yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (10/31/90)
Lisa Malone
(407) 867-2468 Oct. 30, 1990
KSC Release No. 177-90
ENDEAVOUR SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE ARRIVES AT KSC
One of the three main engines for NASA's newest shuttle or-
biter, Endeavour, is scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center
today. This engine, like Endeavour, features many upgrades, and
is the first piece of flight hardware to arrive at KSC for the
fifth orbiter.
Engine number 2032 has passed all acceptance testing at
Stennis Space Center, near Bay St. Louis, Miss., and is being
shipped by truck to KSC. Upon arrival, the engine will be un-
crated and inspected in the space shuttle main engine shop lo-
cated in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The engine will be stored
in the engine shop until Endeavour arrives in May of next year.
Some of the improved features on this engine are a new con-
troller with a larger memory capacity and improved wire har-
nesses.
Press representatives need to be at the KSC Press Site by
1:30 p.m. tomorrow for a viewing of the engine. John Plowden,
Rocketdyne Launch Site Director, will be available to answer
questions.