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.