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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: TOPEX Data Show Role of Eddies in Ocean Circulation
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Keywords:  TOPEX, JPL, CNES
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:05:27 GMT

From the "JPL Universe"
December 18, 1992

TOPEX data show role of eddies in ocean circulation
By Mary Hardin

     Preliminary results from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite's
radar altimeter have enabled scientists to create a global image
of the world's oceans that shows how swirls of ocean currents,
called eddies, change over distances of tens to hundreds of
kilometers during time periods that range from weeks to months.
     "Eddies play an important role in ocean circulation because
they transport an enormous amount of heat, salt, nutrients and
other chemicals in the ocean," said JPL Project Scientist Dr.
Lee-Lueng Fu. It is this process of ocean circulation that helps
to shape the global climate, he continued.
     "The data were collected during a 10 day period from Oct. 3
to 12, 1992 and were processed using preliminary algorithms that
have not yet been adjusted based on post-launch calibrations," Fu
said.
     The altimeter measures the height of the sea surface along
the satellite's ground track which covers the entire global ocean
every 10 days.  After subtracting a model of the mean sea surface
height from the satellite measurements, JPL's Oceanography Group
produced the image showing sea surface height due to changes in
ocean current.
     "This is a snapshot that doesn't coincide with the multi-
year average of past ocean observations," Fu said, "It shows that
the ocean changes constantly."
     Areas of sea surface height greater than 25 cm occur mainly
in regions of the following strong currents: The Gulf Stream off
the east coast of the United States, the Kuroshio current off the
east coast of Japan, the East Australian Current, the Agulhas
Current south of South Africa, the Somali Current off Somalia,
and the convergence of the Brazil Current and the Falkland
Current off the central east coast of South America. A chain of
secondary highs can be seen north of Antarctica.
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From: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su (Voevodin S.A.)
Subject: VSA033: The Current Russian Space Plans for 1993
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Organization: AO ORBI (MS-DOS)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:51:15 GMT
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*  VSA033       11.12.1992       (c) Sergey  A. Voevodin  *
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News No 15

           The Current Russian Space Plans for 1993
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


On January 12 Soyuz TM-16 with androgynous docking unit will be
launched. Crews for the mission are:

    Monakov             Tsibliyev           Volkov?
    Polishchuk          Usachyov            Budarin

On January 30 Soloviyov and Avdeyev will be grounded in Soyuz TM-15
landing capsule.

On July 1 the 4th Russian - Franch crew will start for Mir complex:

    Tsibliyev           Volkov?             Afonasiyev?
    Kalery?             Budarin             Usachyov
    Haignere            Deshays

                        Four experienced cosmonauts: Artsebarsky, Berezovoy,
                        Balandin and Laveikin were disqualified recently. If
                        they will be reabilitated than crews change:

                        Tsibliyev     Berezovoy      Artsebarsky
                        Balandin      Budarin        Usachyov

Some days later ( on 8 july (?)) new international Russian - German
crew will be launched:

    Afanasiyev          Viktorenko?         Volkov?
    Usachyov            Kondakova           Budarin
    Ewald               Flade


                        Artsebarsky   Malenchenko    Berezovoy
                        Usachyov      Kalery         Budarin
                        Ewald         Flade


It will be the first time when three Soyuz TM spaceships are docked
with Mir station.

On July 14 (?) Manakov/Polishchuk will be landed on soyuz TM-16.

On July 21 Afanasiyev/Haignere/Ewald will be grounded in Soyuz TM-17
landing capsule.

Tsibliyev, Kalery and Usachyov  will work on Mir complex board until
January 1994.


In November 1993 Krikalyov ( bu  Titov ) will fly on STS-60 board,
but it are not Russian but US plans.
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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: NASA Daily News for 12/18/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:42:08 GMT

Daily                 News
Friday, December 18, 1992
Two Independence Square, Washington, D.C.
Audio service: 202/358-3014

This is a NASA Select program schedule update for the holidays.

  
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, December 18, 1992
     12:15 pm  Replay of STS-52 post mission report from crewmembers 
               Lacy Veach and Mike Baker.
Live  2:00 pm  Total Quality Management seminar from NASA Headquarters.
Live  5:00 pm  Robotics Testing from Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Tuesday, December 22, 1992
Live  1:00 pm  Galileo Earth-Moon second encounter post-encounter 
               briefing from Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Monday, January 4, 1993
      2:00 pm  Replay of Virginia Space Grant Consotrium program on role 
               models for high school and middle school students.

Throughout the holidays, NASA Select's regular daily programming
beginning at 12:00 noon will continue.  These programs are educational,
informative and reflective of the agency's history.  Every day at 4:00
and 8:00 pm and 12:00 midnight the broadcast schedule of the day
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,  202/358-3014 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.
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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 12/16/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:23:12 GMT

                             SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                             Kennedy Space Center, Florida

                             December 16, 1992


          George H. Diller
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour   Mission Number: STS-54
          Location: Launch Pad 39-B
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS)
          Launch Timeframe: NET January 13   Mission Duration: 6 Days
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees   Crew Size: 5
          Nominal Landing Site: KSC


          IN WORK TODAY:

          - Flight Readiness Test of main engines and flight controls
          - IUS Flight Readiness Checks
          - calibration of inertial measurement units
          - crew cabin and aft compartment cleaning
          - SRB parachute camera installation
          - avionics bay closeouts
          - calibration of inertial measurement units

          SCHEDULED:

          - TACAN testing on Thursday
          - KSC Launch Readiness Review on Thursday
          - aft main engine compartment confidence test on Friday
          - install IUS flight batteries on Friday
          - Flight Readiness Review (FRR) on Dec. 22


          WORK COMPLETED:

          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)
          - TDRS/IUS countdown simulation
          - astronaut Pad B emergency egress training
          - astronaut inspection of TDRS/IUS in payload bay
          - delivery of liquid hydrogen to Pad B storage spheres
          - orbiter/external tank cavity purge leak check
          - preparation of orbiter hydraulics for Flight Readiness Test
          - solid rocket booster flight battery installation


          SPECIAL TOPICS:

          Discovery Ferry Flight:  Discovery atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier
          Aircraft landed at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas
          last night at 8:14 p.m. EST.  Departure is planned for tomorrow
          with a likely overnight stop in Mississippi and arrival at KSC on
          Friday.  Weather conditions are unacceptable in East Texas and
          Louisiana for continuing the ferry flight today.

          STS-55 Solid Rocket Booster stacking activity:  In the Vehicle
          Assembly Building, the left forward center segment is being
          restacked today.  The right forward center segment showed a
          slightly higher than acceptable leak rate during high pressure
          testing yesterday.  Troubleshooting is in work and also to
          determine if there are any similarities to that of the left
          forward center segment leak check problem.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Laser Milestone Achieved
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Galileo, JPL
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:07:46 GMT

Dwayne C. Brown
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                             December 15, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-0547

James H. Wilson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone:  818/354-5011)

RELEASE:  92-225

NASA LASER SPACE COMMUNICATIONS MILESTONE ACHIEVED

     A major milestone in space communications was achieved recently when 
NASA scientists successfully transmitted laser signals to the Galileo 
spacecraft at a distance of 1.3 million miles (2.2 million kilometers). 

	"This experiment is part of a program to show that future deep space 
missions can use laser beams to send back to Earth larger volumes of space-
acquired data than is currently possible using radio signals", said Dr. James 
Lesh, Principal Investigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 
Calif.

	Laser beams were simultaneously transmitted to Galileo from a 24-
inch (61-centimeter-diameter) telescope at Table Mountain Observatory 
near Wrightwood, Calif., and a 60-inch (1.5-meter) telescope at the U.S. Air 
Force Phillips Laboratory's Starfire Optical Range near Albuquerque, N.M.  
The laser beams from both sites were detected by Galileo's onboard camera. 

	Called the Galileo Optical Experiment (GOPEX), the experiment began 
on Dec. 9 as Galileo flew by Earth on its way to Jupiter.  The experiment will 
continue through Dec. 16 when the distance of Galileo will be 3.7 million 
miles (6 million kilometers).

	The experiment is operated by the JPL Telecommunications and Data 
Acquisition Technology Development Office, with overall management 
responsibility by NASA's Office of Space Communications, Advanced Systems 
Program, Washington, D.C.
-end-
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    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
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/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Payload Status for 12/16/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:20:57 GMT

          December 16, 1992


                                KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
                  STS-54 PRIMARY PAYLOAD STATUS AND ACTIVITY REPORT
              TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE-F/INERTIAL UPPER STAGE
                                     (TDRS/IUS)


          Contact: Bruce Buckingham
                   407-867-2468
                   (fax) 867-2692



          Scheduled activities:

          IUS battery installation --------------- 12/18-22
          Close payload bay doors for holidays --- 12/22
          Open payload bay doors after holidays -- 1/4
          TDRS battery charging ------------------ 1/4-7
          IUS simulated countdown ---------------- 1/5
          Close payload bay doors for flight ----- 1/9


          Completed activities:

          IUS arrival at Vertical Processing Facility ------------- 9/21
          IUS test cell installation ------------------------------ 9/22
          TDRS arrival at Vertical Processing Facility ------------ 9/24
          TDRS removal from shipping container -------------------- 9/28
          TDRS/IUS mate ------------------------------------------- 10/5
          IUS checkout station testing complete ------------------- 10/7
          TDRS state of health checks complete -------------------- 10/8
          White Sands compatibility test complete ----------------- 10/9
          TDRS/IUS electrical mates ------------------------------- 10/12
          Interface verification test complete -------------------- 10/14
          End-to-end communications test -------------------------- 10/15
          IUS Ordnance Connections -------------------------------- 10/28
          TDRS/IUS installation into payload canister ------------- 11/5
          TDRS/IUS to Pad 39-B/install in Payload Changeout Room -- 11/10
          TDRS aliveness test (state of health check) ------------- 11/12
          TDRS fueling -------------------------------------------- 11/19
          Install TDRS/IUS into Endeavour's payload bay ----------- 12/4
          Interface verification test ----------------------------- 12/8
          Final end-to-end test ----------------------------------- 12/14
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 12/18/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 06:33:25 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                        MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                             December 18, 1992
                               1:30 PM PST
                             Launch +84 Days

An unscheduled outage at DSS-15 (Goldstone 34 meter antenna) necessitated
"real time" replanning for the upload of Flight Sequence C5 last evening.
Flight Operations Office Mission Control Team members were able to secure
coverage through DSS-45 (Canberra 34 meter antenna) and successfully
completed C5 and "No Op" loads.

C4 execution completes tomorrow, December 19; C5 execution begins on
completion of C4.  C5 is the outer cruise transition sequence which is
marked by the spacecraft attitude being changed from an off sun
orientation to direct pointing at Earth.  The planned C5 execution
completion date is January 4, 1993.

Today the spacecraft is 29,630,134 km (18,411,311 miles) from Earth,
traveling at a velocity of 7.5405 kilometers per second (16,868 miles per
hour) with respect to Earth.  One way light time is approximately 99
seconds.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Choose a job you love, and
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | a day in you life. 

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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 12/17/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:16:19 GMT

                             SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                             Kennedy Space Center, Florida

                             Thursday, December 17, 1992


          George H. Diller
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-105/Endeavour   Mission Number: STS-54
          Location: Launch Pad 39-B
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS)
          Launch Timeframe: NET January 13   Mission Duration: 6 Days
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees   Crew Size: 5
          Nominal Landing Site: KSC


          IN WORK TODAY:

          - IUS Flight Readiness Checks
          - calibration of inertial measurement units
          - crew cabin and aft compartment cleaning
          - avionics bay closeouts
          - TACAN testing
          - KSC Launch Readiness Review

          SCHEDULED:

          - aft main engine compartment confidence test on Friday
          - begin aft main engine compartment closeouts on Friday
          - install IUS flight batteries on Friday
          - Flight Readiness Review (FRR) on Dec. 22

          WORK COMPLETED:

          - Flight Readiness Test of main engines and flight controls
          - SRB parachute camera installation
          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)
          - TDRS/IUS countdown simulation


          SPECIAL TOPICS:

          Discovery Ferry Flight:  Discovery atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier
          Aircraft is scheduled to depart Kelly Air Force Base in San
          Antonio, Texas at approximately 1 p.m. EST bound for Columbus Air
          Force Base in Mississippi.  There will be an overnight stop as
          weather conditions are poor in the Florida panhandle for
          continuing the ferry flight to KSC today.

          STS-55 Solid Rocket Booster activity:  In the Vehicle Assembly
          Building, the left booster has passed initial leak checks, with
          the second set of tests underway today.  Troubleshooting
          continues on the right booster and a decision is expected later
          today on whether it will be necessary to destack the right
          forward segment.  The reason for the leakage problems is unclear.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan Update - 12/11/92
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Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:05:29 GMT

Forwarded from Doug Griffith, Magellan Project Manager

                          MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                            December 11, 1992

1.	Magellan continues to operate normally, transmitting a carrier plus
40 bps X-band signal which is precisely tracked by the DSN (Deep Space Network
stations to provide gravity data.

2.	The present command sequence is designed to automatically shift the
telemetry to the 1200 bps rate if the tracking pass is over a 70 m
station, based on the DSN station allocation schedule as of the time
the reference file was prepared.  In the event the station assignment
is changed, some telemetry may be lost because the 34 m stations
cannot successfully receive the 1200 bps rate due to the Transmitter B
noise spur.

3.	Spacecraft temperatures remain in the expected range.  Bay 7, which
contains the CDS (Command Data Subsystem), is at 51 degrees C with a cycle
depth of 65 degrees.

4.	The spacecraft has completed 6294 orbits of Venus; 658 so far in
Cycle 4, which will end on May 25, 1993.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | The 3 things that children 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | find the most fascinating:
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | space, dinosaurs and ghosts.

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update #2 - 12/11/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:11:26 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                     MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                          December 11, 1992
                            1:00 PM PST
                          Launch +77 Days

The Spacecraft and Instrument Teams report that all Mars Observer
subsystems and instruments continue to perform well.  Flight sequence C4
remains active through December 18.  The Mars Observer Camera bakeout is
continuing through December 28.

The first set of commands to perform Geotail measurement activities was
sent  December 9.  The Electron Reflectometer, Payload Data System, and
Digital Tape Recorder 1 were powered on.  The Magnetometer and Gamma
Ray Spectrometer had previously been powered on but quiescent.

Commands were sent today to power off DTR 1 and power on DTR3, which
will continue recording though the end of Geotail measurements.
Commanding will be performed to power off the Electron Reflectometer
and Payload Data Systems on December 14.

The Preliminary Design Review of the "Power-In" maneuver working
group's recommendation was held today at JPL.  Project Management,
Science, and Flight Team representatives participated.

Today the spacecraft is 25,462,777 km (15,821,836 miles) from Earth,
traveling at a velocity of 6.5314 kilometers per second (14,610 miles per
hour) with respect to Earth.  One way light time is approximately 85
seconds.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | The 3 things that children 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | find the most fascinating:
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | space, dinosaurs and ghosts.

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