From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 11/06/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:43:26 GMT

                         SPACE SHUTTLE WEEKLY STATUS SUMMARY
                              Friday, November 6, 1992


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


          Vehicle: OV-103/Space Shuttle Discovery
          Current Location: Vehicle Assembly Building, High Bay 3
          Mission: STS-53 DoD   Inclination: 57 degrees
          Launch timeframe: Dec. wk 1   Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Mission duration: 7 days 5 hours 54 minutes  Crew Size: 5


          STS-53 IN WORK TODAY:

          - Shuttle Interface Test (electrical portion)


          STS-53 WORK COMPLETED:

          - mating Discovery to external tank/solid rocket booster stack


          STS-53 WORK SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK:

          - rollout to Pad 39-A on Sunday at 8 a.m.
          - anticipated hard down at Pad 39-A at 2:45 p.m. Sunday
          - auxiliary power unit hot fire early Monday morning
          - begin Inertial Measurement Unit calibration on Monday
          - main engine Flight Readiness Test on Tuesday
          - helium signature leak test on Wednesday
          - TCDT on Thursday and Friday


          Vehicle: OV-105/Orbiter Endeavour
          Location: OPF Bay 1
          Primary Payload: TDRS-F/IUS-13 + Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer (DXS)
          Mission: STS-54                    Inclination: 28.45 degrees
          Launch Timeframe: January Wk 2     Nominal Landing Site: KSC     
          Mission Duration: 6 days           Crew Size: 5


          STS-54 IN WORK:

          - drag chute door installation
          - bulb seal repair
          - midbody closeouts
          - heat shield installation
          - torque readjustment of vertical stablilizer bolts
          - auxiliary power unit leak and functional checks
          - tile water proofing


          STS-54 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) on Saturday
          - ammonia boiler servicing on Sunday
          - waste containment system checkout and functional test
          - payload airborne support equipment Interface Verification Test
          - changeout of reaction control system (L3A) thruster bellows
          - begin payload bay cleaning
          - move TDRS/IUS payload to Pad 39-B on Monday
          - install DXS payload in payload bay on Tuesday


          STS-54 WORK COMPLETED:

          - installation of TDRS/IUS into payload canister in VPF
          - changeout two reaction control system thrusters (L3A and L5D)
          - OMS/RCS flight control system checkout
          - OMS pod redundancy checks
          - auxiliary power unit water servicing
          - auxiliary power unit leak and functional checks
          - potable water servicing
          - waste containment system installation
          - star tracker door functional test


          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:

          - post flight orbiter inspections
          - main engine inspections
          - window inspections and polishing
          - clean and inspect star tracker
          - removal of USMP payload from payload bay
          - Ku Band antenna testing
          - Spacelab D-2 Mission Sequence Test in the O&C building
          - auxiliary power unit lube oil deservicing



          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - hypergolic deservicing
          - forward reaction control system removal
          - remove main engine heat shields
          - remove waste containment system
          - remove wheels and tires


          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - orbiter initial post flight safing
          - orbiter jack and level
          - establish orbiter access
          - attach payload bay door strongback
          - open payload bay doors
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