-- L NASA-TM-108657 _: _ Office of Space Science & Applications Flight Project Data Book 1992 Edition NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration PROJECT N93-22870 _!_i_!ii_ ( N A S A - T M- 10 8 b 5 7 ) FLIGHT OATA BOOK (NASA) 147 p Unclas G3/12 0150642 Office of Space Science & Applications Flight Project Data Book 1992 Edition National Aeronautics and Space Administration TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Table of Contents ............................................................................... i Introduction ...................................................................................... iii OSSA Organization Chart ................................................................... v Flight Projects Planned or In Development Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) .............................................. 3 Advance_ X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) ........................................................ 5 Astro-2 Mission .............................................................................................. 7 Astro-D Mission ............................................................................................. 9 Astro-SPAS Program ..................................................................................... 11 ORFEUS CRISTA Astromag .................................................................................................... 14 Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) Series ....... ' ........ 16 Cassini Program ........................................................................................... 18 Centrifuge Facility ......................................................................................... 21 Collaborative Solar-Terrestrial Research Program (COSTR) Cluster Mission ................................................................................... 23 Geotail Mission ................................................................................... 25 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Mission (SOHO) ...................................... 27 Cosmos Program .......................................................................................... 29 Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS) ...................................................................... 31 Discovery Program ........................................................................................ 33 Earth Observing System (EOS) .......................................................................... 35 Earth Probes ................................................................................................ 39 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Explorer Program .......................................................................................... 42 X-Ray Timing Explorer (XTE) Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Far Ultraviolef Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) ................................................................... 45 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) ......................................... 47 Global Geospace Science (GGS) Program Polar Mission ..................................................................................... 49 Wind Mission ..................................................................................... 51 Grand Tour Cluster (GTC) Mission ..................................................................... 53 Gravity Probe B (GP-B) .................................................................................. 54 High Energy Solar Physics (HESP) Mission .............................. _........................... 56 Inner Magnetosphere Imager (IMI) Mission ............................................................ 57 International Microgravity Laboratory (IML) Series ................................................... 58 PAGE Flight Projects Planned or In Development (Continued) Laser Geodynamics Satellite II (LAGEOS II) .......................................................... 61 LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (L1TE) ..................................................... 63 Lunar Scout ................................................................................................. 65 Mars Environmental Survey (MESUR) ................................................................ 67 Mars Observer (MO) ...................................................................................... 69 NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (NOAA E-M) ...................................... 71 Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX/POSEIDON) ............................................... 73 Orbiting Solar Laboratory (OSL) ........................................................................ 75 Pluto Flyby/Neptune Orbiter Program .................................................................. 77 Radar Satellite (RADARSAT) ............................................................................ 80 Small-Class Explorers (SMEX) .................................................... ..................... 82 Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetosphere Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) ............................................................. 85 Space Radar Laboratory (SRL_ .......................................................................... 87 Spacelab-J (SL-J) ................................... _...................................................... 89 Spacelab Life Sciences (SIS) Series .................................................................... 92 Submillimeter Intermediate Mission (SMIM) ........................................................... 95 Tethered Satellite System (TSS) ......................................................................... 97 Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) Mission ............ 99 United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML) Series .............................................. 101 United States Microgravity Payload (USMP) Series ............................................ 103 On-Going Flight Projects Compton Observatory .................................................................................... 107 Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) ................................................................. 109 Galileo ...................................................................................................... 111 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ......................................................................... 114 Magellan ................................................................................................... 116 Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT). ............................................................................ 118 Ulysses .......................................... ....................................................... 120 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) ....................................................... 122 Yohko (formerly Solar-A) ............................................................................... 124 APPENDIX A: Index of Missions by Division ....... ........................... A-1 APPENDIX B: Terms of Reference .................................................. B-1 APPENDIX C: Major Events Calendar .............................................. C-1 INTRODUCTION Office of Space Science and Applications The Office of Space Science and Applications (OSSA) is responsible for the overall planning, directing, executing, and evaluating that part of the overall NASA program that has the goal of using the unique characteristics of the space environment to conduct a scientific study of the universe, to understand how the Earth works as an integrated system, to solve practical problems on Earth, and to provide the scientific and technological research foundation for expanding human presence beyond Earth orbit into the solar system. OSSA guides its program toward leadership through its pursuit of excellence across the full spectrum of disciplines. OSSA pursues these goals through an integrated program of ground-based laboratory research and experimentation, suborbital flight of instruments on airplanes, balioons, and sounding rockets; flight of instruments and the conduct of research on the Shuttle/Spacelab system and on Space Station Freedom; and development and flight of automated Earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecraft. The OSSA program is conducted with the participation and support of other Government agencies and facilities, universities throughout the United States, the aerospace contractor community, and all of NASA's nine Centers. In addition, OSSA operates with substantial international participation in many aspects of our Space Science and Applications Program. OSSA Organizational Structure OSSA consists of the Office of the Associate Administrator and nine divisions. Three of these divisions are responsible for centralized coordination activities, while six are responsible for their respective science disciplines. The Office of the Associate Administrator consists of the Associate Administrator (AA), the Deputy Associate Administrator (DAA), two Assistant Associate Administrators (AAA), and associated staff personnel. One AAA position is assigned principal responsibility for Science and Applications and the other is assigned principal responsibility for Institutions. The NASA Resident Office is maintained