yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (11/30/90)
KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1990 11 A.M.
STS-35 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - PAD 39-B
Launch preparations are underway for the STS-35 mission. The
countdown is scheduled to begin at the T-43 hour mark at 1 a.m.
tomorrow. Liftoff is planned for 1:28 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2.
Today, the aft compartment will be closed out for flight.
The power reactant storage and distribution system tanks have
been purged in preparation for propellant loading operations
scheduled Friday.
The seven member flight crew is scheduled to arrive at KSC
at 11:30 p.m. tomorrow. Commander Vance Brand and Pilot Guy
Gardner will fly in Shuttle Training Aircraft several hours after
their arrival.
Weather forecasts for launch time on Sunday indicate there
is a 70 percent chance that conditions will be within the launch
commit criteria. Scattered clouds are forecast at various levels.
Winds are predicted to be out of the northeast at 10-16 knots.
STS-39 - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 1
Today, the three main engines are being installed in the
vehicle. Seals are being replaced in the freon cooling system.
A screen test of the right orbital maneuvering system (OMS)
pod is continuing this week at the Hypergolic Maintenance
Facility.
STS-37 - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2
Post-flight pyrotechnic devices have been safed and prepara-
tions are underway to offload residual propellants from the orbi-
tal maneuvering system pods.
Routine post-flight checks are being conducted on the three
main engines. Post-flight inspections of the thermal protection
system are about 85 percent complete.
STS-39 BOOSTERS - VAB
STS-39 booster stacking operations are continuing in the
VAB. Mating of the right aft booster to the mobile launcher plat-
form is complete. Today, the right aft center segment is
scheduled to be transferred to the VAB.