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  1. Newsgroups: sci.space.news
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!ames!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines
  3. From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
  4. Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/25/93 (Forwarded)
  5. Message-ID: <25JAN199317535174@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
  6. To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
  7. Followup-To: sci.space
  8. News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
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  11. Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  12. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:53:00 GMT
  13. Approved: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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  15.  
  16.                               STS-55 SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
  17.                                    Monday, January 25, 1993
  18.  
  19.           George H. Diller
  20.           Kennedy Space Center
  21.           407/867-2468
  22.  
  23.           Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia      Location: OPF Bay 2
  24.           Primary payload: Spacelab D-2         Crew Size: 7
  25.           Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25  10:30 a.m.
  26.           Mission duration: 8 Days 22 Hours     Nominal Landing Site: KSC
  27.           Inclination: 28.45 degrees     Initial orbital altitude: 184 sm
  28.  
  29.           STS-55 IN WORK:
  30.  
  31.           - Spacelab final power-up
  32.  
  33.           - payload bay door test cycles
  34.  
  35.           - orbiter aft main engine compartment closeouts
  36.  
  37.           - main propulsion system closeouts
  38.  
  39.           - Ku-band antenna stowage
  40.  
  41.           - thermal protection system tile closeouts
  42.  
  43.           STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:
  44.  
  45.           - Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT)
  46.  
  47.           - Spacelab laboratory module closeouts
  48.  
  49.           - Spacelab tunnel Interface Verification Test (IVT)
  50.  
  51.           - Spacelab tunnel leak checks
  52.  
  53.           - avionics bay closeouts
  54.  
  55.           - payload bay door radiator stowage
  56.  
  57.           STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:
  58.  
  59.           - aft structural leak check
  60.  
  61.           - orbiter composite pressurization test
  62.  
  63.           - weight and center of gravity determination
  64.  
  65.           - install Columbia on orbiter transporter
  66.  
  67.           - roll to the VAB the first week in February
  68.      ___    _____     ___
  69.     /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
  70.     | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
  71.  ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
  72. /___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
  73. |_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |
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