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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan Update - 09/09/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:45:03 GMT

Forwarded from:
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011

                     MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                        September 9, 1992

     Magellan continued successful radar mapping of the surface
of Venus this week. The goal of the current mapping period is to
fill the largest remaining gap in the map of Venus which will
bring total coverage to 99 percent. The spacecraft had mapped
97.5 percent of the planet with its imaging radar during its
first two 243-day cycles.

     Controllers are planning an orbit trim maneuver next Monday,
September 14, to lower periapsis from its current altitude of 261
kilometers (162 miles) to 182 kilometers (113 miles) for the
gravity mapping cycle beginning the next day.
                              _____
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     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: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: WARNING: Potential Major Solar Flare Warning
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 19:05:24 GMT

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

                     POTENTIAL MAJOR SOLAR FLARE WARNING

                       UPDATED: 18:30 UT, 06 SEPTEMBER

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


PRIMARY CANDIDATE FOR HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY : REGION 7270 (S09W28@06/00Z)

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
|   ESTIMATED POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF ENERGETIC ACTIVITY OVER NEXT 7 DAYS   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DAYS |   C5.0   |   M1.0   |   M5.0   |   X1.0   |   X5.0   |   >X12.0   |
|------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|1(+)PG|   99 %   |   70 %   |   50 %   |   25 %   |   10 %   |     1 %    |
|3(+)PG|   99 %   |   70 %   |   60 %   |   35 %   |   15 %   |     2 %    |
|5( )P |   99 %   |   75 %   |   70 %   |   40 %   |   15 %   |     2 %    |
|7( )  |   WLT    |   WLT    |   WLT    |   WLT    |   WLT    |    WLT     |
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

DAYS = Number of days (from present) into the future (1, 3, 5 and 7 days).
(+)  = Primary candidate region expected to GROW and DEVELOP.
( )  = Primary candidate region expected to STABILIZE or remain STABLE.
(-)  = Primary candidate region expected to DECAY and SIMPLIFY.
(x)P = Possible proton and/or PCA threat. (x) may be one of (+), (-), or ( ).
(x)G = If a favorable major flare develops, a moderate to high probability
       exists that the event may be geoeffective.
xx % = Probability of activity equalling or exceeding the given x-ray class
       sometime over the next number of DAYS.
WLT  = Data not applicable due to the West Limb Transit of the target region.

The above chart should be used as a guide only.  It represents anticipated
levels of activity based on current projections of region development.
Actual conditions may, of course, differ from these projections.


SYNOPSIS:

     Major flare activity is possible from Region 7270.  This region has
shown grown and a considerable level of instability and M-class flare
activity.  It is becoming magnetically complex with a developing delta
configuration.

     There is a chance major flare activity could inject protons into the
near-Earth space environment.

     This warning will remain active until further notice.


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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan Begins Gravity Mapping of Venus
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 04:36:31 GMT

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.           September 15, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

Jim Doyle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone:  818/354-5011)

RELEASE:  92-148

NASA SPACECRAFT BEGINS GRAVITY MAPPING OF VENUS

    The Magellan spacecraft's orbit at its closest approach
to Venus was lowered Monday and today it began a full 243-
day cycle of gravity mapping, project officials at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., said.

     Magellan has now completed three cycles of mapping
with its  radar, covering 99 percent of the surface of
Venus.  Monday, controllers ordered a 1-hour orbit
adjustment burn to lower its periapsis -- closest approach
to the planet -- altitude from 160 miles (258 kilometers)
to 113 miles (182 kilometers).

     "That will help us obtain the best possible resolution
in the equatorial latitude gravity map," Project Manager
Doug Griffith said.

     The objective of cycle 4, which extends to May 15,
1993, is to obtain a global map of the Venus gravity field
from the elliptical orbit.  The orbit apoapsis, or furthest
point from the planet, remains the same, 5,296 miles (8,543
kilometers).

     During this fourth cycle, variations in the
gravitational pull experienced by the spacecraft are being
recorded by carefully tracking the Doppler shift of a radio
signal that Magellan will constantly beam to the Deep Space
Network tracking stations.

     When Magellan passes over a dense region of Venus'
interior, for example, the spacecraft accelerates in its
orbit and the location of the denser region is mapped.

     Over the course of the 243-day cycle, one rotation of
Venus, variations in the planet's density will be mapped at
a resolution much higher than achieved by previous
missions.

     Looking at the interior with gravity observations is
expected to provide an improved understanding of the forces
of tectonics and volcanism that shape the planet.

     Magellan is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications,
Washington, D.C.
- end -
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Quiet people aren't the
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | only ones who don't say
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | much.

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan Update - 09/11/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 04:36:22 GMT

Forwarded from the Magellan Project

                      MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                        September 11, 1992

1.   Magellan has continued successful radar mapping
     operations since the restart on Thursday, 3 September.
     The area currently being mapped is the last significant
     unmapped region, covering 1.5% of Venus.  When finished
     on 13 September, the total mapped area will reach 99
     percent of the planet.

2.   Transmitter B's temperature remains near 58 C, varying
     about 2 C during the course of each orbit.  The symbol
     signal to noise ratio (SSNR) is positive during both 34
     meter HEF (High Efficiency) station passes and 70 meter
     passes which Magellan is sharing with Pioneer Venus Orbiter.

3.   Next Monday, 14 September 1992, Magellan will perform an
     orbit trim maneuver to lower the orbit periapsis altitude
     from 258 to 182 kilometers.  This will enhance gravity
     data collection for the beginning of Cycle-4 on 15
     September 1992.  The prime objective of Cycle-4 is to
     obtain a global map of the Venus gravity field from the
     new elliptical orbit.

4.   Also next week, in parallel with gravity operations, a
     week-long period of battery reconditioning will also be
     started.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     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 - 09/11/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Galileo, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:58:21 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                            GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                             September 11, 1992

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

     Yesterday, the data playback of the second DDA (Dual Drive Actuator)
motor turn on pulse was conducted over DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna),
along with collection of sungate data.

     Today, September 11, 1992 real-time commands are scheduled to check out
the scan scanner, reacquire celestial reference, and collect precise wobble
estimates.  Tracking is scheduled over DSS-43.

     Over the weekend, no spacecraft activity is scheduled.  Tracking is
scheduled over DSS-43, DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter antenna), and DSS-14
(Goldstone 70 meter antenna).
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     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: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Mission Control Status Report for 09/13/92 [#6, 2230 CDT] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:31:40 GMT

MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-47 Status Report #6
 
Sunday, September 13, 1992, 10:30 p.m. CDT
 
All systems continue to function well aboard the Space Shuttle
Endeavour as the first joint space mission of the United States and
Japan continues to conduct experiments in materials processing, human
health and cell development.

Payload Commander Mark Lee, assisted by Pilot Curt Brown, successfully
repaired a leaky valve in Rack 10 of the Spacelab module earlier in the
day. That repair, which began at a Mission Elapsed Time of 1/7:35 and
ended with reactivation of the rack at MET 1/9:30, will make it
possible for four materials processing furnaces to be used during the
remainder of the flight. Lee removed insulation from around the
plumbing that provides cooling fluid for the Continuous Heating
Furnace, Large Isothermal Furnace, Gradient Heating Furnace and
Acoustic Levitation Furnace, and tightened a packing nut to stop the
small leak.

Apt gave a short tour of the flight deck during a live television
downlink and reported taking a number of good Earth observations
photographs of Japan, Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Apt
also reported being able to see what he believe d to be the lights of
Palmer Station in Antarctica, where he has friends participating in a
scientific expedition.

The Red Team, made up of Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru
Mohri, officially began its sleep shift about 9 p.m. CDT, but was still
stirring a little after that time.  The Red Team is scheduled to awaken
at 5 a.m. CDT, and the Blue Team is set to begin its next sleep period
at 9 a.m.

Endeavour continues to orbit the Earth once every 90 minutes in a
near-circular orbit of 166.4 by 162.2 nautical miles in an attitude
that minimizes the number of steering jet firings so as not to disturb
sensitive experiments sensitive in the Spacelab module.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: KSC Weather Report for 09/10/92 [Updated] (Forwarded)
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Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:14:46 GMT

          FROM: George H. Diller
                KSC 407/867-2468       UPDATE: 2 p.m.


                                 Weather Forecast for STS-47
                                 Forecast prepared on L-2 day
                                 Thursday, 9/10/92



          Synopsis: An upper level low pressure trough and a weak frontal
          boundry will be over the Florida peninsula.  The influence of a
          surface high pressure system centered over the Great Lakes will
          bring generally easterly winds in eastern Florida.

               During the launch window from 10:23 a.m. - 2:17 p.m. on
          Saturday, September 12, the conditions are forecast to be:

          Clouds:

          2,000-7,000 scattered cumulus
          40% sky coverage

          10,000-13,000 scattered altocumulus
          40% sky coverage

          25,000-28,000 scattered cirrus
          50% sky coverage

          Visibility: 7 miles or greater

          Wind - Pad 39B: SE at 8 to 14 knots

          Temperature:  84 degrees at window open, 88 by window close.

          Dewpoint:     74 degrees

          Humidity:     72% at window open, 69% by window close.

          Precipitation: chance of showers

          Probability of launch weather criteria violation: 30%
          Probability of tanking constraint violation: 5%

          Chance of violation at launch time on Sunday:  30%
                                                tanking:  5%

          Chance of violation at launch time on Monday :  30%
                                                tanking:   5%


          Developed by USAF/Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
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From: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su (Voevodin S.A.)
Subject: VSA026: The 'Spiral' tests list
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Followup-To: sci.space
Reply-To: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su
Organization: AO ORBI (MS-DOS)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:08:24 GMT

       ***********************************************************
       *  VSA026       07.09.1992       (c) Sergey  A. Voevodin  *
       ***********************************************************

                       'Spiral' Project


    The testing of 105.11 object created within the framework of 'Spiral'
    project started on May 1976. All the tests, of which I am aware are
    charted below


   Date     Pilot       Flight  Height  Distance  Notes
                         time

 ??.05.76  Fastovets      ?         ?        ?    Takeoff-landing

   . . .

 11.11.76  Fastovets      ?         ?        ?    The flight from one base
                                                  to another
    . . .

 27.11.77  Fastovets      ?         ?        ?    The first air-drop test

   . . .

 ??.??.78  Ostapenko      ?         ?        ?
   . . .

 ??.??.78  Ostapenko      ?         ?        ?
   . . .

 ??.??.78  Ostapenko      ?         ?        ?
   . . .

 ??.??.78  Ostapenko      ?         ?        ?
   . . .

 ??.??.78  Ostapenko      ?         ?        ?

   . . .

 ??.09.78  Uryadov        ?         ?        ?    The last test flight
                                                  (unsuccessful)


Everybody who can fill in the gaps plaese write to me:

      vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su

or

      Sergey A. Voevodin
      8 Okruzhnoy proezd 11-2
      156014 Kostroma
      Russia


P.S. Everybody who sent me messages and have not received an answer
     yet, please write me again. A lot of info was lost because of
     failure on Relcom's Kostroma server!
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Mission Control Status Report for 09/14/92 [#9, 2330 CDT] (Forwarded)
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:09:23 GMT
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov

MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-47 Status Report #9


Monday, September 14, 1992, 11:30 p.m. CDT

The Space Shuttle Endeavour continues to perform almost flawlessly with no
systems problems being tracked by flight controllers in the Mission Control
Center.
 
The Blue Team -- Jay Apt, Jan Davis and Mae Jemison -- continues to make
excellent progress on the materials processing, human physiology and cell
development experiments in the Spacelab-J module.
 
Shortly after Orbit 3 flight controllers took over, a power outage shut
down all displays in the control center. Communications between Mission
Control and Endeavour were temporarily lost, but the Payload Operations
Control Center at the Marshall Spa ce Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.,
remained in contact with the crew. The outage lasted from 4:50 p.m. CDT to
4:56 p.m. CDT. While flight controllers were in the dark, the Mission
Operations Computer Center did not lose power and there was no loss of data
to the POCC. The cause of the outage was traced to a faulty switch in the
building that supplies power to the MCC. The MCC had been using diesel
generator power as a precaution while thunderstorms were in the Houston
area. When technicians a ttempted to switch back to commercial power, the
faulty switch malfunctioned, causing the outage. All MCC systems have been
restored to normal and are using commercial power.
 
The Red Team -- Hoot Gibson, Curt Brown, Mark Lee and Mamoru Mohri -- is in
its sleep shift, and is scheduled to awaken about 5 a.m. CDT. Handover from
the Blue to Red Team will occur about 6:30 a.m.
 
Earlier in the day, Gibson and Brown installed a prefilter between the
humidity separators and the heat exchangers in the floor underneath the
middeck as part of a Development Test Objective. The prefilter is designed
to keep clogs from entering the humidty separators and causing leaks. The
water passing through the filter appeared to be moving freely through a
central tube, but was not passing through an aluminum mesh material
surrounding the tube as designed. The Red Team closed the access to the
prefilter before beginning its sleep shift, and will reexamine the
prefilter on its next work shift.
 
Flight controllers today accumulated enough surplus power and breathing air
to add one extra day to the STS-47 mission should the science team request
more time.  Flight managers will not make a final decision on a possible
extension until Tuesday or Wednesday.
 
Endeavour remains in a near-circular 165 by 163 nautical mile orbit in an
attitude that minimizes the number of thruster firings so as not to disturb
sensitive experiments in the Spacelab module.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Deidre A. Lee appointed NASA Deputy Procurement Chief [Release 92-146] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:49:28 GMT

[Marginally of interest to sci.space.news readers. -PEY]

Dave Garrett
September 14, 1992
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/453-8400)


RELEASE:  92-146

DEIDRE A. LEE APPOINTED NASA DEPUTY PROCUREMENT CHIEF

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced today the
appointment of Deidre A. Lee, a veteran aerospace acquisitions officer, as
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Procurement.

        Lee, who managed a variety of procurement activities in both NASA
and the Air Force, currently serves as the Executive Officer to NASA's Acting
Deputy Administrator Aaron Cohen.

        "We are very fortunate to have a person with Deidre Lee's considerable
experience and energy to fill this position at a time when we are
undertaking major reforms in NASA procurement activities," Goldin said.

        Lee joined NASA in 1984 and served in numerous acquisition positions
at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.  Her final assignment there was Chief
of Space Shuttle procurement.

        She was assigned to Headquarters, Washington, D.C., in April 1991, as
the Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Procurement.  In her
next assignment as Deputy Director of the Advanced Procurement Planning
Division, she managed policy development and allocation and control of
procurement office resources.

        She also coordinated agency procurement initiatives and represented
NASA on numerous internal and external teams studying key procurement
issues.  Most notable were those affecting resumed human exploration of the
solar system.

        Lee became the deputy's Executive Officer last April.  In this
capacity she played a significant coordination role in the agency's
current Red/Blue Team studies to reduce out-year costs of major space
and aeronautics projects without undermining mission objectives.

        While with the Air Force, Lee was involved in major procurement
activities for the systems and logistics commands and for the Pacific Air
Forces.

        She holds a masters degree in public administration from the
University of Oklahoma and was selected by NASA to attend the prestigious
Middle Management Program of the Graduate School of Management of
Simmons College, Boston.
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