yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (02/08/91)
Headline News
Internal Communications Branch (P-2) NASA Headquarters
Thursday, February 7, 1991 Audio Service: 202 / 755-1788
This is NASA Headline News for Thursday, February 7, 1991
Kennedy Space Center technicians have discovered another
problem associated with one of the three replacement
thruster units installed recently on Discovery. The heater on
one of the thrusters still does not work. Troubleshooting
activities are now aimed at determining if the problem is with
the wire or the heater. Rollover is still set for late Friday/early
Saturday, pending further resolution of the thruster problem.
On Atlantis, workers installed window #6 in the crew cabin
yesterday and are in the process of installing window #1 today.
The crew equipment interface test will occur Saturday, Feb. 9.
Members of the STS-37 crew are expected to arrive at KSC late
tomorrow.
Work on Columbia is on hold while it awaits the roll over to
Discovery's Orbiter Processing Facility slot.
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The Magellan spacecraft and its radar system continue to
perform normally. Temperatures of several spacecraft
subsystems have been near their alarm limits because Magellan
is now getting more direct sunlight that it did earlier in the
mission. Temperatures are being monitored closely by Jet
Propulsion Laboratory flight engineers. The Magellan flight
operations team is developing plans to turn the spacecraft
periodically so that the various elements will receive periodic
shading from the sun. Project Manager Tony Spear said his
team also was working to systematically remove sources of
command errors, while at the same time improving the uplink
procedures. Since launch, there have been 18 command errors
out of 199,406 commands, or about 1 out of 10,000.
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NASA yesterday announced the selection of 26 Space
Grant State Consortia. These newly selected consortia
represent 132 colleges, universities and industrial partners.
This selection brings the total number of participating
institutions to more than 300 in 46 states and the District of
Columbia. The latest program grants were targeted to states
with colleges and universities involved in nationally competitive
aerospace research and educational programs. The 4-year,
$150,000-per-year grant will be used to initiate new programs
and to strengthen existing capabilities.
Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA
Select TV. All times are Eastern. **indicates a live program.
Thursday, 2/7/91
11:30 am NASA Update will be transmitted.
12:00 pm Starfinder program: "Pictures from Numbers."
12:15 pm Stennis Space Center 1991 video review of
activities.
12:30 pm Looking for Answers program.
1:00 pm **NASA Administrator Richard Truly's testimony
before the House Committee on Science, Space
and Technology, George Brown (D-Calif.)
chairman, live from Rayburn House Office
Building, Room 2318.
All events and times may change without notice. This report is
filed daily, Monday through Friday, at 12:00 pm, EST. It is a
service of Internal Communications Branch at NASA
Headquarters. Contact: CREDMOND on NASAmail or at
202/453-8425.
NASA Select TV: Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, C-Band, 72
degrees West Longitude, Audio 6.8, Frequency 3960 MHz.