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  1. Newsgroups: sci.space.news
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines
  3. From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
  4. Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/20/93 (Forwarded)
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan21.214833.25109@news.arc.nasa.gov>
  6. Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
  7. Followup-To: sci.space
  8. Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
  9. Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov
  10. Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
  11. Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
  12. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:48:33 GMT
  13. Approved: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
  14. Lines: 52
  15.  
  16.                              SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
  17.                              Wednesday, January 20, 1993
  18.  
  19.  
  20.           George H. Diller
  21.           Kennedy Space Center
  22.           407/867-2468
  23.  
  24.  
  25.           Vehicle: OV-102/Columbia
  26.           Current location: OPF Bay 2
  27.           Mission: STS-55/Spacelab D-2           Inclination: 28.45 degrees
  28.           Launch timeframe: February, wk 4       Nominal Landindg Site: KSC
  29.           Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours      Crew Size: 7
  30.  
  31.  
  32.           IN WORK TODAY:
  33.  
  34.           - installation of Spacelab tunnel
  35.           - hydraulic test of flight controls
  36.           - position flight control elements for rollover
  37.           - orbiter/external tank door functional test
  38.           - orbiter aft compartment closeouts
  39.           - orbiter mid-body closeouts
  40.  
  41.           WORK COMPLETED:
  42.  
  43.           - Spacelab D-2 Interface Verification Test (IVT)
  44.           - payload bay cleaning
  45.           - ammonia boiler servicing
  46.  
  47.  
  48.           WORK SCHEDULED:
  49.  
  50.           - payload bay door radiator inspections Saturday
  51.           - Crew Equipment Interface Test on Sunday
  52.  
  53.  
  54.           SPECIAL TOPICS--Endeavour post landing analysis:
  55.  
  56.                OV-105 touched down at 08:38:17 a.m. EST on Tuesday, landing
  57.           approximately 1,500 feet from  the  Runway  33  threshhold  about
  58.           three  feet  right  of centerline,  and rolling out approximately
  59.           8,700 feet.
  60.  
  61.                Brake and tire wear was normal, except for a cut 5/16th-inch
  62.           deep and two plys of scuffing on the right inboard tire.    There
  63.           were 57 debris impacts,  with 13 greater than one inch.   Four to
  64.           five tiles are expected to be replaced.
  65.  
  66.                Endeavour arrived at OPF Bay 1 at approximately 2 p.m. Tues-
  67.           day where deservicing is now in work.
  68.