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"930517.DFC" (16611 bytes) was created on 05-17-93
17-May-93 Daily File Collection
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 5/17/93
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Monday, May 17, 1993
Mission: STS-57/Spacehab/EURECA-Retrieval Orbital Alt. 287 miles
Vehicle: Endeavour/OV-105 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: Pad 39-B Crew Size: 6
Target Launch Date/Time: June 3, 6:17 p.m.
Target KSC Landing Date/Time: June 11, 5:14 p.m.
Expected Mission Duration: 7 days/23 hours (if cryogenics allow)
IN WORK TODAY:
* Preparations for hypergolic fuel loading operations today
* X-rays of main propulsion system
* Orbiter/external tank umbilical foaming operations
* Close payload bay doors
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Prelaunch hypergolic propellant load (Pad clear will occur at
about 4:00 p.m. today. Pad will remain closed until
Wednesday.)
* Auxiliary power unit leak checks
* Launch Readiness Review (Wednesday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Crew departed for JSC
Friday afternoon.)
* Flight crew equipment stowage
* Inertial measurement unit calibrations
* Borescope of main landing gear (everything checked out okay)
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Mission: STS-51/ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS Orbital Alt.: 184 miles
Vehicle: Discovery/OV-103 Inclination: 28 degrees
Location: OPF bay 3 Crew Size: 5
Mission Duration: 9 days/22 hours
Target Launch Period: mid-July
IN WORK TODAY:
* Power reactant storage and distribution system tests
* Orbital maneuvering system functional tests
* Waste containment system servicing
* Auxiliary power unit leak and functional checks
WORK COMPLETED:
* Remote manipulator system functional checks
* Aerosurface repositioning
* Nose cap removal
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Down Mission: STS-55/SL-D2
Vehicle: Columbia/OV-102
Launch Date/Time: April 26 at 10:50 a.m.
Landing Place/Date/Time: Edwards AFB, May 6 at 10:30 a.m. EDT
Returned to KSC via Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: May 14, 2:25 pm EDT
Up Mission: STS-58/SLS-2
Location: OPF bay 2
Target launch date: Early September
NOTE: The orbiter Columbia, riding atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (SCA), landed at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility on
Friday, May 14 at about 2:25 p.m. EDT. Columbia was hoisted off
the SCA in the mate/demate device and towed to the Orbiter
Processing Facility bay 2 at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday. No
problems were reported during the ferry flight return.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Orbiter power up operations
* Ferry kit removal
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Tailcone removal
* Open payload bay doors
* Hypergolic fuel purges
WORK COMPLETED:
* SCA off load and tow to OPF bay 2
* Restore hydraulic capabilities
* Lower body flap
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Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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Daily News/TV Sked 5-17-93
Daily News
Monday, May 17, 1993 Two Independence Square, Washington, D.C.
Audio Service: 202/358-3014
% LeRC develops water purification system;
% Scientists control Russian robot via satellite;
% STS-51 mission status.
Researchers at the Lewis Research Center have developed an ion exchange
material that in laboratory tests can effectively remove contaminants from
water. This new material for removing toxic metals from water can benefit
industries that produce large amounts of contaminated waste water.
The ion exchange membrane was originally developed as a separator in batteries
for use in space flight. Tests also conclude that the material is easy to use
and inexpensive to produce. The separator can be made in many different forms
and sizes, allowing for use in different applications.
Dr. Warren H. Philip, senior research chemist in the Materials Division and Ken
Street, Head of the Chemical Sampling and Analysis Division, invented the
material.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
At the request of McDonnell Douglas Space Systems, scientists at NASA's Ames
Research Center will use a satellite video link, provided by Brown University,
to attempt to maneuver a Russian robotic "rover" in a Moscow laboratory.
Project leader, Dr. Butler Hines, an Ames electrical engineer, will use a
"telepresence interface" developed at Ames to control the prototype of a rover.
Russian scientists hope to land the rover on Mars in 1996.
The objective of the test is to verify that this technology could be used in
future missions to Mars.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Workers at the Kennedy Space Center continue to prepare Space Shuttle Discovery
for its next upcoming mission in mid-July. Technicians plan to perform orbital
maneuvering system functional tests, service the waste containment system and
perform power reactant storage and distribution system tests. The STS-51
mission is scheduled to last 9 days and 22 hours and will carry the ACTS-TOS
payload.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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, May 17, 1993
NOON NASA Today news program.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm The Aeronauts.
1:00 pm Replay of TDRSS: A New Legend.
2:00 pm Kids in Space Science.
2:30 pm Universe.
3:00 pm Dr. Laura Broedling: TQM.
Tuesday, May 18, 1993
Live 9:30 pm STS-57 Pre-Flight Press Briefings. (JSC)
10:30 pm EURECA. (KSC)
NOON SHOOT. (GSFC)
2:30 pm EVA or Spacewalk. (JSC)
4:00 pm STS-57 Crew Briefing. (JSC)
Wednesday, May 19, 1993
Live 11:00 pm STS-55 post-flight crew press briefing..
NASA TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13,
C-Band, 72 degrees West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960
MHz, audio subcarrier is 6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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5/17/93: LEWIS SPACE RESEARCH SPAWNS WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM
Charles Redmond
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 17, 1993
Linda Ellis
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
RELEASE: 93-86
A new material for removing toxic metals from water may benefit
hundreds of industries that produce large amounts of contaminated waste water.
Researchers at NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, have developed
an ion exchange material that in laboratory tests can effectively remove
contaminants from water such nickel, yttrium and chromium.
"The tests also show that the new material is easy to use and
inexpensive to produce. It is strong, flexible and chemically very stable in
storage," according to Dr. Warren H. Philip, Senior Research Chemist in the
Materials Division. He and Ken Street, Head of the Chemical Sampling and
Analysis Branch of the Lewis Office of Environmental Programs, invented the
material.
The ion exchange membrane originally was developed as a separator in
batteries for use in space flight. The separator can be made in many different
forms and sizes including thin films, coatings, pellets and fibers for use in
larger systems.
These various forms allow the material to be usable in many different
applications, including woven fiber filters for home water filters, packed
columns of pellets for industrial use and coatings on screens which can be
drawn through ponds and lakes needing cleaning.
Drs. Phillip and Street point out that another important feature of
the ion exchange material is that adsorbed or collected metals can be easily
reclaimed by either a destructive or non-destructive process.
Through the destructive process, the used ion exchange material is
ashed and produces carbon dioxide and water vapor. Oxides of the adsorbed
metals remain as ash and can be recycled.
With the non-destructive process, the heavy metals are removed from the
ion exchange material and reclaimed by an acid stripping process. The material
then is reusable, and the metal concentrate can be recycled.
To extend the effort beyond the laboratory, Lewis officials have signed
a space act agreement with Aetna Plating Company, Cleveland, to validate the
ion exchange material in an industrial setting.
Under terms of the agreement, Aetna will allow testing of the ion
exchange material in their industrial electroplating operation to assess the
material's effectiveness as an agent for removing heavy metals.
The Lewis Technology Utilization Office is responsible for project
management. Cooperating and assisting on the project are the Cleveland
Advanced Manufacturing Program's Advanced Manufacturing Center and Cleveland
State University.
This ion exchange material is an example of technology transfer P
technology developed for one purpose that can be applied to uses different from
the original intent.
Through its Technology Utilization Program, NASA seeks to encourage
greater use of the knowledge bank by providing a link between the NASA research
community and those that might develop the product of that research into a
commercial technology or product.
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5/17/93: INTERNATIONAL MARS EXPLORATION GROUP FORMED
Debra J. Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 17, 1993
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
RELEASE: 93-87
NASA, the European Space Agency, the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI),
the Italian Space Agency , the German Space Agency and the French Centre
National d'Etudes Spatiales have decided to form an International Mars
Exploration Working Group to produce an international strategy for the
exploration of Mars after the year 2000.
This decision was made during a meeting in Wiesbaden, Germany, on May 10, 1993.
This marks the first time that the agencies have agreed to develop a
multilateral strategy on the exploration of Mars. The working group also will
examine the possibilities for an International Mars Network mission. In
addition, it will provide a forum for the coordination of future Mars
exploration missions.
All interested space agencies that wish to participate will be invited to join
the working group. The first meeting is scheduled in Graz, Austria, in October
1993.
During this meeting in Wiesbaden, the space agency representatives, together
with scientists from around the world, also unanimously expressed their support
for the Russian Mars 96 mission, an extension beyond 1996 for the U.S. Mars
Observer mission and a new start for the Mars Environmental Survey Pathfinder
mission in 1994.
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Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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5/17/93: NASA JOINS FORCES WITH INDUSTRY IN AIDS RESEARCH
Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 17, 1993
Jim Sahli/David Drachlis
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
RELEASE: 93-88
NASA and American Bio-Technologies Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., have teamed
together in an attempt to contribute to a better understanding of a world
public health problem -- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Under an
agreement signed April 26, each organization will bring its own unique
capabilities to a comprehensive research effort.
"This endeavor represents a massive and unprecedented approach to
structure- oriented AIDS research," said Simon McKenzie, American
Bio-Technologies President.
The goal is to use advanced x-ray crystallography technology and expertise
developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., to advance
fundamental knowledge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS, to
develop new and promising therapeutic approaches for HIV and AIDS and to
develop superior biological materials for vaccine development and HIV
detection.
The structural biology research group at the Marshall center will bring
new emerging technology in high-brilliance x-ray generators, access to the
microgravity environment aboard the Space Shuttle and novel crystallization
approaches to bear on the research effort.
American Bio-Technologies, the major world supplier of recombinant
(synthetic) HIV proteins, will provide researchers at Marshall with all
proteins of HIV-1 and related retroviruses.
"Normally, a research group is considered very fortunate to have access to
a single protein from HIV-1 for crystallographic purposes," explained Dr.
Daniel Carter, Chief of the Biophysics Branch of Marshall's Space Science
Laboratory. "We will have access to quantities of all of them."
"We will use our unique capabilities to grow crystals of the proteins and
then use our analytical and computer-based technologies to attempt to determine
the accurate three-dimensional structures of the biological molecules. Our
group previously determined the first structure of a human antibody which
recognizes the AIDS virus, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences last summer," explained Carter.
Knowledge of the structures of molecules provides critical insights into
molecular function. Such insights can speed the design of vaccines,
pharmaceuticals or inhibitory agents to prevent or cure diseases, according to
the National Institutes of Health. The organization believes that structural
biology is the linchpin in U.S. biotechnology research.
"Critical to the success of such endeavors is the production of relatively
large, high- quality single crystals of the proteins of interest," explained
Carter. "Consequently, large and expensive quantities of recombinant protein
are required for each targeted structure. American Bio-Technologies is
uniquely positioned to support this strategy."
American Bio-Technologies and NASA research groups are pursuing what is
one of the greatest research problems of our time with a true sense of urgency
and great purpose, according to Carter.
"Today, only two structures of the approximately 20 proteins of HIV-1 have
been determined and none from the related viruses HIV-2, HTLV-1, HTLV-II and
SIV, have been determined," McKenzie added.
If successful, determination of the atomic structures of HIV and
HIV-related retroviruses could provide key insights into the critical function
of many of the virus components essential to the development of new vaccines,
therapies and diagnostics.
Both NASA and American Bio-Technologies intend to publish the results of
their efforts under this agreement.
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