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Spaceport News America's Gateway to the Universe MissionUpdate Vol. 36, No. 17 August 29, 1997 Shuttle-Mir Spaceport News America's gateway to the universe. Leading the world in preparing and launching missions to Earth and beyond. John F. Kennedy Space Center Internal EVA conducted: Mir 24 cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Michael Foale continue the process of verifying restoration of electrical power to the Russian Busy week at Space Station Mir after an intravehicular activity Aug. 22. Troubleshooting of the oxygen- generating system also was under America’s way, and an extravehicular activity was tentatively set for the first week of September to conduct an spaceport inspection of leak sites on the damaged Spektr module. STS-86 ONE Shuttle rolled out to the launch pad Aug. 18 and another returned to KSC the following day. The Space Shuttle Atlantis (above) is now at Pad 39A, undergoing final preparations for launch Sept. 25 on the seventh Shuttle-Mir docking mission, STS-86. The Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test is scheduled for Sept. 9- Atlantis (20th flight OV-104) 10. At about 7:08 a.m., Aug. 19, Discovery (right) 87th Shuttle flight touched down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Pad 39A Facility, bringing Mission STS-85 to a successful 7th Mir Docking conclusion. Researchers were delighted with the Launch: Sept. 25, 10:34 p.m. performance of the primary scientific instruments flown Crew: Wetherbee; Bloomfield; on the 86th Shuttle flight, the Cryogenic Infrared Parazynski; Titov; Chretien Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (France); Lawrence; Wolf. (CRISTA)-SPAS and the Middle Atmosphere High Commander Wetherbee flew on Resolution Spectrograph Investigation (MAHRSI), both of STS-63, the Shuttle flight that which performed flawlessly. rendezvoused with Mir in 1995 to set the stage for the first docking. Russian Vladimir Titov also was on SRB retrieval ships to begin towing external tank board that flight. The two ships which have well as the streamlining been retrieving spent solid measures Shuttle prime STS-87 rocket boosters (SRBs) for the contractor United Space Space Shuttle program since Alliance (USA) is tasked with its inception in 1981 now have implementing. In the past, the an additional job: Delivering task of towing the external the Shuttle external tank that tank by barge to KSC was is manufactured in Michoud, carried out under a subcon- La., to KSC. tract overseen by Marshall While the first tow is still a Space Flight Center. USA is Columbia (24th flight OV-102) ways away — around the now managing that subcon- 88th Shuttle flight April/May 1998 timeframe — tract, which will be phased out Pad 39B the hardware needed to do the once the SRB ships take over. Launch date: Nov. 19, 2:18 p.m. USMP-4; Spartan 201-04 job is already on deck at The ships' primary task will Crew: Kregel; Lindsey; Scott; NASA's Hangar AF on Cape continue to be the retrieval of Chawla; Doi (Japan); Kadenyuk Canaveral Air Station, home the spent SRBs following a (Ukraine) port for the two ships. Shuttle launch, said Anker Spartan 201 is a solar physics LIBERTY STAR Capt. Joe Chaput spacecraft. This fourth flight in a The initiative fits in well Rasmussen, USA chief techni- examines one of two massive Texas bars series is being coordinated with the with both NASA Administrator cal manager for postflight on dock at Hangar AF. The bar weighs ongoing Solar and Heliospheric Daniel Goldin's “better, about 6,800 pounds and will be secured Observatory (SOHO) mission. cheaper, faster” philosophy as to the stern of the retrieval ship for towing (See SHIPS, Page 8) the Shuttle external tank. Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS August 29, 1997 Volunteers needed for beach cleanup Employees of the month The 10th annual coastal a.m. Volunteers may register cleanup, sponsored by the at any one of 10 sites along Center for Marine Conserva- Brevard's east coast. tion and Keep Brevard Call Keep Brevard Beauti- Beautiful, will be held Satur- ful, 639-0666, for more day, Sept. 20, from 9 – 11 information. Science fiction writer awards to be held at KSC Visitor Complex Science fiction fans will writers of science fiction and have the chance to meet fantasy. current and future star writers In the past 13 years, some of the genre at the 13th 200 novels and more than HONORED in August were (from left): Fran Carter, Engineering Development; annual L. Ron Hubbard 1,500 short stories have Pauline Shook, Installation Operations; Nicole Fromberg, Chief Financial Achievement Awards, being been sold by contest winners Officer's Office; Bridgett Mack, Safety and Mission Assurance; Kathleen Ellis, held this year at KSC's Visitor in the field of speculative Administration Office; Shawn Quinn, Checkout and Launch Control System; Barbara McCoy, Center Director's Office; Kim Boatwright, Space Station Complex on Saturday, Sept. fiction and other genres. Hardware Integration Office; and Sybil Largent, Procurement Office. Not shown 27. Contact Bev Widder, are James Joyner, Payload Processing; Art Maples, Biomedical Operations; The Writers of the Future Dateline Communications, in Marty Pontecorvo, Logistics Operations; and Arnold Postell, Shuttle Processing. Contest was established in Venice, Calif., for more 1983 by L. Ron Hubbard to information, tel. 310 581- discover and assist beginning 2680. CFC slogan contest Brevard symphony plans KSC concert winners announced The Brevard Symphony p.m. after a reception and And the winners are . Ceremony, Orchestra begins its 1997-98 features musical director and Frances Walsh (Electronic Oct. 1, in season with a space-themed principal conductor Christo- Engineering) and three guests the pops concert, Liftoff '97, at pher Confessore. Guest will attend a Marlins spring Training the Apollo/Saturn V Center, soloist Andy Taylor makes an training game as winner of the Auditorium by keynote Saturday, Sept. 20. Buses encore appearance. Combined Federal Campaign speaker Ken Lehner. will depart beginning at 6 Ticket prices are $50 per slogan contest. The slogan for Formerly with the New York p.m. from the KSC Visitor person, which includes a light this year’s campaign: Com- Yankees baseball organization, Complex. buffet. Call the BSO, 242- bined for Caring. Lehner is General Manager of The concert begins at 8 2024, for more information. Felix Soto Toro (Engineer- the Manatees and director of ing Development), winner of Brevard Operations for the the CFC drawing, will be Florida Marlins. Unsuspecting prey taking three guests to the He was awarded a presiden- Manatees game on Aug. 30, tial honor in 1992 for work in “United Way Night” at Space the inner cities with under- Coast Stadium in Viera. privileged children by giving Both winners will be recog- them an opportunity to play nized at the 1997 CFC Kickoff youth baseball. Cancer screening begins in September Screening for be available on the colorectal cancer will following schedule: be offered free to all Industrial Area, KSC employees in Occupational Health the month of Septem- Facility, 7 a.m. – 5 ber. p.m., Mon.-Fri.; The screening is Launch Complex 39 done using the hemoccult area, Launch Area Clinic, 24 (guaiac) slide process. Kits hours a day, seven days a containing the hemoccult week; slides, special directions for Cape Canaveral Air Station, TWO Great White Herons seem unware of the threat posed by an alligator lurking correct use, a questionnaire Cape Area Clinic, 7:30 a.m. – 4 nearby. Bionetics photographer George Shelton saw at least 17 alligators prowling the waters of Banana Creek when he took this photo Aug.12. and general information will p.m., Mon.-Fri. August 29, 1997 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 Examples of good deeds are plentiful at KSC Editor's Note: The following three stories — brought to the attention of Spaceport News by cowork- LOCKSMITH Bill ers — involve employees from across the spectrum of the KSC work force and show that heroism, old- Nichols wields a pick similar to fashioned ingenuity and simple courtesy are displayed freqently here at the space center. the one he used at the pad to Man's life saved in a remove a piece of Teflon from miracle-filled day flight hardware. United Space Alliance employees Jerry Bowman and Daryl Elder will tell you that EG&G FLORIDA security personnel (left) they didn’t think twice about went out of their way to help a lost elderly man get back home. From left are Lt. Steve the chances they took to save Bufford, Sgt. Thomas O'Connor, and Officers NASA Quality employee Brian Kanipe and Jerry Deese, the four James Swanson’s life the day security officials most closely involved with the of April 16, but in retrospect incident. their bravery is breathtaking. The two men were on their way home after working out in the KSC gym, when they were horrified to see the car in front of them plunge off the road into a canal off the NASA Causeway heading west. Inside, they could see a few feet away,” Elder said. A USA employees Daryl Elder man moving around on the security guard arrived on the (standing left in photo at right) and Jerry Bowman placed their driver's side. Realizing the scene and stood between the own lives at risk to save a driver was unable to help two rescuers and the gator, stranger from drowning. himself, Elder and Bowman and medical help arrived to rushed over to the vehicle, care for the driver. suggestion was made to have Security shows its already waistdeep in water. Asked what motivated them the KSC locksmith try to There was no phone nearby, to work so hard despite the remove the debris and Nichols softer side and they soon discovered that danger to save a stranger's was contacted.
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