From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 11/20/92 (Forwarded)
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:06:12 GMT

                         SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
                              Friday, November 20, 1992

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

          Vehicle: OV-103/Space Shuttle Discovery
          Current Location: Launch Pad 39-A
          Mission: STS-53 DoD   Inclination: 57 degrees
          Launch Date: Dec. 2   06:59 a.m. EST   Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Mission duration: 7 days 5 hours 54 minutes   Crew Size: 5


          STS-53 IN WORK TODAY:

          - aft main engine compartment closeouts

          - main propulsion system insulation foaming

          - solid rocket booster closeouts

          - changeout of #1 Data Display Unit

          - payload interface verification test (IVT)

          - OMBU leak checks


          STS-53 WORK COMPLETED:

          - payload installation

          - avionics bay closeouts

          - orbiter aft confidence test

          - disconnect/closeout APU #1 fuel pump inlet pressure transducer


          STS-53 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - final ordnance work Sunday

          - OMS/RCS fuel tank pressurization Sunday

          - load mass memory units on Monday

          - external tank purges on Tuesday


          ISSUES & CONCERNS: None


          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:

          - weight and center of gravity determination

          - mating iter transporter


          STS-54 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building transfer isle Saturday

          - attach lifting sling and orbiter lifting preps Saturday night

          - mate to external tank and solid rocket booster stack Sunday


          STS-54 WORK COMPLETED:

          - TDRS-F fueling at Pad 39-B

          - aft compartment closeouts

          - crew compartment closeouts

          - external tank door functional test

          - orbiter structural leak check

          - aft compartment leak check

          - right nose wheel changeout

          - nose wheel steering retest

          - payload airborne support equipment Interface Verification Test

          - 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

          - freon closed-loop coolant system modifications

          - X-ray reaction control system bellows

          - OMS/RCS pressure decay test

          - tile repairs

          - installation of payload bay liners

          - stacking left-hand solid rocket booster in VAB High Bay 3


          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - configuration of payload bay for Spacelab-D2

          - tile post flight inspections

          - tile repair

          - chin panel rework

          - auxiliary power unit leak and functional checks


          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - removal of three main engines

          - remove and replace window #1

          - remove forward reaction control system

          - payload bay deconfiguration

          - orbiter structural inspections

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