yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (01/12/91)
Friday January 11, 1991 10:00 a.m. EST
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
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STS-39 -- Discovery (OV 103) - OPF Bay 1
Power on testing continues today. Ammonia boiler servicing
is scheduled to resume today. The high bay will be cleared for
this operation. Results of the routine leak checks on the main
propulsion system are reported good. Auxiliary power unit leak
and functional checks indicate possible lube oil seepage around
APU number 2. Repressurization tests and additional analysis will
be performed. Potable water servicing and main engine heatshield
and carrier panel installation continues in work today. Elevon
cove leak checks are complete. OMS pod verifications are
scheduled to continue this weekend. Rollover to the VAB is
scheduled for the end of January.
Members of the STS-39 crew are scheduled to arrive KSC this
weekend for a scheduled crew equipment interface test on Sunday.
STS-37 -- Atlantis (OV-104) - OPF Bay 2
Fuel cell power reactant and storage distribution system
tests and liquid hydrogen leak and functional tests continue in
work today. APU leak and functional tests and final connection
operations also continue today. The outside pane of Atlantis'
window number 1 has been removed. The seals are currently being
cured for installation of the replacement pane. Window number 6
will be changed out next week.
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the left forward solid
rocket booster segment was lifted and mated to the existing
segments on the mobile launcher platform in high bay 3.
STS-40 -- Columbia (OV 102) - VAB High Bay 2
Hydraulic system inspections are continuing as access
allows. Trouble shooting of the S-band antenna and tile work on
the landing gear doors continue today.
Columbia will remain in the VAB until Discovery vacates the
Orbiter Processing Facility, near the end of January.