yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (01/19/91)
Tuesday January 15, 1991 9:30 a.m. EST
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
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STS-39 -- Discovery (OV 103) - OPF Bay 1
Scheduled operations continue in the Orbiter Processing
Facility this week. Cross feed lines of the orbital maneuvering
system pods have been connected and leak check operations on
those lines will continue today. Final checks of the power
reactant storage and distribution system (PRSD) and water spray
boiler will also be conducted today. Following final tests on the
auxiliary power units, all three APUs have been cleared for
flight with final pressurization decay checks to continue as
scheduled. Potable water sampling tests will take place today.
Several days of hydraulic operations are scheduled for this week.
Rollout of the vehicle to the VAB is scheduled for no earlier
than January 29.
STS-37 -- Atlantis (OV-104) - OPF Bay 2
Last night, installation of APU number 3 was completed and
the bay was reopened for normal processing operations. PRSD fuel
cell operations continue and the water spray boiler has been
installed. Main propulsion leak testing continues. Work to
replace window number 6 is on schedule. Hydraulic fill and bleed
operations will be conducted this week following hydraulic
operations on Discovery.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the left forward solid
rocket booster segment was pinned to the existing segments on the
mobile launcher platform in high bay 3. The right aft segment
will be transported to the VAB today with stacking operations
scheduled for later today.
STS-40 -- Columbia (OV 102) - VAB High Bay 2
Aft flight deck reconfiguration continues today. Both left
and right hand landing gear strut checks are in work. Tile work
continues today.
Columbia will remain in the VAB until Discovery vacates the
Orbiter Processing Facility, near the end of January.