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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
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Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/14/91 (Forwarded)
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Date: 14 Jan 91 19:59:03 GMT
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        This KSC Status Report was prepared at 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 14th.

             Work continues to go smoothly on the Orbiter Discovery toward
        preparing it for a rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building by the
        end of January.  Over the weekend, the astronauts completed the crew
        equipment interface test, the traditional sharp edge inspection of
        the payload bay and the flight deck.

             Work to install the crew sleep station has been finished.
        Testing of the ammonia boiler system was completed over the weekend.
        Checks of the power reactant storage and distribution system have
        also been largely completed, with the exception of one remaining
        check.  In the aft, main propulsion system low pressure testing is in
        work.  A number of hydraulic tests are scheduled and will be underway
        most of the week.  Brake anti-skid tests will be underway through
        Wednesday.  Cross feed connections and associated testing of the
        orbital maneuvering system pods have been completed and a final
        pressure decay test is underway.  Potable water servicing is
        complete, and the routine contamination sampling is occurring.

             On Atlantis, main propulsion system leak checks continue.  A new
        Ku-band antenna has been installed on the forward starboard bulkhead
        of the payload bay and is now undergoing electrical connections.
        This is used for transmitting high speed data and television pictures
        to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.

             Testing of the power reactant storage and distribution system is
        complete.  Water spray boiler #2 has been installed.  Installation of
        the remaining six of eleven auxiliary power unit water valves is
        underway.  APU testing is scheduled for this afternoon and tonight.
        Three hours of the testing is considered hazardous and involves
        clearing the high bay of personnel, so this portion will be done
        overnight on third shift.

             The orbiter's bathroom has been in installed, and a functional
        check is scheduled for Tuesday.  Four of the five new general purpose
        computers are now in place and have been connected.  The software is
        now being installed.  Re-installation of window #1 is complete and
        work to remove window #6 is now underway.

             In the Vehicle Assembly Building on STS-37, the stacking of
        propellant segments on the left-hand booster is complete and the nose
        cone assembly containing the parachutes and instrumentation frustrum
        is being hoisted and mated today.  Stacking the right-hand solid
        rocket booster will follow, beginning tomorrow.

             On Columbia in the Vehicle Assembly Building, work on the tiles
        is underway, and a post flight bench check of one of the reaction
        control system thrusters is scheduled.

             From the NASA Kennedy Space Center, this is George Diller.