[sci.space.shuttle] Shuttle Status for 01/08/90

yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (01/09/90)

           STS-32 SCRUB-TURNAROUND TIMELINE - MONDAY, JAN. 8 - 12 noon EST


               The external tank is being drained of liquid oxygen and liq-
          uid hydrogen propellants.  This operation is scheduled to be com-
          plete by 1 p.m. this afternoon. The pad will be reopened for nor-
          mal  work at that time and the launch team will begin reconfigur-
          ing for a launch attempt tomorrow.

               STS-32 flight crew members have had a  status  briefing  and
          will  have  an  afternoon of free time before going to sleep at 7
          p.m. tonight.

               The timeline for getting  back  into  the  launch  countdown
          leading  up to the opening of tomorrow's window at 7:35 a.m.  EST
          is as follows:


                                  Monday, January 8

          T-11 hours and holding            4:15 p.m.
          (2 hour built-in hold)

          T-11 hours and counting           6:15 p.m.

          T-10 hours                        7:15 p.m.

          T-9 hours                         8:15 p.m.

          T-8 hours                         9:15 p.m.

          T-7 hours                         10:15 p.m.

          T-6 hours                         11:15 p.m.
          (no one-hour built-in
          hold. Start loading
          external tank.)

                                 Tuesday, January 9

          T-5 hours                         12:15 a.m.

          T-4 hours                          1:15 a.m.

          T-3 hours                          2:15 a.m.
          (2 hour built-in hold begins.)

          Flight crew wakeup                 2:40 a.m.

          Crew breakfast                     3:10 a.m

          Flight crew suit-up                3:40 a.m.

          Crew departs for Pad 39-A          4:20 a.m.

          Crew arrives at white room         4:45 a.m.

          T-3 hours holding                  3:15 a.m.

          T-3 hours counting                 4:15 a.m.

          T-2 hours                          5:15 a.m.

          T-1 hour, 5 minutes                6:10 a.m.
          (hatch closed)

          T-1 hour                           6:15 a.m.

          T-20 minutes
          (10-minute built-in hold begins)   6:55 a.m.

          T-20 minutes counting              7:05 a.m.

          T-9 minutes                        7:16 a.m.
          (10-minute built-in hold begins)

          T-9 counting                       7:26 a.m.

          T-0                                7:35 a.m.