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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Update - 12/28/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  Galileo, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:47:00 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                            GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                              December 28, 1992

     The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the dual-spin mode and
is transmitting coded telemetry at 1200 bps (bits/second).

     Over the holiday period from Wednesday through Sunday, minimal spacecraft
activity was scheduled.  Tracking was scheduled over DSS-14 (Goldstone 70 meter
antenna), DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna), DSS-61 (Madrid 34 meter antenna)
and DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter antenna).

     Today, December 28, 1992, the HGA (High Gain Antenna) warming to a 45
degree off Sun angle is scheduled in preparation for the DDA-5 (Dual Drive
Actuator #5) windup hammering activities.  Real-time commands are scheduled
to update the system fault protection response and to modify attitude control
fault protection precision level in support of the motor acuation activity.
Tracking is scheduled over DSS-43 and DSS-63.

     Tomorrow, after approxiamately 28 hours at warming attitude, real-time
motor windup hammering commands are scheduled to be sent beginning at approx
6:56 AM PST for a period of up to 20 hours.  Tracking is scheduled over DSS-14,
DSS-43 and DSS-63.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in your life. 

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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 12/23/92 (Forwarded)
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Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:42:00 GMT

                             SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                             Kennedy Space Center, Florida

                             Wednesday, December 23, 1992


          George H. Diller
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour   Mission Number: STS-54
          Location: Launch Pad 39-B
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS)
          Launch Timeframe: January 13  8:52 a.m. EST
          Mission Duration: 5 Days 23 Hours 33 Minutes
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees   Crew Size: 5
          Nominal Landing: KSC  Jan. 19  8:24 a.m. EST


          IN WORK TODAY:

          - aft main engine compartment closeouts
          - preparations for holiday work suspension/holiday outages


          WORK COMPLETED:

          - Flight Readiness Review (FRR)
          - close and seal crew cabin for the holidays
          - crew cabin leak check
          - close payload bay doors for the holidays
          - power off Space Shuttle vehicle for the holidays


          WORK SCHEDULED:

          - Pad B securing and walkdown for the holidays
          - Complex 39 facility and system annual preventative maintenance
From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Shuttle Status for 12/21/92 (Forwarded)
Date: 23 Dec 92 05:46:48 GMT
Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov


                             SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                             Kennedy Space Center, Florida

                             Monday, December 21, 1992


          George H. Diller
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour   Mission Number: STS-54
          Location: Launch Pad 39-B
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS)
          Launch Timeframe: NET January 13
          Mission Duration: 5 Days 23 Hours 33 Minutes
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees   Crew Size: 5
          Nominal Landing Site: KSC

          IN WORK TODAY:

          - IUS ordnance installation
          - IUS flight battery installation
          - Space Shuttle vehicle ordnance installation
          - aft compartment closeouts
          - preparations for holiday work suspension/holiday outages


          WORK COMPLETED:

          - IUS Flight Readiness Checks
          - retest IUS Range Safety hold-fire circuit
          - calibration of inertial measurement units
          - crew cabin and aft compartment cleaning
          - avionics bay closeouts
          - aft main engine compartment confidence test


          WORK SCHEDULED:

          - Flight Readiness Review on Tuesday
          - close payload bay doors for the holidays on Tuesday night
          - power down Space Shuttle vehicle for the holidays on Wednesday


          SPECIAL TOPICS:

               OV-103/Discovery atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
          arrived at KSC at 2:41 p.m. EST on Friday.  It was demated from
          the 747 and arrived at OPF Bay 3 at 7:25 a.m. on Saturday.  The
          orbiter has been jacked and leveled.  The forward reaction
          control system (FRCS) has been removed and is to be transported
          to the Hypergolic Maintenance Facilty (HMF) today.  Also in work
          today is the removal of the ferry flight tail cone.  The payload
          bay doors are being opened for removal of the airborne support
          equipment which will be followed by troubleshooting of ODERACS.

               In the Vehicle Assembly Building, STS-55 solid rocket
          booster stacking and leak checks of the left and right boosters
          was successfully completed on Saturday.  Joint closeouts are in
          work.  Mating the external tank is scheduled to occur when work
          resumes after the Christmas holidays.
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: TOPEX Update - 12/22/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  TOPEX, JPL, CNES
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:24:53 GMT

Forwarded from:
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. (818) 354-5011

                  TOPEX/POSEIDON STATUS REPORT
                       December 22, 1992  

          The satellite continues to be operational and healthy. 
On Dec. 21, the ninth 10-day repeat track cycle was completed.

          A second orbit maintenance maneuver was also
successfully performed yesterday at the start of cycle 10.  Two
small thrusters were fired for four seconds  to raise the
satellite's 830 mile altitude by about 22 feet. The fine-tuning
of the orbit maintains the repeating ground tracks within the
desired band.

          On Saturday, Dec. 19, the altimeter experienced a 17
hour loss of altimeter data.  Engineering data was received
during this gap.  While the cause of the data loss is still under
investigation, a single event upset is thought to be the likely
culprit.  The data gap ended when the altimeter reset itself. 
The altimeter is currently tracking nominally.

          On Dec. 10, the project participated in a special
TOPEX/Poseidon session at the American Geophysical Union meeting
in San Francisco.   Participants from NASA and CNES confirmed
that the initial science data is good and said they are  pleased
with how quickly data is being processed and made available to
the science community.  

          Early results from the NASA Altimeter have been
processed to show wave height, eddies and ocean topography. 
Scientists report that these preliminary results show that the
satellite is working as expected.

          On Dec. 8 the first improved attitude control system
calibration parameters were sent to the satellite resulting in
dramatic improvement in the altimeter pointing and its
variations.  Today, the altimeter bias offset was changed by 0.1
degree to further reduce the small altimeter pointing error.

                              #####
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in your life. 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 12/29/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:08:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                  MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                      December 29, 1992
                        8:30 AM PST
                      Launch +95 Days

The Spacecraft Team reports that spacecraft subsystems and
instruments are performing nominally.  The spacecraft is in Array
Normal Spin; the downlink data rate is at 250 bps while the
uplink data rate is 125 bps.

C5 continues executing as expected.

Yesterday's status update reported that Mission Operations is
planning to send interactive commands to power on an power off
subsystem heaters this week to dissipate excessive power build
up.  It inaccurately attributed that excess power to the length of
time spent in Sun Comm Power while teams prepared to recover from
the loss of inertial reference.

Further information from the Spacecraft Team indicates that the
power build up is not due to that reason, but instead, to greater
than expected solar array efficiency in producing power.  Power
subsystem and Spacecraft Team engineers were better able to
analyze performance through refinement of subsystem power models
and information received from flight up to this point.

Today the spacecraft is 37,533,188 km (23,322,041 miles) from
Earth, travelling at a velocity of 9.2476 km per second (20,686
mph) with respect to Earth.  One way light time is approximately
125 seconds.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in your life. 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 12/28/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:46:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                         MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                              December 28, 1992
                                10:00 AM PST
                              Launch +94 Days

The Spacecraft Team reports that spacecraft subsystems and instruments
are performing nominally.  The spacecraft is in Array Normal Spin state;
the downlink data rate is at 250 bps while the uplink data rate is 125 bps.

C5 A execution began on December 19.  C5 is the outer cruise transition
sequence which is marked by the spacecraft attitude being changed from
an off sun orientation to direct pointing at Earth.  The planned C5 execution
completion date is January 4, 1993.

Stored sequence activities are at a minimum for the next several days.
The Inner/Outer Cruise transition star catalog/ephemeris is scheduled to
be uplinked January 2.  The Flight Sequence C5 B load will be uploaded on
January 3.  The High Gain Antenna "Use" command is scheduled to be sent
on January 4.

Mission Operations is planning to send interactive commands to power on
and power off several subsystem heaters this week; no instrument
commanding is involved.  This is being done to dissipate an excessive
power build up which resulted from last week's sun-coning.  The acting
Mission Manager and Spacecraft Team are meeting this morning to review
this strategy and to plan command approval meetings as necessary.

The MOC (Mars Observer Camera) "bakeout", which was earlier scheduled to
end today, is now planned to continue into C6 through January 14.  The
MOC Instrument Team agreed to this Spacecraft Team requested change to help
with excess power dissipation.  The January 14 MOC heater power off date
allows 4 days for the instrument to return to equilibrium for the scheduled
January 18 focus test.

Today the spacecraft is 36,744,962 km (22,832,261 miles) from Earth,
traveling at a velocity of 9.0877 kilometers per second (20,328 miles per
hour) with respect to Earth.  One way light time is approximately 123
seconds.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in your life. 

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Moon Dust For Sale
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:53:00 GMT

Superior Galleries in Beverly Hills, California is having an auction
of space memorabilia on January 11, 1993.  One item of particular interest
is a 2 inch piece of transparent tape which has some Moon dust on it.  This is
the first time that Moon dust is being offered for sale.   The Moon dust
was collected by a NASA technician from the spacesuit of astronaut Dave Scott
after his Apollo 15 trip to the Moon in July, 1971.  It is guarantteed
to be genuine by Superior Galleries and is expected to be sold
in the price range of $75,000 to $100,000.  For more information on the
Moon dust or the auction, you can contact Superior Galleries at
(800) 421-0754 or (310) 203-9855.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in your life. 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 12/21/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:10:59 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                  MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                      December 21, 1992

The spacecraft continues to clock out the C5 sequence.  The low gain
antennas are still being used for uplink and downlink communications.
The digital tape recorders are being repacked today in sequential order
to remove any flight vibration affects and to accomplish regular
manufacturer's recommendations for tape maintenance.

The spacecraft again entered Sun Comm Power mode over the weekend.
It is believed now that an algorithm in the star processing software is
exhibiting convergence prematurely due to sightings of multiple stars.
The Spacecraft team is in the process of recovering to the Array Normal
Spin mode of operation, during which time the star processing algorithm
will be adjusted to allow the spacecraft to remain in Array Normal Spin
with more tolerance to sighting of multiple stars.  All spacecraft and
payload temperatures are stable while in this temporary attitude of
off-sun pointing.  Command files are being generated to return the
spacecraft to normal operations Tuesday morning.  The spacecraft
remains in a stable and safe configuration in the Sun Star Init mode
while the flight team prepares the required commands for transitioning to
ANS.

The spacecraft engineering and science payload elements are functioning
properly and within expected performance ranges.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in your life. 

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: lang@unb.ca (Richard Langley)
Subject: GPS Constellation Daily Status Report Can Now Be FINGERed
To: sci-space-news@uunet.UU.NET
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:37:29 GMT

As an alternative to receiving the "GPS Constellation Daily Status
Report from USNO" automatically through the CANSPACE e-mail service,
those with the capability can now FINGER the report.  Simply FINGER
gps@geomac.macse.unb.ca to get the latest report.

==============================================================================
 Richard B. Langley                        Internet: LANG@UNB.CA or SE@UNB.CA
 Geodetic Research Laboratory              BITnet:   LANG@UNB or SE@UNB
 Dept. of Surveying Engineering            Phone:    (506) 453-5142
 University of New Brunswick               FAX:      (506) 453-4943
 Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3        Telex:    014-46202
==============================================================================
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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: NASA names Minority Business Resource Advisory Committee members [Release 92-230] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:42:38 GMT

Donald L. Savage
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.              December 23, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-1600)


RELEASE:  92-230

NASA NAMES MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
MEMBERS

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the 
names of the Chairman and 23 members selected to serve on the 
newly-formed NASA Minority Business Resource Advisory 
Committee.

     The committee, comprised of members of the business 
community, will help NASA identify more small, disadvantaged 
and women-owned firms which potentially could do business 
with the space agency.  NASA has a goal of awarding 8 percent 
of its contracts to small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) by 
the end of fiscal year 1994.

     "This committee will help disprove the notion that there 
are no high-tech small and disadvantaged businesses.  We know 
they're out there, and we'll find them and nurture them 
because we want to work with firms that have the desire to 
reach for the American dream," Goldin said in announcing the 
committee last September.

     The committee's first meeting is tentatively scheduled 
for Jan. 26, 1993, at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.  
All regularly scheduled meetings will be open to the public 
and will be announced in the Federal Register.

     Goldin selected Henry Wilfong as Chairman of the 
committee.  Susan Borgo, a NASA Headquarters employee, is the 
Executive Secretary.

     Wilfong is the former Associate Administrator for the 
U.S. Small Business Administration; a former member of the 
Presidential Task Force on International Private Enterprise-
Agency for International Development, U. S. Dept. of State; 
and former City Councilman, Pasadena, Calif.  He is a 
Certified Public Accountant and owned a CPA firm from 1963-
1983.  He currently is President of Wilfong and Co., a small 
businesses consultant.

- end -

     A list containing the names of the committee members is 
available from the NASA Headquarters Newsroom by calling 
202/358-1600.  Contact Susan Borgo at 202/358-2085 for 
information about the committee or upcoming meetings.
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 12/30/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:26:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                     MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                         December 30, 1992
                           11:00 AM PST
                         Launch +96 Days

The Spacecraft Team reports that spacecraft subsystems and instruments
are performing nominally.  The spacecraft is in Array Normal Spin; the
downlink data rate is at 250 bps while the uplink data rate is 125 bps.

C5 A execution began on December 19.  C5 is the outer cruise transition
sequence which is marked by the spacecraft attitude being changed from
an off sun orientation to direct pointing at Earth.  The Mission Manager
reports that we are on schedule for transition to outer cruise operations
on January 2 and to High Gain Antenna operations on January 4.

Today the spacecraft is 38,335,379 km (23,820,500 miles) from Earth,
traveling at a velocity of 9.4083 kilometers per second (21,046 miles per
hour) with respect to Earth.  One way light time is approximately 128
seconds.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in your life. 

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: January 13 set for the first space shuttle flight of 1993 [NTE 92-110] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:24:22 GMT

Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                        December 22, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-8536)

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  407/867-2468)


EDITORS NOTE:  N92-110

JANUARY 13 SET FOR THE FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT OF 1993 


	NASA managers today set Jan. 13 as the launch date for the first 
Shuttle mission of 1993.  Designated STS-54, the flight has two primary 
objectives -- deployment of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F) 
and astronomical observations of invisible x-ray sources within the Milky Way 
Galaxy with the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer.  A space walk (EVA) to evaluate 
training methods and gain additional EVA experience also will occur during 
the mission.

	The launch window opens at 8:52 a.m. EST and extends for 2 1/2 
hours.  The mission duration is planned for 6 days.  Landing is scheduled for 
Jan. 19 at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

	Commanding the STS-54 mission will be John Casper, making his 
second flight.  Don McMonagle, also making his second flight, will be the 
Pilot.  The three mission specialists for STS-54 are Mario Runco, making his 
second flight; Greg Harbaugh, making his second flight, and Susan Helms, 
making her first flight.
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