From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Shuttle Status for 08/14/92 (Forwarded)
Date: 14 Aug 92 22:02:18 GMT
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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             KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - FRIDAY, AUG. 14, 1992  11:30 AM

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

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - A final cycle of the payload bay doors.
          - Installing a seal for the airlock hatch.
          - Structural leak checks of the wings.
          - Close outs of the vehicle.
          - Preparations to install the doors on the aft compartment.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Weight and center of gravity determinations planned on Sunday.
          - Rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building targeted for Aug.  17
          for  mate to the external tank and boosters pending resolution of
          the crane in the VAB.

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

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Tests of the brakes.
          - Functional  tests of the orbital maneuvering system pod.
          - Leak and functional tests of the main propulsion system  liquid
          oxygen system.
          - Reconfiguring the aft flight deck.
          - Tile operations.

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

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Structural modifications inside  the wings.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          -  Discovery  will be transferred to OPF bay 3 after Endeavour is
          rolled to the VAB next week.

                 MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Post-flight inspections.
          - Removing the tires.
          - Tests of the hydraulic system.
          - Preparations to remove the forward reaction control system.
          - Post-flight inspections of the main engines.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Offloaded residual hypergolic propellant.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          -  Removed  the  Tethered  Satellite,  EURECA  and  EOIM  payload
          hardware.


                       STS-52 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB HB 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Transfer of the left forward segment to the Rotation Processing
          and Surge Facility for temporary storage.
          - Troubleshooting of the overhead crane.
          -  Investigations  are underway to determine the problem with the
          crane and recommend solutions.
          - Mating of the left forward segment is on hold  pending  resolu-
          tion of the crane issue.

          CONCERNS:
          -  While  evaluations  are  continuing  on the 250-ton high bay 1
          crane incident,  use of the other 250-ton and the 175-ton  cranes
          has been put on hold.
               Evaluation is continuing of the 250-ton overhead crane which
          was  lowering  the  left  forward segment to be mated to the left
          booster early Tuesday morning.  As the segment was being lowered,
          the motor on the crane went into a higher speed, causing a faster
          movement of the booster. Crane operators stopped the movement mo-
          ments  after  it  began.  There was no damage to flight hardware;
          however, the crane is being examined prior to using it again.
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