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"930216.DFC" (13329 bytes) was created on 02-16-93
16-Feb-93 Daily File Collection
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2/16/93: NASA CO-SPONSORS HIGH-TECH SMALL BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Donald L. Savage
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. February 16, 1993
RELEASE: 93-029
Small, minority-owned and women-owned businesses can obtain information on
how to do business with NASA and other government agencies at the 1993 High
Technology And Small Business Development Procurement Conference on March 1-2
in Los Angeles.
NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., and the
Southern California Small Business Utilization Council are co-sponsoring the
fifth annual conference at the Hyatt Hotel- Los Angeles International Airport,
Los Angeles.
About 200 government prime contractors, federal agencies and other large
procurement organizations are expected to participate in the conference. They
will offer guidance on contracting opportunities, particularly in the form of
requests for quotations, requests for proposals and invitations to bid.
There will be seven workshops as well as marketing and networking
opportunities. Workshop topics will include "When You Can Negotiate"; "The
Proposal Evaluation Process"; "Performance Expectations"; "How To Reach The End
Users Before Buyers Receive A Requisition"; "Total Quality Management";
"Legislation And Public Laws Impacting Small/Small Disadvantaged Businesses";
and "How To Do Business With The Federal Government."
For more information or to receive an invitation to the conference,
contact Andrew Guyton at JPL's Contractor Capabilities Office at 818/354-7531
or Eugene Rosen, NASA Headquarters Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization Office at 202/358-2088.
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 2/16/93
SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
Tuesday, February 16, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia Mission: STS-55
Current location: Pad 39-A Orbital altitude: 184 sm
Payloads: Spacelab-D2/SAREX Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Launch timeframe: March wk 2 Nominal Landing: KSC/March
Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours Crew size: 7
STS-55 IN WORK:
- removal of main engine #2 high pressure liquid oxygen
turbopump
- troubleshooting main engine #2 hydraulic yaw actuator
- crew compartment cleaning
STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:
- hoist engine #2 turbopump to main engine compartment tonight
- changeout of main engine #3 liquid oxygen turbopump
on Wednesday
- changeout of orbiter refrigerator/freezer on Friday
STS-55 COLUMBIA WORK COMPLETED:
- removal of main engine #1 liquid oxygen turbopump
- hoisted engine #1 replacement liquid oxygen turbopump to
aft main engine compartment
SPECIAL TOPICS:
Changeout of Columbia's main engine liquid oxygen turbopumps is proceeding
as planned by the schedule.
The Interface Verification Test (IVT) for ATLAS/SPARTAN was successfully
completed with Orbiter Discovery over the weekend. The Crew Equipment
Interface Test (CEIT) with the STS-56 astronauts is scheduled for Wednesday.
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 2/16/93
Daily News
Tuesday, February 16, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014
% Work on Columbia's turbopumps continues, new launch date will be set next
week;
% Launch of Astro-D astronomy satellite delayed again, second stage problem;
% Solar System Exploration selects 11 mission proposals in Discovery program.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Work to get Columbia ready for its STS-55 mission at the Kennedy Space Center
continues following last week's successful Terminal Countdown Demonstration
Test. Technicians are in the process of cleaning the crew cabin following last
Friday's test while preparations for the removal of the orbiter's three main
engine liquid oxygen turbopumps proceeds concurrently. NASA Space Shuttle
Director Tom Utsman said last week that a new launch date for the postponed
STS-55 Columbia Spacelab D-2 mission would be set during the last week of
February.
The postponement of the launch from the end of February is based on a decision
to change out Columbia's three high-pressure liquid oxygen turbopumps because
of concern with the seals used in the pumps. There are two versions of
turbopump seals used in the shuttle main engines. One version requires
inspection following each engine use; the other does not. KSC technical staff
were not able to conclusively determine which version of the seals being used
on Columbia's turbopumps for this flight. Concurrently, KSC is also examining
the pumps on engines located on Discovery and Endeavour.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The launch of Astro-D, a cooperative X-ray astronomy satellite, was delayed
again this past weekend because of apparent problems with the second stage of
the M-3SII launcher. The launch had been rescheduled for late Saturday,
Eastern Time (early Sunday, Japan Time) from the Kagashima Space Center in
Japan. Another launch attempt has been set for Friday, Feb. 19. The launch
window for the scientific satellite closes on Feb. 28. The project is a
cooperative venture between Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical
Science and NASA. The satellite will increase scientific capabilities for
imaging X-ray spectroscopy.
The satellite's instrument combines the X-ray gathering technology of the
conical-foil mirror used by the Broad Band X-ray Telescope flown on the Astro-1
mission with the detector technology being used for the Advanced X-ray
Astrophysics Facility. The new satellite will examine the spectra of low-energy
X-rays in the energy bandwidth between a few hundred up to 12 thousand electron
volts (keV).
During the satellite's early operations, the onboard instruments will point at
approximately two targets per day. This will be increased to as many as six
per day by the end of the first year of operation. These targets will include
supernova remnants, stars, neutron stars, black holes, active galactic nuclei
and clusters of galaxies.
A significant portion of the Astro-D observing time will be made available to
international investigators. The overall apportioning of satellite
investigation time is split between American and Japanese astronomers. Sixty
percent of the observing time will go to Japanese researchers, 15 percent will
go to American scientists; and 25 percent for collaborative U.S.-Japanese
scientists.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
NASA last week announced the selection of 11 new science mission concepts in
the Discovery program. The eleven new project proposals were selected from 73
concepts discussed at a recent workshop.
The Discovery program is intended to produce mission designs which can proceed
from development to flight in less than 3 years by combining well-defined
objectives, and proven instruments and flight systems. The program seeks to
develop missions for less than $150 million. The 11 new missions include a
proposal for a Mercury Polar Flyby, a Venus multi-probe mission which would
place 14 small probes on the planet's surface, and a Comet Nucleus penetrator
which would send a probe into the core of a comet. The 11 concepts will now
receive further study by NASA's Solar System Exploration Division.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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.
Tuesday, February 16, 1993
Live
12:00 pm NASA Today news program.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Setting the Stage for the Future.
1:00 pm Apollo 12 - Pinpoint for Science.
1:30 pm The Legacy of Gemini.
2:00 pm Kids in Space Science: Project Gemini.
2:30 pm STS-55 - The D-2 Project.
3:00 pm Total Quality Management program #37 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.
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2/16/93: CONSORT 6 LAUNCH RESCHEDULED FOR 2 P.M. EST FEB. 19
Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. February 16, 1993
Rick Mould
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Mike Bryant
EER Systems, Vienna, Va.
Debbie Bingham
White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
NOTE TO EDITORS: N93-006
The launch of Consort 6 from White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M., on
Friday, Feb. 19, has been reset for 2 p.m. EST.
Consort 6 is a commercial suborbital rocket flight 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., is providing the launch vehicle and recovery services for
the payload of seven materials science and biotechnology experiments.
A photo opportunity and informal briefing is scheduled at WSMR for
Thursday, Feb. 18 at 12:30 p.m. EST.
The launch will not be carried live. However, taped replays of the
Consort 6 launch will be broadcast on NASA Select television on Friday, Feb.
19, beginning at 5:10 p.m. EST. It also will be broadcast via satellite SBS 6,
Transponder 10, full duplex, on Friday, Feb. 19, beginning at 5:10 p.m. EST.
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MGN STATUS 2/15
Magellan Status
Status Report of Magellan for Monday, February 15, 1993:
1. The Magellan spacecraft continues to operate normally under the G3034
command sequence. All starcals and desats over the weekend were successful.
The spacecraft experienced a triple TWTA SSO on Friday, but recovered
automatically as in all recent events.
2. Bay 7 (which contains the CDS) is at 43 deg. C. with a cycle depth of 4.5
deg. Other spacecraft temperatures are also in the expected range.
3. Magellan has completed 6781 orbits of Venus since August 10, 1990. The
spacecraft has traveled about 222 million kilometers (139 million miles) in its
orbital path around Venus, in addition to the 400 million kilometers it
traveled getting from Earth to Venus.
4. The Magellan Project continues a systematic process condensing its
operations and preparing for the Lean Mean Gravity Team (LMGT) phase of the
mission. Plans for housing the LMGT in the 230-260 (Science) area were
presented at the Mission DirectorUs meeting on February 9th.
Magellan is 99 days from the end of Cycle 4.
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ULYSSES MISSION STATUS REPORT
February 16, 1993
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109
The Ulysses spacecraft went into an automatic safe mode at about 4:50 p.m.
Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, Feb. 14, while it was being tracked by the
Deep Space Network facility near Madrid, Spain. All instruments were
automatically switched off by on-board computers, followed by switch-off of
spacecraft telemetry. The loss of communication lasted about five hours and 10
minutes.
Once the telemetry was regained, spacecraft health checks confirmed that
Ulysses had reconfigured itself correctly. An investigation into the cause of
the anomaly was under way.
Progress has been made to restore the spacecraft to its normal operational
condition. Three of the spacecraft's nine science instruments are now fully
operational. All but one of the remaining instruments were expected to be
restored during the next tracking pass over the Goldstone Deep Space Network
facility, which was completed at about 10 a.m. today. The Solar Wind Ion
Composition experiment operates at high voltage and requires additional time to
be switched on.
Today Ulysses is approximately 610 million kilometers (379 million miles)
from Earth, traveling at a heliocentric velocity of about 35,000 kilometers per
hour (22,000 miles per hour). The spacecraft is about 18 degrees south of the
ecliptic plane, slowly looping its way back toward the sun, where it will begin
its primary mission in June 1994 of studying the sun's poles. One-way light
time to Earth is about 38 minutes.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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