Jacques van Oene
July 19th 05, 02:46 PM
Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington July 19, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
RELEASE: 05-188
NASA'S SHUTTLE LAUNCH AT LEAST ONE WEEK AWAY
NASA is targeting Tuesday, July 26 as the earliest possible date to
launch the Space Shuttle Discovery on the Return to Flight mission
(STS-114). The determination was made during Monday's meeting of the Mission
Management Team (MMT) at Kennedy.
The MMT reviewed efforts by teams of engineers. The engineers are working
through a troubleshooting plan to address an issue with a liquid hydrogen
low-level fuel sensor circuit. The sensor circuit failed a routine
pre-launch check during the countdown July 13, delaying Discovery's first
launch attempt.
NASA is still working to launch Discovery by the end of the July window that
extends to the 31st. A dozen teams, with hundreds of engineers across the
country, are expected to complete their battery of tests by Wednesday. While
they have not isolated a cause of the sensor circuit failure, they have
eliminated a number of possibilities. If the remaining tests are
inconclusive, NASA could reload the External Tank with super-cooled
propellants to see how the sensor circuit behaves. The tanking could be done
as a test or as part of an actual launch countdown.
Commander Eileen Collins and her six Discovery crew mates come out of
quarantine today for one day off. They resume quarantine and training later
this week.
For the latest information about STS-114 on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington July 19, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
RELEASE: 05-188
NASA'S SHUTTLE LAUNCH AT LEAST ONE WEEK AWAY
NASA is targeting Tuesday, July 26 as the earliest possible date to
launch the Space Shuttle Discovery on the Return to Flight mission
(STS-114). The determination was made during Monday's meeting of the Mission
Management Team (MMT) at Kennedy.
The MMT reviewed efforts by teams of engineers. The engineers are working
through a troubleshooting plan to address an issue with a liquid hydrogen
low-level fuel sensor circuit. The sensor circuit failed a routine
pre-launch check during the countdown July 13, delaying Discovery's first
launch attempt.
NASA is still working to launch Discovery by the end of the July window that
extends to the 31st. A dozen teams, with hundreds of engineers across the
country, are expected to complete their battery of tests by Wednesday. While
they have not isolated a cause of the sensor circuit failure, they have
eliminated a number of possibilities. If the remaining tests are
inconclusive, NASA could reload the External Tank with super-cooled
propellants to see how the sensor circuit behaves. The tanking could be done
as a test or as part of an actual launch countdown.
Commander Eileen Collins and her six Discovery crew mates come out of
quarantine today for one day off. They resume quarantine and training later
this week.
For the latest information about STS-114 on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
-end-
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info