From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 12/24/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 21:19:55 GMT

                         SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
                             Thursday, December 24, 1992

          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-105/Orbiter Endeavour   Mission Number: STS-54
          Location: Launch Pad 39-B
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer (DXS)
          Launch Date: January 13  8:52 a.m. EST
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees  Crew Size: 5 astronauts
          Mission Duration: 5 days 23 hours 33 minutes
          Nominal Landing: KSC Jan. 19  8:24 a.m. EST     


          STS-54 IN WORK:

          - No work scheduled until 12:01 a.m. January 4, 1993

          STS-54 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - resume aft main engine compartment closeouts
          - load mass memory units
          - install EVA spacesuits
          - install flight crew equipment in crew module
          - ordnance connections and stray voltage checks
          - hypergolic tank pressurization
          - external tank purges
          - IUS countdown test/guidance system calibration and alignment
          - TDRS battery charging
          - DXS interim servicing


          STS-54 WORK COMPLETED:

          - close and secure crew cabin access hatch for the holidays
          - close payload bay doors for the holidays
          - install aft compartment flight doors for the holidays
          - power off Space Shuttle vehicle for the holidays


          Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia
          Current location: OPF Bay 2
          Mission: STS-55/Spacelab-D2         Inclination: 28.45 degrees
          Launch timeframe: February, wk 4    Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours   Crew size: 7

          STS-55 IN WORK:

          - no work scheduled until January 4, 1993


          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - resume standard tile repair
          - resume payload bay cleaning
          - resume freon coolant loop functional tests
          - install Spacelab tunnel
          - install Spacelab D-2 laboratory module

          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - forward reaction control system installation/connects/checkout
          - OMS pod leak and functional checks
          - hydraulic system servicing/leak and functional checks
          - drage chute intsllation
          - GAS beams installed
          - Spacelab tunnel adapter installation
          - main landing gear functional test
          - freon closed-loop coolant system leak checks
          - main engine mechanical and electrical connections
          - freon coolant loop rework

          SPECIAL TOPICS: STS-55 VAB High Bay 3 -  During high pressure
          checks of the left booster, leakage was seen at the left forward
          center joint.  The booster segement was destacked and a hair 1
          1/10 inches long was found across the secondary O-ring seal.  The
          booster segment will be restacked and retested after the holidays
          with no schedule impact to launch.


          Vehicle: OV-103/Discovery   Mission Number: STS-56
          Location: OPF Bay 3
          Payloads: ATLAS-2/ODERACS/SSBUV/SPARTAN/SUVE
          Launch timeframe: March, wk 3   Crew Size: 5
          Mission Duration: 8 days   Inclination: 57 degrees
          Nominal Landing Site: KSC


          STS-56 IN WORK:

          - No work scheduled until January 4, 1993


          STS-56 WORK COMPLETED:

          - orbiter safed/hypergolic residual deservicing complete
          - removal of forward reaction control system
          - removal of ferry flight tail cone
          - removal of USAF airborne support equipment
          - open payload bay doors
          - orbiter/ODERACS interface troubleshooting
          - ODERACS removal


          STS-56 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - begin orbiter turnaround activities
          - reconfigure payload bay for ATLAS-2
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