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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
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Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/15/91 (Forwarded)
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Date: 18 Jan 91 18:20:38 GMT
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               Tuesday January 15, 1991                 9:30 a.m. EST

                     KSC SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT

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                     STS-39 -- Discovery (OV 103)  -  OPF Bay 1

               Scheduled operations continue in the Orbiter Processing
          Facility this week. Cross feed lines of the orbital maneuvering
          system pods have been connected and leak check operations on
          those lines will continue today. Final checks of the power
          reactant storage and distribution system (PRSD) and water spray
          boiler will also be conducted today. Following final tests on the
          auxiliary power units, all three APUs have been cleared for
          flight with final pressurization decay checks to continue as
          scheduled. Potable water sampling tests will take place today.
          Several days of hydraulic operations are scheduled for this week.
          Rollout of the vehicle to the VAB is scheduled for no earlier
          than January 29.


                      STS-37 -- Atlantis (OV-104)  -  OPF Bay 2

               Last night, installation of APU number 3 was completed and
          the bay was reopened for normal processing operations. PRSD fuel
          cell operations continue and the water spray boiler has been
          installed. Main propulsion leak testing continues. Work to
          replace window number 6 is on schedule. Hydraulic fill and bleed
          operations will be conducted this week following hydraulic
          operations on Discovery.

               In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the left forward solid
          rocket booster segment was pinned to the existing segments on the
          mobile launcher platform in high bay 3. The right aft segment
          will be transported to the VAB today with stacking operations
          scheduled for later today.


                   STS-40  --  Columbia (OV 102) - VAB High Bay 2

               Aft flight deck reconfiguration continues today. Both left
          and right hand landing gear strut checks are in work. Tile work
          continues today.

               Columbia will remain in the VAB until Discovery vacates the
          Orbiter Processing Facility, near the end of January.