From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 10/30/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:39:25 GMT

                         SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
                              Friday, October 30, 1992

          George Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: Space Shuttle Discovery/OV-103
          Location: OPF Bay 3
          Mission: STS-53 DoD
          Launch timeframe: Dec. wk 1
          Mission duration: 7 days
          Landing Site: KSC


          STS-53 IN WORK:

          - Aft main engine compartment leak check
          - Crew compartment closeouts
          - Thermal protection system closeouts
          - Nose wheel steering troubleshooting

          STS-53 WORK COMPLETED:

          - orbiter composite pressure check
          - aft main engine compartment closeouts
          - Left OMS pod closeouts
          - Tire pressure checks and topoff

          STS-53 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - Nosewheel steering retest
          - Weight and center of gravity determination
          - Install orbiter on transporter
          - Rollover to VAB no earlier than Monday.

          ISSUES AND CONCERNS: During a retest of the nosewheel steering
          system yesterday an intermittent erratic control anomaly
          reappeared. Contingency time will be used to allow further
          troubleshooting.

          Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour/OV-105
          Location: OPF Bay 1
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13
          Mission: STS-54
          Launch Timeframe: January Wk 2
          Mission Duration: 7 days
          Nominal Landing: KSC


          STS-54 IN WORK:

          - Post installation main engine leak and electrical checks
          - Water spray boiler servicing
          - Potable water servicing
          - Auxiliary power unit lube oil servicing
          - OMS/RCS electrical redundancy checks
          - TDRS Ku band antenna upper gibmal remove & replace
          - Air-to-ground communications uplink checkout
          - Payload bay flood light retest
          - Tile maintenance and water proofing
          - Chin panel area rework
          - Vertical stabilizer structural bolt changeouts
          - Bulb seal repair
          - Remove window #5 and #6 for seal replacement
          - Reinstall window #7
          - Closeouts of SRB joints and nosecones in the VAB



          STS-54 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - Heat shield and carrier panel installation
          - Leak check of the external tank/orbiter quick disconnect
          - external tank/orbiter door functional check
          - auxiliary power unit leak and functional checks
          - payload bay door #3 radiator repair
          - payload bay door radiator cleaning
          - waste containment system functional check
          - Install drag chute door
          - Begin orbiter midbody closeouts
          - IUS airborne support equipment interface verification test
          - DXS payload installation
          - Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT)

          COMPLETED:

          - Waste containment system installed
          - Routine main engine changeout
          - Main propulsion system leak checks
          - Crew hatch functional test
          - Payload bay flood light replacement
          - APU hot oil flush
          - IUS ordnance installation in the VPF


          SPECIAL TOPICS:  Columbia STS-52 End of Mission

               The 7:31 a.m. landing opportunity has tentatively been ruled
          out because of fog in Sunday's weather forecast.  The two
          remaining opportunities are 9:05 and 10:38 a.m. EST, with the
          9:05 time tentatively selected as prime.  If neither opportunity
          is achieved, a landing will be retargeted for KSC on Monday.
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