yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (09/30/88)
MCC STATUS REPORT 7 Mission Control Status Report - Flight Day 2 (A) 9/30/88 - 5:00 a.m. CDT Discovery's crew was awakened this morning at 4:37 by the pre-recorded voice of popular comedian Robin Williams saying "Gooooooood Morning Discovery!!!" The original recording, provided by a Houston area radio disc jockey, also included original lyrics recorded to the theme music of the television show "Green Acres". Crew Commander Rick Hauck responded with a hearty "Gooooood Morning Houston!!!", and the crew and flight control team got down to business preparing for the day's activities. The first order of business for the day will be to maneuver Discovery to the necessary attitude for alignment of the Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs). After the IMU alignment, the crew will deploy the KU-band antenna which will support high data rate communications between the Orbiter and the Mission Control Center throughout the mission. Crew activities today will include maintenance of a wide array of middeck experiments while flight controllers continue efforts to thaw ice which has accumulated in Discovery's launch and entry cooling system. A maintenance program is currently in work which includes running the payload bay door radiators about 4 degrees higher than normal, activation of dual heaters to gradually warm the valve, and an increased flow rate in the system's freon loops. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite which was successfully deployed from the Orbiter yesterday has reached it's intended orbit and it's appendages fully deployed, capping off a highly successful first day on orbit. The next MCC Summary Report is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. and will include an overview of the secondary payloads.