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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 08/26/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:02:06 GMT

             KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26, 1992  10 AM


                   STS-47/SPACELAB J - ENDEAVOUR (105) - PAD 39-B

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Making connections between the launch pad  facilities  and  the
          vehicle elements.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Endeavour was hard down on the launch pad at 10:15 a.m. yester-
          day.
          -  At  1300  hours yesterday,  the rotating service structure was
          moved into position around the vehicle.
          - Endeavour was powered up last night.
          - STS-47 flight crew members arrived at KSC last night  ahead  of
          schedule to avoid adverse weather from Hurricane Andrew.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test begins at 8 a.m. Thursday
          and ends with the simulated T zero at 11 a.m. Friday.
          -  Main  engine  flight  readiness test and helium signature leak
          tests this weekend.
          - Launch targeted for the second week of September.


                    STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Preparations to install the robot arm.
          - Installation of the CANEX payload.
          - Preparations for the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT).
          - Configuring the crew cabin for flight.
          - Installing window No. 8.


                     STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Installing the main landing gear tires.
          - Preparations to service freon coolant loop No. 2.
          - Tests of the left orbital maneuvering system pod.
          - Integrated testing the main propulsion system.
          - Preparations for the CEIT test this weekend.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Installed the nose landing gear tires.
          - Installed the brakes.

                 MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Post-flight measurements of the 17-inch disconnect umbilicals.
          - Deservicing of the auxiliary power unit water.
          - Modifications to the communications system.
          - Preparations to remove the robot arm.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Removed the three auxiliary power units.
          - Drying of the main engines.


                       STS-52 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB HB 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Connecting the left forward segment to the left booster.
          - Preparations to connect the left forward assembly/nose cone.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Measurements of the boosters' alignment.
          - Attaching the external tank to the  solid  rocket  boosters  on
          Monday.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 08/31/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:55:29 GMT

          KSC SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS - MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1992 -- 12:30 P.M.
           --------------------------------------------------------------
                STS-47/SPACELAB J --  ENDEAVOUR (OV 105) -- PAD 39-B

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          *  Pad cleared for the loading of hypergolic fuels on board the
             orbiter (pad will remain closed through midnight Tuesday
             night)

          WORK COMPLETED:
          *  Main engine flight readiness test
          *  Helium signature test
          *  Inertial Measurement Unit calibrations
          *  Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          *  Hypergolic fuel pressurization
          *  Flight Readiness Review (Tuesday)

                   STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) -- OPF BAY 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          *  Forward Reaction Control System installation

          WORK COMPLETED:
          *  Robot arm installation
          *  Crew Equipment Interface Test
          *  Payload pre-mate operations

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          *  Orbital Maneuvering System functional tests


          NOTE: In the Vehicle Assembly Building, lift and mating of the
          external tank to the solid rocket boosters is scheduled to occur
          no earlier than tomorrow.


                   STS-53/DOD  -  DISCOVERY (0V 103) -- OPF Bay 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          *  Raise main landing gear for tile work
          *  Crew module leak checks
          *  Deservicing freon coolant loop #1

          WORK COMPLETED:
          *  Crew Equipment Interface Test


               MODIFICATIONS PERIOD --  ATLANTIS (OV 104) -- OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          *  Moved to Hypergolic Maintenance Facility the Forward Reaction
             Control System
          *  Main propulsion system leak checks
          *  Preparations for removing the Power Reactant and Storage
             Distribution system tanks

          WORK COMPLETED:
          *  Removed Forward Reaction Control System

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          *  Remove the orbiter's three main engines
          *  Remove Power Reactant and Storage Distribution system tank
             sets number 3 and 4


                                    #   #   #   #


               For additional information on KSC's Shuttle status, contact
          Bruce Buckingham at (407) 867-2468 or fax (407) 867-2692. Daily
          recorded KSC status can be heard by dialing (407) 867-2525.
          Current status of upcoming NASA launches can be heard by calling
          (407) 867-4636.
From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: ALERT: Major Geomagnetic Storm Alert - 03 Sept.
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Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:30:45 GMT

                    /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                        MAJOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM ALERT

                        ISSUED: 18:00 UT, 03 SEPTEMBER

                    /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\


ATTENTION:

     Geomagnetic activity surpassed the major storm threshold at 15:00 UT.
Minor to severe storming has occurred over the last 18 hours and is expected
to continue for the next 12 to 24 hours.

     HF propagation conditions have been moderately to strongly degraded,
particularly over the high and polar latitude signal paths.  Similar
conditions are expected to continue for at least the next 24 hours.


**  End of Alert  **
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 09/03/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL, KSC
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 07:43:58 GMT

Forwarded from Glenn Cunningham, Mars Observer Deputy Project Manager

                          MARS OBSERVER
                 DAILY ACTIVITIES STATUS REPORT
                            FROM THE
      KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION

                      Launch Minus 22 Days

Date of report:     9-3-92         Time of report:     6:30 PM EDT


Encapsulation of the Mars Observer and TOS (Transfer Orbit Stage)
was accomplished (for the second time) last night and this morning.
The encapsulated stack has been placed on the transporter and is
being wrapped for the journey to LC-40 (Launch Complex 40).  Weather
permitting, the convoy will be ready to leave the PHSF (Payload
Hazardous Support Facility) at 10 PM.

A contamination sample was taken through the spacecraft access port
on the payload fairing this afternoon to verify that the spacecraft
is still clean.  (It is still clean!)  Additional samples will be
taken at various stages of the on-pad operations.

Titan has completed their search for lightning induced damage and
has taken all necessary corrective actions.

A Titan pre-mate review was conducted this afternoon.  All elements
confirm that they are ready to transport and mate to the Titan.
The operation of the RLE (Remote Launch Equipment) has been reverified.
The payload fairing air conditioning system and GN2 purge systems have
been recertified.  The science instrument purge system is flowing and
certified.  A backup air conditioning system for the payload
fairing is available if any problem during transport prevents
getting the stack in the environmental shelter on the pad before
the sun comes up Friday morning.  Although the pressures in the
spacecraft's bi-propellant tanks have dropped, due to helium
absorption, the project elected not to repressurize because the
operational and schedule risks involved now out weigh the potential
benefits later in the mission.

The Contamination Incident Red Team met today and heard the report
of the project's Blue Team on the topics of identification of the
contamination, possible sources, and protective actions taken.  The
review continues on Friday with discussion of on-pad procedures
associated with the hurricane securing to assure that no
capabilities were compromised.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Anything is impossible if
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you don't attempt it.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: TOPEX Update - 08/28/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  TOPEX, JPL, CNES
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 23:37:19 GMT

                         TOPEX/POSEIDON STATUS REPORT
                               August 28, 1992

     The TOPEX spacecraft went into safemode at 18:13Z on August 27.  The
project reports that during a planned maneuver that they received a "roll
momentum wheel saturated" alarm causing the spacecraft to go into
safemode and causing the project to abort the maneuver after 98%
completion.  The project has elected to remain with TDRS support for
the time being.  The project has not declared a spacecraft emergency.
The cause of the safmode is currently under investigation.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Optimists live longer
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | than pessimists.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: AURORA WARNING: Middle Latitude Watch Upgraded
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Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:22:54 GMT

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                   MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WARNING

                       UPGRADED: 18:00 UT, 03 SEPTEMBER

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\


    HIGH RISK PERIOD: 03 - 04 September (UT days)
MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 03 - 05 September

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY:  MODERATE

POTENTIAL EQUATORWARD POSITION OF AURORAL OVAL:  >45 North Latitude

POTENTIAL LUNAR INTERFERENCE:  LOW - MODERATE

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES:  GOOD - FAIR

AURORAL ACTIVITY _MAY_ BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

        NORTHERN OREGON TO CENTRAL IDAHO TO WYOMING TO NEBRASKA TO IOWA TO
        ILLINOIS TO INDIANA TO OHIO TO PENNSYLVANIA TO NEW JERSEY AND/OR
        DELAWARE.


SYNOPSIS...

     Auroral activity became significantly enhanced during the local night
hours of 02/03 September (UT day of 03 September).  Conditions remain very
active with auroral storm activity evident over the northerly middle and high
latitude regions.

     The Middle Latitude Auroral Activity Watch has been upgraded to a
WARNING.  Conditions are favorable for middle latitude sightings of auroral
activity.  There is a slight chance some lower latitude regions may be able
to spot activity, although the risk is not presently great enough to warrant
the issuance of a low latitude auroral activity watch.

     Activity during the local evening and early morning hours over North
America was observed throughout the northern tier of the U.S. states.  Most
of the activity was low to moderate in intensity with sporadic bursts of high
levels of activity, mostly isolated over the higher latitude regions.  At the
present time, Casper Wyoming (42.6 N) holds the distinction as being the most
southerly region to have spotted auroral activity.

     Conditions are expected to continue to be favorable for middle latitude
observations of auroral activity for the next 24 hours.

     This warning will remain active until 19:00 UT on 05 September when it
will either be updated or allowed to expire.


**  End of Warning  **
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Consort 5 commercial rocket launch set for September 10 [NTE 92-79] (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:14:54 GMT

Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                             September 4, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-1983)

Rick Mould
UAH CMDS
(Phone:  205/895-6414)

Mike Bryant
EER Systems
(Phone:  703/557-5609)

Debbie Bingham
WSMR
(Phone:  505/678-1134)


EDITORS NOTE:  N92-79

CONSORT 5 COMMERCIAL ROCKET LAUNCH SET FOR SEPTEMBER 10

	The launch of Consort 5 from White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M.,
has been reset for 8:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 10.

	Consort 5 is a commercial suborbital rocket flight sponsored by the
University of Alabama in Huntsville's Consortium for Materials Development in
Space (UAH CMDS).  EER Systems Corp., Vienna, Va., is providing the launch
vehicle and recovery services for the payload of nine materials science and
biotechnology experiments.  McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Division,
Huntsville, is handling the payload integration.  The UAH CMDS is a NASA
Center for the Commercial Development of Space.

	A playback of the Consort 5 launch will be broadcast on Thursday, Sept.
10 beginning at 12:45 p.m. EDT via satellite.  Live interviews can be scheduled
by calling Joel Lonergan at 205/895-6414 or after Sept. 8 at 505/678-1134.
Satellite coordinates are SBS 6, Transponder 9 Full, Frequency 11.921.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA selects Science/Applications Advisory Committee Chairman [Release 92-141] (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:53:59 GMT

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                             September 2, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-1547)


RELEASE:  92-141

NASA SELECTS SCIENCE/APPLICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN


	NASA has selected Dr. Claude R. Canizares, head of the Astrophysics
Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the new Chairman
of the Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee.

	Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, Associate Administrator of NASA's Office of Space
Science and Applications, said that the advisory committee process would be
particularly important over the coming months as NASA looks at restructuring
parts of its program.

	"To preserve a strong set of space science missions in a tight
budgetary environment, we need to work especially closely with members of
the scientific community," said Fisk.

	This committee, a standing committee of the NASA Advisory Council,
consults with and advises NASA on its plans, priorities, objectives and
strategies to accomplish its multifaceted space science programs.

	Concerned with observations from space and use of space technology to
support basic research, the committee reviews NASA's plans in the following
areas:  astrophysics, solar system exploration,  solar and space physics, Earth
science, microgravity research and life sciences.

	Since 1990, he also has served as the Director of the MIT Center for
Space Research.  He has served on numerous NASA advisory committees, including
the Space and Earth Sciences Advisory Committee and the NASA-University
Relations Task Force.  Also, he served as a member of the National Academy of
Science's Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee.

	Canizares has written or contributed to more than 114 scientific
papers.  He earned three degrees from Harvard University -- A.B. in 1967, A.M.
in 1968 and Ph.D. in 1972.

	Canizares succeeds Dr. Berrien Moore who led the committee since its
formation in 1988.  Moore recently received the Distinguished Public Service
Medal, one of the highest honors NASA bestows.

	Moore had helped to organize the Space Science and Applications
Advisory Committee from three former committees -- Space and Earth Sciences,
Space Applications and Life Sciences.

	Moore merged an extraordinarily diverse group of scientists and
perspectives into a coherent and cohesive body, capable of looking at the
full spectrum of space science and applications issues and then rendering
objective advice.

	Currently, Moore is Director of the Institute for the Study of Earth,
Oceans and Space at the University of New Hampshire.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA selects Cray Research for supercomputer contract [Release 92-139] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:14:03 GMT

[Do we get great toys or what? :-)  -PEY]

Drucella Andersen
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                          September 1, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-8613)

Del Harding
Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.
(Phone:  415/604-9000)


RELEASE:  92-139

NASA SELECTS CRAY RESEARCH FOR SUPERCOMPUTER CONTRACT

        NASA has selected Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, Minn., for negotiations
leading to award of a contract to provide a new supercomputer to NASA's
Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.  Estimated value of the
contract is $74.3 million.

        "Cray is an acknowledged pioneer in the supercomputer field," said
Kristin Hessenius, Director of Aeronautical Research at NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C.  "They were chosen because of the clearly superior
capabilities of the Y-MP C-90 and Cray's history of providing NASA
with reliable, cost-effective facilities over the years."

        The Y-MP C-90 will support Ames' Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation
(NAS) Processing System Network.  NAS serves hundreds of federal,
private industry and university scientists throughout the United States.  NAS
is widely considered a pathfinder in advanced computational systems.

        "This purchase will allow Ames to continue providing leading- edge
computational services to the aerospace community," Dr. F. Ron Bailey,
Director of Ames' Aerophysics Office said.  "The Y-MP C-90 will be
able to perform in excess of 6 billion computations per second, making it
one of the fastest computers in the world."

        Cray will deliver the Y-MP C-90/16512 supercomputer to Ames next
year.  Under the contract, the company also will perform maintenance and
other support services for the new supercomputer.  The Y-MP C-90 will
replace Ames' Cray 2 supercomputer acquired in 1985.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Voyager Update - 09/01/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Voyager, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:59:56 GMT

                              VOYAGER 1 STATUS REPORT
                                 September 1, 1992

     The Voyager project reports that they have experienced an undetermined
radio frequency failure on board the Voyager 1 spacecraft on September 1, 1992
at 09:08Z over DSS-42 (Canberra 34 meter antenna).  The project will conduct
a detailed subsystem check later today.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Anything is impossible if
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you don't attempt it.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Update - 08/27/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Galileo, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:47:52 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                            GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                               August 27, 1992

     The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the dual-spin mode and
is transmitting coded telemetry at 40 bps.

     Yesterday, the routine RPM (Retro-Propulsion Module) 10-Newton thruster
"flushing" maintenance activity along with a Science Turn (SITURN), cruise
science Memory Readouts (MROs) and an Ultra Stable Oscillator (USO) test were
performed, as planned.  Tracking was performed over DSS-14 (Goldtone 70 meter
antenna), DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna), and DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter
antenna).

     Today, August 27, 1992, no spacecraft activity is scheduled.  Tracking
is scheduled over DSS-63.

     Tomorrow, no spacecraft activity is scheduled.  Tracking is scheduled
over DSS-43.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Optimists live longer
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | than pessimists.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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