arizona Moffett Field, CA 94035
California
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
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Connecticut NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Delaware Greenbelt, MD 20771
District of Columbia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
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Colorado NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Kansas Houston, TX 77058
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
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Florida NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center
Georgia Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
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Kentucky NASA Langley Research Center
North Carolina Education Office
South Carolina M/S 400
Virginia NASA/AESP
West Virginia Hampton, VA 23365-5225
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Illinois NASA Lewis Research Center
Indiana 21000 Brookpark Rd.
Michigan Cleveland, OH 44135
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
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Alabama NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Arkansas Public Affairs, CA20
Iowa Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812
Louisiana
Missouri
Tennessee
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Mississippi NASA Stennis Space Center
Building 1200
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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LANGLEY TELELECTURE PROGRAM
The Langley Research Center provides an exciting way to bring the
most current information on NASA research to your group. Our
free telelecture programs are designed to provide a NASA lecture,
via telephone, to those organizations that cannot visit Langley.
A carousel of 35mm slides is mailed, on loan, to your
organization prior to the scheduled program. At an agreed upon
time and date, a speaker from the Langley Research Center will
call your organization to give your group a live presentation.
These lectures are usually 30 minutes in length, after which time
is allowed for discussion and questions from the audience.
The only equipment you will need is a 35mm carousel slide
projector, a projection screen, and a telephone with an
amplifying capability. First-time users should not be intimidated
by the third requirement. A high quality hook-up can usually be
arranged at minimal cost.
Sometimes it is possible to borrow a telephone amplifier or
conference telephone. They may also be available on a rental
basis from your local telephone company.
An alternative to the use of a packaged speaker telephone is to
amplify the telephone signal through an existing public address
system, a movie projector, or a tape recorder. The connection is
easily made with the aid of a "telephone pick-up coil." These
devices are designed to pick-up telephone messages for tape
recording. They fasten to the telephone with a suction cup, and
fit directly into the microphone jack of many amplifiers, and
adaptors are readily available to fit most others. In many
cases, the use of a pick-up and amplifier will provide better
classroom or auditorium sound than will a conference telephone
meant for office or home use. Pick-up coils are widely available
at consumer electronic stores.
Since the success of a telelecture is dependent on the proper
functioning of all equipment, it is essential that you conduct a
systems checkout well before the scheduled time of the
presentation. Make sure you have all the requirement equipment
and audience members can get to the telephone to ask questions.
There should also be someone available to operate the projector,
lights, and telephone.
The only additional cost you should encounter is the return
postage for one carousel box of slides back to Langley. Slides
are required to be returned to Langley within seven days after
the presentation.
If you would like to discuss the program in more detail, or would
like to reserve a date and time for a telelecture program, please
contact:
Telecture Programs
NASA Langley Visitor Center
Mail Stop 480
Hampton, VA 23665-5225
(804) 864-1593
Following is a list of telelecture topics which are currently
available:
Air Transportation of the Future: A look at current aeronautics
research and some advanced concepts for the aircraft of tomorrow.
Wind Tunnels, the Basic Tools of Aeronautics Research: An
introduction to why and how wind tunnels are used.
Search for Efficient Flight: Research to improve the overall
performance of transport aircraft with the goal of better fuel
economy.
Careers in Aerospace: An examination of some technical,
engineering, and scientific careers in aerospace.
Overview of the NASA Langley Research Center: A general
introduction to the research role of the oldest NASA center.
Exploration of the Solar System: Presents the results of two
decades of planetary exploration by NASA's robot explorers -
Pioneer, Mariner, Viking, and Voyager.
Voyage to the Outer Planets: A look at the outer planets of our
solar system through the eyes of the Voyager spacecraft.
Planetary Exploration Through the Year 2000: Proposals for the
future exploration of our solar system based on the report of
NASA's Solar System Exploration Committee.
Manned Spaceflight: The story of Americans in space, from
Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle.
Space Shuttle: The Space Transportation System, how it works,
and how it will be used in the future.
Science in Space: A look at ways the Shuttle will expand
scientific research in space, emphasizing Spacelab and the Space
Telescope.
Space Station: Explores proposals and potential uses for a
permanent laboratory in Earth orbit.
Satellites at Work: Applications of satellites for weather
observation, resource monitoring, communications, and scientific
research.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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