[sci.space.shuttle] Shuttle Status for 03/27/89

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?
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