yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (11/07/90)
Headline News Internal Communications Branch (P-2) NASA Headquarters Tuesday, November 6, 1990 Audio Service: 202 / 755-1788 This is NASA Headline News for Tuesday, November 6, 1990 At the Kennedy Space Center, work to prepare Atlantis for the STS-38 DoD flight continues. Workers will install the two contingency space suits in Atlantis tomorrow. The external tank will also be purged tomorrow. Aft compartment closeout activities also continue. On Columbia, the helium signature leak test of the main propulsion system oxygen side went well yesterday. Columbia's number one auxiliary power unit is being replaced today. The replacement APU will be hot fired next week. Discovery's heat shield is being removed today in preparation for removal, on Friday, of the three main engines. Other work today on Discovery includes electronics and crew compartment systems checks. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * New Hubble Space Telescope photographs will be released today at 1:00 pm EST. The photos are of the Orion nebula and include images of features of the nebula never seen before. This is one of the richest star birthing regions in our local neighborhood, and has been of interest to astronomers for centuries. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * During the deployment of Ulysses' 24.3-foot axial boom on Sunday, Jet Propulsion Laboratory flight controllers noticed a slight wobble in the spacecraft's spin axis. The JPL team expected some slight perturbation, but is investigating this situation. The motion does not affect Ulysses operations nor the communications link with Earth. Instrument turn-on and check-out activities continue with no anomalies. Ulysses is now about 18 million miles from Earth and moving outward from the Sun at a velocity of nearly 88,000 miles per hour. NASA Select TV Feature Presentation Thursday, NASA Select TV will transmit a special NASA Production featuring highlights from the recent Eisenhower Symposium "Look to the Future." The symposium was co- sponsored by the Eisenhower Institute and the Smithsonian Institution. The Select TV program features opening remarks by Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of the former President, and includes speeches by Adm. Richard Truly, Father Theodore Hesburgh (Notre Dame University President Emeritus), and Dr. James Snelling (University of Maryland Distinguished Professor.) Dr. William Lenoir will hold another monthly space flight press briefing tomorrow at 3:00 pm EST, in room 531, Building 10-B. Shuttle chief Robert Crippen and space station chief Richard Kohrs will also participate. The briefing is on the television conference system and will not be broadcast on NASA Select TV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Arnold Aldrich yesterday announced an organizational change at two West Coast NASA facilities. Ames Flight Research Center has a new Deputy Center Director, Kenneth Szalai, who will be located at the Dryden Flight Research Facility and serve as Director of the Dryden operation. Aldrich said this change will let NASA take full advantage of Ames institutional capabilities, and will enhance recognition for the unique flight-test programs conducted at Dryden. Szalai, who had been Dryden chief of research engineering, will assume the Dryden duties from Martin Knutson, who will return to Ames to direct flight operations there. Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. **indicates a live program. Tuesday, 11/6/90 12:00 pm "Why a Graduate Degree in Science and Engineering," a NASA Production. 6:00 pm Repeat of "Why a Graduate Degree in Science and Engineering." Wednesday, 11/7/90 1:15 pm **Magellan-at-Venus report from JPL. Thursday, 11/8/90 11:30 am NASA Update will be transmitted. 12:00 pm Videotape playback of "Look to the Future" symposium highlights. All events and times may change without notice. This report is filed daily, Monday through Friday, at 12:00 pm, EDT. 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.