Xref: utzoo sci.space:15332 sci.space.shuttle:3998 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!mars.jpl.nasa.gov!baalke From: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: KSC Space Shuttle Report (Forwarded) Message-ID: <2098@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Date: 7 Nov 89 17:25:44 GMT Sender: news@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov Reply-To: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Lines: 62 Tuesday November 7, 1989 (as of 9:30 a.m.) KSC Space Shuttle Processing Status Report ----------------------------------------------------------------- STS-33 -- Discovery (OV 103) - Pad 39-B Overnight, the helium signature test was completed successfully. Though there was a slight misalignment in one of the pressurized hoses, the problem was quickly corrected and the test was completed on schedule. Also in process is work to replenish the liquid oxygen tanks. LOX replenishment is scheduled for completion today. The Modular Auxiliary Data Systems (MADS) recorder will be retested today. Heat shield installation on main engines two and three has been completed. Tomorrow, the Flight Readiness Test will be performed on the shuttle main engines. Today, shuttle managers are concluding their meeting at KSC for the Flight Readiness Review. This meeting is to assess the STS-33 launch, mission, landing and recovery teams' readiness for a safe and successful mission. A launch date and launch period is expected to be announced following the meeting later this afternoon. STS-32 -- Columbia (OV 102) - OPF Bay 2 Power on testing on the orbiter Columbia began this morning in the Orbiter Processing Facility with power up occuring at 7:00 a.m. In addition, the external tank door latch pull test was completed Monday and the shuttle main engines hot gas leak checks were finished overnight. Heat shields will be installed on main engine number two later today. Payload bay closeouts and inspections are continuing. Work flows are on schedule for the orbiter to be rolled over to the VAB November 13. Columbia is scheduled for mission STS-32 on which the SYNCOM satellite will be deployed and the LDEF satellite now in Earth orbit will be retrieved and returned to KSC. Launch is scheduled for December 1989 from pad 39-A. STS-36 -- Atlantis (OV 104) - OPF Bay 1 The orbiter Atlantis is scheduled to be powered up at 11:00 a.m. today. Yesterday, the orbiter's power system was validated and the RTG systems installed for the deployment of the Galileo spacecraft will be disconnected later this week. Atlantis is currently scheduled for mission STS-36, a Department of Defense dedicated mission to be launched in February 1990. STS-32 Solid Rocket Boosters/External Tank - VAB Connections between the external tank and solid rocket boosters are being completed and testing of the connections are underway. The orbiter will be mated to the stack following rollover planned for next week. Ron Baalke | (818) 541-2341 x260 Jet Propulsion Lab M/S 301-355 | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov 4800 Oak Grove Dr. | Pasadena, CA 91109 |