Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from beak.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Mon, 3 Dec 1990 01:52:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <0bKTLhC00VcJ0-J05v@andrew.cmu.edu> Precedence: junk Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Mon, 3 Dec 1990 01:51:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: SPACE Digest V12 #613 SPACE Digest Volume 12 : Issue 613 Today's Topics: NASA Headline News for 11/27/90 (Forwarded) New treatment eases effects of space motion sickness (Forwarded) NASA Headline News for 11/29/90 (Forwarded) Re: Astro-2 Re: Visual Observation of Galileo Administrivia: Submissions to the SPACE Digest/sci.space should be mailed to space+@andrew.cmu.edu. Other mail, esp. [un]subscription notices, should be sent to space-request+@andrew.cmu.edu, or, if urgent, to tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 30 Nov 90 07:11:49 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 11/27/90 (Forwarded) Headline News Internal Communications Branch (P-2) NASA Headquarters Tuesday, November 27, 1990 Audio Service: 202 / 755-1788 This is NASA Headline News for Tuesday, November 27, 1990 The Flight Readiness Review for the STS-35 Astro-1 mission aboard Columbia is currently underway at Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Checkout Building. At the conclusion of this review, late this afternoon, NASA management expects to announce a target launch date for the mission. Meanwhile, Columbia's payload bay doors were opened again yesterday for access to the payload. The Broad Band X-ray Telescope will be serviced with argon again tomorrow. Also tomorrow, technicians anticipate concluding aft compartment close out activities on the vehicle. On Discovery, in OPF Bay 1, turnaround processing work continues with no problem. Cold plate manifold seals were being changed yesterday as part of the ammonia boiler/freon cooling loop servicing. The system will be tested for leaks again once the seals have been installed. Atlantis, in OPF Bay 2, will have its payload bay doors opened later tonight. Atlantis is still in the initial stages of turnaround processing. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The first-ever technology utilization / technology transfer conference -- Technology 2000 -- got underway this morning at the Washington Hilton. Some 2,000 participants have been registered for this two-day symposium. Adm. Richard Truly was the host at this morning's session and Dr. Allan Bromley gave the keynote address. J. R. Thompson will speak at an awards dinner this evening. The conference features over 150 university, government and industry exhibitors as well as multiple, concurrent sessions. It will continue through tomorrow night. Highlights of the conference will be carried on a taped-delay basis on NASA Select TV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dr. Lew Allen, Chairman of the Hubble Space Telescope Investigation Board, will hold a press briefing on the board's findings at 2:30 pm EST, today, in the NASA Headquarters sixth floor auditorium. Copies of the board's final report to NASA will be available at the briefing. Dr. Lennard Fisk, Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, will also participate. The briefing will be carried live on NASA Select TV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Preparations continue for tomorrow evening's NACA-NASA 75th Anniversary celebration at the National Air and Space Museum. Featured speakers will include Gen. Thomas Stafford, Scott Crossfield and David Lewis. They will be hosted by Adm. Truly at a luncheon tomorrow at NASA Headquarters. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A Galileo press conference will be held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 1:00 pm EST to discuss recently returned data acquired by the spacecraft during its flyby of Venus last February. The present spacecraft status and plans for the Earth gravity assist flyby on Dec. 8 will also be discussed. Participants include: William O'Neil, Galileo project manager; Dr. Torrance Johnson, Galileo project scientist; and key members of the science team. The press briefing will be carried on NASA Select TV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Researchers at the Langley Research Center have successfully concluded a flight research project which examined automated landing capabilities for both aircraft and spacecraft. The project was done in cooperation with Honeywell Space Systems Group, which provided the integrated differential navigation system used in the test. The navigation system was tied in with the Global Positioning System. The test was conducted to begin a foundation for the assessment of such systems in future spacecraft and to assess the accuracy of the GPS system for automated aircraft landings. Six days of flights tests were acquired from Oct. 23 through Nov. 14. The Langley Boeing 737 Transport System Research Vehicle was the test aircraft. It made 111 landings during this period, including 36 using GPS-aided automatic touchdowns. Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. **indicates a live program. Tuesday, 11/27/90 12:30 pm Technology 2000 conference (2 hour taped-delay coverage). 2:30 pm **HST Investigation Report press conference from NASA Headquarters. Wednesday, 11/28/90 1:15 pm **Magellan-at-Venus report from JPL. Thursday, 11/29/90 11:30 am NASA Update will be transmitted. 1:00 pm **Galileo Venus flyby and Earth flyby press briefing from JPL. All events and times may change without notice. This report is filed daily, Monday through Friday, at 12:00 pm, EST. It is a service of Internal Communications Branch at NASA Headquarters. Contact: CREDMOND on NASAmail or at 202/453-8425. NASA Select TV: Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West Longitude, Audio 6.8, Frequency 3960 MHz. ------------------------------ Date: 30 Nov 90 07:41:56 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: New treatment eases effects of space motion sickness (Forwarded) Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington, D.C. November 29, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-1549) Kari Fluegel Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 713/483-5111) RELEASE: 90-155 NEW TREATMENT EASES EFFECTS OF SPACE MOTION SICKNESS Physicians at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, have instituted a new treatment for space motion sickness that has markedly decreased the severity of the illness in crewmembers. Promethezine, an intramuscular treatment administered after the onset of symptoms, has helped decrease the symptoms of space motion sickness on 14 occasions since NASA's return to flight in September 1988, according to Dr. Sam Pool, Chief of the Medical Sciences Division at JSC. Medical researchers believe changes in the body's vestibular system contribute significantly to space motion sickness. The vestibular system regulates the body's sense of balance and, when the tiny stones in the inner ear called otoliths no longer have weight in a microgravity environment, the brain may misinterpret the sensations an individual may feel while moving around in microgravity. The unusual visual cues experienced during floating in the Shuttle orbiter cabin may further confuse the brain's perceptions and produce symptoms. Since the early days of space flight, many space travelers have experienced this space motion sickness. Symptoms resemble those of Earth-based motion sickness and may include headache, malaise, lethargy, stomach awareness, loss of appetite, nausea and/or episodic vomiting. Symptoms tend to worsen during body movement, especially movements of the head. In the first 24 missions of the Space Shuttle program, about 67 percent of the 85 crew members making their first flight reported symptoms of space motion sickness. About 30 percent reported mild symptoms; 24 percent, moderate symptoms; and 13 percent severe symptoms. Most recovered by the end of the third day in space. In one extreme case in the Soviet Salyut 6 mission, however, one crewmember was ill for 14 days. The incidence of space motion sickness among those making a second flight dropped to 46 percent. During the first 24 Shuttle missions, scopolamine and a combination of scopolamine and dextroamphetamine, given orally, were used to treat space motion sickness. Recent studies at the JSC Biomedical Operations and Research Branch by Drs. Nitza Cintron and Lakshmi Putcha, however, have shown that the oral absorption of scopolamine and other medications in weightlessness is unpredictable. Since the initiation of intramuscular promethazine therapy, Shuttle crewmembers have not experienced severe cases of space motion sickness and almost all have been essentially symptom free by the end of the second flight day. Crewmembers now receive training in administering the medication should space motion sickness develop during Shuttle flights. Research for space motion sickness is sponsored by NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications. ------------------------------ Date: 30 Nov 90 07:34:24 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 11/29/90 (Forwarded) Headline News Internal Communications Branch (P-2) NASA Headquarters Thursday, November 29, 1990 Audio Service: 202 / 755-1788 This is NASA Headline News for Thursday, November 29, 1990 Preparations for Sunday's launch of Columbia for the STS-35 Astro-1 mission are continuing to go well at the Kennedy Space Center. The launch team "call to stations" went out early this morning at 1:00 am. Presently, technicians are preparing for propellant loading operations, which are scheduled to begin tomorrow. The seven-person Astro flight team is set to leave Houston for the Cape late tonight. Their arrival at KSC, scheduled for 11:00 pm EST, will be carried live on NASA Select TV. The current weather prediction for launch morning calls for scattered clouds at nearly all altitudes with launch pad winds out of the ENE at 10 to 16 knots. The probability of violating a tanking constraint is 10 percent; the probability of violating a launch constraint is 30 percent for Sunday and Monday, worsening to 40 percent on Tuesday. The principal concern is the possibility of occasional ceilings below 8,000 feet. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The NASA Advisory Council will meet today at 1:00 pm in Room 7002, Bldg. 6 and again tomorrow beginning at 8:30 am. Agenda items today include presentation of reports on NASA Education programs, task force reports on Public Affairs and University Relations, and a status review of the Space Science and Applications program. Tomorrow, the Council will be briefed on the NASA budget, manned flight and space station programs, and the Exploration Outreach program. Also tomorrow, Norman Augustine will present an update about his committee's review of the Future of the U.S. Space Program. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JPL Galileo project management will hold a press conference today at 1:00 pm EST, to discuss recently returned data acquired during Galileo's Venus flyby last February. Current spacecraft status and plans for the Earth gravity assist flyby on Dec. 8 will also be discussed. Participants include: William O'Neil, Galileo project manager; Dr. Torrance Johnson, Galileo project scientist; and key members of the science team. The press briefing will be carried on NASA Select TV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NASA will help celebrate American Indian Heritage Month today in the Headquarters auditorium with a ceremony featuring Wilma Mankiller, Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma. American Indian cultural entertainment will be featured along with a display of Native American artifacts. The celebration performances will be from 2:00 to 2:30 pm. They will also be shown on NASA Select TV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Activity aboard the Ulysses spacecraft is at a relatively low level this week. Ground controllers at both the European Space Agency and Jet Propulsion Laboratory are continuing to study a wobble in the spacecraft's rotation that first appeared after deployment of the 24-foot axial antenna boom. In order to use the X-band communications link, the flight team believes it will be necessary to reduce the wobble later in the mission. Ulysses is now about 30 million miles from Earth and travelling along a heliocentric trajectory at nearly 81,500 miles per hour. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A new mapping sequence was transmitted to Magellan Tuesday. All spacecraft parameters indicate a nominal performance, with all star calibrations being accomplished successfully. The project has undergone a moderate transition from the daily receipt of data tapes from Deep Space Network stations, to a new schedule of weekly delivery of tapes. This will affect the processing schedule and map mosaic activities. As of Tuesday, Magellan had completed 428 radar mapping orbits. Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. **indicates a live program. Thursday, 11/29/90 11:30 am NASA Update will be transmitted. 1:00 pm **Galileo Venus flyby and Earth flyby press briefing from JPL. 2:00 pm **Native American program from NASA Headquarters Auditorium. 3:00 pm Astro Observatory program (this is a repeat of an educational program which originally aired Tuesday). 11:00 pm **Astro-1 Crew arrival at Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. All events and times may change without notice. This report is filed daily, Monday through Friday, at 12:00 pm, EST. It is a service of Internal Communications Branch at NASA Headquarters. Contact: CREDMOND on NASAmail or at 202/453-8425. NASA Select TV: Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West Longitude, Audio 6.8, Frequency 3960 MHz. ------------------------------ Date: 30 Nov 90 00:57:17 GMT From: uflorida!haven!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU!gsh7w@g.ms.uky.edu (Greg Hennessy) Subject: Re: Astro-2 Stephen Strazdus writes: #Is there an Astro-2 flight in the works for the Space Shuttle? I would #imagine the instruments used in Astro-1 are not going to be thrown away #after a 10 day mission. Are they? Are the second mission's plans #very dependent on the first mission? Astro was origionally scheduled to fly seven times. It is currently on the manifest for only one time. I don't like it either. If enough people write their congresscritters, and write to NASA, Astro can fly many times. The hardware is not going to be thrown away, but mothballed. -- -Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia USPS Mail: Astronomy Department, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA Internet: gsh7w@virginia.edu UUCP: ...!uunet!virginia!gsh7w ------------------------------ Date: 30 Nov 90 15:44:05 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!aoab314@rutgers.edu (Srinivas Bettadpur) Subject: Re: Visual Observation of Galileo In article <1990Nov30.032632.10188@lescsse.uucp> gamorris@lescsse.uucp (Gary A. Morris) writes: >Iberia is your best spot. Warm up your Learjet :-) I was told Iberia >is in Spain, but I can't find it on my map, anyone know where it is? *If* I have it right, Iberia is not *in* Spain, but the peninsular region which contains Spain and Portugal is called the Iberian Peninsula. The region west and south of the Pyrenees is called Iberia. It also includes Gibralter. Srinivas Bettadpur ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V12 #613 *******************