yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (09/02/89)
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT - FRIDAY, SEPT. 1, 1989 STS-34 - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - PAD 39-B Preparations for the helium signature leak check of the main propulsion system and main engines are underway today. Technicians are continuing to make connections between the shuttle and the Galileo payload and Inertial Upper Stage. This weekend, technicians will install a high fidelity mock radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) in the two positions aboard the Galileo spacecraft. This exercise is designed to verify procedures, provide training and insure that access for the installation is sufficient. The Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test with the STS-34 flight crew is scheduled for Sept. 14 and 15. STS-33 - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 1 Orbiter modifications and thermal protection system operations are continuing. A brake anti-skid test and a nose wheel steering test are planned today. The landing gear functional test is scheduled Friday. STS-32 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 2 Preparations for draining hydrazine from the auxiliary power units catch bottles are underway. The orbiter's body flap will be positioned later today for engine removal operations. The main engines are scheduled to be removed later today and will be transferred to the VAB main engine shop for post-flight inspections and for the replacement of several components. The nose tires were removed yesterday. Operations continuing today include leak and functional testing of the main propulsion system and validation of the electrical system. STS-33 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB Technicians mated the left forward segment to the stack yesterday and the left forward assembly/nose cone was stacked early this morning. Leak checks are scheduled today. No work is planned over the holiday weekend. Next Tuesday, workers would begin preparations to stack the right aft center segment.