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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT 4/5/94
_______________________________________________________________
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT |
| Tuesday, April 5, 1994 |
| LAUNCH MINUS 3 DAYS |
|_______________________________________________________________|
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham 407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
_________________________________________________
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| MISSION: STS-59 -- SPACE RADAR LABORATORY - 1 |
|_________________________________________________|
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 138 sm
LOCATION: Pad 39A INCLINATION: 57 degrees
LAUNCH DATE: April 8 CREW SIZE: 6
LAUNCH TIME: 8:06 a.m. EDT WINDOW: 2 hours/30 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: April 17/1:13 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days/5 hours/7 minutes (+ 1 day)
NOTE: The countdown for mission STS-59 is currently holding at
T-27 hours as a result of yesterday's decision by mission
management to make additional inspections on Endeavour's three
main engines. The decision to perform the borescope inspections
on the engines, specifically the high pressure oxidizer turbo
pumps, was as a result of engineers at Canoga Park, Calif.,
discovering smaller than permittable vanes, or stationary guides,
in the preburner that directs the flow of the liquid oxygen
through the pump. Managers will be meeting again today to discuss
the results of the inspections.
Because of this decision, the launch of Endeavour was moved
from Thursday to Friday, April 8. The two-and-half-hour window
opens at 8:06 a.m. (Remaining in the schedule is the option to
launch Endeavour as much as an hour earlier at 7:06 a.m. This
alternative will be implemented the day prior to launch day if
mission managers judge the weather may not be acceptable at 8:06
but could be acceptable earlier.)
The forecast indicates a 60 percent probability of weather
prohibiting launch on Friday with the primary concerns being for
low ceilings and winds exceeding runway crosswind limits.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Countdown at T-27 hours and holding
* Continue inspections of main engine's high pressure oxidizer
turbo pumps
* Verification of shuttle power on system, data processing and
flight control systems
* Preparations to load onboard cryogenic reactants
* Awaiting final results from engine analysis
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Pyrotechnic initiator controller (PIC) tests
* Load cryogenic reactants into onboard power reactant storage
and distribution system tanks (8 a.m. Wednesday)
* Retract rotating service structure (11 a.m. Thursday)
* External tank loading operations (11:46 p.m. Thursday)
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| SUMMARY OF HOLDS AND HOLD TIMES FOR STS-59 |
|_______________________________________________________|
T-TIME ------- LENGTH OF HOLD ---- HOLD BEGINS --- HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours --- 28 hours --------- 3 am Tues.------ 7 am Wed.
T-19 hours --- 4 hours ---------- 3 pm Wed.------- 7 pm Wed.
T-11 hours --- 14 hrs.,46 mins. - 3 am Thurs.----- 5:46 pm Thurs.
T-6 hours ---- 1 hour ---------- 10:46 pm Thurs.- 11:46 pm Thurs.
T-3 hours ---- 2 hours ---------- 2:46 am Fri.---- 4:46 am Fri.
T-20 minutes - 10 minutes ------- 7:26 am Fri.---- 7:36 am Fri.
T-9 minutes -- 10 minutes ------- 7:47 am Fri.---- 7:57 am Fri.
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| CREW FOR MISSION FOR STS-59 |
|________________________________________|
Commander (CDR): Sidney M. Gutierrez (Red team)
Pilot (PLT): Kevin P. Chilton (Red team)
Mission Specialist (MS1): Jerome (Jay) Apt (Blue team)
Mission Specialist (MS2): Michael R. (Rich) Clifford (Blue team)
Mission Specialist (MS3): Linda M. Godwin (Red team)
Mission Specialist (MS4): Thomas D. Jones (Blue team)
__________________________________________________
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| SUMMARY OF STS-59 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES |
|__________________________________________________|
Thursday, April 7, 1994
6:00 p.m. Wake up (Blue team)
6:30 p.m. Breakfast (Blue team)
6:30 p.m. Sleep (Red team)
11:30 p.m. Lunch (Blue team)
Friday, April 8, 1994
2:30 a.m. Wake up (Red team)
3:00 a.m. Breakfast (Red team)
3:41 a.m. Dinner (Blue team)
4:11 a.m. Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
4:11 a.m. Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3, MS4)
4:21 a.m. Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
4:51 a.m. Depart for launch pad 39A
5:21 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress
6:36 a.m. Close crew hatch
8:06 a.m. Launch
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