home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Space & Astronomy
/
Space and Astronomy (October 1993).iso
/
mac
/
TEXT_ZIP
/
daily
/
930205.ZIP
/
930205.DFC
Wrap
Text File
|
1993-02-07
|
20KB
|
518 lines
05-Feb-93 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 04-Feb-93 at 21:00:00 {Central}
and 05-Feb-93 at 21:00:13.
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:930205.REL
2/05/93: NASA RESEARCHER TAPPED FOR OHIO SCIENCE HALL OF FAME
Drucella Andersen
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. February 5, 1993
Lori Rachul
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
RELEASE: 93-23
Dr. Lonnie Reid, a nationally-known fluid dynamics expert at NASA's
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, will be inducted into the Ohio Science,
Technology and Industry Hall of Fame in Columbus on Feb. 7.
Reid, who will be the first NASA researcher and one of three African
Americans in the Hall of Fame, is being honored for his pioneering work in
integrating theoretical and experimental methods in the science of fluid
dynamics. Fluid dynamics is the study of the interaction between fluids and
objects, such as air flowing though the various parts of a jet engine.
"Lonnie Reid's efforts to advance aerospace propulsion are just what
the nation expects from NASA -- solving difficult problems through technology
development," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. "He is not only a
leader in research, but also a role model for the young engineers of the
future."
Ohio's Center Of Science & Industry established the Hall of Fame in
1990 to recognize Ohioans who have made major scientific and technological
contributions. Reid is among 12 persons being inducted this year. Others in
the Hall of Fame include Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers.
As head of Lewis' Fluid Dynamics Division, Reid leads the center's
efforts to analyze and experiment with air flows and temperatures inside
advanced aerospace propulsion systems. He is considered a leading U.S. expert
on turbomachinery technology.
Reid's service at Lewis Research Center spans 31 years. He received
the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1989 and has two NASA Group Achievement
Awards. He has written more than 25 technical papers on the design, analysis
and performance of transonic compressors for advanced gas turbine engines.
Reid earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
Tennessee State University in 1961. He received a master of science degree in
mechanical engineering in 1972 and a doctorate in engineering science in 1990,
both from the University of Toledo.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:930205.SHU
KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 2/5/93
SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Friday, February 5, 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: 9 days 22 hours
Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25
Landing site/timeframe: KSC/March 7
STS-55 IN WORK:
- Shuttle Interface Test
- changeout of #1 main engine hydraulic accumulator
- final Pad A validations for Space Shuttle arrival
STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:
- mate Columbia to external tank/solid rocket booster stack
- validation of mechanical connections
WORK SCHEDULED:
- rollout to Pad 39-A on Sunday no earlier than 12 Noon
- KSC Launch Readiness Review Tuesday, Feb. 9
- STS-55 astronaut arrival at KSC on Tuesday at 9 p.m.
- STS-55 Flight Readiness Review Feb. 11
- Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test Feb. 11-12
SPECIAL TOPICS: The rollout of Columbia has been rescheduled from 8 a.m. to no
earlier than 12 Noon on Sunday based on the preliminary weather forecast.
Vehicle: OV-103/Discovery
Location: OPF Bay 3 Mission Number: STS-56
Payloads: ATLAS-2/SSBUV/SPARTAN/SUVE Crew Size: 5
Launch timeframe: NET March 23 Orbital Altitude: 184 sm
Mission Duration: 9 days 6 hours Inclination: 57 degrees
Nominal Landing Site: KSC/April 1
STS-56 IN WORK:
- left OMS pod installation
- SUVE Interface Verification Test
- potable water servicing
- S-band air-to-ground transmitter checks
- TACAN testing
- payload bay cleaning
- preparation of payload bay for ATLAS-2 payload installation
- installation of ATLAS-2 into payload transport canister at O&C
- stacking solid rocket boosters in the VAB
STS-56 WORK COMPLETED:
- installation of main engines
- initial ammonia boiler servicing
- payload bay door inspections
- payload bay door cycle tests
- radiator inspections
- fuel cell testing
- range rate radar receiver testing
STS-56 WORK SCHEDULED:
- fuel cell changeout
- ATLAS-2 payload installation
- installation of forward reaction control system
- MSBLS checkout
- checkout of data display systems on the flight deck
- ammonia boiler servicing
- main engine electrical interface checks
- open external tank doors
- OMS/RCS flight control checkout
- brake anti-skid test
- deploy remote manipulator arm for testing
- liquid hydrogen system leak and functional tests
- checkout of orbiter crew cabin and payload bay lighting system
Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour Location: OPF Bay 1
Primary payload: Spacehab/EURECA 1-R Crew size: 6
Orbital altitude: 287.5 sm Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission duration: 7 days 23 hours
Launch timeframe: NET April 28
Landing site/timeframe: KSC May 6
STS-57 IN WORK:
- main engine removal
- preparations for ammonia boiler servicing
- fuel cell testing
- forward reaction control system functional testing
- waste management system drain and flush
- waste containment system functional test
- tile water proofing
- air data system functional testing
STS-57 ENDEAVOUR IN WORK continued:
- TACAN testing
- window polishing
- structural inspections
- Ku-band antenna inspections
STS-57 WORK COMPLETED:
- installation of wheels and tires
- checks of nose landing gear hydraulics
- installation of Spacehab into CITE stand in O&C
STS-57 WORK SCHEDULED:
- Spacehab CITE testing
- orbiter power system validations
- testing of flight control hydraulics
- installation of Spacehab water lines
- installation of remote manipulator arm
- OMS pod functional tests
- payload bay door latch installation
- heads up display system testing
- Ku-band radar testing
- tire pressure checks
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:930205.SKD
DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 2/5/93
Daily News
Friday, February 5, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014
% Columbia to roll out to Pad A this Sunday, at 8:00 am EST;
% Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test for STS-55 set for Feb. 11 & 12;
% NASA adds spacewalk to Shuttle STS-51 mission, now slated for July launch.
% University of Alabama-Huntsville set to launch 7 experiments on Consort.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Columbia is mated to its external tank and solid rocket boosters and will be
rolled to Launch Pad 39-A this Sunday, Feb. 7, at 8:00 am EST. The Shuttle
Interface Test between the orbiter and the external tank, solid rocket boosters
and the ground systems interconnects will take place today. Kennedy Space
Center management will hold its launch readiness review next Monday, Feb. 8.
The formal Flight Readiness Review will be held at KSC on Thursday, Feb. 11.
The launch dress rehearsal with the astronaut and ground launch team crews -the
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test-will take place on Feb. 11 and 12, with
the simulated launch time at 11:00 am EST on Feb. 12.
Launch processing of Columbia is on a schedule which could allow the launch of
the STS-55 mission late this month-tentatively Feb. 25. 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. The mission is slated for a landing at
the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility at mission's end, nominally
March 6 for a Feb. 25 launch.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
NASA flight management has added a spacewalk to the STS- 51 mission aboard
Discovery, now set for a July launch to deploy the Advanced Communications
Technology Satellite and to deploy and retrieve the ORFEUS ultraviolet
spectrometer on the SPAS sub-satellite system. The addition of this spacewalk
adds to the series of spacewalks NASA has performed which allow for the
continual refinement of human performance capabilities and the continual
expansion of knowledge concerning human performance limitations, all of which
are important baseline considerations in preparations for the manufacture,
launch and assembly of Space Station Freedom components.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
A commercial suborbital rocket carrying 7 experiments has been scheduled for
launch on Friday, Feb. 19, at 1:00 pm EST at the White Sands Missile Range. The
launch is sponsored by the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Consortium for
Materials Development in Space (a NASA Center for the Commercial Development of
Space).
EER Systems, Corp., Vienna, VA, will launch a Consort 6 vehicle for the
consortium. The rocket will carry the payloads to an altitude of 200 miles
providing about 8 minutes of microgravity exposure. Several of the experiments
will investigate several different material properties involving metallic and
non-metallic compounds. Other experiments will investigate the potential of
microgravity to improve the purification process for biological materials.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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.
Friday, February 5, 1993
Live
12:00 pm NASA Today news program, today
featuring a report on the science to be explored on the
upcoming STS-55 D-2 Space lab mission; a look at research
which may enhance the ability of scientists to evaluate
the expected billions of bits of data which will be
returned by Mission to Planet Earth satellites; an update
on the Mars Observer mission; and a report on how some
NASA workers are combining lunch and learning.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Life in the Universe: Project Mercury.
1:00 pm Friendship 7: Mercury's First Orbital Flight.
2:00 pm Kits in Space Science: Project Mercury.
2:30 pm Project Mercury Summation.
3:00 pm Total Quality Management program #35, from
the University of New Mexico series.
at 4:00 and 8:00 pm and 12:00 midnight the broadcast
schedule of the day repeats.
NASA Select TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees
West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, audio subcarrier is
6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_2_18_5.TXT
NOTE: This file is too large {26639 bytes} for inclusion in this collection.
The first line of the file:
- Current Two-Line Element Sets #137 -
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_8_3_4_49.TXT
MGN STATUS 2/1
Magellan Status
Status Report of Magellan for Monday, February 1, 1993:
1. The Magellan spacecraft is continuing to operate satisfactorily, collecting
gravity science data and performing normal housekeeping activities such as
momentum wheel desaturations and star calibration scans. The spacecraft
continues to provide engineering telemetry at 1200 bps on the X-band downlink.
2. On 2-2-93, the hydrazine propellant tank will be repressurized which will
allow the performance of the thrusters to be restored to nominal levels.
3. Magellan has completed 6,788 orbits.
4. Dr. Steve Saunders, the Magellan Project Scientist, presented a Magellan
summary to an enthusiastic audience of about 300 at the University of Wisconsin
Geology department on Friday, 1/26/93.
5. An IMAX segment is being filmed in the Magellan science area which
recreates the retrieval of the first data.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_8_3_4_50.TXT
MGN STATUS 2/5
Magellan Status
Status Report of Magellan for Friday, February 5, 1993:
1. The magellan spacecraft continues to operate normally, transmitting a
carrier signal plus 1200 bps X-band telemetry.
2. On Tuesday the hydrazine tank of the propulsion system was repressurized in
preparation for the orbit trim maneuvers which will be performed as part of the
aerobraking experiment starting in late May.
3. The spacecraft has completed 6707 orbits of Venus and is now 58% complete
on its gravity data collection in Cycle-4. We are now 108 days away from the
start of the Transition Experiment.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=
=--=--=START=--=--= NASA Spacelink File Name:6_9_12.TXT
1993 OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS MISSIONS/ACTIVITIES
OSSA MISSIONS/ACTIVITIES UPDATE
Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS) - Jan. 13
Carried in the Space Shuttle payload bay, DXS's two instruments will measure
diffuse X-rays from the interstellar medium and test the theory that the
observed diffuse soft X-ray background originates from the remnant of a star
that exploded eons ago. The primary payload for this flight is TDRS-F.
Spacelab D-2 - Feb. 25
For this German Spacelab mission, OSSA is sponsoring one microgravity and two
life science experiments. The payload operations control center for this
mission will be located in Germany.
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-2) - Mar. 23
ATLAS-2 is the second in a series of ATLAS flights to study the interaction of
the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere. It is a crucial component of NASA's
Mission to Planet Earth. Six instruments will be mounted on a Spacelab pallet
in the Shuttle's payload bay. A seventh instrument and its electronics will be
located in two canisters attached to the payload bay wall.
Spacehab - 1 - Apr. 28
A private industry effort, Spacehab will carry at least one Office of Space
Science and Applications experiment.
NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (NOAA-I) - June
NOAA-I will conduct global environmental observations and search and rescue
operations. Acting as NOAA's agent, NASA procures the satellite and
instruments and provides for their launch. NOAA-I will be launched into a
polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on an Atlas-E Expendable Launch
Vehicle (ELV). NOAA-I has a design life of at least two years.
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) / Orbiting and Retrievable
Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ORFEUS) - July 9
ACTS will test new satellite communications technologies. ACTS will be
deployed from the Space Shuttle and then propelled into a geostationary orbit
using a Transfer Orbit Stage. ACTS' design life is two years. ORFEUS is the
first in a series of planned U.S.-German Shuttle Pallet Satellite (Astro-SPAS)
missions. Astro-SPAS is a free-flying, retrievable space carrier. ORFEUS
consists of three spectrometers for measuring ultraviolet radiation.
Wind - Dec. 93
Part of the Global Geospace Science Program, Wind will determine solar wind
input properties including plasma waves, energetic- particles, electric and
magnetic fields for magnetosphere and ionospheric studies. Wind is a
spin-stabilized spacecraft that will make a lunar swingby and orbit 215 Earth
radii towards the sun. Wind will be launched on a Delta 2 ELV. Wind's design
life is 3 years.
Sea-Viewing Wide Field Sensor (SeaWiFS) - Oct.
Launched into low-Earth orbit on a Pegasus, SeaWiFS will measure changes in
ocean color that indicate where concentrations of phytoplankton and chlorophyll
lie on the surface of the ocean. For global change research, measuring
concentrations of phytoplankton are essential in understanding the role of
oceans in the global carbon cycle. The satellite will be built, launched and
controlled by Orbital Science Corporation to provide commercially useful data
for sale.
Mars Observer at Mars Orbit Insertion - Aug. 24
Mars Observer begins a series of orbit insertion maneuvers to bring the
spacecraft into the proper low-altitude, sun-synchronous polar orbit for
mapping, scheduled to begin in late Nov. 1993. The entire Martian surface and
atmosphere will be examined and mapped over the course of one complete Martian
year (687 Earth days) using instruments similar to those used to study the
Earth from orbit.
Spacelab Life Sciences-2 (SLS-2) - Aug. 25
SLS-2 is the second in a series of Spacelab Life Sciences flights. A total of
14 experiments will be flown, concentrating on the cardiovascular/
cardiopulmonary systems, neuroscience, regulatory physiology and
musculoskeletal system.
Galileo's Second Asteroid Flyby - Aug. 28
Galileo will fly past Ida, an asteroid which is about 30 kilometers (20 miles
across). Like Gaspra, the asteroid Galileo flew by on October 29, 1991, Ida is
believed to represent the majority of main-belt asteroids in composition.
Relative velocity for this flyby will be nearly 12.6 kilometers per second or
28,000 miles per hour.
NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (NOAA-J) - Dec.
NOAA-J will conduct global environmental observations and search and rescue
operations. Acting as NOAA's agent, NASA procures the satellite and
instruments and provides for their launch. NOAA-J will be launched into a
polar orbit from Vandenberg A.F. Base on an Atlas-E ELV. NOAA-J has a design
life of at least two years. Though manifested for a Dec. launch, NOAA-J will
be built by NASA and held in storage until requested by NOAA.
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Revisit - Dec. 7
During this eight-day mission, the Shuttle crew will replace the solar arrays,
correct the spherical aberration and replace the gyroscopes and other
components as necessary.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-I) - Dec.
GOES- I will provide continuous environmental observations including severe
storm warnings. A NOAA spacecraft for which NASA acts as NOAA's agent in
procuring the satellite and instruments and providing for their launch. GOES-I
will be launched into a geostationary orbit on an Atlas-I ELV from Cape
Canaveral A.F. Station. GOES-I has a design life of five years.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
=--=--=-END-=--=--=