Xref: utzoo sci.space:15365 sci.space.shuttle:4010 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!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: NASA Headline News (Forwarded) Message-ID: <2119@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Date: 8 Nov 89 19:58:52 GMT Sender: news@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov Reply-To: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Lines: 56 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, November 8, 1989 audio: 202/755-1788 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is NASA headline news for Wednesday, November 8.... Taxi testing, takeoff, a captive flight and landing of the NASA B-52 and the Pegasus air launched orbital booster is now scheduled for Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., weather permitting. An attempt today was scrubbed. The test flight will verify the integrity of the configuration prior to launch which is expected sometime near the end of the year. If the test is conducted tomorrow, a video tape replay of highlights is scheduled for 4:00 p. m., eastern time, on NASA Select TV. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports that the Galileo spacecraft has operated well since it was deployed from the orbiter Atlantis last month. The flight team is continuing checkout of elements of the spacecraft. Galileo instruments detected and characterized the recent major solar flare activity that began october 19. The first trajectory correction is scheduled for later this week. Project officials say that nothing so far has ruled out the possibility of an encounter with the asteroid Gaspra between the first and second earth flybys. The solar flare in late October has inflicted some damage to the Magellan spacecraft's solar panels and star sensor system. A JPL spokesman told United Press International that highly charged particles streaming from the sun caused the Venus-bound spacecraft to lose two percent of its power and upset star calibrations for about a week. A NASA-NOAA geological team says the recent California earthquake resulted in a crustral movement of about 2 inches near Fort Ord in the San Francisco bay area. The data were obtained by mobile very long baseline interferometry systems. The measurements were taken immediately after the quake by Goddard Space Flight Center and NOAA geodetic survey scientists who have been monitoring sites along the San Andreas fault since 1972. Preparations for the next space shuttle launch continue at Kennedy Space Center. The flight readiness test on the main propulsion system is being conducted today. Launch of the STS-33 mission is set for November 20. 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 |