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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Update - 07/29/92
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Keywords:  Galileo, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 01:05:40 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                              GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                                  July 29, 1992

     The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the dual-spin mode and
transmitting coded telemetry at 40 bps.  The period from July 20 thru July 31
was reserved in the sequence design as a High Gain Antenna (HGA) activity
window with no background sequence activities scheduled.  HGA activities were
planned and executed on the spacecraft thru July 25.  No further HGA
activities have been scheduled thru the remainder of the window.

     Yesterday, no spacecraft activity was scheduled.  Tracking was performed
over DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna).

     Today,  July 29, 1992, no spacecraft activity is scheduled.  Tracking is
scheduled over DSS-43.

     Tomorrow, no spacecraft activity is scheduled.  Tracking will continue
over DSS-43.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Most of the things you 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | worry about will never
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | happen.

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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronauts inspect Endeavour and payload; give okay to Spacelab-J [Release 104-92] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:50:55 GMT

          Mitch Varnes                                       July 29, 1992
          407/867-2469

          KSC Release No. 104-92



          ASTRONAUTS INSPECT ENDEAVOUR AND PAYLOAD; GIVE OKAY TO SPACELAB-J

               The seven astronauts slated to fly aboard the Space  Shuttle
          Endeavour  in  September  visited  the  Kennedy Space Center last
          weekend and conducted their final pre-launch  inspection  of  the
          mission's primary payload,  the Spacelab-J module.   The checkout
          occurred with Endeavour sitting in the horizontal position inside
          Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay three,  one of  three  spe-
          cially  outfitted  hangars  used  for  readying  NASA's  reusable
          spaceships for flight.

               Donning cleanroom-type garments that left only  their  faces
          exposed,  the  STS-47  astronauts  entered  Endeavour and crawled
          through the tunnel that connects the Shuttle  with  the  Spacelab
          module.   Inside what will become their on-orbit laboratory,  the
          astronauts carefully examined the experiment racks and module  to
          make sure the hardware was installed properly and configured in a
          fashion  that will be conducive to their work in the microgravity
          environment of space.

               "There weren't any surprises for us.  The crew  was  pleased
          with what they saw," said STS-47 Payload Processing Manager Glenn
          Snyder.  "I look at this mission as an example of the quality and
          quantity  of  work  that can be done when people work as a unit,"
          noted Snyder.   "The module was prepared for  flight  in  record-
          setting  time  and  everybody -- NASA,  McDonnell Douglas and the
          Japanese representatives -- pooled all their resources and pulled
          together as a real team."

               The next major milestone for the STS-47 mission is scheduled
          for mid-August when Endeavour will be transferred from the OPF to
          the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will be mated with its ex-
          ternal tank and twin solid rocket boosters.   Launch  of  STS-47,
          the 50th Space Shuttle mission, is targeted for mid-September.

               Spacelab-J  is a joint mission between NASA and the National
          Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan.   The Spacelab payload
          consists  of  two dozen materials science experiments and 20 life
          science experiments.
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: HST Update - 07/31/92
Date: 31 Jul 92 23:34:50 GMT
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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                             HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                              Spacecraft Emergency
                                 July 31, 1992

     The Hubble Space Telescope spacecraft emergency continues.  DSS-16 and
DSS-17 (Deep Space Network's antennas in Goldstone, California) provided
support for the emergency.  Goddard Space Flight Center reported a bad
ephemeris load caused the bright object detector to take the spacecraft to
safe mode.  Yesterday, both TDRS and DSS-17 was unable to acquire a downlink
from Hubble.  As of this morning, the Hubble emergency is still on, though
Goddard reports nominal support via TDRS.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Most of the things you 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | worry about will never
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | happen.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 07/23/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:12:17 GMT

             KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992  10 AM


             STS-46/TSS AND EURECA - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - LAUNCH PAD 39-B


          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Purges of the external tank.
          - Preparations for final ordnance operations.
          - Stowing equipment in the crew module.
          - Inspections of the aft compartment,  removing non-flight equip-
          ment and platforms.
          - Launch countdown preparations.
          - Washdown of the top of the mobile launcher platform.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Retested the repaired electronics assembly for the EOIM payload
          environmental monitoring package.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Final ordnance operations tomorrow.
          - Install doors on the aft compartment for flight tonight.
          - Begin the launch countdown at 4 p.m. EDT on July 28.
          - STS-46 crew arrives at 7:30 p.m. July 28.
          - Launch on July 31 at 9:56 a.m. EDT.


                 STS-47/SPACELAB J - ENDEAVOUR (OV 105) - OPF BAY 3


          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Connections of the three main engines.
          - Preparations to install the Spacelab tunnel.
          - Preparations for crew equipment interface test.
          - Installing sleep stations.


              STS-52 - COLUMBIA/LAGEOS-2, USMP-1 - (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1


          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Transferring the extended duration orbiter pallet to the VAB.
          - Removing heat shields.
          - Post-flight inspections of the radiators.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Removed the extended duration orbiter pallet.
          - Removed window number 4.


                     STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          -  Preparations  to  install  the left orbital maneuvering system
          pod.
          - Leak and functional tests of the main propulsion system.
          - Hydraulic system testing.
          - Painting areas of the midbody.


          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Tests of the power reactant storage and distribution system.
          - Leak checks of the galley.


                         STS-52 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB


          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Beginning of booster stacking by attaching the left aft booster
          to the mobile launcher platform.
          - Transferring the right aft booster to the VAB for  stacking  on
          the platform.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: HST Emergency - 07/30/92
Date: 31 Jul 92 00:53:34 GMT
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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                           HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                            Spacecraft Emergency
                               July 30, 1992

     On July 30 at 0440Z, the HST POCC (Payload Operations Control Center)
declared a spacecraft emergency due to a bad ephemeris load on the spacecraft
causing it to not point at TDRS.  The spacecraft is in inertial hold and its
health is not threatened though all science instruments have been shut down
until the situation has been rectified.  Two DSN (Deep Space Network) tracking
passes were requested, one each over DSS-46 (Canberra 26 meter antenna) and
DSS-16 (Goldstone 26 meter antenna).  At the end of the DSS-46 track, the
HST project reported that commands to the spacecraft reconfigured it to
TDRS mode.  The project also reports the DSS-16 pass is still required and
will probably be the last support required of the DSN.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Most of the things you 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | worry about will never
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | happen.
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Magellan Update - 07/28/92
Keywords: Magellan, JPL
Date: 29 Jul 92 01:41:29 GMT
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                     MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                         July 28, 1992

1.  Magellan continues to operate under the M2206 command
    sequence, which consists of only starcals (star calibrations)
    and desats (desaturations of the reaction wheels).  No
    radar mapping is being performed.

2.  Yesterday spacecraft controllers uplinked commands for a
    test of Transmitter B which is being performed today.

3.  The objective of the test is to find an operating mode
    which will allow radar mapping in early September to fill
    the only significant gap in Magellan's global coverage of
    Venus, a 10-day mapping segment at the end of the cycle.
    Obtaining this coverage would raise the percentage of
    Venus surface imaged to about 99%.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Most of the things you 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | worry about will never
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | happen.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Pioneering personal computer acquisition contracts awarded [Contract 92-10] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:55:04 GMT

[You mean I have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the firing room computers? :-)
-PEY]

Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                   July 28, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-1134)

Karl Kristofferson
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  407/867-2468)


RELEASE:  C92-10

PIONEERING PERSONAL COMPUTER ACQUISITION CONTRACTS AWARDED


      Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has awarded first-of-a-kind 
contracts to three firms under NASA's Personal Computer 
Acquisition Contract program.  Throughout the 
5-year life of the contracts, the three companies must compete 
against each other for NASA orders to supply personal computer 
(PC) hardware and software to Kennedy Space Center and other 
NASA locations.

      The companies are General Technology, Inc., Costa Mesa, 
Calif.; Atlanta Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.; and 
International Data Products Corp., Gaithersburg, Md.  The 
contract period of performance is from July 2, 1992 to 
July 1, 1994, with three additional 1-year optional periods.

      Under the terms of the fixed price contract, all three 
companies will receive portions of a $37,674,000 award, with a 
minimum amount of $180,000 going to each firm.  The actual 
purchases of PC hardware and software depend on which small 
business company is able to provide the lowest prices and best 
performance during a quarterly time period.

      Although vendors may renegotiate current prices every 3 
months, they cannot increase prices above the contract 
negotiated prices and they must furnish current technology 
items.  NASA has established this competitive arrangement so 
that the agency can be assured of a steady supply of high-
quality products for the best price.

      Kennedy Space Center is the primary launch and landing 
site for the Space Shuttle.  The computers and software 
purchased under this contract will be used in a variety of 
technical and administrative support functions.  Other NASA 
centers and organizations also may order PC equipment and 
software through the KSC-managed contract.
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From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: AURORA WATCH: Middle Latitude Auroral Activity Watch
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Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 03:24:26 GMT

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

                    MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH

                          ISSUED: 22:00 UT, 22 JULY

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

VALID UNTIL: 19:00 UTC ON 24 JULY

MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 22 - 23 July (UT days)

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY:  LOW - MODERATE

POTENTIAL LUNAR INTERFERENCE:  LOW, BECOMING MODERATE AFTER LOCAL MIDNIGHT

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES:  FAIR

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

        NORTHERN WASHINGTON STATE TO NORTHERN IDAHO TO CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN
        MONTANA TO NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO
        WISCONSIN TO MICHIGAN TO NEW YORK TO SOUTHERN MAINE AND POSSIBLY
        PARTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.


SYNOPSIS...

     Auroral activity has increased in magnitude over the last six to twelve
     hours in response to a high speed solar wind stream emanating from a
     large and well placed solar coronal hole.  The stream is expected to
     maintain present levels of auroral activity for approximately the next
     24 to 36 hours before beginning to subside.

     Conditions will be moderately favorable for observations of auroral
     activity prior to moonrise near local midnight.  Thereafter, lunar
     luminosity will begin to interfere and hamper attempts to view activity.

     Most of the activity should remain confined to the northerly middle and
     high latitude regions.  Polar twilight over the high and polar latitudes
     will also hamper attempts to view activity over Northern Hemisphere
     regions.  Other areas which may be able to spot activity under dark
     skies include southern Australia, southern New Zealand, the northern UK,
     northern areas of Europe and areas of northern Siberia.

     This is not expected to be a significant auroral event.  No low latitude
     observations of activity are expected.

     This watch will remain active until 19Z on 24 July when it will either
     be updated or allowed to expire.


**  End of Watch  **
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: NASA Select Schedule for 07/28/92 (Forwarded)
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:14:56 GMT
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov

STS-46 BRIEFING SCHEDULE (EDT)

L-3  Tuesday, July 28
    9 a.m. - Countdown Status Briefing from KSC
	Eric Redding, NASA Test Director
	Bob Webster, STS-46 KSC Payload Manager

L-2 Wednesday, July 29
    9 a.m. - Countdown Status Briefing from KSC
	Al Sofge, Shuttle Test Director
	Bob Webster, STS-46 KSC Payload Manager
	Ed Priscelac, Shuttle Weather Officer, USAF

    1 p.m. - Topex Mission Briefing from NASA Headquarters (Non-STS-46 Event)

L-1 Thursday, July 30
    8:30 a.m. - Countdown Status Briefing from KSC
	Mike Leinbach, Shuttle Test Director
	Bob Webster, STS-46 KSC Payload Manager

    9 a.m. - Eureca Overview from KSC
	R. Dieter Andresen, Eureca Payload Manager, ESA

    9:30 a.m. - Commercial Payloads Overview from KSC
	John G. Mannix, Asst. Admin, Commercial Programs, HQ
	Dawn Davis, Center for Commercial Development of Space 
	     on Materials for Space Structure, Case Western Reserve University
	Jan Bijvoet, Consortium for Materials Development in 
	     Space, University of Alabama - Birmingham
	Robert Stepp, Mission Manager, LDCE, GSFC

    10:15 a.m. - TSS Overview from KSC
	Tom Stuart, TSS Program Manager, HQ
	  o Overview - origins, development and potential applications
	Billy Nunley,TSS Mission Manager, MSFC
	  o Mission Objectives and Hardware & Systems Description 
	Dr. Gianfranco Manarini, TSS Program Manager,Italian Space Agency (ASI)
	  o Hardware & Systems Description - satellite

    11 a.m. - TSS Science from KSC
	Dr. Nobie Stone, TSS Mission Scientist, MSFC
	Dr. Carlo Bonifazi, Mission Scientist, Italian Space Agency
	  o Overview - Science Objectives
	  o Tutorial:  Electrodynamics, circuits, generators, motors,
	    tether systems
	  o Overview - TSS science investigations

    Noon - TSS Flight Operations- from JSC
	Chuck Shaw, STS-46 lead flight director, JSC
	  o Sequence of Events-predeploy, deploy, OST-1, Creep, OST-2, retrieve
	  o Tutorial:  Tether Dynamics - cause, identification, response

    1 p.m. - Prelaunch Press Conference from KSC
	Jeremiah Pearson III, Assoc. Admin., Office of Space Flight, HQ
	Lennard Fisk, Assoc. Admin., Office of Space Science
	    and Applications, HQ
	Luciano Guerriero, President, ASI
	Frederik Engstroem, Director, Space Station and Microgravity, ESA
	Leonard Nicholson, Shuttle Program Manager
	Bob Sieck, Shuttle Launch Director, KSC
	Mike Adams, Weather Officer, USAF
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 07/22/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:08:45 GMT

             KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1992  10 AM

             STS-46/TSS AND EURECA - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - LAUNCH PAD 39-B

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Stowing equipment in the crew module.
          - Retest of  the  repaired  electronics  assembly  for  the  EOIM
          payload environmental monitoring package.
          - Close outs of the aft compartment and avionics bay.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Installed two contingency space suits in the airlock.
          - Installed baggies on the engine low pressure fuel ducts.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Purges of the external tank.
          - Final ordnance operations on Friday.
          - Install doors on the aft compartment for flight tomorrow.
          - Begin the launch countdown at 4 p.m. EDT on July 28.
          - STS-46 crew arrives at 7:30 p.m. July 28.
          - Launch on July 31 at 9:56 a.m. EDT.

                 STS-47/SPACELAB J - ENDEAVOUR (OV 105) - OPF BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Connections of the three main engines.
          - Preparations to install the Spacelab tunnel.
          - Preparations for crew equipment interface test.
          - Leak and functional testing of the auxiliary power units.
          - Installing sleep stations.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Installed the three main engines.

              STS-52 - COLUMBIA/LAGEOS-2, USMP-1 - (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Removing the extended duration orbiter pallet.
          - Removing heat shields.
          - Removing window number 4.

                     STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Tests of the forward reaction control system and the left orbi-
          tal   maneuvering   system  pod  at  the  Hypergolic  Maintenance
          Facility.
          - Leak and functional tests of the main propulsion system.
          - Hydraulic system testing.
          - Leak checks of the galley.
          - Painting areas of the midbody.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Life sciences press briefing set for Friday [NTE 92-64] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:13:08 GMT

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                    July 22, 1992
(Phone:  202/435-1547)

N92-64
NOTE TO EDITORS

LIFE SCIENCES PRESS BRIEFING SET FOR FRIDAY

	Scientists will brief the media on new results from the Spacelab 
Life Sciences-1 mission on Friday, July 24, 1992, at 11:00 a.m. EDT in 
the NASA auditorium, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W. ,Washington, D.C.

	The SLS-1 mission, launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in 
June 1991, was dedicated entirely to studying how space travel affects 
living organisms, including humans.  Several, surprising new results 
from SLS-1 will be presented and discussed by the following 
scientists: 

	Ronald J. White, Chief Scientist, Life Sciences Division,
        NASA Headquarters

	C. Gunnar Blomqvist, Professor of Internal Medicine and     
	Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center,
	Dallas, Texas

	Dwain L. Eckberg, Professor of Medicine and Physiology,
	Hunter Holmes McGuire Department of Veterans Affairs
	Medical Center, Richmond, Va.
	
	Kenneth M. Baldwin, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics,
	University of California, Irvine
	
	Muriel D. Ross, Research Scientist, Life Sciences Division,
	Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

	This event will be carried live on NASA Select television, Satcom 
F-2R, Transponder 13, located at 72 degrees West Longitude, frequency
3960.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz.  Questions will be taken from NASA centers.
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