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"920914.DFC" (48737 bytes) was created on 09-14-92 14-Sep-92 Daily File Collection These files were added or updated between 13-Sep-92 at 21:00:00 {Central} and 14-Sep-92 at 21:00:16. =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920914.REL 9/14/92: ASTRONAUT MAE JEMISON TO SPEAK WITH CHICAGO YOUTH Jeffrey Carr September 14, 1992 RELEASE NO. 92-050 Endeavour Astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison will speak, from orbit, with students from Chicago area schools in a live television event with Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday, September 16, 1992, just before 7 p.m. central time. The event has been developed through collaboration between NASA, the museum, the Chicago Board of Education, and Chicago TV super station WGN, and will feature grade school students from Jemison's home town who will question her on various science topics related to space flight. WGN will provide for the broadcast link with NASA's Johnson Space Center and will provide pool feeds at the museum to news media interested in covering the event in its entirety. NASA Select Television will carry live video from Endeavour plus two-way audio during the event. NASA Select, carried on Satcom F2R transponder 13, is in the public domain and is available for rebroadcast. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920914.SHU KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 9/14/92 KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 1992 11 AM STS-47/SPACELAB J - ENDEAVOUR (105) - ON-ORBIT For the first time since STS-61-B, a Shuttle was launched on time Saturday at 10:23:00.0680 a.m. EDT. Endeavour's second launch marked NASA's 50th Space Shuttle launch. The STS-47 solid rocket boosters arrived at Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 1600 and 1830 yesterday. Both boosters are secured in the work stands and engineers are per- forming an open assessment today. A preliminary look of the boosters indicates they are in good condition. Launch pad 39-B sustained a minimal amount of damage as a result of Saturday's launch. Mobile launcher platform No. 2 will be moved from the pad to the refurbishment site tomorrow. Endeavour is scheduled to land on Saturday at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:59 a.m. EDT. STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Cleaning of the payload bay. - Close outs of the vehicle. - Tests of the hydraulic system. - Troubleshooting of the water system for the crystals by vapor transport experiment located in the middeck. WORK COMPLETED: - Leak checks of the crew module. WORK SCHEDULED: - Transfer Columbia to the Vehicle Assembly Building targeted for Friday. Columbia will bolted to the external tank and boosters. STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 3 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Preparations to remove the left orbital maneuvering system pod for repairs of an oxidizer isolation valve. The pod will be transferred to the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility where repairs will be made. - Servicing of the potable water. - Testing of the Ku-band antenna. - Replacement of a regulator for a water spray boiler. MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Preparations to deservice the freon cooling system. - Removal of various components. WORK SCHEDULED: - Ship Atlantis to the Rockwell International facility in Palmdale, Calif. in mid October for modifications. STS-52 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS/EXTERNAL TANK - VAB HIGH BAY 1 WORK SCHEDULED: - Bolting the orbiter Columbia to the boosters and tank the end of this week. STS-53 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB HIGH BAY 3 WORK IN PROGRESS: - Stacking the right aft center booster segment on mobile launcher platform No. 1. # # # # Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920914.SKD DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 9/14/92 Daily News Monday, September 14, 1992 24-hour audio service at 202/755-1788 % Endeavour begins STS-47, Spacelab-J, mission with perfect on-time launch; % Flight crew well underway with 43 materials and life science experiments; % Endeavour crew, with ground help, resolves minor cooling system leak; % Astronaut Apt reports seeing lights from Palmer Station, Antarctica; % Ulysses scientists report discoveries from February flyby of Jupiter; % NASA providing additional satellite coverage of STS-47 mission. The orbiting Spacelab-J scientific team of STS-47 continues to perform their materials and life science experiments in near-perfect fashion. The mission got off to an auspicious beginning with a flawless countdown and on-time launch last Saturday at 10:23 am EDT. The ascent and staging were perfect and, once in orbit, the crew set about activating the Spacelab and its 43 experiments. The experiments consist of 24 materials science experiments, including several which use melting furnaces, and 19 life science experiments, including a frog embryo experiment which will help determine if animals can develop naturally in the absence of gravity. The astronauts also activated the nine Get Away Special canisters being carried in Endeavour's payload bay. Several of these include student experiments being sponsored by a variety of organizations including Spar Aerospace of Canada. The seven-member crew is split into two teams, Red and Blue, so that the experiments can be performed on a 24-hour basis. Red Team members are mission commander Robert Gibson, mission pilot Curtis Brown, Jr., mission specialist Mark Lee and Japanese payload specialist Mamoru Mohri. Blue Team members are mission specialists Jerome Apt, Mae Jemison and Jan Davis. A minor water cooling system leak on one of the Spacelab equipment racks was identified and fixed before it impacted any of the experiment protocols. The leak was in one of the cooling system fittings on the rack with the four experiment furnaces. The flight crew, working with mission controllers in Houston and Spacelab engineers in Huntsville, resolved the location of the leak and repaired it by tightening the fitting. The only other problems noted so far are a lost thruster jet in Endeavour's rear thruster assembly and a sluggish cooling unit for one of the hydraulic power systems. Neither of these orbiter anomalies will impact the mission operations nor its duration. Astronaut Apt yesterday gave television viewers a tour the orbiter's flight deck and reported taking good Earth resources photographs of Japan, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. Apt also reported seeing lights he believed were from the Palmer Station in Antarctica as Endeavour flew nearly overhead. This is another high-inclination, 57-degree, mission, which allows the orbiter crew to see polar phenomena such as aurora. The vehicle and its crew and experiments are presently in a nearly circular 190-mile high orbit. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Scientists using data from the European Space Agency-NASA Ulysses spacecraft have reported in the journal Science that the Jupiter magnetosphere is far more influenced by the incoming solar wind than had previously been suspected or measured. The Ulysses spacecraft flew by Jupiter on a very steep approach this past February and gave scientists a different and more revealing look at aspects of the Jovian magnetic environment than had been provided by the two previous Voyager flybys. The scientists, in a series of articles presenting the results of the Ulysses Jupiter flyby, report that Jupiter's magnetic field has a layer in which it appears that Jupiter particles and solar wind particles are intermingling. Another discovery announced by the team is that some of Jupiter's magnetic field lines lead out into space and do not return to the opposite pole of the planet. This same phenomenon had been noted about Earth. Another discovery announced by the scientists is that the Jupiter magnetic field appears to be dragged by the solar wind and was not rotating with the rest of the planet. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NASA is again providing supplementary television coverage for the duration of the STS-47 mission. The mission is being covered in its entirety on the regular NASA Select television transponder. In addition, two-hour daily summaries of mission activity and project briefings are being transmitted on the Spacenet 1 satellite from midnight Eastern Daylight Time through 2:00 am, except for Friday, Sept. 7, when the transmission begins at 3:00 am EDT. The summaries are transmitted on Spacenet to provide additional satellite coverage to residents and organizations located in Alaska, Hawaii and portions of the Pacific Northwest, all of which lie at the fringe or beyond the footprint of NASA Select's Satcom F2R satellite. Spacenet 1 is located at 120 degrees West Longitude. The NASA transmissions will be on transponder 17L (4060 MHz). Users of 24 channel satellite receivers should set their receiver to Channel 18. 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. Monday, September 14, 1992 Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space. 9:00 pm Flight Day 3 highlights. Tuesday, September 15, 1992 Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. Live 4:53 pm CNN Interview with mission commander Robert Gibson. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space. 9:00 pm Flight Day 4 highlights. Wednesday, September 16, 1992 Live 7:33 am Conversation with Japanese youth. Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space. 9:00 pm Flight Day 5 highlights. Thursday, September 17, 1992 Live 6:18 am Crew on-orbit press conference. Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space. 9:00 pm Flight Day 6 highlights. Friday, September 18, 1992 Live 7:53 am VIP conversation with Japanese payload specialist Mamoru Mohri. Live 2:00 pm Today in Space program from MSFC. Live 3:00 pm Mission Status briefing from JSC and MSFC. 8:30 pm Replay of Today in Space. 9:00 pm Flight Day 7 highlights. Saturday, September 19, 1992 5:59 am Scheduled time of Endeavour's re-entry maneuver. Live 6:59 am Scheduled time of landing of STS-47 crew and Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. NASA Select TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, audio subcarrier is 6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:920914A.REL 9/14/92: DEIDRE A. LEE APPOINTED NASA DEPUTY PROCUREMENT CHIEF DEIDRE LEE APPOINTMENT Dave Garrett September 14,1992 Headquarters, Washington, D.C. RELEASE: 92-146 NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced today the appointment of Deidre A. Lee, a veteran aerospace acquisitions officer, as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Procurement. Lee, who managed a variety of procurement activities in both NASA and the Air Force, currently serves as the Executive Officer to NASA's Acting Deputy Administrator Aaron Cohen. "We are very fortunate to have a person with Deidre Lee's considerable experience and energy to fill this position at a time when we are undertaking major reforms in NASA procurement activities," Goldin said. Lee joined NASA in 1984 and served in numerous acquisition positions at the Johnson Space Center, Houston. Her final assignment there was Chief of Space Shuttle procurement. She was assigned to Headquarters, Washington, D.C., in April 1991, as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Procurement. In her next assignment as Deputy Director of the Advanced Procurement Planning Division, she managed policy development and allocation and control of procurement office resources. She also coordinated agency procurement initiatives and represented NASA on numerous internal and external teams studying key procurement issues. Most notable were those affecting resumed human exploration of the solar system. Lee became the deputy's Executive Officer last April. In this capacity she played a significant coordination role in the agency's current Red/Blue Team studies to reduce out-year costs of major space and aeronautics projects without undermining mission objectives. While with the Air Force, Lee was involved in major procurement activities for the systems and logistics commands and for the Pacific Air Forces. She holds a masters degree in public administration from the University of Oklahoma and was selected by NASA to attend the prestigious Middle Management Program of the Graduate School of Management of Simmons College, Boston. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_10.TXT SL-J Mission Status Report #03 8:00 p.m. CDT, September 13, 1992 01/10:40 MET Spacelab Mission Operations Control Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama The Red shift crew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour spent their second day in space conducting the life- and materials-science research of Spacelab-J. Downlinked video from the experiment module gave scientists at the Spacelab Mission Operations Control center in Huntsville, Ala., a "bird's eye" view of the activities of Pilot Curtis Brown, Mission Specialist Mark Lee and Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri. Lee monitored the health of two carp as they were subjected to light coming alternately from the top and side of their containers, called fish packs. Within the confines of their "aquariums in space," the carp were reported to be healthy and moving around in response to the light stimulation. One of the carp has had its otolith, a gravity-sensing organ, removed to provide a comparison of the extent of sensory conflicts in microgravity. An electrode, placed on the cerebellar surface of the carp, provides electronic data to the science team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center concerning the condition and response of the fish during this mission. This experiment is a NASDA investigation to help scientists better understand the differences between signals sent to the brain from the eyes and inner ear. Principal investigator Dr. Shigeo Mori of Nagoya University will use the data gathered from this experiment to identify causes of Space Adaptation Syndrome, a condition experienced by many space travelers during the first day or two in weightlessness. Mohri was the subject of two other life science investigations to evaluate the various contributing factors linked to Space Adaptation Syndrome. These experiments focused on the loss of visual stability, caused by the lack of coordination between movements of the eyes, head and body. In the first study of hand-eye coordination, Mohri tracked a light target while his eye movements and neck motion were measured. This was performed while he was in three different orientations -- rightside up and two 45-degree positions. The second evaluation functioned somewhat like a video game. Mohri used a joystick to control the illumination of lights centered on the visual stimulator, a cross made of two bars mounted with 255 lights. Results from experiments like these could be important for determining how the eye responds to simple visual stimuli in microgravity conditions and the types and amount of automated assistance required for controlling a spacecraft. Brown performed a seeding operation on two proteins in the Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) experiment. First, a hormone receptor frequently associated with cancerous tumors was seeded, followed by the seeding of a protein which delivers amino acids from cells to assembled chains of proteins. Brown placed seeds of these protein crystals into protein droplets, then photographed the chambers containing the samples. These samples will be allowed to grow in the PCG facility for several days to produce large, high quality crystals, as well as to evaluate the role that fluid disturbances play in the creation of defective crystals. Twelve hours after the female frogs on board Spacelab-J were injected with a hormone to induce ovulation, Lee checked for evidence of egg production. He reported that one of the frogs had shed enough eggs to use in the fertilization activity scheduled during the next shift. This experiment is designed to determine the role that gravity plays in the fertilization and development of amphibians. Lee performed an inflight maintenance procedure to pinpoint the exact location of a water leak in the cooling supply system for NASDA's rack 10. After deactivating the furnaces associated with this equipment rack, Lee unstowed the necessary tools and went to work, cutting away the insulation covering the water supply where moisture was first observed. Next, he slowly opened the water supply valve, allowing liquid to flow into the Materials Experiment Laboratory (MEL) facility. Lee was able to isolate the point where water was slowly leaking -- around the MEL valve. After retightening the valve nuts and making another inspection, no further leakage was noted. Next he inspected the MEL bypass valve and no evidence of a leak was detected. Lee got the go ahead to reactivate the MEL facility, which contains high-temperature furnaces in which materials processing experiments will be conducted. It is believed that this malfunction procedure was completely successful and that all science planned for this facility will be conducted. During the next 12-hour shift, Science Mission Specialist Mae Jemison will fertilize frog eggs harvested from the Frog Experiment Unit. Also Jemison and Mission Specialist Jan Davis will use the echocardiogram to provide additional information concerning the condition of their hearts as part of the Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_11.TXT STS-47 Status Report #6 MISSION CONTROL CENTER Sunday, September 13, 1992, 10:30 p.m.CDT All systems continue to function well aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the first joint space mission of the United States and Japan continues to conduct experiments in materials processing, human health and cell development. Payload Commander Mark Lee, assisted by Pilot Curt Brown, successfully repaired a leaky valve in Rack 10 of the Spacelab module earlier in the day. That repair, which began at a Mission Elapsed Time of 1/7:35 and ended with reactivation of the rack at MET 1/9:30, will make it possible for four materials processing furnaces to be used during the remainder of the flight. Lee removed insulation from around the plumbing that provides cooling fluid for the Continuous Heating Furnace, Large Isothermal Furnace, Gradient Heating Furnace and Acoustic Levitation Furnace, and tightened a packing nut to stop the small leak. Apt gave a short tour of the flight deck during a live television downlink and reported taking a number of good Earth observations photographs of Japan, Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Apt also reported being able to see what he believe d to be the lights of Palmer Station in Antarctica, where he has friends participating in a scientific expedition. The Red Team, made up of Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru Mohri, officially began its sleep shift about 9 p.m. CDT, but was still stirring a little after that time. The Red Team is scheduled to awaken at 5 a.m. CDT, and the Blue Team is set to begin its next sleep period at 9 a.m. Endeavour continues to orbit the Earth once every 90 minutes in a near-circular orbit of 166.4 by 162.2 nautical miles in an attitude that minimizes the number of steering jet firings so as not to disturb sensitive experiments sensitive in the Spacelab module. ### Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_12.TXT STS-47 MISSION CONTROL STATUS REPORT #7 6 a.m. Central Daylight Time 8 p.m. Tokyo Monday, September 14, 1992 The first reflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour sailed into its third day with no systems problems being tracked by flight controllers in Mission Control. A healthy spacecraft allows the STS-47 crew members to devote full attention to the experiments ongoing on the middeck of the orbiter and in the Spacelab module. Mission Specialist Jay Apt took time out early this morning to send the first video tape of a daytime pass over Japan. Tokyo was clearly visible in the camcorder downlink. The Red Team, made up of Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru Mohri, woke up about five this morning to begin its third day in space. The Blue Team is set to begin its next sleep period at 9 a.m. Circling the Earth each 90 minutes, Endeavour remains in a near- circular 165 by 163 nautical mile orbit in an attitude that minimizes the number of thruster jet firings so as not to disturb sensitive experiments in the Spacelab module. * * * Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_13.TXT SL-J Mission Status Report #04 6:00 a.m. CDT, September 14, 1992 01/20:40 MET Spacelab Mission Operations Control Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama Spacelab-J science activities aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour were in full swing as Mission Specialist Dr. Jan Davis and Science Mission Specialist Dr. Mae Jemison continued conducting around-the-clock experiment operations during this joint mission between NASA and the Japanese Space Agency NASDA. In addition to furthering life sciences and materials processing research, this mission exemplifies international cooperation as the two nations prepare for long-term science activities to be conducted aboard Space Station Freedom, along with their partners the European Space Agency and Canada. Davis processed materials samples in the Continuous Heating Furnace, which provides high temperatures to melt compound materials and rapidly cools to solidify two sets of samples simultaneously. The samples processed during this 12-hour shift were semiconductor and superconductor crystals that form an integral part of modern electronics. Gravity may affect crystal formation on Earth, where convection and settling can produce flaws in crystalline structures. In space, more uniform crystals may be produced. The resulting crystals will be returned to Earth for in-depth study of their structures and electronic properties. Davis also initiated an experiment to study Marangoni convection. On Earth, gravity-driven convection causes movement in ingredients when heated. In the Marangoni Convection Unit, paraffin was heated and the path of aluminum tracer flakes videotaped. Alternate Payload Specialist Dr. Stanely Koszelak, stationed in the Payload Operations Control Center at Marshall Center's Spacelab Mission Operations Control, provided feedback as Davis adjusted cameras to give a better view of real-time video of the experiment's progress for principal investigator Dr. Shintaro Enya and his team from Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. The video data will be studied to gain a better understanding of materials processing in low gravity. Jemison spent most of her shift working with the Frog Embryology Experiment (FEE). She moved fertilized frog eggs into the General Purpose Workstation, an enclosed compartment for specimen manipulation, and then observed them under a microscope equipped with a video camera. Dr. Ken Souza of NASA's Ames Research Center was voice-enabled from Marshall Center's Science Operations Area (SOA), affirming that he and his team agreed with her selection of the two best egg-donor frogs from among the four carried on board. Half of the previously fertilized test eggs harvested from these frogs were placed in a centrifuge that provides artificial gravity. The remainder are developing in low gravity. Later, when the workstation door stuck, she spoke with FEE Payload Manager Greg Schmidt, also in the SOA, who approved of a plan by Jemison and Davis to free the door's movement, which was successful. Researchers are interested in how amphibian embryos develop in low gravity versus those fertilized and allowed to develop on Earth. As part of the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) experiment, Jemison and Davis each took echocardiograms (ultrasound two-dimensional measurements), of their hearts. Heart rate, blood pressure and leg volume measurements also were recorded. This is one step in a procedure to help astronauts returning from space missions that is being developed by Dr. John Charles of NASA's Johnson Space Center. On Earth, gravity assists the flow of body fluids, such as blood. In low gravity, fluids shift toward the upper body. This can cause fainting or near-fainting upon returning to Earth. As the mission proceeds, each will perform additional LBNP steps that include using a cylindrical fabric device which seals around the waist; a pump system then pulls fluids from the upper to the lower body, where they should remain for up to 24 hours. Countermeasures such as these may help humans as they readapt to life on Earth after stays in space. During the next 12-hour shift, Japanese Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri and Mission Specialist Mark Lee will grow organic metal crystals, look at the response of carp to light stimuli and conduct an experiment to learn more about how cells grow in low gravity. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_12_14.TXT MISSION CONTROL STATUS REPORT STS-47 Status Report #8 Monday, September 14, 1992, 3:30 P.M. CDT The Space Shuttle Endeavour's second mission is proceeding almost flawlessly with no systems problems being tracked by flight controllers in Mission Control. The Red Team, made up of Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru Mohri, is making good progress on tasks scheduled for their third working day in space. Red Team members will hand over Spacelab and Orbiter operations to the Blue Team about 6:30 p.m. CDT today. The Blue Team, Jay Apt, Jan Davis and Mae Jemison wakes up about 5 p.m. CDT. Flight controllers today accumulated enough surplus power and breathing air to add one extra day to the STS-47 mission should the science team request additional time on- orbit for experiments. However, flight managers will not make a final decision on a possible mission extension until Tuesday or Wednesday. Circling the Earth each 90 minutes, Endeavour remains in a near-circular 165 by 163 nautical mile orbit in an attitude that minimizes the number of thruster jet firings so as not to disturb sensitive experiments in the Spacelab module. - end - Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_13.TXT Astronaut Mae Jemison to Speak with Chicago Youth Jeffrey Carr September 14, 1992 RELEASE NO. 92-050 Endeavour Astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison will speak, from orbit, with students from Chicago area schools in a live television event with Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday, September 16, 1992, just before 7 p.m. central time. The event has been developed through collaboration between NASA, the museum, the Chicago Board of Education, and Chicago TV super station WGN, and will feature grade school students from Jemison's home town who will question her on various science topics related to space flight. WGN will provide for the broadcast link with NASA's Johnson Space Center and will provide pool feeds at the museum to news media interested in covering the event in its entirety. NASA Select Television will carry live video from Endeavour plus two-way audio during the event. NASA Select, carried on Satcom F2R transponder 13, is in the public domain and is available for rebroadcast. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_4.TXT STS-47 element set JSC-008 (orbit 34) STS-47 1 22120U 92 61 A 92258.67230773 .00130000 00000-0 17400-3 0 86 2 22120 56.9974 98.0218 0008453 286.4077 73.6043 15.89326760 348 Satellite: STS-47 Catalog number: 22120 Epoch time: 92258.67230773 =====> (14 SEP 92 16:08:07.38 UTC) Element set: JSC-008 Inclination: 56.9974 deg RA of node: 98.0218 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-47 Eccentricity: .0008453 SGP4 Keplerian Elements Arg of perigee: 286.4077 deg from NASA flight Day 3 vector Mean anomaly: 73.6043 deg Mean motion: 15.89326760 rev/day W5RRR - G. L. Carman Decay rate: 1.30000e-03 rev/day~2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 34 G.L.CARMAN STS-47 FLIGHT DAY 1 STATE VECTOR STS-47 FLIGHT DAY 1 STATE VECTOR ON ORBIT OPERATIONS (Posted 09/12/92 by Roger Simpson) ***NOTICE***THIS VECTOR WILL BE UPDATED MONDAY, 9/14/92***NOTICE*** The following vector for the flight of STS-47 is provided by NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in ground track plotting programs. The vector is valid for flight day one. The vector represents the trajectory of Endeavour during on orbit operations, after the OMS-2 maneuver. Questions regarding these postings may be addressed to Roger Simpson, Mail Code DM4, L. B. J. Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, Telephone (713) 483-1928. Lift off Time : 1992/256/14:22:59.974 Lift off Date : 09/12/92 Vector Time (GMT) : 257/00:52:59.970 Vector Time (MET) : 000/10:30:00.000 Orbit Count : 7 Weight : 232265.0 LBS Drag Coefficient : 2.00 Drag Area : 2751.0 SQ FT M50 Elements Keplerian Elements ----------------------- -------------------------- X = -5477293.5 FT A = 3611.8347 NM Y = 21227827.5 FT E = 0.0009500 Z = -302864.1 FT I (M50) = 57.24985 DEG Xdot = -13353.201626 FT/S Wp (M50) = 4.46876 DEG Ydot = -3143.647472 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 104.97727 DEG Zdot = 21317.573316 FT/S / N (True) = 354.59015 DEG Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 354.60040 DEG Ha = 165.76600 NM Hp = 164.40900 NM Mean of 1950 (M50) : Inertial, right-handed Cartesian system whose Coordinate System origin is the center of the earth. The epoch is the beginning of the Besselian year 1950. X axis: Mean vernal equinox of epoch Z axis: Earth's mean rotational axis of epoch Y axis: Completes right-hand system A: Semi-major axis E: Eccentricity N: True anomaly I: Inclination M: Mean anomaly Wp: Argument of perigee Ha: Height of apogee RAAN: Right ascension of ascending node Hp: Height of perigee STS-47 FLIGHT DAY 3 STATE VECTOR ON ORBIT OPERATIONS (Posted 09/14/92 by Roger Simpson) The following vector for the flight of STS-47 is provided by NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in ground track plotting programs. The vector is valid for flight day three. The vector represents the trajectory of Endeavour during on orbit operations. Questions regarding these postings may be addressed to Roger Simpson, Mail Code DM4, L. B. J. Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, Telephone (713) 483-1928. Lift off Time : 1992/256/14:22:59.974 Lift off Date : 09/12/92 Vector Time (GMT) : 258/14:22:59.970 Vector Time (MET) : 002/00:00:00.000 Orbit Count : 32 Weight : 231638.0 LBS Drag Coefficient : 2.00 Drag Area : 2751.0 SQ FT M50 Elements Keplerian Elements ----------------------- -------------------------- X = 8371563.3 FT A = 3606.2414 NM Y = 12929247.8 FT E = 0.0004490 Z = -15598398.4 FT I (M50) = 57.22649 DEG Xdot = -10136.475255 FT/S Wp (M50) = 131.49146 DEG Ydot = 20256.523015 FT/S RAAN (M50) = 97.76796 DEG Zdot = 11347.521518 FT/S / N (True) = 170.70102 DEG Anomalies \ M (Mean) = 170.69271 DEG Ha = 164.27100 NM Hp = 163.72100 NM Mean of 1950 (M50) : Inertial, right-handed Cartesian system whose Coordinate System origin is the center of the earth. The epoch is the beginning of the Besselian year 1950. X axis: Mean vernal equinox of epoch Z axis: Earth's mean rotational axis of epoch Y axis: Completes right-hand system A: Semi-major axis E: Eccentricity N: True anomaly I: Inclination M: Mean anomaly Wp: Argument of perigee Ha: Height of apogee RAAN: Right ascension of ascending node Hp: Height of perigee Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_2_39_6.TXT STS-47 TV SKED, REV B *********************************************************************** NASA SELECT TV SCHEDULE STS-47/SPACELAB-J REV B 9/14/92 *********************************************************************** NASA Select programming can be accessed through GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13. The frequency is 3960 MHz with an orbital position of 72 degrees west longitude. This is a full transponder service and will be operational 24 hours a day. Two hour edited programs of each flight day will be replayed for Hawaii and Alaska on SpaceNet 1, transponder 17L, channel 18. The orbital position is 120 degrees West Longitude, with a frequency of 4060 MHz. Audio is on 6.8 MHz. The programs will begin launch day and will continue through landing, airing at 11 PM Central time, with the exception of Friday, September 18, when programming will begin two hours later. * DENOTES CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS SCHEDULE ORBIT SUBJECT SITE MET CDT ----- ------- ---- --- --- --------------------------- Monday, September 14 ---------------------- FD 3 32 P/TV14 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 01/22:43 08:06 AM T=35:00 32 P/TV14 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRW 01/23:38 09:01 AM T=20:42 34 P/TV14 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 02/01:42 11:05 AM T=2:05 34 P/TV39 PCG TDRE 02/01:44 11:07 AM T=50:00 34 P/TV14 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 02/02:34 11:57 AM T=6:15 34 P/TV14 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRW 02/02:47 12:10 PM T=31:12 35 P/TV14 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 02/03:23 12:46 PM T=28:22 35 TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 02/03:37 01:00 PM HOSTS - DR. BOB SOKOLOWSKI DR. BYRON LICHTENBERG 36 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 02/04:37 02:00 PM MSFC 37 * P/TV38 MIDDECK ACTIVITIES TDRW 02/06:50 04:13 PM T=15:00 37 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 02/07:32 04:55 PM T=61:00 38 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 02/09:00 06:23 PM 40 REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 02/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 40 FLIGHT DAY THREE HIGHLIGHTS JSC 02/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 40 P/TV18 LIQUID DROP FACILITY TDRE 02/11:20 08:43 PM T=24:17 41 P/TV18 LIQUID DROP FACILITY TDRW 02/12:27 09:50 PM T=17:52 41 P/TV18 LIQUID DROP FACILITY TDRE 02/12:50 10:13 PM T=32:00 42 P/TV40 ELECTROPHORESIS TDRE 02/14:28 11:51 PM T=10:00 --------------------------- Tuesday, September 15 --------------------- FD 4 42 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 02/14:39 12:02 AM T=24:00 42 * CBS RADIO INTERVIEW WITH JAY APT 02/14:45 12:08 AM (NOT TELEVISED) 44 P/TV32 EARTH VIEW - JAPAN TDRW 02/17:20 02:43 AM T=4:00 45 P/TV09 FROG EMBRYOLOGY TDRE 02/19:30 04:53 AM T=46:11 46 P/TV09 FROG EMBRYOLOGY TDRW 02/20:27 05:50 AM T=2:00 46 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 02/20:31 05:54 AM T=14:00 46 BLUE/RED HANDOVER 02/21:00 06:23 AM 47 P/TV20 ACOUSTIC LEVITATION FURNACE TDRE 02/22:37 08:00 AM T=52:00 48 P/TV20 ACOUSTIC LEVITATION FURNACE TDRW 02/23:48 09:11 AM T=10:48 50 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 03/02:17 11:40 AM T=31:00 51 TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 03/03:37 01:00 PM HOSTS - DR. BOB SOKOLOWSKI DR. BYRON LICHTENBERG 51 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 03/04:37 02:00 PM MSFC 52 * CNN INTERVIEW A/V CHECK-OUT TDRW 03/05:15 02:38 PM T=10:00 52 P/TV10 ENZYME CRYSTAL TDRE 03/05:41 03:04 PM T=10:31 52 P/TV10 ENZYME CRYSTAL TDRW 03/06:02 03:25 PM T=19:35 53 P/TV11 CELL CULTURE TDRW 03/06:25 03:48 PM T=5:00 54 * CNN INTERVIEW WITH HOOT GIBSON TDRW 03/06:30 03:53 PM T=20:00 54 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 03/08:11 05:34 PM T=30:00 54 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 03/08:30 05:53 PM 55 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 03/09:35 06:58 PM T=41:13 56 * REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 03/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 56 * FLIGHT DAY FOUR HIGHLIGHTS JSC 03/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 56 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 03/10:57 08:20 PM T=17:15 58 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 03/14:16 11:39 PM T=16:00 58 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 03/14:32 11:55 PM T=17:01 ------------------------- Wednesday, September 16 --------------------- FD 5 58 P/TV34 LBNP TDRE 03/14:54 12:17 AM T=18:53 62 P/TV27 CONVERSATION TDRE 03/19:45 05:08 AM WITH JAPANESE YOUTH A/V CHECK-OUT T=30:00 62 BLUE/RED HANDOVER 03/20:00 05:23 AM 62 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 03/20:43 06:06 AM T=12:00 62 P/TV27 CONVERSATION TDRE 03/21:10 06:33 AM WITH JAPANESE YOUTH T=30:00 64 P/TV22 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRW 03/23:58 09:21 AM T=23:00 64 P/TV22 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE/W 04/00:23 09:46 AM T=59:12 65 P/TV22 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRW 04/01:30 10:53 AM T=27:00 66 P/TV22 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 04/02:05 11:28 AM T=55:18 67 TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 04/03:37 01:00 PM HOSTS - DR. BOB SOKOLOWSKI DR. BYRON LICHTENBERG 67 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 04/04:37 02:00 PM MSFC 68 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 04/05:03 02:26 PM T=26:00 68 P/TV11 CELL CULTURE TDRE 04/05:30 02:53 PM T=5:00 68 P/TV10 ENZYME CRYSTAL TDRW 04/06:11 03:34 PM T=35:40 69 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 04/06:46 04:09 PM T=34:00 69 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 04/07:30 04:53 PM 71 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRW 04/09:33 06:56 PM T=16:00 71 REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 04/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 71 FLIGHT DAY FIVE HIGHLIGHTS JSC 04/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 73 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 04/13:13 10:36 PM T=30:00 74 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 04/14:24 11:47 PM T=31:00 ------------------------- Thursday, September 17 ---------------------- FD 6 75 P/TV32 EARTH VIEWS - JAPAN TDRW 04/16:05 01:28 AM T=2:54 76 CREW CONFERENCE TDRE 04/18:30 03:53 AM A/V CHECK-OUT T=15:00 77 BLUE/RED HANDOVER 04/19:40 05:03 AM 77 CREW CONFERENCE TDRE 04/19:55 05:18 AM T=30:00 78 P/TV19 BUBBLE BEHAVIOR UNIT TDRW 04/20:57 06:20 AM T=11:55 78 P/TV19 BUBBLE BEHAVIOR UNIT TDRE 04/21:22 06:45 AM T=20:00 79 P/TV19 BUBBLE BEHAVIOR UNIT TDRE 04/21:59 07:22 AM T=8:00 80 P/TV15 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 04/23:02 08:25 AM T=5:00 80 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 04/23:35 08:58 AM T=14:00 80 P/TV15 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRW 05/00:07 09:30 AM T=21:54 81 P/TV15 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 05/00:34 09:57 AM T=20:50 81 P/TV15 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 05/00:55 10:18 AM T=37:20 81 P/TV15 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRW 05/02:00 11:23 AM T=10:08 82 P/TV15 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 05/02:15 11:38 AM T=54:02 83 TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 05/03:37 01:00 PM HOSTS - DR. BOB SOKOLOWSKI DR. BYRON LICHTENBERG 83 P/TV15 IMAGE MIRROR FURNACE TDRE 05/04:05 01:28 PM T=10:00 83 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 05/04:18 01:41 PM T=23:00 84 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 05/04:37 02:00 PM MSFC 85 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 05/07:00 04:23 PM 87 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 05/09:47 07:10 PM T=31:00 87 REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 05/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 87 FLIGHT DAY SIX HIGHLIGHTS JSC 05/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 88 P/TV34 LBNP TDRW 05/11:19 08:42 PM T=19:50 -------------------------- Friday, September 18 ----------------------- FD 7 90 P/TV35 FLUID THERAPY SYSTEM TDRW 05/14:43 12:06 AM T=21:38 92 P/TV35 FLUID THERAPY SYSTEM TDRW 05/17:48 03:11 AM T=14:50 92 BLUE/RED HANDOVER 05/18:30 03:53 AM 93 P/TV20 ACOUSTIC LEVITATION FURNACE TDRE 05/19:50 05:13 AM T=12:25 93 P/TV25 VIP CONVERSATION WITH TDRE 05/20:05 05:28 AM JAPANESE PS A/V CHECK-OUT T=30:00 94 P/TV25 VIP CONVERSATION WITH TDRE 05/21:30 06:53 AM JAPANESE PAYLOAD SPECIALIST T=15:00 95 P/TV25 EARTH VIEWS - JAPAN TDRE 05/21:45 07:08 AM T=15:00 95 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 05/22:01 07:24 AM T=18:00 96 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 05/23:31 08:54 AM T=30:00 96 P/TV07 VISUAL STABILITY TDRW 06/00:30 09:53 AM T=8:00 97 P/TV07 VISUAL STABILITY TDRE 06/00:45 10:08 AM T=32:48 97 P/TV07 VISUAL STABILITY TDRE 06/01:20 10:43 AM T=22:01 98 P/TV03 TV OPPORTUNITY TDRE 06/02:37 12:00 PM T=37:59 98 TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 06/03:37 01:00 PM HOSTS - DR. 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BYRON LICHTENBERG 99 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 06/04:37 02:00 PM MSFC 99 P/TV39 PCG DEACTIVATION TDRW 06/04:54 02:17 PM T=55:59 101 RED/BLUE HANDOVER 06/07:00 04:23 PM 103 REPLAY - TODAY IN SPACE MSFC 06/10:07 07:30 PM T=30:00 103 FLIGHT DAY SEVEN HIGHLIGHTS JSC 06/10:37 08:00 PM T=30:00 105 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION SWITCHED JSC 06/13:42 11:05 PM TO JSC ------------------------- Saturday, September 19 ---------------------- FD 8 109 DE-ORBIT BURN (NOT TELEVISED) 06/19:36 04:59 AM 109 NASA SELECT ORIGINATION SWITCHED KSC 06/19:52 05:15 AM TO KSC 110 KSC LANDING KSC 06/20:36 05:59 AM LANDING REPLAYS KSC TBD POST-LANDING PRESS CONFERENCE KSC TBD MSFC ASTRONAUT DEPARTURE KSC TBD *********************************************************************** DEFINITION OF TERMS *********************************************************************** AFTE: Autogenic Feedback Training Experiment A/V: Audio/Visual CDT: Central Daylight Time DFRF: Dryden Flight Research Facility EDW: Edwards Air Force Base FD: Flight Day JSC: Johnson Space Center KSC: Kennedy Space Center LBNP: Lower Body Negative Pressure Experiment MET: Mission Elapsed Time. The time which begins at the moment of launch and is read: DD/HH:MM. MSFC: Marshall Space Flight Center PCG: Protein Crystal Growth P/TV: Photographic/Television downlink STS: Space Transportation System TDRE,W: Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, East and West Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_8_3_4_11.TXT MGN REPORT 9/14 Magellan Status Status report of Magellan for Monday, September 14, 1992: 1. Magellan completed the latest radar mapping operations over the weekend bringing total Venus mapped area to 99 percent of the planet. The radar has been put in standby mode to prepare for gravity operations. 2. Early Monday morning, 14 September, final spacecraft configeration changes were made for the orbit trim maneuver (OTM) to be performed between 12:54 and 01:48 pm PDT. The OTM is targeted to lower the orbit periapsis altitude from 258 to 182 kilometers. This will enhance gravity data collection for the beginning of Cycle-4 on 15 September 1992. Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61 =--=--=-END-=--=--= =--=END OF COLLECTION---COLLECTED 13 FILES---COMPLETED 21:05:05=--=