Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!eder From: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: rocket "belt" backup recovery Message-ID: <668@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Dec-83 18:10:16 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.668 Posted: Fri Dec 9 18:10:16 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Dec-83 01:34:09 EST References: <14348@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 41 9 December 1983 I thought it would be useful at this point in the discussion to quote from the Flight Data File, which is the set of data the astronauts carry with them and the Houston folk refer to. One volume is the "Crew Activity Plan", which details the timelines for the crew. The particular one I am looking at is for STS-13, which includes the Solar Maximum Repair Mission. [Section 7: Notes, page 7-8] G. PAYLOADS 1. LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility) . . . 2. SMRM (Solar Maximum Repair Mission) The SMRM includes the SMM observatory presently in orbit and the Flight Support System (FSS) for berthing the SMM and return of the SMM to the ground if it cannot be repaired in orbit. The STS will launch from KSC and will rendezvous with the SMM observatory. . . . Retrieval and repair of the SMM will be made using the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) in conjunction with Extravehicular Activity (EVA) which includes the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) operations. The first of two scheduled EVA's starts with the Orbiter stationkeeping near the SMM. The MMU crewman will fly over to the SMM, attach to one of its trunnion pins, and null the SMM rates ((comment: that means stopping any spin)). The orbiter will then close, and the SMM will be grappled by the RMS and berthed on the FSS. After berthing, the SMM is powered down and the MACS module ((the broken part)) is replaced. . . . Dani Eder Boeing Aerospace ssc-vax!eder