From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 11/13/92 (Forwarded)
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 02:27:15 GMT

                         SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
                              Friday, November 13, 1992


          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468


          Vehicle: OV-103/Space Shuttle Discovery
          Current Location: Vehicle Assembly Building, High Bay 3
          Mission: STS-53 DoD   Inclination: 57 degrees
          Launch timeframe: Dec. wk 1   Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Mission duration: 7 days 5 hours 54 minutes   Crew Size: 5


          STS-53 IN WORK TODAY:

          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)

          - changeout left and right SRB fuel isolation valves

          - KSC Launch Readiness Review (LRR)


          STS-53 WORK COMPLETED:

          - X-rays of reaction control system bellows

          - star tracker inspection


          STS-53 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - OMS/RCS propellant loading activities Saturday and Sunday

          - retract rotating service structure/perform APU hot fire Monday



          Vehicle: OV-105/Orbiter Endeavour
          Location: OPF Bay 1
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer (DXS)
          Mission: STS-54                    Inclination: 28.45 degrees
          Launch Timeframe: January Wk 2     Nominal Landing Site: KSC     
          Mission Duration: 6 days           Crew Size: 5
          STS-54 IN WORK:

          - OMS thruster reaction control system bellows remove and replace

          - drag chute closeouts/door installation

          - orbiter/external tank door functional testing

          - waste containment system functional testing

          - main propulsion system leak checks (hydrogen side)

          - mid-body closeouts



          STS-54 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - test cycle flight controls and aerosurfaces

          - tire checks/pressure topoff

          - aft compartment closeouts

          - aft compartment leak checks

          - orbiter structural leak checks

          - crew compartment closeouts

          - TDRS-F fueling at Pad 39-B


          STS-54 WORK COMPLETED:

          - Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT)

          - ammonia boiler servicing

          - payload airborne support equipment Interface Verification Test

          - transfer IUS/TDRS to Pad 39-B

          - install DXS payload in payload bay on Tuesday

          - DXS Interface Verification Test


          Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia
          Current location: OPF Bay 2
          Mission: STS-55/Spacelab-D2         Inclination: 28.45 degrees
          Launch timeframe: February, wk 4    Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours   Crew size: 7


          STS-55 IN WORK:

          - powered up orbiter systems electrical testing

          - forward reaction control system deservicing and removal preps

          - main engine removal

          - main propulsion system leak checks (hydrogen side)

          - wheel and tire re-installation

          - star tracker door cycle testing

          - left hand payload bay door radiator #1 inspections

          - tile repair and replacement


          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - remove window #1

          - remove forward reaction control system

          - remove and replace freon pump package

          - crew hatch functional test

          - payload bay deconfiguration

          - S-Band air-to-ground antenna testing

          - drag chute system deservicing

          - orbiter structural inspections


          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - USMP payload removal

          - remote manipulator arm (RMS) removal

          - main engine heat shields removal

          - waste containment system removal

          - wheels and tires removal

          - hypergolic system and APU deservicing

          - post flight system inspections

          - main engine inspections

          - Ku Band antenna testing

          - Spacelab D-2 Mission Sequence Test

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