From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA Daily News for 08/21/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:41:31 GMT

	Daily  News
Friday, August 21, 1992 24-hour audio service at 202/755-1788

 % XV-15 Accident Yesterday Involved NASA-Owned Aircraft
 % Ulyssess Mission Status
 
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There was an accident yesterday at about 11:00am CDT in Arlington,
Texas, with a NASA-owned XV-15 tiltrotor technology demonstrator
aircraft.  This aircraft has been in the possession of Bell Helicopter
Textron Inc., Arlington, Texas, under the terms of a bail agreement
since 1977.  NASA has never had possession of the aircraft.

There are two XV-15 tiltrotor aircraft, which were built in the
mid-1970's as experimental aircraft to demonstrate the tiltrotor
concept (takeoff and land vertically like a helicopter, and fly forward
like a fixed-winged aircraft).  One tiltrotor (tail number 703) is
located at Ames Research Center (ARC), and is NOT the aircraft involved
in the accident.  The aircraft in question is tail number 702 and has
always been in the possession of Bell Helicopter.

The XV aircraft are the product of decades of research conducted by
NASA and the U.S. Army at ARC and by private industry.  The accident
investigation will be led by the National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB), which is taking all questions on the matter.

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Ulysses spacecraft and science operations are being carried out as
planned.  Routine Earth-pointing maneuvers were performed on August 13
and 16.  The next precession maneuver will be conducted on August 23.

The spacecraft will continue to recede from Earth through August 26,
when it will reach a maximum distance of 583 million miles (938 million
kilometers).  A reduction in the number of ranging passes continued
during this reporting period to improve the spacecraft's signal as it
moves further away from Earth.

Today Ulysses is about 582 million miles (937 million kilometers) from
Earth, traveling at a heliocentric velocity of about 19,000 miles
(30,000 kilometers) per hour.  The space is about 490 million miles
(790 million kilometers) from the sun.

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.

Friday, August 21, 1992
Live    12:00 pm NASA Today news program
        12:15 pm Aeronautics & Space Report
        12:30 pm Wonder Tools
         1:00 pm Apollo 14 - Mission to Fra Mauro
         1:30 pm Safe Computing
         2:00 pm Launch Box #2 - "Living on the Space  Shutttle"
         2:30 pm Gemini  - Around the Moon
         3:00 pm TQM #25 (Univ. of NM  Series)
         4:00 pm NASA Today and subsequent programming repeats.
         8:00 pm NASA Today and subsequent programming repeats.
        12:00 am NASA Today and subsequent programming repeats.
        
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
6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical.