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Original STS-4 press kit cover artwork 
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

SPACE SHUTTLE 

MISSION 

STS-4 

PRESS KIT 

JUNE 1982 

FOURTH SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST (OFT-4) 
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STS-4 INSIGNIA 

S82-29695 – The STS-4 insignia shows the Columbia trailing our nation's colors in the shape of Columbia's flight 

number, 4, representing the fourth and final flight of the highly successful flight test phase. Columbia then streaks 

on into the future, entering the exciting operation phase. 

The NASA insignia design for space shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as 

the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by 

the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which we do not anticipate, it will be 

publicly announced. 

PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
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RELEASE NO. 82-94 June 1982 

CONTENTS 

GENERAL RELEASE 6 

 

SCHEDULED PRESS BRIEFINGS 9 

NASA SELECT TELEVISION SCHEDULE FOR STS-4 10 

STS-4 OBJECTIVES: PROVING OPERATIONAL READINESS 12 

LAUNCH PREPARATIONS. COUNTDOWN AND LIFTOFF 14 

MAJOR COUNTDOWN MILESTONES 17 

LAUNCH WINDOW 18 

STS-4 FLIGHT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS 18 

GUIDE TO USING THE FLIGHT PLAN 19 

LANDING AND POSTLANDING OPERATIONS 33 

IF THINGS GO WRONG 40 

STS-4: COLUMBIA'S FINAL SHAKEDOWN FLIGHT 41 

STS-4 EXPERIMENTS 42 

GETAWAY SPECIAL 53 

SHUTTLE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT PROJECT 58 

ORBITER EXPERIMENTS PROGRAM 59 

ORBITER'S ROBOT "ARM" 64 

HUNTSVILLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER 65 

SPACEFLIGHT TRACKING AND DATA NETWORK (STDN) 66 

NASA TRACKING STATIONS 67 

STS-4 FREQUENCIES 67 

SHUTTLE STANDARD OFT MENU 69 

CREW BIOGRAPHIES 70 

SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 74 

ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS 76 
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STS-4 MISSION SUMMARY 

The flight crew for STS-4 is Commander Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, 46, and Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. 48. 

Columbia will be launched into a circular orbit above the Earth with an inclination to the equator of 28.5 degrees. 

Two burns of the orbital maneuvering engines will place Columbia in a 241 kilometer (130 nautical mile) circular 

orbit. A third and fourth burn of the Orbital Maneuvering System engines on the fourth revolution will place 

Columbia in a circular orbit 296 km (160 nm) above the Earth. 

The launch window for STS-4 will be for 4 hours and 24 minutes. The window will open at 11 a.m. EDT and 

extend until 3:24 p.m. for a nominal late June launch. The end of the window is restricted to a trans-Atlantic abort 

into Dakar, Senegal no later than l5 minutes after sunset. 

Columbia will operate in several different attitudes during the 168-hour flight -- "barbecue" fashion, or passive 

thermal control; top to the Sun; tail to Sun; and belly to Sun. To stabilize its systems prior to reentry, Columbia will 

fly the final 10 hours of the mission in the passive thermal control attitude. 

An experiment that marks the first use of the Space Shuttle by a commercial concern tops the list of nongovernment payloads scheduled to be carried into space on the fourth Shuttle flight. 

The Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) experiment which will separate biological materials in a fluid 

according to their surface electrical charge, will make its maiden flight on STS-4. The experiment is part of a 

NASA/McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. "joint endeavor agreement" to conduct research in space. 
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RELEASE NO. 82-94 June 1982 

Jim Kukowski 

Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 

(Phone: 202/755-3090) 

Dick Young 

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 

(Phone: 305/867-2468) 

Terry White 

Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 

(Phone: 713/483-5111) 

John Taylor 

Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 

(Phone: 205/453-0034 ) 

COLUMBIA UNDERGOES FINAL SHAKEDOWN 

DURING SEVEN-DAY STS-4 MISSION 

The fourth and final development flight of the Space Shuttle is scheduled for launch June 27, 1982, from Complex 

39's Pad A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

Columbia's fourth mission is scheduled for seven days and will complete the shakedown of the Shuttle orbiter and 

booster systems. The nation's Space Transportation System becomes operational with flight five, now scheduled for 

November. 

Among top priorities listed for STS-4 are the continued studies of the effects of long-term thermal extremes on the 

orbiter subsystems and a survey of orbiter induced contamination on the Payload bay. 

The flight crew for STS-4 is Commander Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, 46, and Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., 48. 

Columbia will be launched into a circular orbit above the Earth with an inclination to the equator of 28.5 degrees. 

Two burns of the orbital maneuvering engines will place Columbia in (130 nautical mile) circular orbit. A third and 

a 241 kilometer fourth burn of the Orbital Maneuvering System engines on the fourth revolution will place 

Columbia in a circular orbit 296 km (160 nm) above the Earth. 

The launch window for STS-4 will be for 4 hours and 24 minutes. The window will open at 11 a.m. EDT and 

extend until 3:24 p.m. for a nominal late June launch. The end of the window is restricted to a trans-Atlantic abort 

into Dakar, Senegal no later than 15 minutes after sunset. 

Columbia will operate in several different attitudes during the 168-hour flight -- "barbecue" fashion, or passive 

thermal control; top to the Sun; tail to Sun; and belly to Sun. To stabilize its systems prior to reentry, Columbia will 

fly the final 10 hours of the mission in the passive thermal control attitude. 

An experiment that marks the first use of the Space Shuttle by a commercial concern tops the list of nongovernment payloads scheduled to be carried into space on the fourth Shuttle flight. 

The Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) experiment which will separate biological materials in a fluid 

according to their surface electrical charge, will make its maiden flight on STS-4. The experiment is part of a 

NASA/McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. "joint endeavor agreement" to conduct research in space. 
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The electrophoresis process has a high probability of being able to separate substances that cannot be separated in 

sufficient quantities or purity on Earth into commercially attractive substances which may be useful in the diagnosis, 

treatment or prevention of human or animal diseases. 

The experiment involves separation of proteins and other natural biological matter. 

The first operational "Getaway Special" will fly on STS-4. Inside the 61-by-91-centimeter (24-by-36-inch) canister 

will be nine experiments that range from algae and duckweed growth in space to fruit fly and brine shrimp genetic 

studies. The Getaway Special was purchased by R. Gilbert Moore, a manager at the Thiokol Corp. in Ogden, Utah. 

He subsequently donated it to Utah State University where it is being used in a program for student constructed 

experiments. 

Several experiments will be making their third and fourth flights aboard the Shuttle. Among those carried on 

previous missions are the Development Flight Instrumentation Package, Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification 

Package and several orbiter experiments such as the catalytic surface effects and tile gap heating effects. 

The Induced Environmental Contamination Monitor will be making its third flight into space on STS-4. The desksized package will measure the contaminants within and around the cargo bay which may affect scientific 

experiments or other cargo on future flights. 

The mechanical remote manipulator arm will get its stiffest test to date. The robot arm will lift the 363-kilogram 

(800 pound) contamination monitor up out of the cargo bay and move it to various locations around the bay area to 

provide a more complete survey of the payload bay environment. 

A Department of Defense Payload, DOD 82-1, shares the payload bay. 

Other experiments, both making their second trip into space, include the Nighttime/Daytime Optical Survey of 

Lightning, flown aboard STS-2 but which produced limited results because of the shortened mission, and the 

Monodisperse Latex Reactor, an STS-3 passenger, will make a repeat performance aboard Columbia. 

The lightning survey experiment is designed to record motion pictures and photo cell readings of lightning and 

thunderstorms as seen from orbit. These techniques may be adaptable in the development of sensors to identify 

severe weather situations from future meteorological satellites. 

The second flight of the Monodisperse Latex Reactor is designed to test the feasibility of making large size, 

monodisperse (same size), polystyrene latex micro-spheres using the products of the STS-3 mission as seed 

particles. The latex spheres are used in calibration of scientific and industrial equipment and have potential medical 

and research applications. 

STS-3 carried the first student-developed experiment onboard, and NASA will continue its Shuttle Student 

Involvement Project on STS-4 with two more student experiments. They are: 

"The effect of prolonged space travel on levels of trivalent chromium in the body" - - proposed by Karla R. 

Hauersperger, a senior at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C. 

"The effect of exercise, diet and zero gravity on lipoprotein profiles" - - proposed by Amy M. Kusske, a graduate of 

Hill Junior High School in Long Beach, Calif. 

These two studies involve the physiological effects of space travel on the human body. Neither experiment will 

require any hardware. Instead, the astronauts will fill out data cards about their exercise on the treadmill, and their 

daily food intake. 

The mission is scheduled to last 168 hours with 112 orbits around the Earth. 
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Mattingly and Hartsfield will follow the same course in returning from orbit as did early STS crews: retrofire over 

the Indian Ocean, atmospheric entry over the western Pacific Ocean, and then a transition to aerodynamic controls 

in the atmosphere as an landing an aircraft. 

NASA officials have made the cross-wind landing tests a highly desirable flight objective on STS-4. Columbia will 

land at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Runway 17, a dry lakebed runway, or on Runway 22, a hard surface 

runway, if acceptable cross-wind conditions are not available. The 3-mile long paved runway at Kennedy Space 

Center will be the prime backup landing site. 

Columbia will be guided to its landing site by a microwave scanning beam landing system at the landing site. As the 

orbiter descends, Mattingly will put the craft through rolls and other maneuvers to test how the spacecraft handles 

under stress. The craft will remain in the automatic mode through 762 meters (2,500 feet) and will be flown to 

landing and controlled through rollout by the crew. 

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STS-4 PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

Date Time EDT 

Time 

CDT 

Time 

PDT Event Origin 

T-3 9:00 am 8:00 am 6:00 am Countdown Status KSC 

 10:30 am 9:30 am 7:30 am STS-4 Vehicle & Facilities/ 

Terminal Countdown and Mission Rules KSC 

 1:30 pm 12:30 

pm 

10:30 am NASA/DOD STS-4 Public Affairs Operations KSC 

 9:00 am 8:00 am 6:00 am Countdown Status KSC 

T-2 10:30 am 9:30 am 7:30 am STS-4 Flight Plan KSC 

 1:00 pm 12 noon 10:00 am Orbiter Experiments; Continuous Flow Electrophoresis 

System (CFES); Getaway Special (GAS); Shuttle 

Student Experiments 

KSC 

T-1 9:00 am 8:00 am 6:00 am Countdown Status KSC 

 10:30 am 9:30 am 7:30 am Prelaunch Press Conference KSC 

T-Day (Approx. 90 mins 

after launch) 

 Post Launch Press Conference KSC 

T thru 

T+7 

See TV Schedule Flight Director's Change of Shift Briefings JSC 

T+3 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 11:00 am Space Suit Briefing JSC 

T+6 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 11:00 am Landing Operations Briefing DFRF 

 4:00 pm 3:00 pm 1:00 pm Landsat-D Briefing DFRF 

T+7 (Approx 2 hours after 

landing) 

 

 Post Landing Briefing DFRF 

T+8 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 11:00 am Orbiter Status Briefing DFRF 

TBD TBD TBD Departure of Challenger DFRF 
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NASA SELECT TELEVISION SCHEDULE FOR STS-4 - REVISED- 6/02/82 

Pre-launch 

activities 

Activity EDT 

 

T minus 3 days Countdown status briefing from KSC 9:00 am 

 Terminal countdown/mission rules and vehicle status 10:30 am 

 NASA/DOD STS-4 public affairs operations from KSC 1:30 pm 

T minus 2 days Countdown status briefing from KSC 9:00 am 

 STS -4 flight plan briefing from KSC 10:30 am 

 Payloads briefing from KSC 1:00 pm 

T minus 1 day Countdown status briefing from KSC 9:00 am 

 Pre-launch press conference from KSC 10:30 am 

Launch day 

T-minus 80 minutes Satellite feed down for ten minutes for weather data. 

T-minus 30 minutes Satellite feed down for five minutes for weather data. 

Orbit Event 

MET 

(dd/hh:mm) EDT 

Launch 11:00 am 

2 TV launch video from KSC 00/:00:45 11:45 am 

2 KSC post launch press conference 00/01:30 12:30 pm 

5 Shift briefing-ascent – Tommy Holloway – flight director – JSC 0/06:30 5:30 pm 

 

Flight day 2 

10 Shift briefing-orbit (sleep), Chuck Lewis-flight director-JSC 00/14:30 1:30 pm 

18 TV01 CFES tray operations, T=8:13, HAW 01/01:24-01:32 12:24 am 

18 Shift briefing - entry, Harold Draughan-flight director – JSC 01/01:40 12:40 am 

20 Playback of TV01 CFES tray operations 01/02:20 1:20 pm 

23 Shift briefing-orbit, Chuck Lewis-flight director - JSC 01/09:30 8:30 pm 

 

Flight day 3 

28 Shift briefing-ascent, (sleep+1/2 hr.) Tommy Holloway, flight director, JSC 01/17:30 4:30 am 

33 Shift briefing-entry, Harold Draughan – flight director, JSC 02/01:00 12:00 noon 

35 Space suit briefing from JSC 02/03:00 2:00 pm 

38 Shift briefing-orbit, Chuck Lewis, flight director, JSC 02/08:30 7:30 pm 

 

Flight day 4 

44 Shift briefing-ascent (sleep -l/2 hr.), Tommy Holloway – flight director - 

JSC 

02/16:30 3:30 am 

49 Shift briefing-entry, Harold Draughan – flight director - JSC 03/00:30 11:30 am 

50 TV03 CFES sample operations, HAW 03/01:43-01:52 12:44 pm 

 GDS 03/01:54-02:00 

 T=8: 11/6:19/7:49, MIL 03/02:02-02:10 

50 Playback of TV03 CFES sample operations, T=22:21 03/02:20 1:20 pm 

52 Shift briefing-orbit, Chuck Lewis – flight director - JSC 03/01:43-01:53 6:30 pm 
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NASA SELECT TELEVISION SCHEDULE FOR STS-4 - REVISED- 6/02/82 

Orbit Event 

MET 

(dd/hh:mm) EDT 

Flight Day 5 

 

Flight day 6 

75 Shift briefing-ascent (sleep +1hr ), Tommy Holloway – flight director - JSC 04/15:30 2:30 am 

80 TV04 crew exercise, HAW, T=8:11 04/22:52-23:00 9:52 am 

80 Shift briefing-entry, Harold Draughan – flight director - JSC 04/23:05 10:05 am 

80 Playback of TV04 crew exercise 04/23:45 10:45 am 

81 Landing operations briefing from DFRF 05/03:00 2:00 pm 

 Landsat-D briefing from DFRF 4:00 pm 

85 Shift briefing-orbit, Chuck Lewis – flight director - JSC 05/07:00 6:00 pm 

 

Flight day 7 

90 Shift briefing-ascent (sleep +1/2 hr), Tommy Holloway – flight director - JSC 05/15:00 2:00 am 

94 TV05 meal preparation, MIL T=7:45 05/20:08-20:16 7:08 am 

94 Playback TV05 meal preparation 05/20:20 7:20 am 

95 Shift briefing-entry, Harold Draughan – flight director - JSC 05/22:30 9:30 am 

101 Shift briefing-orbit, Chuck Lewis – flight director - JSC 06/07:00 6:00 pm 

 

Flight day 8 

106 Shift briefing-ascent (sleep ;/2 hr.), Tommy Holloway – flight director - JSC 06/15:00 2:00 am 

115 Landing 06/23:37 

 

Post-landing activities 

 Landing plus approx. 2 hours - post landing briefing from DFRF 12:37 pm 

 Landing plus one day - orbiter status briefing from DFRF 2:00 pm 

 Tentative departure of orbiter 099 (Challenger) from DFRF TBD 

Definition of Terms 

MET: Mission Elapsed Time. The time which begins at the moment of launch. Read the clock by Days/Hours:Minutes. 

EDT: Eastern Daylight Time. 

ORBIT: The number of revolutions made by the spacecraft over a specific point on the Earth. T=: Total time. In this case it 

will time of the television pass. 

Tracking Stations

GDS: Goldstone, Calif. 

HAW: Hawaii 

MIL: Merritt Island Launch Area, Fla. 

Experiments

CFES: Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System 
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STS-4 OBJECTIVES: PROVING OPERATIONAL READINESS 

Each successive flight in the series of four orbital test flights with orbiter Columbia is aimed at further verifying the 

Shuttle system's capability to do the job for which it was designed -- haul heavy payloads into and out of Earth orbit 

with a reusable vehicle. STS-4 will be the fourth of the planned four test flights in which flight worthiness of the 

Space Transportation System is demonstrated in a building-block scheme. Prime among the flight worthiness 

objectives is the operational compatibility of orbiter and its main tank and booster, and ground support facilities. 

Among the varied tests of orbiter systems will be the orbiter’s thermal response tests of passive thermal control for 

20 hours (orbiter long axis perpendicular to the Sun line); 80 hours tail to Sun; 40 hours bottom to Sun and 10 hours 

payload bay toward Earth. 

In addition to Developmental Flight Instrumentation in the payload bay, STS-4 will carry the first operational 

Getaway Special canister containing nine experiments from Utah State University; and Department of Defense 

payload DOD 82-1. The continuous flow electrophoresis experiment, student experiments and other STS-4 

investigations are described in the experiments section of this press kit. 

Testing Columbia's Canadian-built robot arm, or payload deployment and retrieval system, will continue on STS-4. 

The arm will lift the Induced Environment Contamination Monitor from the payload bay rack two separate times for 

measuring space environment around the orbiter and as an exercise in payload handling before nesting the sensor 

back in its holddown each time. 

During launch and entry, orbiter aerodynamic performance will be further measured to add to the knowledge gained 

in the first three orbital tests flights. Each successive flight profile was designed to push the orbiter closer to its 

operational limits. 

During entry, a series of aerodynamic response tests will be run in various speed regimes from hypersonic down 

through subsonic to evaluate orbiter stability and control system effectiveness. 

Aerodynamic stick inputs and programmed test inputs will activate the reaction control system jets and cycle the 

aerosurface controls in combination and singly to induce attitude oscillations. 

Similar tests were run at subsonic speeds during the 1977 approach and landing test flights with orbiter Enterprise 

and on the previous three orbiter test flights. 

Shuttle spacesuits, or extravehicular mobility units, are stowed in the airlock for a contingency spacewalk to close 

balky payload bay doors. Should such a spacewalk become necessary, Columbia's cabin pressure would be lowered 

from 14.5 pounds per square inch (21/79 percent oxygen/nitrogen mix) to 9 psi (38/7) percent oxygen/nitrogen). 

Lowering cabin pressure to 9 psi eliminates the need to prebreathe oxygen on an umbilical Or on a portable oxygen 

system to "wash" suspended nitrogen from blood before going out to haul the doors shut. 
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LAUNCH PREPARATIONS, COUNTDOWN AND LIFTOFF 

Assembly of the STS-4 vehicle began March 29 with the placement of the two solid rocket booster aft assemblies 

on the deck of the Mobile Launcher Platform in the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at Kennedy Space 

Center. The left hand id rocket booster was topped off with its forward assembly on April 7. 

Stacking of the right hand booster was completed the following day. As on all three previous flights, the vehicle was 

stacked on the deck of the No. 1 Mobile Launcher Platform. 

Columbia arrived at Kennedy on April 6 aboard the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Technicians worked 

overnight taking the orbiter off the top of the jumbo jet, and towed it into the Orbiter Processing Facility on April 7. 

Before the orbiter was modified for its next mission, engineers concentrated on fixing problems that were 

encountered during the most recent flight. During the five days of postflight troubleshooting done in the Orbiter 

Processing Facility, the faulty S-Band communications transponder was removed and shipped back to the vendor, 

and the orbiter's toilet was taken out and sent back to its manufacturer. 

Residual hypergolic propellants were drained out of the orbiter's orbital maneuvering and reaction control system 

modules and the payload carried on Columbia's third flight -- OSS-1 -was taken out of the cargo bay April 13 and 

returned to the Operations and Checkout Building for removal of the experiments. 

While work was progressing on the orbiter, stacking and preflight checkout of the other Shuttle elements was 

underway and on schedule. On April 16, the external tank was moved out of its checkout cell and mated to the twin 

booster rockets already assembled on the Mobile Launcher Platform. The tank, which had arrived Jan. 22 by oceangoing barge, underwent its preflight checkout and systems testing in High Bay 4. 

Several components on the Columbia were changed out in preparation for its fourth flight. A new No. 3 inertial 

measurement unit was installed, and all the tires on both the main and nose landing gears were replaced. 

One significant modification to Columbia for STS-4 and subsequent flights was the installation of a payload bay 

liner to reduce contamination to cargo bay experiments. 

High pressure fuel pumps on all three main engines were removed and inspected. As a result, the fuel pump on the 

No. 2 engine was sent to the vendor for replacement of some components, and the pump was successfully tested at 

the NASA National Space Technology Laboratories, Bay St. Louis, Miss., during a 300 second single engine firing. 

The fuel pump on the No. 1 engine was also replaced due to a cracked turbine blade. 

The modification period for STS-4 did not call for a scheduled "power down" period. However, it was necessary to 

power down Columbia for a week, starting April 24. while a heat interchanger was removed and replaced. 

Also undertaken during the power down period was the removal and replacement of 12 attitude control jets. A 

postflight inspection of the thrusters found varying amounts of gypsum sand in the powerful small rocket engines, a 

result of Columbia's landing at the Northrup Strip in White Sands, N.M. The forward reaction control system was 

taken out of the spaceship April 24 and moved to the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility where six thrusters were 

pulled and replaced with new ones. 

Six other thrusters were pulled out of the twin aft maneuvering pods (three right and three left thrusters) and also 

replaced with new ones. 

The Induced Environmental Contamination Monitor was removed and shipped back to NASA's Marshall Space Flight 

Center, Huntsville, Ala., for analysis. It was returned to Kennedy and installed back in the cargo bay on May 5 
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Two other STS-4 experiments were also installed while Columbia was in the processing hangar. The first "Getaway 

Special" to fly aboard Columbia was installed May 11. That same day, installation started on the Continuous Flow 

Electrophoresis System experiment. 

Astronauts Mattingly and Hartsfield participated in a Crew Equipment Interface Test on May 9 to familiarize 

themselves with the location and use of experiments and equipment carried onboard the STS-4 mission. 

Just days before Columbia's scheduled move to the Vehicle Assembly Building, a faulty actuator was discovered 

during functional checks of the Shuttle main engines. The orbiter actuator was replaced and successfully retested. 

Another last-minute task was the replacement of a check valve in a gaseous oxygen line in the orbiter's main 

propulsion system feed system. 

The payload bay doors were closed for Columbia's move to the Vehicle Assembly Building on May 17 and leak and 

functional checks of the three Shuttle main engines and checks of the hydraulically-controlled flight control system 

were completed. Finally, the orbiter was closed out for the move and weighed before moving out of the Orbiter 

Processing Facility on May 19. 

Workers recorded their shortest turnaround time to date in the Orbiter Processing Facility, preparing the reusable 

spaceship for the STS-4 mission in 40 working days. Columbia spent 53 working days in the facility for the STS-3 

mission and 99 days for Columbia's second flight. 

On May 20, the Columbia was mechanically mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters, completing 

assembly of the STS-4 vehicle. 

A Shuttle Interface Test was conducted from May 21-25 to verify the mechanical, fluid and electrical connections 

between the orbiter, external tank and booster rockets and to verify the function of onboard systems. 

Unlike previous flows, the mission simulations normally done at the end of the Shuttle Interface Test were not 

performed, reducing the amount of testing in the VAB. 

The STS-4 vehicle was moved to Pad A of Complex 39 on May 26 to undergo final checkout and propellant 

servicing for launch. 

Pad to vehicle connections were verified, followed by a Dry Countdown Demonstration Test with the STS-4 prime 

crew members on May 29. The test simulates as closely as possible the final hours of an actual Shuttle launch 

countdown, except that the external tank is not filled with cryogenic propellants. 

A wet cryogenic tanking test was conducted on June 2 to verify the automatic propellant loading system and ability 

of Shuttle systems to perform under cryogenic conditions. The test also verifies the integrity of the external tank 

outer insulation. The flight crew did not participate in this test. 

The preflight servicing of Columbia with hypergolic propellants was scheduled from June 8-12. During this time, 

the monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants are loaded into the orbiter's forward and aft 

maneuvering and reaction control system tanks. 

Countdown preparations were to begin June 14, leading to a pick up of the 87-hour Shuttle Launch Countdown on 

June 23. 

The launch countdown for STS-4 will be conducted from Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control Center by a 

government/industry team of about 200 persons. 

The STS-4 launch countdown will follow a similar schedule to earlier countdowns. The STS-4 countdown is longer, 

because of a requirement to open the payload bay doors during the count, and the duration and distribution of hold 

times have changed. 
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Precount activities should include activation of the fuel cell system, pressurization of the orbital maneuvering and 

reaction control systems, a review of flight software stored in the bulk memory units, loading of power reactant 

storage and distribution cryogenic oxygen and hydrogen tanks, installation of the mid-deck experiments and 

retraction of the rotating service structure. 

The terminal portion of the countdown starts at T-6 hours with loading of cryogenic propellants into the external 

tank. A one-hour hold at T-3 hours will allow time for an inspection of the external tank insulation, and boarding of 

Columbia by the crew should occur at T-1 hour and 50 minutes. 

At T-9 minutes, the automatic ground launch sequencer takes over command of the countdown, issuing critical 

commands down to main engine start at T-6.8 seconds and maintaining a cutoff capability to liftoff. 
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MAJOR COUNTDOWN MILESTONES 

Count Time Event 

T-87 hours Call to stations. 

T-77 hours Pressurize orbital maneuvering and reaction control system tanks. 

T-70 hours Fuel cell cold start and cathode activation test. 

T-68 hours Mass memory unit patch and compare. 

T-56 hours Position solid rocket booster deflectors. 

T-48 hours Power reactant storage and distribution LO2 load and pressurize. 

T-46 hours Power reactant storage and distribution LH2 load and pressurize. 

T-42 hours Open payload bay doors. 

T-40 hours Eight hour built-in hold. 

T-36 hours Disconnect orbiter mid-body umbilical and configure sound suppression water system. 

T-32 hours Install Continuous Flow Electrophoresis Experiment and Monodisperse Latex Reactor. 

T-30 hours Close payload bay doors. 

T-25 hours Inertial Measurement Unit warm-up. 

T-24 hours Liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen loading preparations. 

T-18 hours Merritt Island Tracking Station/ Mission Control Interface Test. 

T-16 hours Retract rotating service structure. 

T-13 hours Extend gaseous oxygen vent arm. 

T-11 hours Fill sound suppression water tank. 

T-9 hours, 15 minutes Eight-hour-40 minute built-in hold. 

T-9 hours, 15 minutes Fuel cell flow through purge. 

T-8 hours LO2 and LH2 final loading preparations and inertial measurement unit preflight calibration. 

Mission Control communication switches to launch configuration . 

T-6 hours. 30 minutes. Eastern Test Range open loop test 

T-6 hours Clear to blast danger area and begin L02/LH2 chilldown and load. Fuel cell activation 

and load sharing. 

T-4 hours MILA antenna alignment. 

T-3 hours, 30 minutes Flight crew wakeup for medical, breakfast and weather briefing. 

T-3 hours, 20 minutes LO2 in stable replenish. 

T-3 hours LH2 in stable replenish. 

T-3 hours 1 hour built-in hold. 

T-3 hours (holding) Crew suit-up (Launch -3 hours, 30 minutes) 

T-3 hours (counting) Closeout crew to white room. 

T-2 hours, 5 minutes Crew at white room. 

T-2 hours Fuel cell purge. 

T-1 hour, 50 minutes Crew entry into vehicle and hatch closeout. 

T-1 hour, 5 minutes Inertial measurement unit preflight alignment. 

T-22 minutes Transfer primary computer load to backup flight system and compare. 

T-20 minutes 10-minute built-in hold. 

T-20 minutes Orbiter computers transition to launch configuration. 

T-19 minutes Backup flight system transition to launch configuration. 

T-9 minutes 10-minute built-in hold. 

T-9 minutes (holding) "Go" for launch from launch director. 

T-9 minutes (counting). Start ground launch sequencer 

T-7 minutes Retract orbiter access arm. 

T-5 minutes Start orbiter auxiliary power units and arm external tank and solid rocket booster 

ignition and range safety systems. 

T-3 minutes, 30 seconds Transfer orbiter to internal power. 

T-2 minutes, 55 seconds Start pressurizing liquid oxygen tank, retract gaseous oxygen vent hood. 

T-2 minutes, 35 seconds Transfer to onboard fuel cell reactants. 

T-1 minute, 57 seconds Start pressurizing liquid hydrogen tank. 

T-28 seconds Go from ground launch sequencer for four primary computers to start terminal 

launch sequencer, and start solid rocket booster hydraulic power units. 

T-6 .8 seconds Go for main engine start. 

T-3 seconds Main engines at 90 percent thrust. 

T-0 Solid rocket booster ignition, holddown post release and liftoff. 

T+7 seconds Tower clear. 
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LAUNCH WINDOW 

STS-4 will be launched from Complex 35's Pad A at Kennedy Space Center no earlier than June 27, 1982. The 

launch window on that date extends from 11 a.m. to 4:24 p.m. EDT, for a launch opportunity of 3 hours and 24 

minutes in duration. 

The window assumes a nominal landing on a dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. 

STS-4 will be launched into a 241-km (130-nm) orbit with an inclination to the equator of 28.5 degrees. 

STS-4 FLIGHT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS 

Event 

Mission 

Elapsed 

Time 

dd/hh:mm:s

s 

Comments 

SRB Ignition 0/00:00:00 

Liftoff 0/00:00:00.3 

Pitchover 0/00:00:08 

Max Q (Maximum Dynamic Pressure) 0/00:00:53 26,479 ft. altitude, 680.0 lb/ft2, 

1.9 nm downrange 

SRB separation 0/00:02:12 165,217 ft., 27 nm downrange 

MECO 0/00:08:34 55 nm altitude, 770 nm downrange 

ET separation 0/00:08:37 

OMS-1 Ignition 0/00:10:34 162 fps, 130x34 nm orbit 

OMS-2 Ignition 0/00:37:39 175 fps, 130x130 nm orbit 

OMS-3 ignition 0/04:29:12 62.3 fps, 165x130 nm orbit 

OMS-4 ignition 0/05:14:12 61.6 fps, 165x165 nm orbit 

Deorbit ignition 6/22:41:49 315.2 fps, two engines 

Entry Interface (400,000 ft) 6/23:25:28 

Terminal area energy management (TAEM) 6/23:25:28 

Landing 06/23:37:57 
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GUIDE TO USING THE FLIGHT PLAN 

1. Summary Level Timeline (12-hour time span) 

The following letters (a-j) reference those on page 22. 

a. Timescales: Two time references are presented in this section. The two time references used are Central 

Daylight Time (CDT) (or TIG minus) and Mission Elapsed Time (MET). MET is referenced to liftoff 

beginning at 00/00:00:00 (days, hours, minutes and seconds). 

b. Crewmen (CDR & PLT): This is the column where titles of scheduled activities are shown for the 

commander (CDR) and pilot (PLT) at the appropriate times. 

c. Day/Night and orbit: 

1) Day/Night - The orbital day/night intervals are shown by black bars when the orbiter is in darkness. 

2) Orbit - Indicates which orbit the spacecraft is in by numerical sequence. The beginning of an orbit 

occurs when the orbiter crosses the Earth's equator going from the southern to the northern hemisphere 

(ascending node). The succession of orbits is numbered in this column starting with orbit 1 for launch. 

d. Earth Trace W/SAA: This is a display of the groundtrack of the orbiter and when it passes over the South 

Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) (indicated by a ' ---- '). 

e. GSTDN Coverage: The GSTDN communication coverage periods are indicated in this area with a 

horizontal line indicating when communication is available; the GSTDN site is identified to the right of the 

line. 

f. RMS OPS: This is a display of periods when the RMS is unstowed (indicated by a ‘----’). 

g. Deorbit OPT: Times are identified in this area when deorbit burn opportunities exist for Edwards AFB 

(EDW) and Kennedy Space Center (KSC). 

h. Attitudes and Maneuvers: 

1) Attitude - The current attitude of the vehicle is identified in this area, i.e., PTC, NOSE to SUN. 

2) Maneuvers - An ` ‘ is placed at the time an attitude maneuver occurs if the duration in attitude is to be 

greater than 15 minutes. 

i. VTR: Indicates periods when the video tape recorder is running (indicated by a ‘----’). TV - TV is 

indicated in this area with a ‘----’. 

j. Payload operating periods. 
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LANDING AND POSTLANDING OPERATIONS 

Kennedy Space Center is responsible for ground operations of the orbiter vehicle once it has rolled to a stop on the dry 

lake bed at Edwards, including preparations for returning the reusable vehicle to Kennedy Space Center for STS-5. 

As soon as Columbia rolls to a stop, the recovery convoy will head toward the vehicle to begin preliminary securing and 

safing operations. 

At the same time, the flight crew will turn off the auxiliary power units and turn on cooling systems and safe the orbiter's 

maneuvering and reaction control systems. 

After SCAPE (Self Contained Atmospheric Protection Ensemble) suited personnel have determined that hazardous vapor 

levels are below significant levels, the 100-member ground crew will perform such activities as connecting ground cooling 

and purge air units, conducting a post-landing inspection and attaching the ground tow vehic1e. 

The mobile wind machine is used only if highly concentrated levels of explosive vapors are detected by the ground team. 

Once the initial safety assessment is made, other teams of SCAPE-suited personnel and vehicles with maneuverable access 

platforms will then be positioned at the rear of the orbiter, near the vehicle's T-0 umbilical connection panels. The two 

large transporters, the Purge and Coolant Umbilical Access Vehicles, will then be moved into place behind the orbiter and 

their lines will be connected to the orbiter umbilical panels. 

If everything is normal, and no explosive gases are detected, the Purge and Coolant Umbilical Access Vehicles will be 

moved into position. Freon lines and purge duct connections will be completed and the flow of coolant and purge air 

through the umbilical lines will provide cooling to the orbiter's systems. This cooling process helps protect the orbiter's 

electronic equipment. Purge air will provide cool and humidified air conditioning to the orbiter's payload bay and other 

cavities to remove any residual explosive or toxic fumes and provide a safe, clean and cool environment inside the 

Columbia. 

When further monitoring of vapor readings around the forward half of the orbiter indicate there are no concentrations of 

toxic gases, SCAPE-suited personnel working the forward section will be replaced by non-SCAPE personnel. The mobile 

white room will be moved into place around the orbiter crew access hatch. The hatch is opened and the flight crew is 

allowed to leave the crew cabin. The flight crew will be replaced by other astronauts who will complete the task of safing 

the vehicle. 

The hatch on the side of the orbiter is scheduled to be opened within 30 minutes after landing. The crew will leave the 

orbiter at the direction of flight controllers at Mission Control, Johnson Space Center. 

Columbia will undergo its initial preparations for a return to the Kennedy Space Center in the Air Force Weight and 

Balance Hangar at Edwards. There it will be weighed and the vehicle's center of gravity will be calculated. Also, flight 

samples from the electrophoresis experiment will be removed. 

The orbiter will then be towed to the Mate/Demate Device at the nearby Dryden Flight Research Center. 

Once in the Mate/Demate Device, Columbia's power reactant storage and distribution tanks will be drained of leftover 

liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen reactants, the Shuttle main engines will be purged, and explosive charges will be 

disconnected. 

Removal of the Monodisperse Latex Reactor will be done within 48 hours after landing. Ferry plugs will be installed in the 

orbital maneuvering system engine nozzles and locks put in place to keep the engines and elevons from moving during the 

ferry flight. The tail cone will be installed and the orbiter mated to the top of the 747. 

The orbiter/747 combination will make an overnight stop to refuel the carrier jet and rest the flight crew on its crosscountry return trip to Kennedy Space Center. 
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IF THINGS GO WRONG 

(Contingencies) 

While there has never been a launch abort in any U.S. manned space flight program, flight crews and flight 

controllers must still train and plan for emergency early landing. The safe return of the flight crew, the orbiter and 

its payloads to an intact landing is emphasized in abort planning philosophy. 

The preferred type of Shuttle launch abort is the abort-to-orbit in which combined thrust from main engines and 

orbital maneuvering system engines is enough to reach a minimal 194-km (105-mm) orbit. An abort-to-orbit would 

be called for if one main engine should shut down before enough velocity is reached to yield a 235-km (127-nm) 

orbit. 

Earlier shutdown of one main engine would force an abort-once-around situation in which Columbia would land 

near the end of one orbit at Dryden Flight Research Facility. Also, any critical systems failure aboard Columbia 

immediately after orbital insertion calls for an abort-once-around landing. 

Loss of a second main engine during launch forces a trans-Atlantic abort landing or "Press to Rota," depending on 

when the problem occurs 

Shutdown of one or more main engines early in the launch phase call for a return-to-launch-site abort. Once an 

abort decision is made, Columbia and the external tank would be flown in a pitch-around maneuver to heads-up and 

pointed back along the ground track to Kennedy Space Center. Whatever main engine thrust still available would 

then be used to kill off eastward velocity, and reverse direction until the Kennedy Space Center runway could be 

reached by gliding along a modified entry trajectory. Major orbiter systems failures during ascent could also force a 

return-to-launch-site abort 

Loss of control or impending catastrophic failure during ascent, from tower clear to 30,480 m (100,000 ft.) calls for 

crew ejection. Loss of two main engines prior to seven minutes of flight also calls for crew ejection after descending 

below 30,480 m (100,000 ft). 

Contingency landing sites, in addition to Edwards and Northrup, are Hickam Air Force Base/Honolulu International 

Airport, Hawaii; Kadena Air Base, Okinawa; and Rota Naval Station, Spain. The Kennedy Space Center's 4,570-m 

(15,000-ft.) Shuttle Landing Facility is the designated secondary landing site. 
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CONFIGURATION 

STS-4: COLUMBIA'S FINAL SHAKEDOWN FLIGHT 

Aside from a quilted, plastic-film payload bay liner added since STS-3, Columbia's configuration remains 

unchanged from the third flight. The payload bay liner installation for STS-4 was planned prior to the start of the 

orbital flight test program. 

Food stowed in middeck food lockers again will be heated by a carry-on food warmer. 

Experiments stowed and operated on the middeck include the Monodisperse Latex Reactor, repeated from STS-3; 

and the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System. 

Payloads and experiments in the payload bay are the Development Flight Instrumentation with Induced 

Environment Contamination Monitor attached; one Getaway Special canister; the Aerodynamic Coefficient 

Identification Package; and Department of Defense payload DOD 82-1. 

The STS-4 liftoff weight will be 2,033,404 kg (4,482,888 lb.). 
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STS-4 EXPERIMENTS 

Induced Environment Contamination Monitor 

The Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM) is a desk-sized detector containing 11 instruments to 

check for contaminants in and around the Space Shuttle orbiter cargo bay which might adversely affect delicate 

experiments carried aboard. 

The monitor, developed by Marshall Space Flight Center is scheduled to make its third flight into space on STS-4. 

In addition to its regular in-place monitoring activities in the orbiter cargo bay during this seven-day flight, the crew 

will activate the remote manipulator system to pick up this 363-kg (800-lb.) package and place it at various 

locations around the orbiter. During this "mapping" exercise, the monitor will employ an instrument added for this 

mission, the plume pressure gauge. This instrument will measure the pressure wave of the plume emitted by the 

firing of reaction control jets at the nose of the orbiter. 

The monitor will be attached to a release mechanism (also developed by Marshall) enabling it to be released and 

lifted up by the remote manipulator system. 

Contaminants to be monitored during Shuttle flights include any outgassing from materials within the Shuttle, as 

well as gases from the reaction jets which control the vehicle in orbit. 

The monitor operates during pre-launch, ascent, on-orbit, descent, landing, and 45 minutes after landing. The onorbit measurements include molecular return flux, background spectral intensity, molecular deposition and optical 

surface effects. During the other mission phases, dew point, humidity, aerosol content, and trace gases will be 

measured, as well as optical surface effects and molecular deposition. 

These measurements are made with 11 separate instruments: a humidity monitor, dew point hygrometer, air 

sampler, cascade impactor, passive sample array, optical effects module, temperature-controlled quartz crystal 

microbalance, cryogenic quartz crystal microbalance, camera/photometer, mass spectrometer and a plume pressure 

gauge. 

On the orbiter's return flight from its landing site to Kennedy Space Center aboard a 747 transport airplane, another 

passive sample array is added to further check for contaminants. 

NASA began strong manned mission contamination control efforts during the Skylab missions of 1973-74 and, 

recognizing the possible limiting effects induced contamination might have on sophisticated observational programs 

planned for the 1980s, committed to an effort to insure that the induced environment would not be a problem on the 

Shuttle. 

The purpose of the monitor is to measure the actual environment to determine whether the strict controls placed on 

the Shuttle system have solved the contamination problem. 

After each Shuttle flight, the unit is to be returned to the Marshall Center for refurbishment. The flight data is then 

to be combined with orbiter data furnished by the Johnson Space Center for a comprehensive analysis. 
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With the monitor instrumentation, contaminant sources are identified for possible elimination. The experiment 

provides data on the interaction of the induced and natural environments, and provides critical data for planning of 

future Shuttle payloads. 

The unit will also be used to monitor the induced atmosphere during Spacelab missions one and two. 

A brief description of the objectives of each of the monitor's instruments follows: 

Mass Spectrometer -- The mass spectrometer will measure molecular return flux, from which molecular column 

density may be calculated. The purpose of the mass spectrometer measurement is twofold: to define the offgassing 

and outgassing molecules transported to surfaces in the Shuttle bay for correlation to actual deposition 

measurements on optical and temperature-controlled surfaces, and to define the gas cloud (induced atmosphere) 

through which optical experiments must look. 

Camera/Photometer -- Of particular concern to the astronomical community is the effect on astronomical 

experiments of induced contamination in the form of individual particles and general background. Even a moderate 

particulate generation rate by the Shuttle would severely limit the performance of an infrared telescope. Two 

automated Camera/Photometers will make optical measurements of both the induced particulate environment and 

the background brightness. 

Cryogenic Quartz Crystal Microbalance -- The objective of the cryogenic quartz crystal microbalance is to 

provide a record of the adsorption and desorption of molecular contamination in the Shuttle cargo bay. On specific 

Shuttle missions when the cargo bay is oriented so that it does not receive direct solar heating for long periods of 

time, the instrument will have the special objective of measuring molecular water vapor. 

Temperature-Controlled Quartz Crystal Microbalance -- The temperature-controlled quartz crystal 

microbalance is designed to detect the adsorption or desorption of molecular contamination in the Shuttle cargo bay 

as a function of temperature. The contamination sources will be characterized as a function of direction and events. 

Contamination will also be grouped into categories according to desorption activation energies. 

Optical Effects Module -- The Optical Effects Module is designed to provide the Shuttle cargo bay user 

community with information applicable to assessing the contamination hazards likely to be encountered by optical 

components of space-borne instrumentation. 

The optical degradation of some typical window materials will be measured and monitored during prelaunch, 

orbital, and postlanding phases. Optical property changes due to deposition of particulates and molecular films will 

be discriminately measured utilizing an integrated scattered light measurement in conjunction with direct, selfcalibrating transmission measurements. 

Passive Sample Array -- An array of optical samples will be exposed to the natural and induced environments of 

the Shuttle cargo bay for later return and analysis on the around to evaluate the optical effects of contamination. 

Inclusion of the Passive Sample Array permits the greater scope and range of analysis required to assess more fully 

the physical mechanisms of degradation due to deposited contaminants. 

The samples are measured in the laboratory prior to experiment integration. Control samples are included in these 

measurements and are then stored in a controlled, "clean" environment. Following retrieval of samples, whether 

during preflight activities or after the flight, the measurements are repeated and the analysis is based on any 

encountered changes. 

Cascade Impactor -- The cascade impactor provides a determination of concentration and particle size distribution, 

as a function of time, of air-suspended contaminants in the spacecraft environment during ground-based, ascent, 

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amount of airborne nonvolatile residue for molecules with sufficiently high sticking coefficient at the temperature 

encountered. 

Air Sampler -- The objective of the Air Sampler is to determine the gaseous contaminants in the cargo bay area of 

the Shuttle during orbital missions. 

Basically, the requirements can be categorized into three groups: ground-based; ascent; and descent sampling 

phases. 

During the ground-based sampling, the presence of organic and silicone polymers (such as hydraulic fluids and 

lubricants) is of most concern. 

During ascent, the primary interest is in hydrochloric acid from the solid rocket booster plume as well as 

hydrocarbons and silicones. 

During descent, the gaseous sources of greatest concern are expected to be nitrogen compounds resulting from the 

auxiliary power unit exhaust and other products from reentry heating effects. 

Dew Point Hygrometer -- The Dew Point Hygrometer will measure the dew point of the air surrounding the 

monitor. 

The measurements will be made prior to launch and as long as the vehicle is within the Earth's atmosphere, 

including ascent, reentry and landing. 

Humidity Monitor -- Humidity measurements will be made while the vehicle is in the Earth's atmosphere to produce 

a humidity/ temperature profile of the environment within the cargo bay. 

The humidity monitor will measure the relative humidity from O to 70 degrees centigrade. 

The temperature measurement 10 to 100 degrees centigrade) will be made by a thermistor located within the 

humidity sensor mounting. 

Plume Pressure Gauge -- The gauge is designed to measure the pressure wave of the plume created by the firing of 

the reaction control jets as the wave passes by the monitor. 

Monodisperse Latex Reactor 

A second step experiment in the development of large, identical-sized latex particles is scheduled to be carried 

aboard the fourth Space Shuttle flight. 

The Monodisperse Latex Reactor is a materials processing in space experiment, first carried out on STS-3, designed 

to study the feasibility of making monodisperse (identical size) polystyrene latex microspheres in space. The project 

was developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. 

The experiment consists of four, .3-meter (l-foot)-tall reactors, each containing a chemical latex-forming recipe, 

housed in a 0.6-m (2-ft.)-tall metal cylinder. The recipe is a suspension of very tiny latex beads in water or another 

liquid. Latex spheres produced on the third Shuttle mission will be among the seed particles used to grow larger 

spheres on the fourth flight. 

The latex reactor operated perfectly during STS-3, running for 14 hours and making controlled quantities of beads 

in sizes up to five microns. On STS-4, the experiment will be operated for 20 hours to enhance the capability of 

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On Earth, these beads can be produced only up to about three microns and still be monodisperse. The experiment 

which will be flown on a total of four flights will help determine if much larger (larger than 20 microns) 

monodisperse beads can be produced practically and economically in space. 

These latex particles may have major medical and industrial research applications. Some of the proposed 

applications of the latex beads include measuring the size of pores in the wall of the intestine in cancer research; 

measuring the size of pores in the human eye in glaucoma research; and as a carrier of drugs and radioactive 

isotopes for treatment of cancerous tumors. 

The National Bureau of Standards has also indicated its interest in routine use of the beads as calibration standards 

in medical and scientific equipment. 

Prior to launch, each of the reactors is loaded with 100 cubic centimeters of the chemical latex-forming recipe. A 

small onboard computer will control the experiment after the Shuttle crew turns it on. 

In orbit, the latex mixture is heated to a constant 70 degrees centigrade which initiates a chemical reaction to form 

the larger plastic beads. 

A recorder will store all data produced during operation of the experiment. After 20 hours, the experiment turns 

itself off. 

The reactor will be removed from the Shuttle at the landing site and returned to the experimenters for sample and 

data analysis. After a cleanup and refurbishment of the experiment hardware, it will be ready for another flight. 

The principal investigator on the experiment is Dr. John W. Vanderhoff of Lehigh University. The three coinvestigators are Drs. Fortunato J. Micale and Mohamed S. El-Aasser, of Lehigh University, and Dale M. Kornfeld 

of the Marshall Space Flight Center. 

Responsibility for providing and testing the flight experiment lies with Marshall's Materials Processing in Space 

Projects Office, supported by the Center's Space Sciences Laboratory. 

Experiment safety and interfacing requirements for the Shuttle flight are directed by Marshall's Spacelab Payload 

Project Office. The experiment, to be carried in the Shuttle Orbiter crew compartment locker area, is also to be 

conducted on Shuttle flights five and six. 

Design support for the experiment was provided by General Electric Co., Valley Forge, Pa., and Rockwell 

International, Downey, Calif. 

Nighttime/Daytime Optical Survey of Lightning 

An experiment designed to study lightning and thunderstorms from orbit is making a repeat flight on the fourth, 

Space Shuttle mission. 

The Nighttime/Daytime Optical Survey of Lightning experiment, developed and managed by NASA's Marshall 

Space Flight Center will record motion pictures and photo cell readings of lightning and thunderstorms as seen from 

orbit. The lightning survey experiment concept was conceived by Principal Investigator Dr. Bernard Vonnegut of 

the State University of New York, Albany. 

The data and knowledge expected to result from the lightning survey may lead to the development of a better 

understanding of the evolution of lightning in severe storms. The experiment, which is scheduled to also be carried 

aboard STS-6, was first flown on the second Shuttle flight but, due to the shortened flight, produced limited results. 

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The lightning experiment equipment consists of a 16-mm data acquisition camera synchronized with a two-channel 

stereo cassette recorder receiving the output of a photocell optical system serving as a sensor. The camera-sensor 

system was built for Marshall by the Johnson Space Center. 

The Shuttle astronauts will use the motion picture camera to film the lightning flashes of thunderstorms. A 

diffraction grating will be attached to the camera lens during nighttime observations to provide lightning 

spectrographs. This data can be used to determine the temperature, pressure, molecular species, electron density and 

percent of ionization in the lightning’s path. 

Lightning discharges will be sensed by the photo-optical system, which creates an electronic pulse in response to the 

detection of a lightning flash. These pulses will be recorded on magnetic tape. A lightning event, which is visible as 

only one flash, is usually composed of many separate discharges, or strokes, which are detected by the photocell. 

Thus, the photocell will also be used during the night to record lightning strokes. And the motion picture camera 

will be used during the day as well to film the cloud structure and the convective circulation in the storm. These 

techniques may be adaptable in the development of sensors to identify severe weather situations from future 

meteorological satellites. 

The area of the Earth's surface in the view of the orbiting Shuttle is so large that lightning storms will probably be 

visible on almost every orbit. Because of the high speed of the Orbiter, these storms will remain in view only a short 

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During passages over the dark side of the Earth, the astronaut observers will readily recognize nocturnal storms by 

their lightning flashes, which should be visible for hundreds of kilo-meters. On the sunlit side of the Earth, the crew 

will recognize storms through prior familiarization with the appearance of cumulonimbus clouds and associated 

characteristic shapes as viewed from above. 

Candidate storms for this experiment will be targeted for the astronauts by a team of scientists at Marshall's Space 

Sciences Laboratory using a sophisticated developmental weather system called McIDAS, the Man computer 

Interactive Data Access System. When a potential storm is identified along the projected track path of the Orbiter, 

the coordinates are given to Mission Control so that the astronauts will be alerted at the appropriate time. McIDAS 

is a NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sponsored system based at the 

University of Wisconsin in Madison, which furnishes the Marshall Center team and other research groups with a 

mix of vast amounts of ground data and satellite weather information. 

When a target is in view, a crew member will use the camera to photograph through the windows of the crew cabin. 

The observer will locate the storm clouds and record his observations. During the filming of the storm clouds, 

signals corresponding to camera shutter pulses will be recorded on one track of the stereo tape recorder and the 

photocell output will be recorded on the other track. 

Otha H. Vaughan Jr., of Marshall's Space Sciences Laboratory, and Dr. Marx Brook, of the New Mexico Institute of 

Mining and Technology, Socorro. are co-investigators. 

Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System 

An experiment which marks the first use of the Space Shuttle by a commercial concern will be carried into space 

aboard STS-4. This flight also introduces a unique NASA concept to promote the advancement of space technology 

and the utilization of space through partnership arrangements with private enterprise. 

The Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System, nicknamed "Eos" (Greek god of the dawn) by its developer, the 

McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., St. Louis, Mo., is designed to separate biological materials according to their 

surface electrical charge as they pass through an electric field. Unlike previous electrophoresis experiments in 

space, the system processes considerable quantities of materials carried in a continuous stream. 

This flight is an initial engineering test of the electrophoresis system hardware and will process six McDonnell 

Douglas protein samples. 
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The environment of space offers advantages for electrophoresis processes over Earth-based separation. Earth's 

gravity limits this process in several ways. 

Gravity limits the concentration of the materials in the sample being separated, which is one of the primary factors 

limiting the electrophoresis production of commercial quantities on Earth. On Earth, only 0.25 percent of the sample 

to be separated can be biological material. The rest must be carrier fluid. In space, however, the concentration can 

be increased to 20 percent or more of the total sample, which increases the output of the process by a factor of 80 to 

100 over Earth processing. 

Also on Earth, the sample stream size must be restricted to minimize gravity-induced disturbances. On Earth the 

stream may measure only one-half millimeter in diameter, while in space the sample stream diameter may be 

increased to one millimeter. This increases the output of the process by a factor of four, and when combined with 

the increase from higher concentrations, can result in an overall increase in output of 300 to 400 times when 

compared to an Earth-based unit. 

Purer materials can be obtained in space. 

On Earth, heat caused by the electric current used in the separation process induces convection, which reduces the 

purity of the separated materials. In space, the voltage may be increased without causing disturbing convective 

flows. Also, in space the length of time that the material being separated is in the electric field may be increased 

without detrimental side effects. This, in conjunction with the increased voltage, can significantly improve the 

purity of the separated materials. 

Scientists from the Ortho Pharmaceutical Div. of Johnson & Johnson, the company collaborating with McDonnell 

Douglas in this effort, investigated the potential of several candidate space products. They report that a small 

quantity of each separated material would satisfy a reasonable share, or about 25 percent, of the available market for 

those products. 

NASA is flying this experiment under a "joint endeavor agreement," pioneered and managed for NASA by the 

Materials Processing in Space Projects Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Under such an agreement, 

private enterprise and NASA work together as partners to promote the utilization of space where a technological 

advancement is needed and there is a potential commercial application. 

Joint endeavors are designed to contribute directly to NASA's scientific objectives in the field of materials 

processing in low gravity and to simultaneously accelerate the benefits to the general public from this emerging 

technology. In this experiment, both McDonnell Douglas and NASA will benefit from the use of this equipment for 

space experimentation in materials science. 

Under terms of the agreement with McDonnell Douglas, flight time on the Shuttle orbiter is furnished to McDonnell 

Douglas during the developmental phase of the electrophoresis device, starting with this mission. NASA, in turn, 

gets experiment opportunities using the device, and equipment performance data which will expand the base of 

knowledge in the field of separation sciences. McDonnell Douglas will commercialize any promising results from 

the work and make it available to the U.S. public on reasonable terms and conditions. 

General equipment performance data and the results from NASA's experiments using the electrophoresis system 

device will be made public. Scientists at Marshall and Johnson Space Centers will conduct NASA's experiments on 

the device. 

During the next two years, the electrophoresis system will be carried into space in the mid deck area of the Shuttle 

orbiter on six space flights. Provided these experimental operations prove successful, plans call for a larger 

electrophoresis unit to be carried in the cargo bay on two future Shuttle flights. According to conditions of the joint 

agreement, McDonnell Douglas has the option of attaching the unit to a NASA orbiting space platform in 1986 

should such a platform be in operation. 
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GETAWAY SPECIAL 

Officially titled Small Self-Contained Payloads, the Getaway Special program is offered by NASA to provide 

anyone who wishes the opportunity to fly a small experiment aboard the Space Shuttle. The experiment must be of a 

scientific research and development nature. 

A Getaway Special Flight Verification Payload flew aboard the STS-3 mission. The test payload, a cylindrical 

canister .6 m (2 ft.) in diameter and .9 m (3 ft.) deep, measured the environment in the canister during flight. The 

data were recorded and will be analyzed for use by Getaway Special experimenters on future Shuttle missions. 

The Getaway Special experiments will be flown on Shuttle missions on a space-available basis. The first private 

sector payload is being flown on STS-4. This payload was purchased by Gilbert Moore and donated to Utah State 

University where it is being used as a program for student constructed experiments. All nine experiments will be 

contained in the 5-cubic-foot payload canister. 
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Experiment Science Descriptions for First Getaway Special 

Drosophilae Melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Growth Experiment 

Student Investigator: Walt L. Moore, HDR Sciences Co., Santa Barbara, Calif., graduate/environmental sciences. 

This experiment is designed to provide a means of raising and separating succeeding generations of fruit flies, 

Drosophilae Melanogaster, in orbit to study the effects of microgravity on their genetic structure. This will be a test 

of equipment that is proposed to be flown on the Long Duration Exposure Facility. 

Artemia (Brine Shrimp) Growth Experiment 

Student Investigator: Bruce W. Moore, Weber State College, Ogden, Utah, freshman/music. 

The brine shrimp Artemia will be flown to determine the genetic effects of microgravity on cysts hatched in space. 

Cysts will be injected into a saline solution upon experiment activation. The growing shrimp, called nauplii, will be 

observed during the remainder of the flight with a 35 mm motor-driven Nikon camera with a 55 mm micro-Nikkor 

lens. The camera will be shared between this experiment and another experiment concerning observations of 

Duckweed growth in microgravity. Powdered rice hulls will be fed to the shrimp by a linear actuator. The shrimp 

will be studied postflight with electron microscopy. 

Surface Tension Experiment 

Student Investigator: James Elwell, Utah State University, Ogden. graduate/electrical engineering. 

The goal is to study the shape of a liquid meniscus in a weightless environment. An aluminum block contains 

several holes filled with solder. Upon entering weightlessness, the block is heated, allowing the solder to flow and 

assume a meniscus shape. The block is allowed to cool, "freezing" the meniscus when the snider solidifies. 

Composite Curing Experiment 

Student Investigator: Amber M. Dalley, Utah State University, Ogden, senior/math-philosophy. 

This experiment will complete the cure of a B-staged (partially cured) epoxy resin-graphite composite sample in 

microgravity. The composite sample will be heated to 163 degrees C and maintained at that temperature for one-half 

hour to allow the resin to gel. 

The flight sample will be compared with samples processed in one G and post flight laboratory analysis will 

determine the quality of wetting between the resin and the graphite fibers and test the tensile strength of the sample. 

Thermal Conductivity Experiment 

Student Investigator: Russel R. Laher, Utah State University, Ogden, junior/physics-geology. 

An oil and water mixture in a one G environment will separate due to the density difference. The goal of the 

experiment is to carry oil and water into orbit and mix the two, then heat the mixture with a platinum wire. 

Temperatures of the heater wire, the mixture, and the air around the cylinder will be monitored. Ultimately, the 

thermal conductivity of the mixture will be calculated from these data. 
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Microgravity Soldering Experiment 

Student Investigator: G. Christian Alford, Utah State University, Ogden, senior/electrical engineering. 

The Microgravity Soldering Experiment studies the separation of flux from solder while soldering in 

weightlessness. The lack of buoyancy in a non-accelerating environment could allow pockets of flux to become 

trapped in the solder. The experiment will melt samples of resin core and coreless solder on four heated copper 

foils. When the experiment is returned, the solder will be analyzed for trapped pockets of flux and compared with 

solder similarly processed on Earth. 

Root Growth of Lemna Minor L. (Duckweed) in Microgravity 

Student Investigator: Kelly D. Hunt, Utah State University, Ogden. junior/physics. 

Using the 35 mm Nikon, shared with the experiment described earlier, this experiment will photograph the root 

growth patterns of Lemna Minor L. (duckweed). The investigation centers on the nutrient transport role played by 

sieve tubes in the plants' roots in response to the force of gravity in Earth-grown specimens. The plants will be 

injected with a fixing agent before experiment deactivation. Electron microscopy will be used to compare control 

and flight specimens. 

Homogeneous Alloy Experiment 

Student Investigator: Terrance L. Thomas, Utah State University, Ogden, junior/electrical engineering. 

An aluminum chamber containing a powdered bismuth-tin mixture will be placed into Earth orbit. The chamber will 

be heated, passing the melting points of the chemicals and allowing alloying to take place. The chamber will cool 

down and the alloy will be returned for Earth-based analysis. 

Algal Microgravity Bioassay Experiment 

Student Investigator: Steven M. Walker, Utah State University, Ogden, senior/biology. 

The goal of the experiment is to monitor the growth rate of Chlorella vulgaris, a unicellular green algae, in 

microgravity. Upon experiment activation, a freeze-dried sample of algae will be injected into the media-filled 

growth chamber. Over the duration of the experiment the culture optical density and temperature will be measured. 

Near the end of this experiment, a fixative will be injected into the chamber preserving the cells for postflight 

analysis. 

The Getaway Specials are available to industry, educational organizations and domestic and foreign governments 

for legitimate scientific purposes. Since the offer for Space Shuttle space first was made in 1976, more than 32O 

reservations have been made by more than 191 individuals and groups from 33 states, the District of Columbia and 

14 foreign nations. Although many reservations have been obtained by persons and groups having an obvious 

interest in space research, a large number of spaces have been reserved by persons and organizations entirely 

outside the space community. 

Reservations are held, for example, by Realtors, bankers, newspaper publishers, and school children, among others, 

who have an interest in conducting experiments in biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics and other disciplines. 

Examples include an inner city high school class in Camden, N. J., which intends to fly an ant colony in space to 

determine the effect of weightlessness on the ants, and a Japanese newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun, is planning a 

snow-making experiment under zero-G conditions to investigate crystallization. 
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There are no stringent requirements to qualify for space flight, but the payload does have to meet safety criteria. It 

must also have a scientific or technological objective. 

For example, a manufacturer may want to test, on a priority basis, a certain type of metal-making in space for later 

use in his own production. This is not only permissible, but welcome. However, a person who wishes to fly items of 

a commemorative nature, such as medallions for later resale as "objects that have flown in space" would be refused. 

While payloads must be related to a technical or scientific objective, NASA will not attempt to judge their scientific 

merit or novelty. 

Getaway Special requests must first be approved at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. It is at this point that 

requests for Shuttle space are screened for propriety, and scientific or technical aim. These requests must be 

accompanied or preceded by the payment of $500 earnest money. Requests approved by NASA are given a payload 

identification number and referred to the Getaway Special Team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, 

Greenbelt, Md. 

The Getaway Special Team screens the proposal for safety and provides advice and consultation for payload design. 

Shuttle crew members will turn on and off up to three payload switches, but there will be no opportunity for crew 

monitoring of Getaway Special experiments, or for any form of inflight servicing. 

The Getaway Special Team must certify that the proposed payload is safe -- meaning that it will not harm or 

interfere with the operations of the Shuttle, its crew or other experiments on the flight. 

If any physical testing must be done on the payload to answer safety questions prior to the launch, the expense of 

these tests must be borne by the customer. 

Getaway Special spaces come in three standard sizes: 5 cu. ft., with a maximum of 91 kg (201 lb.); 2 1/2 cu. ft. and 

up to 45 kg (100 lb.); and 2 1/2 cu. ft. and up to 27 kg (60 lb.). The prices for flying these are $10,000, $5,000 and 

$3,000 respectively. These prices will remain fixed for the first three years of Shuttle operations. 

The Getaway Special program is managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center. Project Manager is James S. 

Barrowman. Clarke Prouty, also of Goddard, is technical liaison officer. Program Manager at NASA Headquarters, 

Washington, D.C. is Donna S. Miller. 

SHUTTLE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT PROJECT 

The Shuttle Student Involvement Project is a joint venture of NASA and the National Science Teachers Association. 

The project is designed to stimulate the study of science and engineering by engaging students in grades 9 through 

12 in a competition to develop proposals suitable for flight aboard the Shuttle. 

The 10 winners of the first competition were announced in May 1981. NASA then paired each student with a 

corporate sponsor and a NASA consultant to assist the student in turning the proposal into a flight ready project. 

The 20 winners of the second competition were announced in May 1982 and the third competition will begin in 

September of this year. 

Two winning entries from the first competition will fly aboard STS-4. Both experiments are medical in nature and 

required no hardware preparation. 

"The Effects of Diet, Exercise, and Zero Gravity on Lipoprotein Profiles," was proposed by Amy Kusske, 16, 

Wilson High School, Long Beach, Calif. This project will document the diet and exercise program for the astronauts 

pre and postflight. 
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There are several types of lipoproteins in the blood. The ratio between these -- particularly high density lipoproteins 

(HDL) and low density lipoproteins (LDL) -- can be used to predict the likelihood of someone developing 

arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis and coronary disease are diseases of epidemic proportions in the United States. 

Exercise increases the HDL/LDL ratio, decreasing the risk factor for arteriosclerosis and coronary artery disease. 

The goal of Amy's research is to determine whether any alterations occur in lipoprotein profiles during space flight. 

During the mission, the astronauts will record on log cards what is and what is not consumed in their diet. The 

astronauts will keep a similar diary of their exercise performance and how that exercise is maintained. 

To measure the crew's lipoprotein profiles, blood samples will be collected during scheduled physical examinations 

approximately seven and two days before flight and upon touchdown. Analysis of these samples will be done at 

Johnson Space Center's Biochemical Laboratories. The results will be provided to Amy for interpretation. 

Corporate sponsor for this experiment has been McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. Dr. William Douglas of 

McDonnell's Huntington Beach facility has worked with Amy. The NASA consultant for this experiment is Dr. 

Carolyn Huntoon, of Johnson's Biomedical Laboratories. Mrs. Linda Sanders of Lakewood High School is Amy's 

teacher-advisor. 

A second student project on STS-4 is "The Effects of Space Travel on Levels of Trivalent Chromium in the Body." 

Developed by Karla Hauersperger, 17, from East Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, N.C., this project hopes to 

determine whether any alterations occur in chromium metabolism during space flight. 

Serum levels of insulin are known to change slightly during space flight, and insulin helps control body use of 

carbohydrates. Chromium is a cofactor (that is, a substance which must be present in low quantities for an enzyme 

to work) for insulin. 

To carry out the project the food which the crew eats will be recorded, and the chromium content determined by use 

of U.S. Department of Agriculture computer-feed reference values. 

During flight, the crew will record on log cards how much they eat of what foods (these will be same cards for the 

other student project). 

To measure crew levels of serum glucose, insulin, chromium and urine chromium, blood and urine samples will be 

collected during scheduled physical examinations approximately seven and two days before flight and upon 

touchdown. 

Analysis of these samples will be done by Johnson's Biomedical Laboratories and results will be provided to Karla 

for interpretation. Levels of trivalent chromium will be determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. 

Karla's corporate sponsor was the Explorer's Club of New York City. Dr. Huntoon of Johnson helped Karla develop 

the project. Mrs. Wilma Collins, East Mecklenburg High School, was Karla's teacher-advisor. 

ORBITER EXPERIMENTS PROGRAM 

A complete and accurate assessment of Shuttle performance during the launch, boost, orbit, atmospheric entry and 

landing phases of a mission requires precise data collection to document the Shuttle's response to these conditions. 

The NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST), through its Orbiter Experiments Program, is 

providing research experiments onboard the Shuttle orbiter to record specific, research-quality data. The data will 

verify the accuracy of wind tunnel and other ground-based simulations made prior to flight; verify ground-to-flight 
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extrapolation methods, and verify theoretical computational methods. The data also will be useful to the Office of 

Space Transportation Systems to further certify Shuttle and expand its operational envelope. 

The primary objective of the Orbiter Experiments Program is to increase the technology reservoir for development 

of future (21st Century) space transportation systems. 

The following experiments are currently included in the program and are slated to fly on early Shuttle flights. 

Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package (ACIP) 

The primary objectives of the Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package are: 

• To collect aerodynamic data during the launch, entry and landing phases of the Shuttle; 

• To establish an extensive aerodynamic data base for verification of the Shuttle's aerodynamic performance and 

the verification and correlation with ground-based data, including assessments of the uncertainties of such data; 

• To provide flight dynamics data in support of other technology areas. such as aerothermal and structural 

dynamics. 

The ACIP system has now flown on STS-1, 2 and 3. It will fly again on STS-4 and current plans call for continued 

operation on future Shuttle flights, including the operation of a second ACIP unit on OV-099. 

Instruments in this package include dual-range linear accelerometers and rate gyros. Also included are the power 

conditioner for the gyros, the power control system and the housekeeping components. The package is installed colinearly with the geometric axes of the orbiter and post-installation measurements made to establish the position 

within 10 arc minutes. The instruments continuously sense the dynamic X, Y and Z attitudes and performance 

characteristics of the orbiter through these critical flight phases. The Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification 

Package also provides high rate sampling of the positions of orbiter control surfaces for recording with the 

package's attitude data. 

Principal technologist is D.B. Howes of Johnson Space Center, Houston. 

Infrared Imagery of Shuttle (IRIS) 

This experiment will obtain high-resolution infrared imagery of the orbiter lower (windward) and side surfaces 

during reentry from which surface temperatures and hence aerodynamic heating may be inferred. The imagery will 

be obtained utilizing a 91.5-cm (36-in.) telescope mounted in the NASA C-141 Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne 

Observatory positioned appropriately at an altitude of 13,700 m (45,000 ft.) along the entry ground track of the 

orbiter. A single image will be obtained during each flight. 

On the STS-3 mission the IRIS experiment successfully obtained an image of the Shuttle during the transition phase 

of the entry. The image was obtained at 16.5 minutes after Entry Interface, when the Shuttle was at an altitude of 

54,860 m (180,000 ft.) and flying at a Mach 15. During the STS-4 mission, the Kuiper Airborne Observatory will be 

deployed from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, to image the Shuttle during the peak heating phase. This will occur 

at an altitude of approximately 64,000 m (210,000 ft.), while flying at Mach 21. 

The primary technology objective is to decrease the current level of uncertainty associated with various reentry 

aerothermodynamic phenomena affecting thermal protection system design. The phenomena include boundary layer 

transition, flow separation and reattachment, flow/surface interactions and surface catalyses to flow chemistry. 
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These data will provide for improved computational procedures and lead to development of advanced thermal 

protection systems. 

The infrared imagery system consists of the C-141 aircraft and its optical system, a 6-cm (2-in.) aperture acquisition 

telescope focal plane system with detector array, and a high-speed data handling and storage system. The aircraft 

will operate from Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif., and will be stationed along the orbiter entry 

ground track about one hour prior to reentry. As the orbiter passes through the field of view of the telescope, the 

orbiter windward or side surface will be observed by the detector system and the data recorded on tape. After the 

flight, these data will be supplemented by orbiter-derived data of velocity, altitude, angle-of-attack, yaw and roll 

conditions existing during the period of infrared imagery observation. Analysis involves computer arrangement of 

this data into a two-dimensional image format, radiometric analysis and detailed comparisons of the aerodynamic 

heating rates with analytical predictions and ground-based experimental data. 

Principal technologist is W.C. Davy, Ames Research Center. 

Tile Gap Heating Effects (TGH) Experiment 

Analyses and ground tests have shown that the gaps between the tiles of the thermal protection system generate 

turbulent airflow, which will cause increased heating during the reentry phase of flight. Tests have also shown that 

the heating effect may be reduced by optimum design of the gaps and by altering the radii at the edges of the tiles. 

The tile gap experiment was devised to further the investigations of heating phenomena. The results will enable 

improvements in reusable element thermal protection systems to reduce the convective heating caused by gaps an d 

other discontinuities. 

The orbiter will be instrumented with a removable panel 45.7 cm (18 in.) square, which will carry 11 tiles of 

baseline material and size. The panel will be fitted to the underside of the orbiter fuselage. The gaps between tiles 

will be carefully calculated and controlled during fitting to ensure that the heating rates generated during entry will 

be no higher than those of the baseline tile array. The aim will be to produce a design that will result in heating rates 

lower than those of the baseline system. 

In addition to gap spacing, the gap depth will also be controlled through the use of fillers fitted at the bottom of 

certain gaps; i.e., at the junction of the tiles and the orbiter fuselage skin. The radii at the outer edges of the tiles will 

be controlled during fabrication to conform to calculations that show the reduced effects in combination with the 

spacing. Thermocouples will be fitted to the tile surfaces and at various depths in the gaps to measure temperatures 

during reentry. 

The output of the thermocouples will be recorded on the orbiter's development flight instrumentation system. To 

assist in evaluation, Tile Gap Heating Effects data will be compared to development flight instrumentation data 

obtained from earlier missions. 

This will be the third flight of the experiment which successfully flew on STS-2 and 3. On STS-4 it will be 

modified to investigate the effect of tile gap geometry on gap filler bar heating. The STS-4 test configuration is cosponsored by the Orbiter Experiments Project and the Orbiter Project. Information provided by this test will aid the 

Orbiter Project in the evaluation filler bar heating experienced on STS-1, 2 and 3. 

Principal technologist is W. Pitts, Ames Research Center. 
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Catalytic Surface Effects (CSE) Experiment 

A strong shockwave will encompass the Shuttle orbiter during the atmospheric reentry maneuver. The shock wave 

severely compresses and heats the air flowing through it, causing the molecules to dissociate and react chemically 

with each other. 

Computations show that as the dissociated atomic oxygen approaches the cooler regions of flow adjacent to the 

orbiter, the atomic oxygen fails to recombine into molecular oxygen. 

This experiment will investigate the chemical reaction caused by impingement of atomic oxygen on the Shuttle 

thermal protection system which was designed under the assumption that the atomic oxygen would recombine at the 

thermal protection system wall. 

This chemical reaction releases additional heat which results in higher thermal protection system temperatures. In 

this case, the surface is referred to as being a catalytic surface, that is, it allows the chemical reaction to take place. 

If the thermal protection system surface is non-catalytic, then atomic oxygen will not recombine into molecular 

oxygen and the heating rates will be lowered. Thus, the temperature of the orbiter during reentry will be lower. With 

lower temperatures, orbiter thermal protection system weight could be reduced, its flight envelope could be 

expanded, or greater reusability could result. 

The technology objective is to verify analytical predictions which could not be adequately simulated in groundbased facilities. The results will provide data and improved computational techniques for future thermal protection 

system designs. 

The Catalytic Surface Effects will use baseline tiles, selected from those having development flight instrumentation 

thermocouples, located on or near the orbiter lower fuselage centerline. The five tiles will be sprayed with an 

overcoating mixture of chrome-iron-spinel, a highly efficient catalytic material and a vinyl acetate binder which will 

protect the overcoat during ground operations. The mixture is compatible with the existing tile and coating and will 

not alter the thermal or mechanical properties of the uncoated portions of the thermal protection system. During 

orbiter ascent, the vinyl acetate will burn off the tile surface, leaving the chrome-iron-spinel exposed. 

Thermocouple measurements recorded during reentry will be used to determine Catalytic Surface Effects 

performance. Comparison of this experiment's data with data taken on previous flights from uncoated tiles will aid 

in the performance evaluation. 

This will be the third flight of the experiment. Data collected on the STS-2 and 3 has been useful in verifying the 

preflight predictions that the tile surfaces are non-catalytic. 

At the end of each mission, the overcoat will be removed from the six tiles, leaving the thermal protection system in 

its original condition. 

Principal technologist is D. Stewart, Ames Research Center. 

Dynamic, Acoustic and Thermal Environment (DATE) Experiment 

To fully and economically exploit the benefits of the orbiter's large cargo-carrying capability, it is necessary to 

predict payload environments with accuracy and dispatch. 

Such predictions will facilitate payload development and reduce the need for ultraconservative design and test. The 

Dynamic, Acoustic and Thermal Environment experiment will collect information for use in making credible 

predictions of cargo-bay environments. These environments are neither constant nor consistent throughout the bay 

and are influenced by interactions between cargo elements. 
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The instrumentation includes accelerometers, microphones, thermocouples and strain gages on payloads and in the 

cargo bay. Sensor outputs will be recorded for post-flight interpretation. DATE instrumentation has successfully 

flown on STS-1, 2 and 3. 

The Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., will be responsible for the data reduction. 

Principal technologist is W. Bangs of Goddard. 
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ORBITER'S ROBOT "ARM" 

(Remote Manipulator System) 

Columbia is fitted with a Canadian-built remote manipulator system which was tested during STS-2 and STS-3. Part 

of the payload deployment and retrieval system, the mechanical arm will be used in operational flights to deploy 

satellites and other payloads or to grapple payloads for stowing in the payload bay and subsequent return to Earth. 

Designed as an analog to the human arm, the manipulator system has shoulder, elbow and wrist joints driven by DC 

electric motors controlled by the flight crew using a combination of direct observation and television cameras on the 

elbow and wrist joints. The arm may be operated in five different modes ranging from full manual to computercontrolled through hand controls and keyboard at the payload station on the flight deck. 

The manipulator system is installed on the left payload bay longeron for STS-4. A second one can be installed on 

the right longeron for specific payload tasks, although both arms could not operate simultaneously. 

The arm, built of a light-weight carbon composite tubing 38 cm (15 in.) in diameter, is 15.3 m (50.25 ft.) long, and 

weighs 408 kg (900 lb.). A thermal blanket and heater provide temperature control for protecting joint-drive 

mechanisms and electronics. Brushless electric motors and gear trains drive the joints for pitch up/down, yaw 

left/right and wrist roll motions. The "hand," called an end effector, has snare wires that engage a grapple fixture on 

the payload. 

Operator hand controllers are similar to those for spacecraft maneuvers -- a rotational hand controller for roll, pitch 

and yaw motions, and translational hand controller for up/down, left/right and fore/aft motions. When deactivated, 

the arm is latched into three cradle pedestals along the left longeron. If the drive mechanisms jam and the arm 

cannot be moved to its stowed position, and if contingency spacewalks are unsuccessful in restowing, the arm can 

be amputated with a pyrotechnic device. 

The five arm operating modes are as follows: 

• Automatic -- Operators select autosequence loaded into general purpose computer software which then moves 

arm through sequence; or, operator enters desired position coordinates into computer with keyboard at 

operator's station. 

• Manual augmented -- Operator drives arm end effector with hand controllers without controlling individual 

joint motions. 

• Manual single joint drive -- Operator drives arm through control panel switches on a joint-by-joint basis. 

• Direct drive -- Operator controls motion through hardwired command from control panel that bypasses the 

general purpose computer. 

• Backup drive control -- Essentially same as direct drive, only commands pass through backup electronics and 

wiring. 

The arm was developed and built under a cooperative agreement between NASA and the National Research Council 

of Canada. Spar Aerospace Ltd. is system prime contractor. Canada has absorbed the costs of research and 

development of the first arm installed aboard Columbia. 

The ability of the arm to handle payloads in orbital flight can be tested on the ground only to a limited degree. 

Before full-scale heavy mass and large-volume payloads can be moved in and out of the payload bay, smaller, 

lighter objects are being handled to gain confidence in the design and to gain experience in operating the arm. The 

induced environment contamination monitor serves as a simulated payload during STS-4 arm testing. 
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Systems testing of the remote arm are aimed toward verifying that the arm, its computer software, closed-circuit 

television and crew visual cues all mesh for smooth and reliable operation. STS-4 arm tests are grouped under five 

basic test objectives: 

• Deploy and berth the contamination monitor with the remove arm. 

• Grapple, rigidize and release the contamination monitor grapple fixture with the arm's end effector, or hand. 

• Verify that the software will bring an arm joint to stop before its travel limit is reached. 

• Demonstrate the arm's ability to hold position during reactor control system thruster activity. 

• Test the software's ability to move the arm elbow joint in manual control mode. 

HUNTSVILLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER 

The Huntsville Operations Support Center is a facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., which 

provides launch support to Kennedy Space Center and payload operation support to Johnson Space Center. 

During pre-mission, countdown, launch and powered flight toward orbit, Marshall and contractor engineers, 

development project managers and their contractors are on consoles in the support center to monitor real-time data 

being transmitted from the Shuttle. Their purpose is to evaluate and help solve problems that might crop up with 

Marshall-developed Shuttle elements, including the Space Shuttle main engines, external tank and solid rocket 

boosters. They also are concerned with problems in the overall main propulsion system and range safety system. 

The data, which provide information on the "health" of these systems, are gathered by sensors aboard the Shuttle 

and are instantaneously transmitted from the launch site to the support center. There the information is processed by 

computers and displayed on screens and other instruments at 12 stations in the engineering console room. More than 

3,000 temperature, pressure, electrical voltage and other measurements are made every second. During the 10 hours 

of peak activity before and during launch, more than 11 million measurements are assessed by teams of experts. 

Support center personnel will view the Shuttle on the launch pad via two closed circuit television lines. They also 

have access to more than 25 direct communications lines that link them with the launch site at Kennedy Space 

Center, Mission Control Center at Johnson and with responsible contractor plants. 

In addition to launch support, payload services will be provided by teams of scientists operating out of specially 

equipped payload support rooms. 

During this flight, two co-investigators on the Monodisperse Latex Reactor will operate in the support center to 

evaluate the function of the experiment and monitor the astronautic-experiment operations during televised 

hardware use. The Induced Environment Contamination Monitor scientific team will monitor and evaluate the 

electrical function of the instrument package during its normal operation. The team will also monitor contamination 

mapping of the cargo bay and a plume pressure test. 

Other payload assistance is provided for the Nighttime/ Daytime Optical Survey of Lightning. Scientists in the 

Huntsville center will monitor flight crew voice transmissions to coordinate on-orbit use of experiment hardware 

with the principal investigator, located at Johnson. 
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SPACEFLIGHT TRACKING AND DATA NETWORK (STDN) 

One of the key elements in the Shuttle mission is the capability to track the spacecraft, to communicate with the astronauts and to 

obtain the telemetry data that informs ground controllers of the condition of the spacecraft and its astronauts. 

The heart of this complex network is located at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. 

where the Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network (STDN) and the NASA Communications Network (NASCOM) is located. 

With the exception of very brief periods during the launch, flight and recovery of STS-4. Goddard serves as the communications 

hub of the mission, receiving all telemetry, radar and air-to-ground communications and relaying that information to Johnson in

Houston, and to other NASA and Department of Defense facilities participating in the mission. Most video (TV) transmission 

facilities used during the mission are provided by and monitored for quality by Goddard personnel. At Goddard, the network 

operations managers and systems specialists keep the entire NASA/DOD network tuned for the mission support. 

Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network 

The Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network is a complex NASA worldwide system that provides reliable, real-time 

communications with the Space Shuttle orbiter and crew. The network is maintained and operated by Goddard. Approximately 

2,500 personnel are required to operate the worldwide network. 

The network for the Orbital Flight Test Program consists of 15 ground stations equipped with 4.3-, 9-, 12- and 26-m (14-, 30-, 

40- and 85-ft.) S-band antenna systems and C-band radar systems, augmented by 15 Department of Defense geographical 

locations providing C-band support and one Department of Defense 18.3-m (60-ft.) S-band antenna system. In addition, there are 

six major computing interfaces located at the Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) and the Operations Support 

Computing Facility (OSCF), both at Goddard; Western Space Missile Center, Calif.; Air Force Satellite Control Facility, Colo.; 

White Sands Missile Range, N.M.; and Eastern Space and Missile Center, Fla., providing real-time network computational 

support. 

The network has support agreements with the governments of Australia, Spain, Senegal, Botswana, Chile, United Kingdom and 

Bermuda to provide NASA tracking stations support to the Space Transportation System program. 

In the Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Operations Control Center at Goddard, the network director and a team of 

operations managers and network systems specialists, keep the entire network tuned for mission support. Should the Johnson 

Mission Control Center be seriously impaired for an extended time, facilities serving the Network Operations Control Center 

would become an emergency mission control center manned by Johnson personnel, with the responsibility of safely returning the 

Space Shuttle orbiter to a landing field. 

The Merritt Island, Fla., S-band station provides the appropriate data to the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center and

the Mission Control Center at Johnson during prelaunch testing and the terminal countdown. During the first minutes of launch 

and during the ascent phase, the Merritt Island and Ponce de Leon, Fla., S-band and Bermuda S-band stations, as well as the Cband stations located at Bermuda; Wallops Island, Va.; Grand Bahama; Grand Turk; Antigua; Cape Canaveral; and Patrick Air 

Force Base, Fla., will provide appropriate tracking data, both high speed and low speed, to the Kennedy and Johnson Control 

Centers. 

The Madrid, Spain; Indian Ocean Station Seychelles; Orroral and Yarragadee, Australia; and Guam stations provide critical 

support to the orbital maneuvering system 1 and 2 burns on the first revolution. During the orbital phase, all S-band and some of 

the C-band stations that see the Space Shuttle orbiter at 3 degrees above the horizon will support and provide appropriate 

tracking, telemetry, air-to-ground and command support to the Johnson Mission Control Center through Goddard. 

During the nominal reentry and landing phase planned for Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; the Goldstone and Buckhorn, Calif.; 

S-band stations and C-band stations at the Pacific Missile Test Center, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base and 

Dryden Flight Research Facility will provide highly critical tracking, telemetry, command and air-ground support to the orbiter

and send appropriate data to the Johnson and Kennedy Control Centers. 
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NASA TRACKING STATIONS 

Location Equipment 

 

Ascension Island (ACN) S-Band, UHF A/G 

Bermuda (BDA) S-Band, C-Band, UHF A/G 

Buckhorn (BUC) S-Band, C-Band 

Goldstone (GDS) S-Band, UHF A/G 

Guam (GWM) S-Band, UHF A/G 

Hawaii (HAW) S-Band, UHF A/G 

Merritt Island (MIL) S-Band, UHF A/G 

Santiago (AGO) S-Band 

Madrid (MAD) S-Band, UHF A/G 

Orroral (ORR) S-Band 

Botswana (BOT) UHF A/G 

Dakar (DKR) UHF A/G 

Yarragadee (YAR) UHF A/G 

*More than 500 of whom are local residents. 

STS-4 FREQUENCIES 

Uplink

2105 MHz 

1831 MHz COMMAND VOICE AND RANGING 

2041 MHz 

 

296.8 MHz 

259.4 MHz UHF A/G VOICE 

 

 

Downlink

 

2205 MHz 

2217 MHz TELEMETRY 

2287 MHz 

2250 MHz 

 

 

296.8 MHz UHF A/G 

259.4 MHz VOICE 
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SHUTTLE - STANDARD OFT MENU 

Day 1*, 5 Day 2, 6 Day 3,7 Day 4,8 

Meal A 

Peaches (T) Applesauce (T) Dried Peaches (IM) Dried Apricots Beef Pattie (R) Dried Beef (NF) Sausage (R) Breakfast Roll Scrambled Eggs (R) Granola (R) Scrambled Eggs (R) Granola w/BlueberrBran Flakes (R) Breakfast Roll (I)(NF) Cornflakes (R) Vanilla Inst. BreakfCocoa (B) Chocolate. Instant. 

Breakfast 

(B) Cocoa (B) Grapefruit Drink 

Orange Drink (B) Orange-Grapefruit 

Drink 

(B) Orange--Pineapple Drink (B) 

Meal B

Frankfurters (T) Corned Beef (T)(I) Ham (T) Ground Beef w/PickTurkey Tetrazzini (R) Asparagus (R) Cheese Spread (T) Noodles & Chicken Bread (2X) (I)(NF) Bread (2X) (I)(NF) Bread (2X) (I)(N

F) 

Stewed Tomatoes 

Bananas (FD) Pears (T) Green Beans & Broccoli (R) Pears Almond Crunch Bar (NF) Peanuts (NF) Crushed Pineapple (T) Almonds Apple Drink (2X) (B) Lemonade (2X) (B) Shortbread Cookies (NF) Strawberry Drink  Cashews (NF)  Tea w/Lemon & Sugar (2X) (B) 

Meal C

Shrimp Cocktail (R) Beef w/BBQ Sauce (T) Cream of Mushroom 

Soup 

(R) Tuna 

Beef Steak (T)(I) Cauliflower w/ 

Cheese 

(R) Smoked Turkey (T)(IM) Macaroni & Cheese 

Rice Pilaf (R) Green Beans w/ 

Mushrooms 

(R) Mixed Italian Vegetables (R) Peas w/Butter Sauc

Broccoli au Gratin (R) Lemon Pudding (T) Vanilla Pudding (T) Peach Ambrosia Fruit Cocktail (T) Pecan Cookies (NF) Strawberries (R) Chocolate Pudding 

Butterscotch Pudding (T) Cocoa (B) Tropical Punch (B) Lemonade Grape Drink (B) 

*Day 1 (launch day) consists of Meal B and C only. 

Abbreviations

T = Thermostabilized I = Irradiated R= Rehydratable IM = Intermediate Moisture FD = Freeze-Dried NF = Natural Form 
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STS-4 CREWMEMBERS 

S82-31207 -- Official portrait of STS-4 crewmembers Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. (pilot), left, and Thomas K. (Ken) 

Mattingly II (commander) posing in ejection escape suits (EES) with an image of the third space shuttle launch in 

the background. 

No copyright is asserted for this photograph. If a recognizable person appears in the photo, use for commercial 

purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA 

or by any NASA employee of a commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might 

mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising and other commercial promotion, 

layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. 

PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA 

NAME: Thomas K. Mattingly II (Captain, USN). STS-4 Commander, NASA Astronaut 

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born in Chicago, Ill., March 17, 1936. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. 

Mattingly, now reside in Hialeah Fla. 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair; blue eyes; height: 5 feet 10 inches; weight: 140 pounds. 

EDUCATION: Attended Florida elementary and secondary schools and is a graduate of Miami Edison High 

School, Fla.; received a bachelor of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Auburn University in 1958. 

MARITAL STATUS: Single. 

CHILDREN: Thomas K. III, May 13, 1972. 

ORGANIZATIONS: Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Fellow, American 

Astronautical Society; and member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots, and the U.S. Naval Institute. 

SPECIAL HONORS: Presented the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the JSC Certificate of Commendation 

(1970), the JSC Group Achievement Award (1972), the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and Navy Astronaut 

Wings, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots Iven C. Kincheloe Award (1972), the Delta Tau Delta Achievement 

Award (1972), the Auburn Alumni Engineers Council Outstanding Achievement Award (1972), the AAS Flight 

Achievement Award for 1972, the AIAA Haley Astronautics Award for 1973, and the Federation Aeronautique 

Internationale V. M. Komarov Diploma in 1973. 

EXPERIENCE: Prior to reporting for duty at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, he was a student at the Air 

Force Aerospace Research Pilot School. 

Mattingly began his Naval career as an ensign in 1958 and received his wings in 1960. He was then assigned to VA35 and flew A1H aircraft aboard the USS Saratoga from 1960 to 1963. In July 1963, he served in VAH-11 deployed 

aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt where he flew the A3B aircraft for two years 

He has logged 6,300 hours of flight time -- 4,130 hours in jet aircraft. : 

NASA EXPERIENCE: Mattingly is one of 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member 

of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 8 and 11 missions and was the astronaut representative in development 

and testing of the Apollo spacesuit and backpack (EMU). 

He was designated command module pilot for the Apollo 13 flight but was removed from flight status 72 hours 

prior to the scheduled launch due to exposure to the German measles. 

Mattingly subsequently served as command module pilot of Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972. He was accompanied on 

the fifth manned lunar landing mission by John W. Young (spacecraft commander) and Charles M. Duke Jr., (lunar 

module pilot). The mission assigned to Apollo 16 was to collect samples from the lunar highlands at a location near 

the crater Descartes. While in lunar orbit the scientific instruments aboard the command and service module 

"Casper" extended the photographic and geochemical mapping of a belt around the lunar equator. Twenty-six 

separate scientific experiments were conducted both in lunar orbit and during cislunar coast. Major emphasis was 

placed on using man as an orbital observer capitalizing on the human eye's unique capabilities and man's inherent 

curiosity. Although the mission of Apollo 16 was terminated one day early, due to concern over several 
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spacecraft malfunctions, all major objectives were accomplished through the efforts of the mission support team and 

made possible by the most rigorous preflight planning associated with an Apollo mission. 

Mattingly has logged 265 hours and 51 minutes in space--1 hour and 13 minutes of which were spent in 

extravehicular activity (EVA). 

Mattingly worked as head of astronaut office support to the Space Transportation System program from January 

1973 to March 1978. He was next assigned as technical assistant for flight test to the manager of the Orbital Flight 

Test Program. From December 1979 to April 1981, he headed the astronaut office ascent/entry group. He 

subsequently served as backup commander for STS-2 and STS-3, Columbia's second and third orbital test flights. 

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Mattingly is commander for STS-4, the fourth flight of the Shuttle orbiter Columbia. 
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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA 

NAME: Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., STS-4 Pilot NASA Astronaut 

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born in Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 21, 1933. His mother, Mrs. Norma Hartsfield, 

resides in Birmingham, Ala. 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair; hazel eyes; height: 5 feet 10 inches; weight: 165 pounds. 

EDUCATION: Graduated from West End High School, Birmingham, Ala.; received a bachelor's degree in physics 

at Auburn University in 1954; did graduate work in physics at Duke University and in astronautics at the Air Force 

Institute of Technology; and received a master's degree in engineering science from the University of Tennessee in 

1971. 

MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Judy Frances Massey of Princeton, N.C. Her mother, Mrs. Marguerite 

Hales, resides in Goldsboro, N.C. 

CHILDREN: Two daughters: Judy Lynn, May 29, 1958; Keely Warren, May 14, 1959. 

SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal; the General Thomas D. White Space 

Trophy for 1973 (1974). 

EXPERIENCE: Hartsfield received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTC) at 

Auburn University. He entered the Air Force in 1955, and his assignments have included a tour with the 53rd 

Tactical Fighter Squadron in Bitburg, Germany. He is also a graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air 

Force Base, Calif., and was an instructor there prior to his assignment in 1966 to the USAF Manned Orbiting 

Laboratory (MOL) Program as an astronaut. After cancellation of the Air Force program in June 1969, he was 

reassigned to NASA. 

He has logged over 5,500 hours flying time--of which more than 4,900 hours are in the following jet aircraft: F-86, 

F-100, F-104, F-105, F-106, T-33, and T-38. 

NASA EXPERIENCE: Hartsfield became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a member of the astronaut 

support crew for Apollo 16 and served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Skylab 2. 3 and 4 

missions. 

Hartsfield retired in August 1977 from the United States Air Force with more than 22 years of active service but 

continues his assignment as a NASA astronaut in a civilian capacity. He was a member of the orbital flight test 

missions group of the astronaut office and was responsible for supporting the development of the Space Shuttle 

entry flight control system and its associated interfaces. 

Hartsfield served as backup pilot for STS-2 and STS-3, Columbia's second and third orbital flight tests. 

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Hartsfield is pilot for STS-4, the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia. 
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SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 

NASA Headquarters 

James M. Beggs Administrator 

Dr. Hans Mark Deputy Administrator 

Maj. General J. A. Abrahamson Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems 

L. Michael Weeks Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems 

Joe H. Engle Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight 

David R. Braunstein Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems 

(Management) 

Walter F. Dankoff Director, Engine Programs 

Edward P. Andrews Director, Ground Systems and Flight Test 

Frank Van Rensselear Director, Upper Stages 

Jerry J. Fitts Director, Solid Rocket Booster and External Tank 

Robert E. Smylie Associate Administrator for Space Tracking and Data Systems 

Johnson Space Center 

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Director 

Henry E. Clements Associate Director 

Clifford E. Charlesworth Deputy Director 

Glynn S. Lunney Manager, Space Shuttle Program 

Aaron Cohen Manager, Space Shuttle Orbiter Project Office 

George W. S. Abbey Director of Flight Operations 

Robert O. Piland Director of Engineering and Development 

Lynwood C. Dunseith Director of Data Systems and Analysis 

Kennedy Space Center 

Richard G. Smith Director 

Dr. Robert H. Gray Manager, Shuttle Projects Office 

John J. Neilon Manager, Cargo Projects 

George F. Page Director, Shuttle Operations 

Alfred D. O’Hara Director, STS Processing 

Thomas S. Walton Manager, Cargo Operations 

Marshall Space Flight Center 

Dr. William R. Lucas Director 

Thomas J. Lee Deputy Director 

Robert E. Lindstrom Manager, MSFC Shuttle Projects Office 

James E. Kingsbury Director, Science and Engineering Directorate 

James B. Odom Manager, External Tank Project 

George B. Hardy Manager, Solid Rocket Booster Project 

James M. Sisson Manager, Engineering and Major Test Management office 

Judson A. Lovingood Acting Manager, Space Shuttle Main Engine Project 

Dryden Flight Research Center 

John A. Manke Facility Manager 

Gary Layton Shuttle Project Manager 
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Goddard Space Flight Center 

Dr. Noel Hinners Director 

Richard S. Sade Director of Networks Directorate Space Tracking and Data Network 

Walter LaFleur Deputy Director of Networks Directorate (STDN) 

William B. Dickinson Division Chief, NASA Communications Network 

Donald D. Wilson Chief, NASA Communications Network 

Daniel Spintman Chief, Network Operations Division 

James M. Stevens Shuttle Network Support Manager 
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ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS 

AA Accelerometer Assembly, Angular Accelerometer 

A/A Air-to-Air 

ACCEL Accelerometer 

ACCU Audio Center Control Unit 

ACIP Aerodynamic Coefficients Identification Package 

ACN Ascension Island (STDN site) 

ADI Attitude Directional Indicator 

AGO Santiago, Chile (STDN site) 

ANG Angle 

ANT Antenna 

AOA Abort Once Around 

AOS Acquisition of Signal 

APU Auxiliary Power Unit 

ATO Abort to orbit 

AUD Audio 

AUTO Automatic 

BDA Bermuda Island (STDN site) 

BOT Botswana (STDN site) 

BRT Bright 

BUC Buckhorn, Calif. (STDN site) 

CAL Calibration 

CAMR Camera 

CCTV Close Circuit Television 

CCU Crewman Communications Umbilical 

CDR Commander 

CNSL Console 

CNTLR Controller 

C/O Checkout 

COAS Crewman Optical Alignment Sight 

CONT Continuous 

CRT Cathode Ray Tube 

CRT Center 

C/W Caution and Warning 

DAP Digital Auto Pilot 

DB Deadband 

DFI Development Flight Instrumentation 

DISC Discrete 

DKR Dakar, Senegal (STDN site) 

DTO Detailed Test objective 

ECLS Environmental Control Life Support 

ESW Edwards AFB, Calif. (Deorbit optical site) 

EES Emergency Ejection Suits 

EET Entry Elapsed Time 

EI Entry/Interface 

ET External Tank 

FCS Flight Control System 

FDF Flight Data File 
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ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS (continued) 

FM Frequency Modulation 

FRD Flight Requirements Document 

FSO Functional Supplementary Objective 

FTO Functional Test Objective 

GDS Goldstone, Calif. (STDN site, 1st antenna) 

GDX Goldstone, Calif. (STDN site, 2nd antenna) 

GLRSHLD Glareshield 

GMT Greenwich Mean Time 

GNC Guidance Navigation and Control 

GPC General Purpose Computer 

GWM Guam Island, U.S. (STDN site) 

HAW Hawaii (Kauai, STDN site) 

HIC Hickam AFB, Hawaii (Deorbit optical site) 

HTR Heater 

IECM Induced Environmental Contamination Monitor 

IMU Inertial Measurement Unit 

INRTL Inertial 

IOS Indian Ocean Station (STDN site) 

ITS Interim Teleprinter System 

KAD Kadena AB, Ryukyu Islands (Deorbit optical site) 

KSC Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Deorbit optical site) 

L Left 

LH2 Liquid Hydrogen 

LON Longitude 

LOS Loss of Signal 

LOX Liquid Oxygen 

LTG Lighting 

LVLH Local Vertical Local Horizontal 

MAD Madrid, Spain (STDN site, 1st antenna) 

MAN Manual 

MAX Madrid, Spain (STDN site, 2nd antenna) 

MECO Main Engine Cutoff 

MET Mission Elapsed Time 

MIL Merritt Island, Fla. (STDN site, 1st antenna) 

MLX Merritt Island, Fla. (STDN site, 2nd antenna) 

MNVR Maneuver 

NOR Northrup FLT Strip, N.M. (Deorbit optical site) 

NOZ Nozzle 

O2 Oxygen 

OFI Operational Flight Instrumentation 

OI Operational Instrumentation 

OMS Orbital Maneuvering System 

OPR Operator 

OPS Operations, Operational Sequence 

ORB Orbiter 

ORR Orroral Valley, Australia (STDN site) 

OVHD Overhead 
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ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS (continued) 

PA Power Amplifier 

PCM Pulse-Code Modulation 

PL Payload 

PLBD Payload Bay Doors 

PLT Pilot 

PM Phase Modulation 

PMC Private Medical Communication 

PNL Panel 

POS Position 

PRO Proceed 

PTC Passive Thermal Control 

PWR Power 

QTY Quantity 

QUI Quito, Ecuador (STDN site) 

R Right 

RCDR Recorder 

RCS Reaction Control System 

REF Reference 

REFSMMAT Reference Stable Member Matrix 

RELMAT Relative Matrix 

RGA Rate Gyro Assembly 

ROS Regulated Oxygen System 

ROT Rota, Spain (Deorbit optional site); Rotation 

RT Rotation Discrete Rate 

SA South Atlantic Anomaly 

SEL Select 

SEP Separation 

SGLS Space Ground Link System 

SPKR Speaker 

SPLY Supply 

SV State Vector 

SYS Systems 

TB Talkback 

TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 

TK Tank 

T/L Timeline 

TRKR Tracker 

TUL Tula Peak, N.M. (STDN site) 

TV Television 

UHF Ultra High Frequency 

VAC Vacuum 

VLV Valve 

VTR Video Tape Recorder 

WCS Waste Collection System 

WIN Yarragadee, Australia (STDN site) 

WMC Waste Management Compartment 

XFER Transfer 

X-POP X Body Axis Perpendicular to orbit Plane 

Y-POP Y Body Axis Perpendicular to orbit Plane 

-ZLV -Z Local Vertical (-Z body axis towards Earth) 
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SHUTTLE FLIGHTS AS OF JUNE 1982 

3 TOTAL FLIGHTS OF THE SHUTTLE SYSTEM 

STS-3 

03/22/82 – 02/30/82 

STS-2 

11/12/81 – 11/14/81 

STS-1 

04/12/81 - 04/14/81 

OV-102 

Columbia 

(3 flights)