yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (03/17/89)
MISSION STATUS REPORT #12
FLIGHT DAY FOUR
Thursday, March 16, 1989 -- 6 am CST
In a reversal of traditional procedure, the crew of Discovery
this morning "awoke" Mission Control with the theme song from the
popular television show "Star Trek" followed by congratulatory
comments from actor William Shatner who played Captain Kirk on
the show. Flight controllers followed Discovery's message by
uplinking the fight songs from each crew members' college.
Another busy day is planned aboard Discovery including
troubleshooting of the Space Station Heatpipe Advanced Radiator
Element and continued monitoring of the chicken embryo and
CHROMEX experiments and filming with the IMAX camera.
Yesterday, work associated with an abnormal cryogenic hydrogen
tank reading culminated when the Discovery crew was given the
"go" to turn on one of two heaters in tank number three. The
system has been operating normally since activation of heater B
in the tank.
During SHARE activities yesterday the crew conducted a second run
which was terminated 28 minutes into the experiment due to the
drying out of liquid ammonia in the evaporator section of the
heat pipe. The crew again powered up SHARE at 5:47 am CST today
with results to be determined.
The next mission status will be at 9:30 am CST.