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Vol. 35, No. 9 May 10, 1996 Thanks for buying U.S. Savings Bonds! Spaceport News 1996 Savings Bond America's gateway to the universe. Leading the world in preparing and launching missions to planet Earth and beyond. KSC drive results John F. Kennedy Space Center

Organization Percent of participation Two KSC employees named astronaut candidates Two NASA/Kennedy Space CD/DY/AC 90% he has always been interested Center employees have been in flight. His first job after re- named astronaut candidates, AC 74% ceiving a mechanical engineer- making a total of three candi- ing degree from the University dates chosen from KSC in the CC 100% of Arizona was with Rockwell last 16 months. International as a test engineer Fernando ‘Frank’ Caldeiro, a CM 88% for the B-1B bomber in lead engineer in the systems Palmdale, CA. Shortly after- assurance office, and Joan CALDEIRO HIGGINBOTHAM DE 66% ward he was promoted to test di- Higginbotham, a lead orbiter rector. After the 100th bomber project engineer, received the ing and launch of the Shuttle EO 100% was delivered in 1988, he trans- news April 29 in phone calls fleet here at KSC be given the ferred to KSC as a systems spe- from the astronaut office at opportunity to fly,” said KSC HM 76% cialist with Shuttle main pro- NASA’s Johnson Space Center Center Director Jay Honeycutt. pulsion systems. In 1991 he was in Houston. Caldeiro said the fact that IM 72% hired by NASA and began work- “It is gratifying to see employ- he so thoroughly enjoys his work ing in the KSC systems assur- ees who work so diligently and at KSC probably contributed to LO 59% ance office. successfully toward the process- his selection. And the fact that (See ASTRONAUTS, Page 8) MD 84% STS-77 to develop MK 61% commercial edge MS 80% Developing the commercial OP 66% potential of space will be the fo- cus of Mission STS-77, the PA 100% fourth Space Shuttle flight of 1996. RQ 51% At press time, the 77th Shuttle mission and 11th flight TM 69% of Endeavour was scheduled to begin with a May 16 liftoff from Centerwide total 70% Pad 39B during a two-and-a- half-hour launch window which opens at 6:32 a.m. EDT. The Asian, Pacific Islander date may change to no earlier than May 19 because of range month honored at KSC scheduling. The planned 10-day THE STS-77 astronauts, posing during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, May has traditionally been flight is targeted for a landing are, from the left, Mission Specialist Mario Runco Jr.; Pilot Curtis Brown Jr.; Mission observed as Asian and Pacific at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facil- Specialist Marc Garneau (representing the Canadian Space Agency); Commander Islander American Heritage ity on May 26 at 7:09 a.m. EDT. John Casper; and Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas and Daniel Bursch. Month. The theme of this The six-member crew will be inflated and later jettisoned ever during a single Space year's observance is "Asian oversee the operation of the after operations; and the Tech- Shuttle flight. Pacific Americans -- One Vi- three primary payloads — the nology Experiments for Advanc- On Flight Day Two, sion, One Mission, One Voice." SPACEHAB-4, a commercially ing Missions in Space (TEAMS), Endeavour’s Remote Manipula- Among KSC activities owned and operated laboratory a set of four space technology tor System (RMS) arm will re- planned for the month is a lun- module with 12 experiments, experiments. lease the Spartan 207 carrier cheon May 23 at 11:30 a.m. in mostly in commercial space Planned as part of the Spar- with its attached IAE. The an- the O&C Mission Briefing product development; the Spar- tan 207/IAE and TEAMS inves- tenna, which is housed in a can- Room. Former Congressman tan 207/Inflatable Antenna Ex- tigations are a total of four ren- ister about the size of a large Norman Mineta is scheduled periment (IAE), a free-flying car- dezvous operations with two re- kitchen table, will then take less to speak. rier with an antenna that will search satellites — the most (See STS-77, Page 8) Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS May 10, 1996 1995 Kennedy Space Center Annual Honor Awards 1995 PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE RANK AWARD Meritorious Distinguished Executive Rank Award Executive Rank Award This award is granted by the president to career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) whose performance has been exceptional for at least three years. The award recognizes sustained extraordinary or superior accomplishment in the management of programs of the United States Government and for noteworthy achievement of quality and efficiency in the public service.

John T. Conway Robert B. Sieck Tom Breakfield

KSC DIRECTOR’S AWARD KSC SECRETARY OF THE YEAR This award is granted to a KSC employee serving in a secretarial The Director’s Award is the position who has demonstrated highest award that the center exemplary performance of official confers on an employee. The duties over an extended period of award honors the accomplishment time, or a significant one-time accom- of a job-related task of such plishment directly related to official magnitude and merit as to de- duties. The nominee’s performance serve special center recognition. must also have been characterized by a high degree of personal integrity, Kenny G. Aguilar Fran Brauer judgment and responsibility.

NASA OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP MEDAL KSC SERVICE AWARD

In grateful recognition and appreciation of faithful service in the Na- tional Aeronautics and Space Adminis- tration and the Charles B. Mars government of the United States of America. 40 years 40 years Malcolm W. Fuller George H. Hughes, Jr.

KSC EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AWARD

This award is granted to any KSC employee or supervisor for outstand- Dr. James W. Wright Elliot Zimmerman ing contributions to Equal Opportu- nity. Examples of the types of contri- Floyd Curington - (no photo available) butions for which the award may be granted include: encouraging self- The NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal is development and training among Janet A. Keith awarded for notably outstanding leadership minorities and women; assigning which has had a pronounced effect upon the minority and women employees to technical or administrative programs of NASA. organizational tasks which broaden The award may be given for an act of leader- their experience; suggesting affirma- ship or for sustained contributions based on an tive actions which alleviate problems individual’s effectiveness as a leader, the peculiar to minorities and women; productivity of an individual’s program, or and, assigning minorities and women demonstrated ability to develop the administra- to tasks which encourage full utiliza- tive or technical talents of other employees. tion of their skills. Walt Stampley Page 3 SPACEPORT NEWS May 10, 1996

NASA GROUP ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS KSC CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION

The NASA Group Achievement Award is given in recognition This award recognizes exceptional individual accomplish- of an outstanding accomplishment which has been made ment or outstanding direction or management of a program through the coordination of many individual efforts and has or program segment which affects the entire Center or contributed substantially to the accomplishment of the NASA contributes significantly to the Center’s mission. mission. This award recognizes the accomplishments of either a total Government employee group or a group comprised of Hewitt Q. McKinney Mack McKinney both Government and non-Government personnel. Grant W. Stoddard Richard P. Schneider Donald Schiller Eugenio Pichardo Apollo/Saturn V Center Robert Webster Kimberly Jenkins Facility Activation and Modification Management William Bastedo Herbert Peete Galileo Processing Team Cynthia Martin Harry Wolfe Hardware Interface Module Project Team Robert Franco Tracy Gill KSC Emergency Preparedness Coordination Team Gary Benton Brent Seale KSC Facility Asbestos Survey John Parks Renee Minor NASA-KSC Midrange Procurement Implementation Team Frank Der Bill Larson 1996 President’s Quality Award Application Team Karen Thompson Jim Aliberti Russian Docking Module Payload Support Team Scott Colloredo Miguel Morales Safety and Mission Assurance Support Contractor Tran Mario Busacca Carolyn McCrary sition Team Danny R. Culbertson Robert M. Howard Space Station Processing Communication Systems Work- Michael D. Hogue Seunghee Lee ing Group Ernesto T. Camacho Peter P. Nickolenko STS-34 Orbiter main Landing Gear Failure Analysis Team Mark A. Mason Joanne Cobbs STS-69 Multi-Payload Processing Facility First Use Team Sharon Lowry Betty Eldred Michael B. Stevens Clinton E. Bartley Jack L. Gardner Kenneth L. Newton NASA PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL Louis G. MacDowell, III Pauletta K. McGinnis Michael S. McCarty Rosamund L. Rock The NASA Public Service Medal is granted for exceptional Linda Hansen Ball Michael J. Lonergan contributions to the mission of NASA. The award may be given David J. Spacek Denise Y. Coleman to any individual who was not a government employee during Terry L. Smith David G. Dixon the period in which the service was performed. Peter J. Musto Christopher J. Carlson Timothy A. Bond Jan A. Zysko Roger C. Greek Richard H. Jolley, Ph.D., P.E. Steven J. Altemus Matthew K. Smisor John B. Plowden Michael B. Renfroe Alvaro Diaz Larry A. Murray George W. Jacobs

KSC CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION This award is intended to recognize significant contributions made by NASA employees, individual citizens, contractors, or public organizations to Center endeavors.

NASA Employees Contractors

Annette C. Dittmer Robert A. Cunningham Kristen J. Riley Karen E. Corne Mary G. Chetirkin Mark A. Hahn Kent E. Hawley Kennedy L. Newton Patricia F. Hatch Patricia E. Gladney Michael Jones Clarence D. West John J. Zuber Louis B. MacDowell, III Paul A. Mogan Denise De La Pascua Robert C. Reuter Kenneth E. Hunter J. Bruant Keith, Jr. Herman T. Everett, Jr. Kim C. Ballard Wayne R. Martin John D. Holt James R. Matrazzo John T. Demko Glenn S. Perez Larry L. Shultz Henry Schwarz John W. Boelke Benjamin C. Glenn David W. Olsen Norman J. Tokarz Gregory A. Hall Cynthia R. Wicker Nancy J. Melton Brian E. Bateman Darin M. Skelly Maria C. Stelzer Joseph E. Porta Teddy J. Mosteller Gary A. Woods James N. Hillis Marisa L. Hueckel Thomas A. Schehl James H. Celsor Robert J. Koenn Wiley R. Alford Thomas J. Jamieson M. Claire Neptune Cheryl C. Hurst John Poppert Francis Villalpando Elliott H. Burton Joe Regan James W. Austin Teresa M. Lawhorn Ron Fox Shawn M. Quinn Mark W. Monaghan Joan D. Peterson Margaret A. Hinds David A. Wansley Louise Boyd Karin Biega Rikki Ojeda Robert C. Youngquist M. Melinda Smith Jim E. Medina John T. Halsema Robert K. Currie Mark Woloshin Kenneth D. Hyde Anne Jamison Timothy P. McKelvey Schonda L. Briggs Helen P. Kane Terry A. Stefanovic Carlos D. Estrada Ping Y. Yu Deborah K. Ward Linda K. Buckles Joseph B. Voor Frank S. Howard Robert L. Schwandt Cheri B. Wynn Thomas Hoffman Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS All-American picnic

OSMAN IFTIKHAR, husband of Karen Iftikhar of the Equal Opportunity Office, helps kick off the opening festivities for the picnic with a jump onto the KARS park picnic grounds. Iftikhar and three other members of Astra's skydiving team from Titusville dropped in during the ceremonies. Together the four parachutists have a total of 60 years experience and 11,000 jumps, having performed at air shows throughout Florida.

JUDGES FOR THE fifth annual KSC chili cookoff get down to bu FROM THE LEFT, David Brady, Johnny Wilkinson and Dana Peacock Kennedy Space Center’s of the Merritt Island 1996 version of the All-Ameri- High School Quarterback Club can picnic was so popular, helped cook some organizers resorted to handing of the 800 pounds of hamburger out makeshift tickets at the gate. consumed during Tom Breakfield, organizer of the picnic. the event, said the final estimated attendance of 5,200 is a “conservative” number. Most past picnics have drawn about half that, and the picnic committee this year had set a goal of 3,000. Breakfield said the picnic committee began getting a li nervous the afternoon before the event when 4,200 ticke were reported sold. On the morning of the picnic “we had people rushing out to locate more hamburger meat, hot dogs, drinks, ice and paper goods,” he said. When all wa said and done, picnic goers consumed 800 pounds of ha burger, 200 pounds of hot dogs, 1,008 cups of ice cream 9,144 cans of soda and 5,000 pounds of ice. Anyone who attended the picnic extravaganza would a the committee pulled it off beautifully. “It was a real succe Breakfield said. “The picnic was geared to real family-typ activity.” One of the biggest successes was the restructured children’s activities area which featured games designed ASTRONAUT Kevin Chilton, who performed in the MAX Q band, signs an autograph groups of employees, centered around KSC and space- for Trish Zion, 5, daughter of Howard Zion of Precision Fabricating and Cleaning. SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5 raws all-out crowd

MEMBERS OF the MAX Q astronaut band get picnic goers, including Nora Ross of Shuttle Operations, on their feet with their rousing renditions of classic rock-n-roll favorites.

on the task of rating KSC's finest chili concoctions.

related themes. And the variety of enter- tainment topped off by a floor-stomping performance by the THE NASA KENNEDY Management Association Dunking booth provided participants an opportunity to elusive MAX cool off during the hot afternoon. Q astronaut band. And the fifth annual chili cookoff which even attracted a judge from that other chili-loving state — George Abbey, director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. “There was something for everybody,” Breakfield said. Of course the event required the coordinated efforts of hun- dreds. Breakfield said the real

credit goes to the picnic commit- GROUND SYSTEMS team members won over the judges as tee members. He was especially their Roadkill chili received top prize in the chili cookoff. From left are Mark Nurge of Ground Systems, Mike McCully, director appreciative of the support of the of Launch Site Operations for Lockheed Martin Space Operations Exchange Council Facilities Op- Company and chili judge extraordinaire, Shawn Quinn of Ground Systems and Center Director and Chief Chili Honcho Jay erations Manager for KARS Bobby Honeycutt. At right, Payload Operations Director John Conway's Goforth, the KARS Gun Club, and Politician's Chili may not have received the most votes, but it the KARS personnel who took on what may have been the biggest job of all — cleaning up the trash! Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS May 10, 1996

NASA EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL

The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal is awarded for a significant, specific accomplishment or contribution clearly characterized by a substantial and significant improvement in operations, efficiency, service, financial savings, science or technology which contributes to the mission of NASA.

Tracy Lee Crittenden George R. Hurt Richard Martucci Gary Ray Richard A. Boutin Walter L. Covington Herbert E. McDilda Janet M. Parker Ramon Lugo, III Barbra Reitz Shannon D. Bartell Steve Dutczak Lawrence F. Kruse Theodore Cook, Jr. KSC CENTER DIRECTOR Jay Honeycutt leads a panel of NASA center directors during the closing segment of the 33rd Space Congress on April 26 at the Howard NASA EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE MEDAL Johnson Plaza-Hotel in Cocoa Beach. The leaders spoke on "A Perspective of the Future from NASA Center Directors." From the left are Mark Craig, deputy director at Stennis Space Center; Dr. Wayne Littles, director at Marshall Space Flight Center; Honeycutt, George Abbey, director of Johnson Space Center; and The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is awarded for signifi- John Young, associate director (technical) of Johnson Space Center. cant performance characterized by unusual initiative or creative ability that clearly demonstrates substantial improvements or contributions in engineering, aeronautics, space flight, administra- KARS offers discount attraction tickets tion, support, or space-related endeavors which contribute to the good anytime after 10 a.m. mission of NASA. KARS is offering discounted tickets that can be used at Wet KARS/KSC will have exclusive Nicholas J. Talluto Ronald B. Kent ‘N Wild water park on Saturday, use of the park from 6 to 10 p.m. Sam Lenck Daniel L. Tweed May 25. The special price is $13 The rain check policy will be in Dudley R. Cannon, Jr. Roy L. Russell (the regular rate is $25.39) and effect for those entering the park Rita Willcoxon Gale J. Allen includes: free soft drinks from after 4 p.m. Tickets will be on Russell Romanella G. Wyckliffe Hoffler, M.D. noon to 8 p.m.; free 18-hole sale at all NASA Exchange re- Mike Kinnan Andrew L. Haugevik Congo Golf from noon to 5 p.m.; tail stores from May 17-24. Roelof L. Schuiling Joel R. Reynolds regular hot dogs for 75 cents at A special rate has also been Lesa Roe Bruce R. Baker the main snack bar; $1 tube arranged with Universal Stu- Wayne Prince Edward J. Mango rentals after 6 p.m. ($2.50 before dios for the month of September. Charlie Quincy Perry L. Becker 6 p.m.); and $1.00 parking with Ticket prices will be $23 for Tammy Conway Barry M. Braden a parking coupon. Admission is adults and $18 for children.

PARTICIPANTS in Kennedy Space Center's Spring 1996 Intercenter Run make their way down the Shuttle Landing Facility runway April 17. Weather was nearly perfect and logistically the race went off without a hitch, reports Mary Kirkland, coordinator of the RECIPIENTS of the team award for fighting Foreign Object Debris (FOD) are event. A total of 242 runners and walkers took part 2 mile, 5 kilometer and 10 kilometer Shuttle Landing Facility team members, from the left, Manager Robert Bryan, events. Winners included: Two-mile, men: Ermin Dion Ramiscal, 14:40; Raymond E. John Forzetting, Tamara Williams, William Lockwood, Sarah Patterson, Alvin Johnson, 15:15; Dominic Lapinta, 15:17. Women, Donna Boone, 14:49; Carmel Shearer, Lightsey, Donald Linton, Kenneth Hooks and Ronald Feile, all from EG&G Florida, 15:50, Rebecca Smith, 16:44. 5K, men: Rick Simon, 20:12; Jimmy Juel, 20:37; David Inc. Not pictured are Terry Mann and Larry Parker of EG&G and Ed Taff of Demianovich, 21:06. Women, Leslie Hughes, 23:32; Andi Bernhard, 24:32; Nancy Zeitlin, NASA. 24:40. 10K, men: Tim O'Brien, 37:55; Chip Galliano, 39:13; Frank Kapr, 39:56. Women, Michelle Lackore, 43:36; Cheryl Mackowiak, 52:10. May 10, 1996 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7 KSC employees commended at STS-76 Honoree Event

K e n n e d y The Honoree Award is the Space Systems Division; Silver Snoopy awards Space Center highest form of recognition be- Stephanie Grathwol, ABEX (KSC) hon- stowed upon an employee by the NWL Aerospace; John Jahahn, Several Silver Snoopy awards ored 49 of its NASA Space Flight Awareness Odetics; Gary Henderson, have also been presented to civil service Program. Pamela Storm and Steven Van NASA and contractor employees and contrac- Recipients are selected for Horn, United Technologies, during the past month. tor employ- their professional dedication USBI Co.; and Rosalind On April 2, members of the ees at a spe- and outstanding achievement in Barbaree, Richard Bennett, STS-75 crew presented awards cial Honoree support of the human space- Cecil Boggs Jr., Dolores to NASA employees Jim Thomp- Event held March 19-22 at the flight program. Galbreath and Mary Ann Jack- son, Troy Turbyville and Larry space center. Twelve civil service employ- son, EG&G Florida Inc.; and Mauk and contractor employees The KSC employees were ees were honored. They were Evelyn Ott and Gordon Rogers Kim Osgood, EG&G; Titus Free- among some 250 NASA and in- Kent Hawley, David Cox, Tricia Sr., United Service Associates man, Sherikon Space Systems dustry employees from around Koger, Sharon Pine, Beth Inc. Inc.; and Richard Risley and the country who were honored Vrioni, Robert Koning, Mark Lockheed Martin Space Op- Paul Hudson, LMSO. by top NASA and industry lead- Rosato, Teresa Lawhorn, erations employees honored Astronaut Pam Melroy pre- ers for their significant contri- Michael Lonergan, Timothy were Peter Aiello, Frederick sented awards April 4 to John butions to the nation’s space pro- Bond, James Devault and Tho- Cryder, Stephen Dupree, Ben- Lorch, NASA; Bob Wilson and gram. mas Howard. jamin Enriquez, Peter Kent, Pete Hopman, LMSO; and Ed The KSC employees attended Contractor employees hon- Dennis Knight, Debra Lamond, Gillenwater, Ron Feile, Bill a special reception in their ored included William Cook, The Roger Lee, Paul Lucas, Louis Caffee and Mike Mann, EG&G. honor, and were joined by astro- Bionetics Corp.; James Meeks, Marrero, Henry May, Robert Astronaut Jim Halsell pre- nauts and senior NASA and in- I-NET Inc.; Roger Greek Jr., Parsons, Judith Russell and sented awards to EG&G em- dustry officials of the Space Mark Juhr, Margie Myers,and Christopher Sally. ployees Richard Hardy and Jeff Shuttle team. William McCullough, Mc- STS-76 honorees and their Peterson April 10 and civil ser- They were given a VIP tour Donnell Douglas Space and De- spouses/guests visited the vant John Dollberg on April 16. of Kennedy Space Center and fense Systems-KSC; Kelly Johnson Space Center in Hous- On April 25, Astronauts Mike participated in various brief- Geroux, Rockwell Aerospace, ton May 1st and 2nd as part of Gernhardt and Mike Anderson ings. Rocketdyne; and Paul Hamric, the Space Flight Awareness ac- presented awards to Cheryl They also watched the STS- Wiltech Corp. tivities. There they toured facili- Hurst, NASA;, Brain Lawson, 76 launch of the Space Shuttle Also, Frederick Martin, ties including Mission Control MDS&DS; Edward Simmons, Atlantis on March 22 from a Catherine Parnell and Kenneth and space station and Shuttle Rockwell; and Bruce Rutledge, special VIP viewing site. Saltz, Rockwell Aerospace, mockups. USBI. Smithsonian, life scientists study CO2 effects at KSC site Researchers from the through an electrically powered Smithsonian Institution hope duct system. Underground cam- their experiment in a local scrub eras will monitor root growth oak community at the Kennedy and researchers will watch the Space Center (KSC) will help growth and physiology of the them determine the effects of plants over the next two years. increased carbon dioxide (CO2) The experiment should help on natural vegetation. determine if an increase in CO2 Experts forecast a doubling of will help vegetation grow in nu- the CO2 in the Earth’s atmo- trient poor areas, said Dr. Bert sphere during the next century. Drake, the Smithsonian’s prin- The research team plans to cipal investigator on this simulate that increase to find project. out how natural ecosystems and “The study may also show vegetation will respond. that some vegetation types are DR. BERT DRAKE, the Smithsonian’s principal investigator on the study of CO2 levels The Smithsonian, NASA, and more amenable to extra CO2 and in a KSC scrub oak community, issues a command to turn on the blowers dispersing that those will flourish and de- the Department of Energy ambient air and increased CO2 into open-top chambers. Dr. Ross Hinkle, biological (DOE) are cooperating to find programs manager for Dynamac, awaits the start of the experiment. velop a competitive advantage answers to these questions. The over others,” said Dr. Ross Smithsonian will lead the inves- year has been spent preparing The 12-foot by 12-foot cham- Hinkle, biological programs tigation with on-site assistance the 4-acre site, located a half bers been carefully placed over manager for Dynamac, KSC’s from KSC’s life science organi- mile north of KSC’s Launch a new growth of scrub that is life science contractor. NASA’s zation. The Department of En- Complex-39. The site contains springing back after a planned Biological Programs organiza- ergy provided $1.3 million for 16 open-top chambers that burn of the area. Twice the nor- tion views the project as an op- the three-year project through house the Florida scrub vegeta- portunity to share data and ex- mal amount of CO2 will be blown a grant to the Smithsonian. One tion being studied. into half of the chambers, pertise. Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS May 10, 1996

Chuck Henschel remembered by Apollo co-workers 2-foot-long (0.6-meter-long) sat- STS-77. . . ellite on the day of deployment, Charles “Chuck” Henschel, of responsibility (Continued from Page 1) Flight Day 4, as well as on known by many at Kennedy as he moved than six minutes to inflate to Flight Days 7 and 8. Space Center for his good nature into the Shuttle about the size of a tennis court. Aerodynamic stabilization and grace under pressure, died program, from Fully inflated by nitrogen gas, could result in the design of sat- at his home in Titusville on May helping former the lens-shaped antenna will ellites which are more reliable 2. Launch Direc- have a diameter of 48 feet (14.6 and cost-effective, and less com- Henschel worked at KSC for tor Norm meters) and include three 92- plicated. Carlson coordi- 30 years before retiring in 1994. HENSCHEL foot-long (28-meter-long) struts. The highest-priority experi- He joined NASA in 1964 as a test nate the tradi- The orbiter will be about 400 ment of the flight is the Com- conductor and was a lead test tional post-launch beans to serv- feet (122 meters) away as the mercial Float Zone Furnace to supervisor for the first Saturn V ing as a back-up in the firing crew photographs the inflation. grow high-quality crystals of launch from Complex 39. He room during launch to prepar- The IAE will be jettisoned after semiconductor materials for worked as a launch vehicle test ing the Launch Complex 39 area a 90-minute test of the deploy- electronic devices, infrared de- conductor for the Apollo pro- for the center’s annual open ment (i.e., inflation) and perfor- tectors, faster computers and gram, test supervisor for the house. mance of a large inflatable an- improved optical electronic de- Saturn V program, NASA test “He always had a lot of tenna on orbit. The RMS robotic vices. The SPACEHAB-4 inves- supervisor for the Shuttle pro- projects going,” said Ted arm will then be used to retrieve tigation is being performed in gram and as a technical assis- Mosteller, an astronaut support the Spartan carrier the follow- cooperation with the Canadian tant for the Vehicle Processing office employee who trained un- ing day. Space Agency and the German Division. der Henschel in the Vehicle Pro- Inflatable components like Space Agency (DARA). Angelo Taiani, a NASA/KSC cessing Division from late 1993 the antenna could significantly The crew also will conduct retiree who worked as a techni- until Henschel’s 1994 retire- reduce the cost, while increas- and oversee a variety of second- cal support supervisor while ment. Those projects extended ing the reliability, of deployable ary experiments in the fields of Henschel served as Apollo test to his church and into the com- structures in space such as so- technology demonstration, pro- supervisor, remembered munity, he said. “After he re- lar arrays. tein crystal growth and biologi- Henschel’s careful command tired he said he didn’t know how The three other rendezvous cal processes. while on console. he had found time to work,” operations scheduled during the More than 90 percent of the “He never had any irritating Mosteller said. Recently mission are with a small satel- payloads on the mission are words to say,” Taiani said. “Some Henschel worked as a volunteer lite used in one of the four sponsored by NASA’s Office of people on console were much dif- for the Public Affairs Office and TEAMS experiments called the Space Access and Technology ferent than he was.” served as a consultant for the Passive Aerodynamically-Stabi- through its Commercial Space Dick Young, who worked as a Apollo Saturn V center and lized Magnetically-Damped Sat- Centers and their industrial af- public information officer at that shows currently under construc- ellite (PAMS). The investigation filiates. time, said Henschel was “very tion. is designed to demonstrate the Crew members are Mission smart” and “very affable.” Henschel is survived by his principle of using the thin atmo- Commander John H. Casper; “When he’d issue status re- wife, two sons, his mother and sphere remaining at low alti- Pilot Curtis L. Brown Jr; Mis- ports he’d put it in English for a sister. Flags at KSC were tude to position a satellite in a sion Specialist Andrew S.W. us dummies,” Young said. flown at half-mast May 6 in his specific orientation. In addition, Thomas, serving as payload Henschel took on a wide range memory. magnetized rods will be used to commander; Mission Specialists help align the satellite with the Daniel W. Bursch and Mario Astronauts. . . tems to her bachelor’s degree in magnetic field of Earth. Runco Jr.; and Mission Special- electrical engineering and her Endeavour is expected to ren- ist Marc Garneau from the Ca- (Continued from Page 1) master’s in management. dezvous with the approximately nadian Space Agency. After completing his master’s Higginbotham was recently degree at the University of Cen- promoted to the lead orbiter tral Florida he was encouraged project engineer position for the by Safety and Mission Assur- Shuttle Columbia after two ance Director JoAnn Morgan years as an orbiter project engi- John F. Kennedy Space Center and co-workers to apply for the neer for the Shuttle Atlantis. astronaut corps. In his spare She engages in numerous Spaceport News time Caldeiro and his wife public speaking engagements, Donna enjoy traveling in the conducts tours on behalf of two-seat composite airplane he NASA and tutors at a local el- The Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space built himself. ementary school. She has re- Center and is published on alternate Fridays by the Public Affairs Office Higginbotham began work- in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees. ceived a NASA Exceptional Ser- Contributions are welcome and should be submitted two weeks being for NASA in 1987 as a pay- vice Medal and the Outstanding fore publication to the Media Services Branch, PA-MSB. E-mail submis- load electrical engineer. Within Woman of the Year Award. sions can be sent to [email protected] six months she became the lead Kay Hire, formerly an engi- Managing editor...... Lisa Malone for orbiter experiments on the neer with Lockheed Space Op- Editor...... Barb Compton Space Shuttle Columbia. erations Company, became the Editorial support provided by Sherikon Space Systems Inc. writers group. In August, she will add a first KSC employee to be named USGPO: 733-096/20021 master’s degree in space sys- a candidate in December 1994.