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KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 4-7-94
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| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT |
| Thursday, April 7, 1994 |
| LAUNCH MINUS 1 DAY |
|_______________________________________________________________|
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
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| MISSION: STS-59 -- SPACE RADAR LABORATORY - 1 |
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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)
The countdown for Endeavour's launch continues on schedule today with no
technical problems reported in work. Yesterday, operations to load cryogenic
reactants into the orbiter's storage tanks were completed and the pad was
reopened for regularly scheduled work. Following fueling operations, the
orbiter mid-body umbilical unit was demated from the vehicle and retracted back
to the service structure. Orbiter communications activation and final vehicle
and facility close-outs are in work.
Preparations are being made to retract the rotating service structure to
launch position this afternoon pending current weather assessments. The RSS
move may be delayed until the most serious weather passes through KSC later
today.
At about 11:46 p.m. today operations will commence to load the external
tank with more than 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
Forecasters continue to indicate a 60 percent probability of weather
prohibiting launch tomorrow. The primary concerns are low cloud ceilings and
higher than allowable crosswinds at the Shuttle Landing Facility. On launch
morning, winds are expected to be from the northeast at 10 - 15 knots becoming
14 - 20 knots after 9 a.m.; temperature 67-73 degrees F; visibility 7 miles;
and clouds broken at about 3,000 - 6,000 feet and scattered to broken from
6,000 - 8,000 feet. The 24-hour-delay forecast reveals slightly improved
conditions and forecasters list a violation probability of 40 percent.
The six-member astronaut crew have been divided into two groups to
accommodate the round-the-clock Space Radar Laboratory mission. Today, they
were all given a briefing on tomorrow's launch weather outlook. Also today,
they will make last minute adjustments to their flight plans and complete their
review of launch day activities prior to their scheduled sleep times. Tomorrow
the crew is scheduled to depart for the pad at 4:51 a.m.
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| SUMMARY OF HOLDS AND HOLD TIMES FOR STS-59 |
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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 |
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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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