From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA Daily News for 08/12/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:30:34 GMT

Wednesday, August 12, 1992      24-hour audio service at 
202/755-1788


 % Board of Investigation formed for TSS
 % Replay of Admin. Goldin's Remarks at ISC
 % Preparations for STS-47 Continue on Schedule
 % Mars Observer Fueled, Ready for Mating
 % Columbia Preps for STS-52
 % Replay of Brelsford's TEAMWORK Presentation



NASA announced on Tuesday the formation of a Board of Investigation,
headed by Darrell Branscome, Chief Engineer at NASA Langley Research
Center, to look into problems that occured during the first mission of
the Tethered Satellite System.  The Board was appointed by Jeremiah W.
Pearson, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight, NASA
Headquarters.  Pearson said "The Board is authorized to take all
necessary action to review the anomalies associated with the TSS
problems to determine the probable cause and recommend corrective
measures to prevent reoccurance."  An initial report from the Board to
Pearson is expected by the end of the month.  The Tethered Satellite
System-1 mission flew aboard STS-46 and was a joint project of NASA and
the Italian Space Agency.

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Replay of NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin remarks to the
International Space Camp on July 31, 1992, will be on NASA Select today
at 1:00 pm EDT.

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Preparations for STS-47, Space Shuttle Endeavour's next mission
tentatively set for September 11, continue to go smoothly.  Kennedy
Space Center workers are doing final inspections of the payload bay in
preparation for closing the orbiter's payload doors.  Current rollover
to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is targeted for August 17.

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KSC reports that the Mars Observer spacecraft and the Transfer Orbit
Stage have been fueled and tested and are ready to be mated to the
Titan III launch vehicle.  Encapsulation of the elements into the nose
fairing of the rocket is expected to occur later this week.

Space Shuttle Columbia's main engines have been removed from the
orbiter and sent to KSC's VAB engine shop in preparation for STS-52's
October flight.  Workers are in the process of reconfiguring Columbia's
payload bay for that mission.

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NASA Select will air a replay of Theresa A. Brelsford's TQM
presentation on TEAMWORK at 3 pm EDT tomorrow.  Ms.  Brelsford is
Assistant Commissioner for Public Services and Administration at the
U.S. Patent and Trade Mark Office.

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Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select
TV.  Note that all events and times may change without notice, and that
all times listed are Eastern.  Live indicates a program is transmitted
live.

August 12, 1992

Live    noon         NASA Today (Highlights from the STS-47 press conference
                     and Space Station Freedom Utilization conference)
Taped   12:15 pm     Aerospace Oddities
Taped   12:30 pm     Gyroscope in Space
Taped    1:00 pm     NASA Admin. Daniel Goldin Speech at ISC
                     (Taped 7/31/92)
Taped     1:30 pm    Setting the Stage for the Future
Taped     2:00 pm    Launch Box 2 "Living on the Space Shuttle"
Taped     2:30 pm    Four Rooms Earth View
Taped     3:00 pm    TQM 19 - University of New Mexico Series


        
This report is filed daily at noon, Monday through Friday.  It is a
service of NASA's Office of Public Affairs.  The editor is Charles
Redmond, 202/453-8425 or CREDMOND on NASAmail.  NASA Select TV is
carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West
Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, audio subcarrier is
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