baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (03/14/91)
KSC SHUTTLE STATUS - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991 --- 10:30 a.m.
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STS-37/GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - VAB HB 3
LAUNCH -- EARLY APRIL
WORK IN PROGRESS:
* Orbiter Interface verification tests
* Tile step and gap operations near nose cone
* SRB battery checks
* Vehicle frequency response test
* Preparations for rollout to pad 39-B
* Platform retractions in VAB
* GRO integration into Payload Changeout Room at pad B
(arrived at pad at 4:00 a.m. today)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen monoball electrical
connections
* Leak checks of main propulsion system
* Hydraulic circulation and sample tests
* Removal of debris shields
* SRB APU checks
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Rollout to pad 39-B targeted for 12:01 a.m. Friday
* Following rollout to pad:
- APU hot fire (Friday)
- Payload installation into orbiter payload bay (Sunday)
- Helium Signature test (Monday)
- Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (T-0 on Wednesday)
STS-39/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - VAB HB 1
LAUNCH -- LATE APRIL, EARLY MAY
WORK IN PROGRESS:
* Lifting orbiter to transfer aisle
WORK COMPLETED:
* Installation of aft access doors
* Sling lift and build up and orbiter demate operations
WORK SCHEDULED:
* VAB orbiter hydraulic operations
* Replace flight nose wheel tire with rollover wheel tire in
VAB transfer aisle
* Rollover to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 Thursday morning
at 8:30 a.m.
* Replace ET door hinge mechanism with one from Endeavour once
in the Orbiter Processing Facility
STS-40/SPACELAB LIFE SCIENCES 1 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1
LAUNCH - MAY
WORK IN PROGRESS:
* Water Spray boiler servicing
* Auxiliary power unit leak and functional tests
* Mid-body operations
* Thruster inspections
WORK COMPLETED:
* External tank umbilical door drive mechanism removed and
shipped to Rockwell plant in California Saturday (due back
at KSC end of March)
* Freon loop reservicing operations
* APU number 2 fuel line connections
* APU lube hot oil flush
WORK SCHEDULED:
* OMS/FRCS functional and deservicing operations
* Solid rocket booster stacking operations in VAB following
STS-37 rollout operations
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