Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Launch Advisory for 11/07/90 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <1990Nov7.222411.26785@news.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 7 Nov 90 22:24:11 GMT
Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov (USENET Administration)
Reply-To: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Lines: 35

Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                   November 7, 1990
(Phone:  202/453-8536)                                 2 P.M. EST

Lisa Malone
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  407/867-2468)


LAUNCH ADVISORY FOR SHUTTLE MISSIONS STS-38 AND STS-35


     NASA managers today set Nov. 15, 1990 as the new target 
launch date for Shuttle mission STS-38, a dedicated Department of 
Defense mission.  Launch of Atlantis and the STS-38 mission was 
delayed from its original target date of Nov. 9, 1990, due to 
payload problems.

     Start of the 4-hour launch opportunity period remains the 
same at 6:30 p.m. EST.  This will be the 7th flight of Space 
Shuttle Atlantis and the 37th Space Shuttle mission. 

     Preparations for the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia and 
the STS-35/Astro-1 mission continue on schedule at Pad 39-B.  The 
flight readiness review (FRR) for STS-35 is currently scheduled 
for Nov. 26-27, 1990.  Following analysis of performance data 
from STS-38 and the standard review of mission status at the FRR, 
a target date for the Astro-1 mission will be announced.

     "Processing of Atlantis for the STS-38 mission is going 
well", said Space Shuttle Director Robert Crippen.  "If the 
remaining scheduled work for STS-38 goes as planned and no 
unexpected obstacles arise, I'm confident that we will launch on 
Nov. 15th and that we'll be flying Columbia sometime in early 
December."