yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (03/28/89)
[Was on travel last week, hence the lack of reports. There should be a few
releases here and in sci.space today, mostly old news by now. -PEY]
KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING REPORT - MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1989
STS-30 - ATLANTIS (0V 104) - PAD 39-B
On Saturday, Magellan and its Inertial Upper Stage were
successfully installed in Atlantis' payload bay. The orbiter to
payload interface verification and the end-to-end tests are
scheduled for next week.
Technicians at the pad are installing the high pressure
oxidizer turbo pumps (HPOTP) on the main engines. Engine one pump
installation is complete and stretching of engine three pump
flange is in work today. The last HPOTP will be installed after
hypergolic propellants have been loaded onboard the ship.
Preparations will begin tomorrow for loading nitrogen
tetroxide and monomethylhydrazine into Atlantis' onboard storage
tanks. As part of the hazardous propellant loading operation,
hydrazine will be loaded into the orbiter's auxiliary power units
and the booster hydraulic power units. The actual loading
operation is scheduled to begin Wednesdsay.
The Countdown Demonstration Test is scheduled to begin with
a call-to-stations at 8 a.m. April 6 and will culminate at 11
a.m. April 7 with a simulated engine cutoff.
STS-28 - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1
Power up testing planned this week includes check out of the
power reactant storage and distribution system, water spray
boilers, a functional test of the waste containment system and
leak and functional tests of the auxiliary power units. Retest
of the master events controller has been completed. The forward
reaction control system is scheduled to be transferred from the
OMS RCS Processing Area (OPRA) to Columbia's processing hangar
tonight. Installation is planned for Wednesday.
STS-33 - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 2
Discovery returned to KSC atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft shortly after 1 p.m. Friday after a two-day ferry trip.
After demating from the 747 jumbo jet, Discovery was towed to
Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 early Saturday morning.
Operations scheduled today include, preparations to remove
the tail cone, preparations to install the payload bay door
strongbacks and preparations for activating the orbiter's
hydraulic system for post-flight checks of the aerosurfaces.
The three main engines will be removed and engine one will
be sent back to the Rocketdyne plant in Canoga Park, Calif. for
analysis and repair of a crack in its main combustion chamber. A
new engine will be sent down for Discovery's next flight.
STS-28 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - RPSF
Buildup operations are continuing on the left and right aft
boosters. The external tank attach ring has been installed on the
right aft booster and the nozzle is scheduled to be installed
later this week.
At Hangar AF, the STS-29 segments have been disassembled in
preparation for shipment back to Morton Thiokol in Utah for
refurbishment. The segments will go back by rail this week.sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink) (03/29/89)
In article <23131@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: > Technicians at the pad are installing the high pressure > oxidizer turbo pumps (HPOTP) on the main engines. Engine one pump > installation is complete and stretching of engine three pump ^^^^^^^^^^ > flange is in work today. The last HPOTP will be installed after > hypergolic propellants have been loaded onboard the ship. Does anybody out there know what this is all about? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "PENTAGON OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT | Stuart Warmink, Whippany, NJ, USA AN ANTIMATTER SHORTAGE" ("WHAT'S NEW") | sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (att!cbnewsl!sw) -----------> My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer <-----------