yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (11/07/90)
Headline News Internal Communications Branch (P-2) NASA Headquarters Monday, November 5, 1990 Audio Service: 202 / 755-1788 This is NASA Headline News for Monday, November 5, 1990 Work on the three orbiters at Kennedy Space Center progressed extremely well this weekend. All three vehicles were processed according to their individual schedules, with no hitches experienced. Atlantis passed its main engine high pressure fuel duct penetrant dye test. The flash evaporator water loop valve was replaced and tested. The external tank is being purged today. Contingency space suits will be installed in the middeck airlock tomorrow. Concurrent with these activities, closeout work will continue on Atlantis' aft throughout the early part of the week. The current schedule calls for primary reactant system purges on Thursday, with hypergolic system pressurization on Friday. Ordnance installation will follow the completion of these activities. Columbia's Astro-1 Broad Band X-ray Telescope was serviced with argon on Friday. Work to deconfigure the aft compartment continues. The water valves on the auxiliary power units were changed and retested over the weekend. The forward reaction control system was tested Friday; the aft system is being tested today. Also today, a helium signature leak test will be performed on the liquid oxygen portion of Columbia's fuel system. A replacement auxiliary power unit will be installed on Wednesday and hot-fired next week. In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, Discovery's orbital maneuvering system and forward reaction control system were removed over the weekend. Aft heat shields are being removed today to allow for removal of the main engines later this week. On Wednesday, Dr. William Lenoir will hold another monthly space flight press briefing. Shuttle chief Robert Crippen and space station chief Richard Kohrs will also participate. The briefing will be at 3:00 pm EST, in room 531, Building 10-B. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Adm. Truly will participate in a round-table meeting of the National Academy of Sciences tomorrow and Wednesday, and will also address the participants of the NASA 1990 Educational Affairs Meeting. The annual education meeting is taking place the entire week in Cambridge, Mass. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * New Hubble Space Telescope photographs are expected to be released early this week. 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. Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. **indicates a live program. Monday, 11/5/90 12:00 pm "And Then There Was Voyager," new video production from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 3:00 pm Replay of "And Then There Was Voyager." Tuesday, 11/6/90 12:00 pm NASA Productions, through 2:00 pm. 6:00 pm NASA Productions repeat, through 8:00 pm. Wednesday, 11/7/90 1:15 pm **Magellan-at-Venus report from JPL. 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.