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"930304.DFC" (8457 bytes) was created on 03-04-93
04-Mar-93 Daily File Collection
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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 3/4/93
SPACE SHUTTLE DAILY STATUS-STS 55
Thursday, March 4, 1993
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia Mission: STS-55
Current location: Pad 39-A Orbital altitude: 184 sm
Payload: Spacelab D-2 Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Launch date: NET March 16 Landing: KSC March 25
Mission duration: 8 days 22 hours Crew size: 7
STS-55 IN WORK:
- reinstallation of GAS can experiments
- GAS can interface verification testing (IVT)
- hydraulic fluid cleanup in aft main engine compartment
- examination of main engines and main propulsion system
including electrical connectors and harnesses, solenoid
valves and thermal insulation within the aft compartment
- removal/inspection/cleaning of #2 main engine heat shields
- failure analysis of hydraulic hose
STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:
- GAS can (GAUS) experiment mirror changeout Friday
- RKGM experiment film magazine reinstallation Friday
- close payload bay doors Friday night
- Flight Readiness Test Friday/Saturday
- Helium Signature leak checks Sunday
- hypergolic propellant loading Monday/Tuesday
- reinstall enhanced orbiter refrigerator/freezer (EORF) Wed.
STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:
- replacement of ruptured hydraulic line
SPECIAL TOPICS:
STS-56: Discovery's mating to the external tank/solid rocket booster stack is
complete. The Shuttle Interface test is scheduled to be performed Friday and
Saturday. Main engine installation is targeted to begin on Monday.
STS-57: Installation of Spacehab-1 into Endeavour is in work.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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DAILY NEWS/TV SKED 3/4/93
Daily News
Thursday, March 4, 1993
Two Independence Square,
Washington, D.C. Audio service: 202/358-3014
% Cosmonauts to meet with the media;
% Laminar Flow Team wins award;
% 24th Annual Lunar & Planetary Science Conference scheduled for March.
Russian cosmonauts Col. Vladimir G. Titov and Sergei K. Krikalev will meet with
the media for interviews on Tuesday, March 9. The interviews will be conducted
at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Titov and Krikalev are training as mission specialists for Shuttle mission
STS-60 set for flight in late 1993. One cosmonaut will be assigned as the
prime crew member with the other serving as his backup.
Along with the two cosmonauts, the other members of the STS-60 crew will be
available for interviews about the mission's experiments and payloads.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The Boeing-NASA-Air Force Hybrid Laminar Flow Team was selected to receive the
National Space Club's 1993 Nelson P. Jackson Award. This award recognizes the
U.S. firm with the most outstanding contribution to missiles, aircraft or space
endeavors over the past year. The award will be presented in Washington, D.C.
at the club's "Goddard Memorial Dinner," March 26.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Scientists from around the world will meet in Houston to discuss research
covering the universe at the 24th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
March 15-19 at the Johnson Space Center.
"Even after 24 years, the conference gets more interesting every year," said
Douglas Blanchard. chief of JSC's Solar System Exploration Division. "This year
the program is especially strong and covers an interesting variety of planetary
topics. We expect that our colleagues will once again find the conference a
rich source of new data and ideas."
Over 700 researchers will meet at the JSC's Gilruth Center for five days of
presentations that will include data from Venus provided by the Magellan
spacecraft; new information from the Galileo spacecraft now approaching Jupiter
after a high speed pass by the Moon and Earth; and recent findings about the
Chicxulub crater off the Yucatan Peninsula which many believe could explain the
demise of the dinosaurs on Earth.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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, March 4, 1993
Live 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Pre-Mission Testing for STS-55.
1:00 pm Flight of Sigma 7.
1:30 pm Space Navigation
2:00 pm Starfinder # 10/Liftoff to Learning:
STS-37 "Go for EVA".
2:30 pm Earth, the Planet.
3:00 pm TQM #49.
Friday, March 5, 1993
Live 12:00 pm NASA Today.
12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report.
12:30 pm Aero Oddities.
Live 1:00 pm Pre-Mission Testing for STS-55.
3:00 pm TQM #50.
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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3/04/93: NASA SELECTS CENTER FOR LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. March 4, 1993
RELEASE: 93-040
NASA has selected the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,
Dallas, to become the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT)
in Integrated Physiology. NASA plans to award Southwestern Medical Center
approximately $1 million a year for 5 years.
NASA made the selection from 18 applicants on the basis of merit as judged
by peer review panels assembled by the American Institute of Biological
Sciences.
"The Southwestern Medical Center application is comprehensive," said
NASA's Chief Scientist for Life Sciences Dr. Ronald White. "It includes
research that ranges from molecular biology to the study of humans. The
research team assembled in Dallas is of high quality and has a clear
understanding of NASA's mission," White said.
The new center will be designed to contribute a better understanding of
how different organ systems of various species react to space flight. One
component will deal with cellular and molecular mechanisms while other
components will focus on the effects that the special conditions of space
flight have on skeletal muscle, bone and minerals and the cardiovascular
system. The Director of the new NSCORT is C. Gunnar Blomqvist, M.D., Professor
of Medicine and Physiology at Southwestern.
The NSCORT program is an integral part of NASA's Office of Space Science
and Applications Life Sciences Division's research and analysis activities to
advance basic knowledge and create effective ways for solving specific problems
in the space life sciences. The program was established in 1990 exclusively to
support ground research and analysis in the various research specialities.
The addition of Southwestern Medical Center brings the total number of
NASA-funded NSCORTs to six. The previously selected institutions include:
o Bioregenerative Life Support - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
o Evironmental Health - University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
o Exobiology - University of California, San Diego
o Gravitational Biology - Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
o Radiation Health - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.
Germany also is funding a NSCORT in radiation health at the University of
Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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