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"930128.DFC" (23286 bytes) was created on 01-28-93
28-Jan-93 Daily File Collection
These files were added or updated between 27-Jan-93 at 21:00:00 {Central}
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 1/15/93
Daily News
Friday, January 15, 1993
Two Independence Square, Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014
% STS-54 crew continues on schedule, DXS again gathering X-ray data;
% "Physics of Toys" program scheduled for 12:24 pm EST today,
% Mars-sized objects hitting the Earth may have caused Earth's short day.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Activity aboard Endeavour continues on schedule with the crew performing a
variety of secondary experiments, including several associated with a
commercial biological sample processor. The orbiter and crew are all
performing fine with no problems being tracked on the orbiter. Goddard Space
Flight Center scientists and engineers are still trying to understand the cause
of a problem affecting counters on the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer instrument.
The instrument is turned on and acquiring data, though, and has accrued about
3,150 seconds of its planned 50,000-second observations.
The instrument had been activated on time following Endeavour's launch and was
apparently working fine up until orbit 10 when the instrument shut itself down
because of high count rates in its detectors. The device was designed to do
this to protect the counters from potential damage as the orbiter went through
the South Atlantic Anomaly, or following a solar flare. The cause of the high
count rates has not been identified yet, but Goddard engineers suspect they may
be related to two small solar flares which occurred within the past few days
and which may have affected the instrument's detectors. In the meantime, the
DXS team will continue to acquire data about the background X-ray illumination
seen in all directions around our solar system.
Endeavour's astronauts turn into orbiting teachers this afternoon when the
flight crew begins their "Physics of Toys" demonstration to students located at
four schools from New York to Oregon. The demonstration is part of NASA's
ongoing space education program and will have the astronauts demonstrating that
ordinary toys, such as marbles and tops, are obeying very stringent laws of
physics. The crew will be able to show the students how the laws of physics
are incorporated into the way a toy works and how that effect might be used in
an engineering project. The program will begin at 12:24 pm today and will last
about 40 minutes.
On Sunday, STS-54 mission specialists Mario Runco and Greg Harbaugh will exit
the crew cabin in space suits and perform a series of practice maneuvers
designed to refine the spacewalk training methods used in Houston and other
centers. This spacewalk will also have Runco and Harbaugh practicing a series
of moves with large or massive objects, including each other, as precursors to
the assembly of components for Space Station Freedom. Flight controllers and
trainers will be watching the crew perform to assess the difficulty factor of
one task versus another kind of task. This is intended to assist in the
development of a set of task-oriented functions which can be performed by one
or more astronauts in the construction of the space station. One way of
looking at the STS-54 space walk objectives is to view the crew activities as a
weightless "time and motion" study.
NASA Select television will continue to provide continuous, live, coverage of
the mission throughout the remainder of the mission, concluding with the
nominal end-of-mission landing at the Kennedy Shuttle Landing Facility on
Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 8:24 am EST. Also, NASA is again providing a daily,
two-hour edited program containing highlights of each mission day's activities.
This program is on a different satellite for the benefit of interested
individuals and organizations in Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning with this
mission, the two-hour programming will be on transponder 19 (4080 MHz, audio at
6.2 and 6.8 MHz) on the Galaxy 6 satellite located at 99 degrees West
Longitude.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
An Ames Research Center visiting scientist, in a journal entry to be published
today in Science, says that collisions with objects as large as the planet Mars
early in the evolution of the Earth are the cause of the Earth's relatively
rapid rotation rate. Dr. Luke Dones, a visiting Assistant Research Astronomer
at Ames from the University of California, Santa Cruz, says that studies done
over a two- year period have shown that the rate of spin of the Earth is
consistent with its having been struck by Mars-size objects late in its period
of formation.
The Earth, along with Mercury, Venus and Mars, was formed about 4.5 billion
years ago en solid objects collided and merged, or accreted, to form the larger
planetary object. Dones and his team studied the histories of collisions
during the formation of the Earth to see what the spin speed would be based on
the size of objects which hit the then- accreting Earth. If Earth had been
formed from only small objects, its spin rate would be more on the order of 200
hours, rather than the 24 hours it is.
An adjunct to Dones' theory also suggests that whatever object might have hit
the Earth to impart the high spin rate, also could have rent from the Earth a
considerable amount of debris which may have subsequently formed into the Moon.
The origin of the Moon continues to remain a mystery.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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, January 15, 1993
Live
6:34 am
Middeck activities from Endeavour.
Live
7:39 am
Crew interview from Endeavour with WOR radio station, New York.
Live
12:24 pm
Physics of Toys educational program from crew with students
located at schools in Bronx, NY, Willoughby, OH, Portland,
OR, and Flint, MI.
Live
1:54 pm
Middeck activities from Endeavour.
Live
3:00 pm
Mission status briefing from Johnson Space Center.
8:00 pm
Replay of Flight Day 3 activities from JSC.
Saturday, Januay 16, 1993
Live
5:29 am
Middeck activities from Endeavour.
Live
3:00 pm
Mission status briefing from Johnson Space Center.
8:00 pm
Replay of Flight Day 4 activities from JSC.
Sunday, January 17, 1993
Live
2:59 am
EVA preparation activities from Endeavour.
Live
4:01 am
Crew checkout of space suits from Endeavour.
Live
4:29 am
Crew pre-breathe activities from Endeavour.
Live
5:14 am
EVA crew exits airlock into Endeavour's payload bay.
Live
9:44 am
EVA crew re-enters airlock after spacewalk activities.
Live
3:00 pm
Mission status briefing from Johnson Space Center.
8:00 pm
Replay of Flight Day 5 activities from JSC.
Monday, January 18, 1993
Live
3:19 am
Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus activities from
Endeavour.
Live
3:00 pm
Mission status briefing from Johnson Space Center.
8:00 pm
Replay of Flight Day 6 activities from JSC.
Tuesday, January 19, 1993
Live
7:29 am
Scheduled time for de-orbit maneuver by crew aboard
Endeavour.
Live
8:31 am
Scheduled landing time for Endeavour at the Shuttle Landing
Facility, Kennedy Space Center.
8:44 am
Replay of landing video.
Live
TBD
Post-landing press conference from Kennedy Space Center.
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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1/28/93: NEW ADVISORY GROUP EYES MINORITY BUSINESSES
Jeffrey Carr
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 28
, 19
(Phone: 202/453-1024)
RELEASE: 93-17
Members of NASA's newly-chartered Minority Business Resource Advisory
Committee opened a new era of multicultural participation in the civil space
program when they met here this week to discuss their charter and begin
developing an agenda for action.
The committee was formed by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin
partially in response to a directive by Congress to award 8 percent of the
total value of the agency's prime and subcontracts to economically and socially
disadvantaged businesses and minority educational institutions involved in key
NASA activities.
Goldin met with the committee, consisting of representatives of
minority and women-owned businesses around the country, and charged them with
establishing a vision and strategic plan to carry out their objectives and
measure their progress.
The group plans to meet quarterly at various NASA field centers to
address issues such as training programs, procurement practices and outreach
programs. The committee's recommendations will be facilitated through the
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, headed by Associate
Administrator Ralph C. Thomas, III.
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 1/28/93
SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Thursday, January 28, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia Current location: OPF Bay 2
Primary payload: Spacelab D-2 Crew Size: 7
Orbital altitude: 184 sm Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours
Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25 - 9:38 a.m.
Landing site/timeframe: KSC/March 6 - 07:43 a.m.
STS-55 IN WORK:
- remove BREMSAT GAS canister
- Spacelab module positive pressure leak check
- crew compartment closeouts/close crew access hatch
- main landing gear strut hydraulic fluid level checks
- orbiter aft main engine compartment closeouts
- main propulsion system closeouts
- orbiter mid-body closeouts
- thermal protection system tile closeouts
STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:
- Spacelab D-2 closeouts
STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:
- install aft flight doors on Friday
- waste containment system electrical verification checks
- aft structural leak check/orbiter composite pressurization test
- close payload bay doors for flight on Sunday
- weight and center of gravity determination
- install Columbia on orbiter transporter
- roll to the VAB February 2
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 1/28/93
Daily News
Thursday, January 28, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014
% Columbia ready for rollover to VAB next Tuesday; TCDT set for Feb. 11-12;
% Pre-launch STS-55 briefings scheduled at JSC next Wednesday, Thursday;
% Post-flight crew briefing on STS-54 scheduled at JSC for Monday, Feb. 1;
% JPL now turns attention to low-gain antenna mission for Galileo;
% Magellan continues its gravitational field survey of Venus-still doing fine!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The Kennedy Space Center processing team working Columbia reports they will
transport the orbiter to the Vehicle Assembly Building on the evening of Feb.
2, next Tuesday. Mating of Columbia to its external tank and solid rocket
boosters will begin the next day.
KSC management will hold its launch readiness review on Monday, Feb. 8. The
NASA Office of Space Flight management's formal Flight Readiness Review will be
held at KSC on Wednessday, Feb. 11. The launch dress rehearsal with the
astronaut and ground launch team crews will take place on Feb. 11 and 12, with
the simulated launch time at 11:00 am EST on Feb. 12.
Preparations on Columbia are proceeding on a schedule which could allow the
launch of the STS-55 mission in late February. 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. Additional experiments will continue the investigations of
the Earth's atmosphere, the surface topography of the planet, and include
additional investigations in galactic astronomy and technology development.
Briefings on the mission objectives and science experiments will be held at the
Johnson Space Center next Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 3 and 4. The briefings
will be carried live on NASA Select television, and will begin at 9:30 am EST
on Wednesday.
Also, a post-mission briefing by the crew of the last mission, STS-54, will be
held at JSC on Monday, Feb. 1. This also will be shown live on NASA Select
television, beginning at 4:00 pm EST.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Jet Propulsion Laboratory flight controllers report the Galileo spacecraft, now
enroute to Jupiter and scheduled to go into permanent orbit around the giant
planet on Dec. 7, 1995, is performing nominally except for the
partially-deployed high gain antenna. Project management has concluded there
is no positive result from the recently-completed, nearly 3-week-long set of
antenna- deployment motor pulses intended to force open the high- gain antenna.
The Galileo Project office will now focus on completing the Jupiter orbit and
Galilean Moon encounter mission phases using the low-gain antenna.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
JPL flight controllers also report that the Magellan spacecraft is continuing
in its gravitational-field survey of Venus, using the precise navigation
capabilities of the spacecraft during the portions of the elliptical orbit
closest to the surface. JPL also reports that the Mars Observer spacecraft is
performing fine and is in the cruise mode with communications coming through
the spacecraft's high-gain antenna. Mars Observer will go into Mars orbit on
Aug. 24, 1993, after which it will begin its global Martian environmental
survey. The next event scheduled for Mars Observer is a planned course
correction maneuver set for Monday, Feb. 8.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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.
Thursday, January 28, 1993
Live
12:00 pm NASA Today news program.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm The Best of NASA Today - Aquanauts.
1:00 pm NASA 1992 - The Year in Review.
1:45 pm Live via Satellite.
2:00 pm Starfinder program #9.
2:30 pm Earth and Space Science program block
(title will be provided as schedule is developed).
3:00 pm Total Quality Management program #32, 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.
Friday, January 29, 1993
Live
12:00 pm NASA Today news program.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Aeronautics and Technology program block
(title will be provided as schedule is developed).
1:00 pm Human space flight program block (title
will be provided as schedule is developed).
1:30 pm Earth and Space Science program block
(title will be provided as schedule is developed).
2:00 pm Starfinder program #10.
2:30 pm Earth and Space Science program block
(title will be provided as schedule is develop
Total Quality Management program #33, 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.
Monday, February 1, 1993
Live
4:00 pm STS-54 astronaut crew post-mission
briefing from the Johnson Space Center.
Tuesday, February 2, 1993
Live
12:00 pm NASA Today news program.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Aeronautics and Technology program block
(title will be provided as schedule is developed).
1:00 pm Human space flight program block (title
will be provided as schedule is developed).
1:30 pm Earth and Space Science program block
(title will be provided as schedule is developed).
2:00 pm Starfinder program #11.
2:30 pm Earth and Space Science program block
(title will be provided as schedule is developed).
3:00 pm Total Quality Management program #34, 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.
Wednesday, February 3, 1993
Live
9:30 am STS-55 mission overview with Gary Coen,
lead flight director, from Johnson Space Center.
Live
10:30 am German Research Organization science
overview with discipline investigation principal
investigators, from JSC.
Live
12:00 pm NASA science overview with discipline
investigation principal investigators, from JSC.
Live
2:00 pm Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment briefing
with Louis McFadin, from JSC.
Thursday, February 4, 1993
Live
9:00 am STS-55 crew briefing with Steven Nagel,
commander; Terence Henricks, pilot; Jerry Ross, Bernard
Harris, Jr., and Charles Precourt, mission specialists;
and Hans Schlegel and Ulrich Walter, Germaayload
specialists; from JSC.
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
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The first line of the file:
MARINER 2 30TH ANNIVERSARY
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TOPEX/Poseidon STATUS REPORT January 27,1993
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The satellite is healthy, and all scientific instruments are performing
normally, typically providing three playbacks per day. To date, eleven 10-day
science-data cycles have been collected for processing and verification as
planned. TOPEX/Poseidon was launched August 10, 1992, aboard Ariane 52.
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GALILEO STATUS REPORTS 12/11/92 THRU 1/18/93
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GALILEO STATUS REPORT January 27,1993
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The spacecraft is now en route to Jupiter, scheduled to go into orbit there on
December 7, 1995. It completed its second Earth gravity assist on December 8,
picking up the last increment of velocity for the Jupiter flight. Spacecraft
performance and condition are excellent except that the high-gain antenna is
only partly deployed; science and engineering data are being transmitted via
the low-gain antenna. An operation intended to free the high-gain antenna by
pulsing the antenna-deployment motors began in late December and concluded
January 19 without success. The Project will now focus on completing the
Jupiter mission using the low-gain antenna. Galileo was launched October 18,
1989, by Space Shuttle Atlantis and an IUS, and flew by Venus and Earth in 1990
for earlier gravity assists.
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MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT January 27,1993
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Magellan spacecraft is continuing its survey of the gravitational field of
Venus, utilizing precise navigation of the spacecraft in the near-Venus portion
of its orbit through May 15, 1992. Magellan was launched May 4, 1989, aboard
Space Shuttle Atlantis with an IUS injection stage.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT January 27,1993
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Spacecraft health and performance are normal, and Mars Observer is on its
planned trajectory leading to Mars orbit insertion August 24, 1993. It is now
in the "outer cruise" flight mode, with communications on the high-gain
antenna. The scientific instruments are being checked out on schedule. The
second TCM is planned for February 8. Mars Observer was launched aboard a
Titan III/TOS vehicle on September 25, 1992.
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ULYSSES STATUS REPORT January 27,1993
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The spacecraft is in a highly inclined solar orbit, now almost 17 degrees south
of the ecliptic plane, in transit from its Jupiter gravity assist in February
1992 toward its solar polar passages in 1994 and 1995. Its condition and
performance are excellent, and it continues to observe the interplanetary
medium. The Ulysses spacecraft was built by the European Space Agency and
launched October 6, 1990 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, with IUS and PAM-S
stages.
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VOYAGER 1 & 2 STATUS REPORT January 27,1993
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The two Voyager spacecraft continue their interstellar mission with
fields-and-particles data acquisition. Voyager 1 was launched September 5,
1977, is currently 7.6 billion kilometers (4.7 billion miles) from the Sun
after flying by Jupiter and Saturn in 1979 and 1980; Voyager 2 was launched
August 20, 1977, flew by Jupiter (1979), Saturn (1981), Uranus (1986), and
Neptune (1989), is now 5.8 billion kilometers (3.6 billion miles) from the Sun.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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