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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 7/26/93



        KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                       Monday, July 26, 1993

KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham



              MISSION: STS-51  ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103             ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 184 miles
LOCATION: Pad 39-B                    INCLINATION: 28.45 degrees
LAUNCH DATE: NET Aug. 2, 1993         CREW SIZE: 5
LAUNCH WINDOW: TBD
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: TBD
MISSION DURATION: 8 days/22 hours + 1 day (An additional day on
           orbit may be granted if orbiter cryogenics and allow.)

NOTE: The launch of Discovery on mission STS-51 was halted last Saturday at the
T-19 second mark due to a problem with the Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU) on the
right hand Solid Rocket Booster. The HPU controls the rock and tilt actuators
on the booster's nozzel.  Specifically, the problem was narrowed down to the
Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) which is the power supply of the HPU. This resulted
in a lower than allowable turbine speed.  As a result, only the APU will be
replaced.  The faulty unit will be returned to the vendor for complete failure
analysis and a new unit will be installed later this week.  No additional work
is scheduled for the left hand booster.

     Early assessments indicate another launch attempt will occur no earlier
than Monday, August 2.  To support this effort, a com- plete countdown will be
required and the clock recycled to the T-43 hour mark.

IN WORK TODAY:
*  Extended scrub turnaround activity
*  Raise booster service platforms
*  Ordnance disconnect operations (4 p.m.)
*  Install payload access platforms
*  Install aft engine compartment entry level platforms

WORK SCHEDULED:
*  Deservice HPU hypergolic fuels
*  Remove and replace right hand SRB APU
*  Hot fire HPU
*  Reconnect ordnance devices

WORK COMPLETED:
*  Drain external tank of cryogenic fuels
*  Move rotating service structure around vehicle
*  Off load onboard cryogenic fuels
*  Demate mid-body umbilical unit
*  Open payload bay doors
*  Open aft engine compartment doors



           MISSION: STS-58  Spacelab Life Sciences - 2


VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102              ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 176 miles
LOCATION: OPF bay 2                   INCLINATION: 39.00 degrees
MISSION DURATION: 14 days             CREW SIZE: 7
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: Early/Mid September
LAUNCH TIME: Approximately 11:30 a.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes

IN WORK TODAY:
*  Main engine heatshield installation
*  External tank and solid rocket booster electrical mates in the
   Vehicle Assembly Building
*  Install main engine no. 3

WORK SCHEDULED:
*  Spacelab tunnel integration verification tests
*  Spacelab end-to-end tests

WORK COMPLETED:
*  Installed main engines 1 and 2
*  Install Spacelab tunnel
*  External tank/solid rocket booster mechanical mates



              MISSION: STS-61  Hubble Space Telescope
                               Repair Mission

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105             ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 356 miles
LOCATION: OPF bay 1                   INCLINATION: 28 degrees
MISSION DURATION: 11 days             CREW SIZE: 7
TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: Early December 1993

IN WORK TODAY:
*  5th cryogenic tank set installation preparations

WORK SCHEDULED:
*  Install 5th cryogenic tank set
*  Orbital maneuvering system functional tests

WORK COMPLETED:
*  Remove main engines
*  Demate of KU-band antenna
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 7-26-93

Daily News
Monday, July 26, 1993
Two Independence Square; Washington, D.C.
Audio Service:202/358-3014


 % STS-51 mission delayed.

Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-51 mission has been delayed once again when the
Ground Launch Sequencer detected an unacceptably slow speed rate of a hydraulic
power unit located inside the Shuttle's righthand solid rocket booster.
Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center troubleshooted over the weekend and a
decision was made to remove and replace the hydraulic power unit and to retest
the new system before proceeding with the next launch attempt.

A new launch date is still to be determined.  Managers indicate that another
launch attempt will not be made until at least another week to ten days.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

         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.


Monday, July 26, 1993

        noon           NASA Today featuring stories on the STS-51
            mission and Stennis providing data for FEMA to
            aid flood victims.
        12:15 pm        The Night Sky with Dr. Rich Terrile.
        12:30 pm        Orbital Mechanics.
          1:00 pm       The Physics of Toys in Space.
          2:00 pm       Starfinder # 8.
          2:30 pm       New Look at An Old Moon.
          3:00 pm       TQM #8.

Tuesday, July 27, 1993

        noon            NASA Today.
        12:15 pm        Aeronautics & Space Report.
        12:30 pm        Astro Smiles.
          1:00 pm       Flight of Sigma 7.
          1:30 pm       Jupiter Odyssey.
          2:00 pm       Starfinder # 9.
          2:30 pm       Journey Through the Solar System; Sun.
          3:00 pm               TQM #9.



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.
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7/26/93: STS-51 Launch Delay

STS-51  ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS

      The launch of Discovery on mission STS-51 was halted last Saturday at the
T-19 second mark due to a problem with the Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU) on the
right hand Solid Rocket Booster. The HPU controls the rock and tilt actuators
on the booster's nozzel.  Specifically, the problem was narrowed down to the
Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) which is the power supply of the HPU. This resulted
in a lower than allowable turbine speed.  As a result, only the APU will be
replaced.  The faulty unit will be returned to the vendor for complete failure
analysis and a new unit will be installed later this week.  No additional work
is scheduled for the left hand booster.

     Early assessments indicate another launch attempt will occur no earlier
than Monday, August 2.  To support this effort, a com- plete countdown will be
required and the clock recycled to the T-43 hour mark.


PREVIOUSLY ISSUED LAUNCH DELAY INFORMATION FOLLOWS


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, July 20, 1993

      An announcement is expected later today from NASA managers giving a firm
launch date for Discovery on mission STS-51. At this time, launch will not
occur before Friday, July 23.

     The problem circuit card in the pyrotechnic initiator controller which
caused the launch scrub on Saturday has been replaced on the mobile launcher
platform.  Efforts to duplicate the problem on the suspect card were successful
at KSC's malfunction laboratory.  A thermally unstable circuit was the culprit.




KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, July 19, 1993

MISSION: STS-51  ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS

      Launch of the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51 was scrubbed
Saturday at the T-20 minute mark due to a problem with a switch in the
pyrotechnic initiator controller (PIC) which governs the pyrotechnic circuits
on the Shuttle. The problem was narrowed down to a prematurely charged
capacitor in the firing circuit of all eight Solid Rocket Booster hold down
posts and the T-0 liquid hydrogen vent arm, located on the side of the external
tank.  This charge is normally initiated at the T-18 second mark.


7/15/93:  DISCOVERY READY TO LAUNCH ON MISSION STS-51

Bruce Buckingham
July 15, 1993

KSC Release No. 85 - 93

     The Space Shuttle Discovery is prepared and ready to launch on its 17th
voyage into space.  Launch remains scheduled for the opening of a 62-minute
window at 9:22 a.m.  EDT from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39-B.

     Preparations for Discovery's flight began just hours after the orbiter
returned from its most recent mission, STS-56, launched on April 8, 1993.
Discovery landed at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) on April 17 and was
towed a few hours later to Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3.  In the OPF
the vehicle underwent standard turn-around operations and was prepared for
transfer to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on June 18.

     Once in the VAB, Discovery was mated to the external tank (ET) and twin
Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB).  Following standard Shuttle interface testing in
the VAB, the entire Shuttle vehicle was rolled out to pad 39-B on June 26.  The
day before rollout, the primary payload, the Advanced Communications Technology
Satellite/Transfer Orbit Stage (ACTS/TOS), was delivered to the pad's payload
changeout room.  The next day Discovery's payload bay doors were opened and the
ACTS/TOS payload was transferred to the orbiter's payload bay.

     Pad 39-B was turned-around in just 4 1/2 days from the time Endeavour was
launched on June 21 and Discovery was rolled out on June 26.

     On June 30 the final phase of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
(TCDT) was conducted.  The test involved the KSC launch team as well as the
five crew members of mission STS-51. During the TCDT, STS-51 Commander Frank
Culbertson made an orbiter-to-orbiter communications check with STS-57
Commander Ron Grabe, who had just landed the Shuttle Endeavour at KSC's SLF.


     At the pad, Discovery underwent typical pre-launch preparations and the
countdown to launch the fifth Space Shuttle mission of the year began on time
at the T-43 hour mark at 9:30 a.m., July 14.

     Mission STS-51 is scheduled to last nine days.  An additional day on orbit
may be permitted if enough onboard cryogenic reactants are available.  Landing
is scheduled to take place at KSC.

     The crew for mission STS-51 are: Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot William
Readdy, and Mission Specialists Daniel Bursch, James Newman and Carl Walz.
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DTO-667:  PILOT INFLIGHT LANDING OPERATIONS TRAINER (PILOT)

     One of the challenges of flying long duration Shuttle missions is the
issue of orbiter landing tasks.  These tasks require a high level of skill and
proficiency yet data shows that a pilot's landing skills degrade after an
extended absence from a landing trainer such as the Shuttle Training Aircraft.

     During Shuttle Mission STS-58, a portable scientific workstation designed
to aid the Shuttle commander and pilot in maintaining those landing skills will
be demonstrated for the first time.

     The PILOT system hardware consists of a portable scientific workstation, a
high resolution color display and a hand controller with orbiter look and feel.
The software used in the system was transferred from the Shuttle Engineering
Simulator software used to validate Shuttle flight software.  This provides
PILOT with orbiter handling and guidance characteristics.

     The PILOT system is stowed in lockers on the flight deck and middeck areas
of the Space Shuttle. When a member of the crew wants to use the system, the
workstation is mounted on a console directly in front of the pilot's seat on
the flight deck and the PILOT system hand controller is attached to the
orbiter's hand controller.

     In addition to evaluating the ability to maintain landing skills of a
Shuttle crew in Earth-orbit, the PILOT system may be integrated into the
standard training activities of all Shuttle crews at the Johnson Space Center,
Houston.



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STS-58 CREW BIOGRAPHIES

     John E. Blaha, 51, Col., USAF, is Commander (CDR) of STS-58. Selected as
an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha considers San Antonio, Texas, his hometown and
will be making his fourth spaceflight.

     Blaha graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., in 1960; received
a bachelors degree in engineering science from the USAF Academy in 1965; and
received a masters degree in astronautical engineering from Purdue University
in 1966.

     Blaha first flew as Pilot for Shuttle mission STS-29 in March 1989.  On
his second flight, he was Pilot for STS-33 in November 1989.  On his most
recent flight, he was Commander for STS-43 in August 1991.  Blaha has logged
more than 453 hours in space.


     Richard A. Searfoss, 37, Lt. Col., USAF, serves as Pilot (PLT).  Selected
as an astronaut in January 1990, Searfoss was born in Mount Clemens, Mich., but
considers Portsmouth, N.H., his hometown.  He will be making his first
spaceflight.

     Searfoss graduated from Portsmouth Senior High School in 1974; received a
bachelors degree in aeronautical engineering from the USAF Academy in 1978; and
received a masters degree in aeronautics from the California Institute of
Technology on a National Science Foundation Fellowship in 1979.

     Searfoss graduated in 1980 from Undergraduate Pilot Training at Williams
AFB, Ariz. He flew the F-111F aircraft at RAF Lakenheath, England, followed by
a tour at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. In 1988, he attended the Naval Test Pilot
School, Patuxent River, Md., as a USAF exchange officer.  He was a flight
instructor at the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, Calif., when
selected for the astronaut program.  Searfoss has logged over 2,500 hours
flying time in 54 different types of aircraft.


     M.  Rhea Seddon, M.D., 45, serves as Payload Commander and Mission
Specialist 1 (MS1).  Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Seddon is from
Murfreesboro, Tenn., and will be making her third spaceflight.

     Seddon graduated from Central High School in Murfreesboro in 1965;
received a bachelors degree in physiology from the University of California-
Berkeley in 1970; and received a doctorate of medicine from the University of
Tennessee College of Medicine in 1973.  She completed a surgical internship and
3 years of general surgery residency in Memphis following graduation.

     Seddon served as a mission specialist aboard Discovery on STS-51D in April
1985.  Her next flight was as a mission specialist on STS-40 in May 1991.  She
has logged more than 218 hours in space.


     William S. McArthur, Jr., 42, Lt. Col., USA, serves as Mission Specialist
2 (MS2).  Selected as an astronaut in January 1990, McArthur considers Wakulla,
N.C., his hometown and will be making his first spaceflight.

     McArthur graduated from Red Springs High School, Red Springs, N.C., in
1969; received a bachelors degree in applied science and engineering from the
U.S. Military Academy in 1973; and received a masters degree in aerospace
engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983.

     After West Point and following a tour with the 82nd Airborne Division,
McArthur entered the U.S. Army Aviation School in 1975 and was designated an
Army Aviator in June 1976.  He served with the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea
and with the 24th Combat Aviation Battalion in Savannah, Ga., and later was an
assistant professor in the Department of Mechanics at West Point.

     In June 1987, he graduated from the Naval Test Pilot School. At the time
of his selection as an astronaut, he was assigned to NASA at the Johnson Space
Center as a Space Shuttle Integration Test Engineer. McArthur has logged over
2,700 flight hours in 36 different aircraft.


     David A. Wolf, M.D., 37, serves as Mission Specialist 3 (MS3).  Selected
as an astronaut in January 1990, Wolf considers Indianapolis, Ind., his
hometown and will be making his first spaceflight.

     Wolf graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis in 1974;
received a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in
1978; and received a doctorate in medicine from Indiana University in 1982.  He
completed his medical internship at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and
later completed Air Force flight surgeon primary training at Brooks AFB, San
Antonio, Texas.

     Wolf worked as a research scientist at the Indianapolis Center for
Advanced Research from 1980 to 1983.  In 1983, he joined NASA in the Medical
Sciences Division of the Johnson Space Center, where he was responsible for
development of the American Flight Echocardiograph.

     In 1986, he was assigned to direct development of the Space Bioreactor and
associated cancer research and tissue culture applications which use controlled
gravitational conditions.  He is a flight surgeon in the Air National Guard and
has logged over 500 hours in the F4 Phantom jet.



     Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D., 50, serves as Mission Specialist 4 (MS4).
Selected as an astronaut in January 1978, Lucid considers Bethany, Okla., her
hometown and will be making her fourth spaceflight.

     Lucid graduated from Bethany High School in 1960 and received a bachelors
degree in chemistry, a masters degree and a doctorate in biochemistry from the
University of Oklahoma in 1963, 1970 and 1973, respectively.

     Lucid first flew as a mission specialist on STS-51G in June 1985.  Her
next flight was as a mission specialist on STS-34 in October 1989.  Her third
flight was as a mission specialist on STS-43 in August 1991.  Lucid has logged
over 502 hours in space.



     Martin J. Fettman, D.V.M., Ph.D., 36, serves as payload specialist.
Fettman considers Brooklyn, N.Y., his hometown and will be making his first
spaceflight.

     Fettman graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn in 1973; received a
bachelors degree in animal nutrition from Cornell University in 1976; received
a masters degree in nutrition and a doctor of veterinary medicine from Cornell
University in 1980; and received a doctorate in physiology from Colorado State
University in 1982.  He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Pathologists.

     Fettman served in the Department of Pathology of the College of Veterinary
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University as an assistant
professor of clinical pathology from 1982 to 1986.

     From 1983 to the present, he has held a joint appointment in the
Department of Physiology at Colorado State University. His research and
teaching interests have focused on selected aspects of the pathophysiology of
nutritional and metabolic diseases.

     In 1988, Fettman assumed the duties of Section Chief of Clinical Pathology
in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University. From 1989 to
1990, Fettman took a sabbatical leave as a visiting professor of medicine at
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the University of Adelaide in Australia. He
was named a Professor of Pathology at Colorado State in 1992.
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STS-58 SECOND SPACELAB MISSION DEDICATED TO LIFE SCIENCES

     The Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-58 will be the second spacelab
flight dedicated to life sciences research.  Columbia's seven crewmembers will
perform a series of experiments to gain more knowledge on how the human body
adapts to the weightless environment of space.

     While in Earth orbit, almost every human physiological system undergoes
some form of adaptation.  Understanding the causes of these changes will aid
NASA in the effort to fly longer missions as well as give researchers insight
into medical problems experienced by indiviudals on Earth.

     The STS-58 crew will perform experiments focusing on the cardiovascular,
regulatory, neurovestibular and musculoskeletal systems of the body.  The
experiments performed on Columbia's crew and on laboratory animals, along with
data collected on the SLS-1 mission in June 1991, will provide the most
detailed and interrelated physiological measurements acquired in the space
environment since the Skylab program in 1973 and 1974.

     The SLS-2 mission currently is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sept.
10, 1993.  The mission will be flown at an altitude of 153 nautical miles and
at an inclination of 39 degrees to the Equator.

     The mission is planned to last 14 days concluding with a landing at
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Commander for the flight is John Blaha, Col.,
USAF. Rick Searfoss, Lt. Col., USAF will serve as Pilot. Mission specialists
are Rhea Seddon, M.D.; Bill MacArthur, Lt. Col., USA; David Wolf, M.D.; and
Shannon Lucid, Ph.D. The payload specialist for STS-58 is Martin Fettman,
D.V.M., Ph.D.

     Following the STS-58 mission, Columbia will be returned to Kennedy Space
Center, Fla., where the spacelab payload will be removed.  Work then will begin
to prepare Columbia for its next flight, STS-62 -- the United States
Microgravity Payload-2 mission scheduled to fly in February1994.

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MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION

NASA Select Television Transmission

     NASA Select television is available on Satcom F-2R, Transponder 13,
located at 72 degrees west longitude; frequency 3960.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz.

   The schedule for television transmissions from the orbiter and for mission
briefings will be available during the mission at Kennedy Space Center, Fla;
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; Ames-Dryden Flight Research
Facility, Edwards, Calif.; Johnson Space Center, Houston and NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C. The television schedule will be updated to reflect changes
dictated by mission operations.

     Television schedules also may be obtained by calling COMSTOR 713/483-
5817.  COMSTOR is a computer data base service requiring the use of a telephone
modem.  A voice recording of the television schedule is updated daily at noon
eastern time.

Status Reports

     Status reports on countdown and mission progress, on-orbit activities and
landing operations will be produced by the appropriate NASA newscenter.

Briefings

     A mission press briefing schedule will be issued prior to launch.  During
the mission, status briefings by a flight director or mission operations
representative and when appropriate, representatives from the science team,
will occur at least once per day.  The updated NASA Select television schedule
will indicate when mission briefings are planned.



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STS-58 Quick Look Facts

Launch Date/Site:    September 1993/Kennedy Space Center - Pad 39B
Launch Time:        TBD
Orbiter:        Columbia (OV-102) - 15th Flight
Orbit/Inclination:    153 nautical miles/39 degrees
Mission Duration:    14 days, 23 minutes
Landing Time/Date:    TBD
Primary Landing Site:    Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Abort Landing Sites:    Return to Launch Site - KSC, Fla.
            TransAtlantic Abort landing - Ben Guerir, Morroco
                Moron, Spain   Zaragoza, Spain
            Abort Once Around -  Edwards AFB, Calif.

Crew:             John Blaha, Commander (CDR)
            Rick Searfoss, Pilot (PLT)
            Rhea Seddon,  Mission Specialist 1 (MS1)
            Bill MacArthur, Mission Specialist 2 (MS2)
            David Wolf, Mission Specialist 3 (MS3)
            Shannon Lucid, Mission Specialist 4 (MS4)
            Martin Fettman, Payload Specialist (PS)

Cargo Bay Payloads:    SLS-2 (Spacelab Life Sciences-2)

In-Cabin Payloads:    SAREX-II (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment-II)

DTOs/DSOs:

    DTO 312:    ET TPS Performance
    DTO 623:     Cabin Air Monitoring
    DTO 663:     Acoustical Noise Dosimeter Data
    DTO 665:     Acoustical Noise Sound Level Data
    DTO 667:     Pilot In-Flight Landing Operations Trainer
    DTO 910:     Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment
    DSO 314:     Acceleration Data to Support Microgravity Disturbances
    DSO 485:     InterMars Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
    DSO 603B:       Orthostatic Function During Entry, Landing and Egress
    DSO 611:     Air Monitoring Instrument Evaluation and Atmosphere
            Characterization
    DSO 612:     Energy Utilization
    DSO 617:     Evaluation of Functional Skeletal Muscle Performance
            Following Space Flight
    DSO 620:     Physiological Evaluation of Astronaut Seat Egress
            Ability at Wheel Stop
    DSO 623:     Lower Body Negative Pressure Countermeasures
    DSO 624:     Cardiorespiratory Responses to Submaximal Exercise
    DSO 802:     Education Activities
    DSO 904:     Assessment of Human Factors
    DSO 901:     Documentary Television
    DSO 902:     Documentary Motion Picture Photography
    DSO 903:     Documentary Still Photography






STS-58 SUMMARY TIMELINE

Flight Day One..........................Ascent
                    OMS-2 (153 n.m. x 153 n.m)
                    Spacelab activation
                    Spacelab Life Sciences-2 activities

Flight Day Two..........................Spacelab Life Sciences-2 activities
 to Flight Day Thirteen

Flight Day Fourteen................    Flight Control Systems checkout
                    Reaction Control System hot-fire
                    Spacelab stow
                    Cabin stow
                    Spacelab deactivation -- first half

Flight Day Fifteen....................    Spacelab final deactivation
                    Deorbit
                    Entry
                    Landing



STS-58 Orbital Events Summary

EVENT        START TIME    VELOCITY CHANGE            ORBIT
        (dd/hh:mm:ss)     (feet per second)        (n.m.)

OMS-2        00/00:40:00        198             153 x 153

Deorbit     13/23:23:00        TBD            N/A

Landing        14/00:23:00        N/A            N/A



STS-58 Vehicle and Payload Weights

Vehicle/Payload                        Pounds

Orbiter (Columbia) empty and 3 SSMEs            168,713
Spacelab Life Sciences-2                 21,840
Extended Duration Orbiter Pallet              3,588
SAREX-II                             46
DSOs/DTOs                            547
Total Vehicle at SRB Ignition                  4,519,358
Orbiter Landing Weight                    227,395


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SPACE SHUTTLE ABORT MODES

    Space Shuttle launch abort philosophy aims toward safe and intact
recovery of the flight crew, orbiter and its payload.  Abort modes include:

    * Abort-To-Orbit (ATO) -- Partial loss of main engine thrust late
enough to permit reaching a minimal 105-nautical mile orbit with orbital
maneuvering system engines.

    * Abort-Once-Around (AOA) -- Earlier main engine shutdown with the
capability to allow one orbit around before landing at Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif.

    * TransAtlantic Abort Landing (TAL) -- Loss of one or more main engines
midway through powered flight would force a landing at either Ben Guerir,
Morocco; Moron, Spain; or Zaragoza, Spain.

    * Return-To-Launch-Site (RTLS) -- Early shutdown of one or more engines
without enough energy to reach Banjul would result in a pitch around and thrust
back toward KSC until within gliding distance of the Shuttle Landing Facility.

    STS-58 contingency landing sites are the Kennedy Space Center, Edwards
Air Force Base, Ben Guerir, Moron or Zaragoza.



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STS-51 CREW RESPONSIBILITIES


TASK/PAYLOAD        PRIMARY        BACKUP

SLS-2            Seddon        Lucid, Wolf, Fettman
Spacelab activation    Seddon        Wolf
Spacelab deactivation    Wolf        Seddon
Spacelab systems    Blaha        Searfoss

Experiments:
SLS-2            Seddon        Lucid, Wolf, Fettman
SAREX            McArthur    Searfoss

DTO's/DSO's:
ET Photo        Searfoss
Acoustic Noise        Searfoss
Orbiter Acceleration    Searfoss
Landing Trainer        Blaha
Cabin Air        McArthur
LBNP            Searfoss
Seat Egress/Landing    Fettman
Education Activities    Fettman
Human Factors        Lucid, Fettman

Other Responsiblities:
Photography/TV        Searfoss        McArthur
Earth observations    Searfoss        McArthur
Maintenance-Orbiter    McArthur        Searfoss
Maintenance-Spacelab    Wolf            McArthur
Medic            Wolf            Seddon
EVA            Lucid (EVI)        Wolf (EV2), Searfoss (IV)


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ORBITAL ACCELERATION RESEARCH EXPERIMENT (OARE)

     The main goal of the experiment is to measure the Shuttle's aerodynamic
forces (drag) in orbit and during the early stages of reentry.  The OARE sensor
is capable of discerning accelerations as small as one-billionth of the Earth's
surface gravitational acceleration (i.e. 1:109).

     OARE is designed to calibrate itself on-orbit so that absolute values of
these low accelerations can be measured.  All previous accelerometers onboard
the Shuttle depended upon ground calibrations.  This, of course, is done in a
1-g field on Earth and past experience has shown that, for the level of
precision required for the OARE objectives, ground calibrations are not
adequate.

     The OARE sensor is mounted on top of a calibration-table platform which is
free to rotate.  The calibration system allows small drifts and offsets to be
measured directly in flight.  For example, the table can be spun at a precision
rate to generate a known artificial gravity in orbit from which the output
signals can be scaled.

     The OARE equipment maiden flight was on STS-40 in June 1991.  OARE was
operated for about 3.5 days on orbit.  However, some equipment problems were
present and although much information was obtained, the flight data was
partially compromised by an equipment malfunction.  The problems were isolated
after the flight, and the equipment has been repaired and has flown a second
time on STS-50 (June 1992) where the instrument operated continuously for 14
days in orbit.

     This was the first time insitu accelerometer calibrations were performed
on the orbiter, and the data are of excellent quality.  Although the entire 14
days of data has not been fully analyzed, the data has been sought by other
investigators involved with microgravity experimentations on the flight.  The
overall flight plan for OARE on STS-50 is about the same as on STS- 58.  The
plan is to operate the equipment over the entire 13 days in orbit.  This means
the OARE flight computer is pre-programmed to take into account the duration in
orbit so that the flight data would fit into its 4 megabyte memory storage.

     The OARE pitch, yaw and roll maneuvers, performed on STS-40 and STS-50,
also will be performed on this flight.  These maneuvers are an important source
of information about the Shuttle physical characteristics such as vehicle
center of gravity.  In addition, the maneuvers can be used to check the
automatic calibration procedures.  For STS-58, the maneuvers will be performed
on flight days 2, 7 and 13.  In addition, the gravity gradient, turn-drag
maneuver also will be performed on flight day 2.

     The OARE flight hardware consists of 4 electronics boxes and a table
assembly with a container mounted on its surface.  This container houses the
electrostatic-suspended proof-mass accelerometer sensor.  The whole system
weighs about 107 lbs and is 17x13x41 inches and requires about 110 watts of
power.

     The OARE is manifested as a complex DTO and is mounted on a special keel
bridge which spans bay 11 of the orbiter.  This is essentially the floor of the
orbiter payload bay, near the aft end of the bay.

     The Principal Investigator for OARE is R.C. Blanchard, NASA Langley
Research Center, Hampton, Va., and the Project Manager is R. Giesecke, NASA
Johnson Space Center, Houston.


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Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX)

    Students in the United States and France will have a chance to speak
via amateur radio with astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during
STS-58. Ground-based amateur radio operators ("hams") will be able to contact
the Shuttle through automated computer-to-computer amateur (packet) radio link.
There also will be voice contacts with the general ham community as time
permits.

    Shuttle Pilot Richard A. Searfoss (license pending) and mission
specialist William S. McArthur, Jr. (KC5ACR) and payload specialist Martin J.
Fettman (KC5AXA) will talk with students in 16 schools in the United States and
in France using "ham radio."

    Students in the following schools will have the opportunity to talk
directly with orbiting astronauts for approximately 4 to 8 minutes:

    *  Russellville H.S., Russellville, Ariz. (K5PXP)
    *  Lloyd Ferguson Elementary, League City, Texas (KB5UFJ)
    *  Eastern Heights Jr. H.S., Elyria, Ohio (N8AM)
    *  Bloomfield Elementary, Bloomfield, Mo. (N0UOP)
      *  Carl Hayden Community H.S., Phoenix, Aruz. (N7UJJ)
    *  Sycamore Middle School, Pleasant View, Tenn. (AC9R)
    *  Alamo Heights Junior School, San Antonio, Texas (WA5FRF)
    *  Nashua H. S., Nashua, N.H. (N1NHS)
    *  Meyzeek Middle School, Louisville, Ky. (N4OKX)
    *  Webber Junior H.S., Fort Collins, Colo. (N0LHW)
    *  Red Springs H.S., Red Springs, N.C. (W4MZP)
    *  Ernest Elliott School, Munster, Ind. (AJ9N)
    *  Space Center Intermediate School, Houston (KA5GLX)
    *  St. Barnabas Episcopal School, Houston (N5NYD)
    *  Gardens Elementary School, Pasadena, Texas  (N5VSP)
    *  Lycee Gaston Febus, Pau, France (FE1OBV)

    The radio contacts are part of the SAREX project, a joint effort by
NASA, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the Amateur Radio Satellite
Corp. (AMSAT).

    The project, which has flown on 10 previous Shuttle missions, is
designed to encourage public participation in the space program and support the
conduct of educational initiatives through a program to demonstrate the
effectiveness of communications between the Shuttle and low-cost ground
stations using amateur radio voice and digital techniques.

    Information about orbital elements, contact times, frequencies and crew
operating schedules will be available during the mission from NASA, ARRL (Steve
Mansfield, 203/666-1541) and AMSAT (Frank Bauer, 301/ 286-8421).  AMSAT will
provide information bulletins for interested parties on INTERNET and amateur
packet radio.

    The ham radio club at the Johnson Space Center(JSC), (W5RRR), will be
operating on amateur short wave frequencies, and the ARRL station (W1AW) will
include SAREX information in its regular voice and teletype bulletins.

    There will be a SAREX information desk during the mission in the JSC
newsroom.  Mission information will be available on the computer bulletin
board.  To reach the bulletin board, use JSC BBS (8 N 1 1200 baud): dial
713/483-2500, then type 62511.

    The amateur radio station at the Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md. (WA3NAN), will operate around the clock during the mission,
providing SAREX information and retransmitting live Shuttle air- to-ground
audio.


STS-58 SAREX Frequencies

    Routine SAREX transmissions from the Space Shuttle may be monitored on
a downlink frequency of 145.55 MHz. The voice uplink frequencies are:
                    144.91 MHz
                    144.93
                    144.95
                    144.97
                    144.99
Note: The astronauts will not favor any one of the above frequencies.
Therefore, the ability to talk with an astronaut depends on selecting one of
the above frequencies chosen by the astronaut.

    The amateur packet frequencies are:

Packet downlink          145.55 MHz
Packet uplink             144.49

    The Goddard Space Flight Center amateur radio club planned HF operating
frequencies:

                3.860 MHz        7.185 MHz
                14.295             21.395
                28.650






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