khayo@sonia.math.ucla.edu (Eric Behr) (06/29/88)
Old news by now. Note vagueness and forced optimism... (my
impression [EB])
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6/28/88: NASA UPDATES PLANS FOR SHUTTLE LAUNCH
June 28, 1988
RELEASE: 88-85
Rear Adm. Richard H. Truly, NASA Associate Administrator for
Space Flight, today updated the target for the upcoming Shuttle
launch to early September and indicated that he was very pleased
with the progress of preparations for STS-26. The new launch
target was selected following a major review covering all aspects
of the Shuttle program and Truly's subsequent report to NASA
Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher.
It is planned that Discovery will be rolled out to the
Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B the first week of July. A
flight readiness firing (FRF) of Discovery's main engines and
liquid propulsion sytem is targeted for late July. The final
full-scale, full-duration test firing of the redesigned Shuttle
solid rocket motor (SRM) prior to STS-26 will be production
verification motor (PVM-1), also planned for late July.
In summary, Truly said, "Hard work by a lot of people is
paying off and the Shuttle program is coming along nicely."
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Eric