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NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual

SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

• SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM

• SPACE SHUTTLE REQUIREMENTS

• LAUNCH SITES

• BACKGROUND AND STATUS

• MISSION PROFILE

• ABORTS

• RETURN TO LAUNCH SITE OVERVIEW

• TRANSATLANTIC LANDING ABORT OVERVIEW

• ABORT TO ORBIT OVERVIEW

• ABORT ONCE AROUND OVERVIEW

• CONTINGENCY ABORT OVERVIEW

• ORBITER GROUND TURNAROUND

ORBITER MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY

OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS

• ORBITER

• ORBITAL MANEUVERING SYSTEM/REACTION CONTROL

• SYSTEM AC-MOTOR-OPERATED VALVES

• PRIMARY RCS MODS

• FUEL CELL MODS

• AUXILIARY POWER UNIT MODS

• MAIN LANDING GEAR

• NOSE WHEEL STEERING MODS

• THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM MODS

• WING MODIFICATION

• MIDFUSELAGE MODIFICATIONS

• GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTERS

• INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT MODS

• CREW ESCAPE SYSTEM

• EMERGENCY EGRESS SLIDE

• 17-INCH ORBITER/EXTERNAL TANK DISCONNECTS

• SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE MARGIN IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

• SSME FLIGHT PROGRAM

• SOLID ROCKET MOTOR REDESIGN

• ORIGINAL VERSUS REDESIGNED SRM FIELD JOINT

• ORIGINAL VERSUS REDESIGNED SRM CASE-TO-NOZZEL JOINT

• NOZZLE

• FACTORY JOINT

• PROPELLANT

• IGNITION SYSTEM

• GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

• DESIGN ANALYSIS SUMMARY

• VERIFICATION/CERTIFICATION TEST

• NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION

• CONTINGENCY PLANNING

• INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT

SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS

• HOLD-DOWN POSTS

• SRB IGNITION

• ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION

• HYDRAULIC POWER UNITS

• THRUST VECTOR CONTROL

• SRB RATE GYRO ASSEMBLIES

• SRB SEPARATION

• RANGE SAFETY SYSTEM

• SRB DESCENT AND RECOVERY

EXTERNAL TANK

• LIQUID OXYGEN TANK

• INTERTANK

• LIQUID HYDROGEN TANK

• ET THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

• ET HARDWARE

• ET RANGE SAFETY SYSTEM

SPACE SHUTTLE COORDINATE SYSTEM

ORBITER STRUCTURE

• FORWARD FUSELAGE

• CREW COMPARTMENT

• AIRLOCK

• FORWARD FUSELAGE AND CABIN WINDOWS

• WING

• MIDFUSELAGE

• PAYLOAD BAY DOORS

• AFT FUSELAGE

• OMS/RCS PODS

• BODY FLAP

• VERTICAL TAIL

ORBITER PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL

ORBITER PURGE, VENT AND DRAIN SYSTEM

ORBITER FLIGHT CREW ESCAPE SYSTEMS

• INFLIGHT CREW ESCAPE SYSTEM

• EMERGENCY EGRESS SLIDE

• SECONDARY EMERGENCY EGRESS

CREW EQUIPMENT

• FOOD SYSTEM AND DINING

• SHUTTLE ORBITER MEDICAL SYSTEM

• OPERATIONAL BIOINSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM

• RADIATION EQUIPMENT

• CREW APPAREL

• SLEEPING PROVISIONS

• PERSONAL HYGIENE PROVISIONS

• HOUSEKEEPING

• SIGHTING AIDS

• MICROCASSETTE RECORDER

• PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT

• WICKET TABS

• REACH AID

• RESTRAINTS AND MOBILITY AIDS

• CREW EQUIPMENT STOWAGE

• EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

• SOUND LEVEL METER

• AIR SAMPLING SYSTEM

SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER SYSTEMS

• THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

• REINFORCED CARBON-CARBON

• HIGH-TEMPERATURE REUSABLE SURFACE INSULATION TILES

• FIBROUS REFRACTORY COMPOSITE INSULATION TILES

• LOW-TEMPERATURE RESUABLE SURFACE INSULATION TILES

• ADVANCED FLEXIBLE REUSABLE SURFACE INSULATION BLANKETS

• FELT REUSABLE SURFACE INSULATION

• THERMAL BARRIERS

• TILE IDENTIFICATION

• FLAGS AND LETTERS

• REWATERPROOFING

• MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM

• ORBITER MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM HELIUM SUBSYSTEM

• MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM PROPELLANT MANAGEMENT SUBSYSTEM

• MPS EXTERNAL TANK

• SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINES

• POGO SUPPRESSION SYSTEM

• SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE CONTROLLERS

• MALFUNCTION DETECTION

• ORBITER HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS

• MPS THRUST VECTOR CONTROL

• HELIUM, OXIDIZER AND FUEL FLOW SEQUENCE

• ORBITER/EXTERNAL TANK SEPARATION SYSTEM

• 17-INCH DISCONNECT

• EXTERNAL TANK SEPARATION SYSTEM

• ORBITER UMBILICAL DOORS

• ORBITAL MANEUVERING SYSTEM

• HELIUM PRESSURIZATION

• PROPELLANT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION

• ENGINE BIPROPELLANT VALVE ASSEMBLY

• ENGINE THRUST CHAMBER ASSEMBLY

• OMS THRUSTING SEQUENCE

• ENGINE THRUST VECTOR CONTROL SYSTEM

• THERMAL CONTROL

• OMS-RCS INTERCONNECT

• OMS-TO-RCS GAUGING SEQUENCE

• ABORT CONTROL SEQUENCES

• OMS ENGINE FAULT DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION

• OMS GIMBAL ACTUATOR FDI

• REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

• PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM

• PROPELLANT SYSTEM

• RCS QUANTITY MONITOR

• ENGINE PROPELLANT FEED

• RCS ENGINES

• HEATERS

• RCS JET SELECTION

• ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM

• POWER REACTANT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION

• FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS

• ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION AND CONTROL

• ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM

• CREW COMPARTMENT CABIN PRESSURIZATION

• CABIN AIR REVITALIZATION

• WATER COOLANT LOOP SYSTEM

• ACTIVE THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM

• SUPPLY AND WASTE WATER

• WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM

• WASTE WATER TANK

• AIRLOCK SUPPORT

• CREW ALTITUDE PROTECTION SYSTEM

• RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR COOLING AND GASEOUS NITROGEN PURGE FOR PAYLOADS

• AUXILIARY POWER UNITS

• WATER SPRAY BOILERS

• HYDRAULIC SYSTEM

• LANDING GEAR SYSTEM

• MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKES

• NOSE WHEEL STEERING

• CAUTION AND WARNING SYSTEM

• ORBITER LIGHTING SYSTEM

• PANEL LIGHTING

• INSTRUMENT LIGHTING

• NUMERIC LIGHTING

• EXTERIOR FLOODLIGHTS

• SMOKE DETECTION AND FIRE SUPPRESSION

• PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

• PAYLOAD RETENTION MECHANISMS

• COMMUNICATIONS

• SPACE FLIGHT TRACKING AND DATA NETWORK

• TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE SYSTEM

• ORBITER COMMUNICATIONS

• S-BAND SYSTEM

• KU-BAND SYSTEM

• KU-BAND RENDEZVOUS RADAR

• PAYLOAD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM

• AUDIO SYSTEM

• INSTRUMENTATION

• PULSE CODE MODULATION MASTER UNIT

• NETWORK SIGNAL PROCESSOR

• GROUND COMMAND INTERFACE LOGIC

• GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE

• MASTER TIMING UNIT

• OPERATIONAL RECORDERS

• PAYLOAD RECORDER

• TELEPRINTER

• TEXT AND GRAPHICS SYSTEM

• CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM

• ORBITER EXPERIMENTS SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR OV-102 (COLUMBIA)

• SHUTTLE INFRARED LEESIDE TEMPERATURE SENSING

• SHUTTLE ENTRY AIR DATA SYSTEM

• SHUTTLE UPPER ATMOSPHERE MASS SPECTROMETER

• AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION PACKAGE

• HIGH-RESOLUTION ACCELEROMETER PACKAGE

• MODULAR AUXILIARY DATA SYSTEM

• AVIONICS SYSTEMS

• DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

• SOFTWARE

• GPCS

• MASS MEMORY UNITS

• MULTIFUNCTION CRT DISPLAY SYSTEM

• MASTER TIMING UNIT

• COMPUTER DATA BUS NETWORK

• MULTIPLEXERS/DEMULTIPLEXERS

• MASTER EVENTS CONTROLLERS

• DATA BUS ISOLATION AMPLIFIERS

• BACKUP FLIGHT CONTROL

• GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL

• FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM HARDWARE

• NAVIGATION AIDS

• INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS

• STAR TRACKERS

• CREWMAN OPTICAL ALIGNMENT SIGHT

• TACAN

• AIR DATA SYSTEM

• MICROWAVE SCAN BEAM LANDING SYSTEM

• RADAR ALTIMETER

• ACCELEROMETER ASSEMBLIES

• ORBITER RATE GYRO ASSEMBLIES

• SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER RATE GYRO ASSEMBLIES

• ROTATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER

• TRANSLATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER

• CONTROL STICK STEERING PUSH BUTTON LIGHT

• INDICATORS

• RUDDER PEDALS

• SPEED BRAKE/THRUST CONTROLLER

• BODY FLAP SWITCH

• RHC/PANEL ENABLE/INHIBIT

• TRIM SWITCHES

• AEROSURFACE SERVOAMPLIFIERS

• DIGITAL AUTOPILOT

• RENDEZVOUS THRUSTING MANEUVERS

• COMPONENT LOCATIONS

• DEDICATED DISPLAY SYSTEMS

• ATTITUDE DIRECTOR INDICATOR

• HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR

• ALPHA MACH INDICATOR

• ALTITUDE/VERTICAL VELOCITY INDICATOR

• SURFACE POSITION INDICATOR

• FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM PUSH BUTTON INDICATORS

• REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM COMMAND LIGHTS

• G-METER

• HEAD-UP DISPLAY

MISSION EVENTS SUMMARY

• TERMINAL COUNT

• FIRST STAGE

• SECOND STAGE

• ASCENT ABORT MODES

• RETURN TO LAUNCH SITE

• TRANSATLANTIC LANDING

• ABORT TO ORBIT

• ABORT ONCE AROUND

• CONTINGENCY ABORT

• MANUAL THRUST VECTOR CONTROL

• ORBIT INSERTION

• ON ORBIT

• ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT

• DEORBIT

• ENTRY

DISPLAYS AND CONTROLS

SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PAYLOADS

• PAYLOAD ASSIST MODULE

• INERTIAL UPPER STAGE

• AIRBORNE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

• IUS STRUCTURE

• EQUIPMENT SUPPORT SECTION

• IUS AVIONICS SUBSYSTEM

• IUS SOLID ROCKET MOTORS

• IUS REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

• IUS-TO-SPACECRAFT INTERFACES

• FLIGHT SEQUENCE

• SPACELAB

• PRESSURIZED MODULE, OR LABORATORY

• INSTRUMENT POINTING SUBSYSTEM

• PALLET ONLY

• ELECTRICAL POWER

• COMMAND AND DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• MASS MEMORY UNIT

• DATA DISPLAY SYSTEMS

• CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION

• PRESSURIZED MODULE INTERCOM

• PRESSURIZED MODULE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SUBSYSTEM AND LIFE SUPPORT

• PRESSURIZED MODULE/TUNNEL AIR LOOP

• PRESSURIZED MODULE ACTIVE THERMAL CONTROL SUBSYSTEM

• PRESSURIZED MODULE CAUTION AND WARNING

• PRESSURIZED MODULE EMERGENCY CONDITIONS

• PALLET-ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SUBSYSTEM

• GETAWAY SPECIAL PROGRAM

NASA CENTERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

• ORBITER PROCESSING FACILITY

• ORBITER MODIFICATION AND REFURBISHMENT FACILITY

• LOGISTICS FACILITY

• VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING

• EXTERNAL TANK PROCESSING

• SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE WORKSHOP

• SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER PROCESSING

• HYPERGOLIC MAINTENANCE AND CHECKOUT FACILITY

• ORBITER MATING

• SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLE TESTING

• MOBILE LAUNCHER PLATFORM

• CRAWLER-TRANSPORTER

• LAUNCH COMPLEXES 39-A AND 39-B

• FIXED SERVICE STRUCTURE

• ROTATING SERVICE STRUCTURE

• SOUND SUPPRESSION WATER SYSTEM

• SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE HYDROGEN BURNOFF SYSTEM

• FLAME DEFLECTOR SYSTEM

• PROPELLANT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION

• PAYLOAD PROCESSING

• PROCESSING FACILITIES AT CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION

• RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR STORAGE BUILDING

• VERTICAL PROCESSING FACILITY

• PAYLOAD HAZARDOUS SERVICING FACILITY

• PAYLOAD CHANGEOUT ROOM

• VERTICAL PROCESSING/INTEGRATION OPERATIONS

• HORIZONTAL CARGO PROCESSING FACILITIES

• SPACELAB ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT AREA

• SPACELAB PROCESSING/INTEGRATION OPERATIONS

• SMALL, SELF-CONTAINED PAYLOAD (GETAWAY SPECIAL) PROCESSING

• LIFE SCIENCES PAYLOADS

• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PAYLOADS

• LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER

• LAUNCH PROCESSING SYSTEM

• LAUNCH PAD OPERATIONS AFTER ROLLOUT

• FLIGHT READINESS FIRING AND EXTERNAL TANK TANKING TESTS

• TERMINAL COUNTDOWN DEMONSTRATION TEST

• PRELAUNCH PROPELLANT LOAD

• FINAL PRELAUNCH PREPARATIONS

• LAUNCH COUNTDOWN

• SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER RETRIEVAL, DISASSEMBLY AND REFURBISHMENT

• SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER DISASSEMBLY FACILITY OPERATIONS

• PARACHUTE REFURBISHMENT FACILITY

• SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY

• TOWING TRACTORS

• LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

• MISSION CONTROL CENTER

• FLIGHT CONTROL ROOMS

• MULTIPURPOSE SUPPORT ROOM

• PAYLOAD OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTERS

• COMMUNICATIONS

• MISSION CONTROL SUPPORT AREAS

• FLIGHT CREW COMPLEMENT AND CREW TRAINING

• TRAINING FACILITIES

• TEST FACILITIES

• OFF-SITE CONTRIBUTORS

• GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

• PAYLOAD OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER

• SPACELAB TRAINING FACILITIES

• NATIONAL SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES

• GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

ORBITER APPROACH AND LANDING TEST PROGRAM

SPACE SHUTTLE CHRONOLOGY

• 1970

• 1971

• 1972

• 1973

• 1974

• 1975

• 1976

• 1977

• 1978

• 1979

• 1980

• 1981

• 1982

• 1983

• 1984

• 1985

• 1986

• 1987

• 1988

CONTRACTORS

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

METRIC CONVERSION TABLE

NEWSROOM REFERENCES

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NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual

Volume 2 - Operations

SPACE SHUTTLE OVERVIEW

MISSION PREPARATION AND PRELAUNCH-OPERATIONS

• MISSION PLANNING
• PAYLOAD INTEGRATION PROCESS OVERVIEW
• CARGO INTEGRATION AND MANIFEST DEVELOPMENT
• SHUTTLE CARGO CAPABILITY
• PAYLOAD ACCOMMODATIONS
• SMALL PAYLOAD ACCOMMODATIONS
• MIDDECK PAYLOAD ACCOMMODATIONS
• CREW RELATED SERVICES
• ASTRONAUT SELECTION AND TRAINING
• PILOT ASTRONAUTS
• MISSION SPECIALIST ASTRONAUTS
• PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS
• ASTRONAUT TRAINING
• ADVANCED ASTRONAUT TRAINING
• SHUTTLE MISSION SIMULATOR
• SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING
• LAUNCH PROCESSING SYSTEM
• SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER PROCESSING FACILITIES
• ASSEMBLY AND REFURBISHMENT FACILITY
• ROTATION PROCESSING BUILDING AND SURGE FACILITY
• ORBITER PROCESSING FACILITY OVERVIEW
• ORBITER MODIFICATION AND REFURBISHMENT FACILITY
• LOGISTICS FACILITY
• SPACE SHUTTLE INTEGRATION AND ROLLOUT
• VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING
• MOBILE LAUNCHER PLATFORMS
• CRAWLER TRANSPORTERS
• CRAWLERWAY
• COMPLEX-39 LAUNCH PAD FACILITIES
• FIXED SERVICE STRUCTURE
• ORBITER ACCESS ARM
• EXTERNAL TANK HYDROGEN VENT LINE AND ACCESS ARM
• EXTERNAL TANK GASEOUS OXYGEN VENT ARM
• EMERGENCY EXIT SYSTEM
• LIGHTNING MAST
• ROTATING SERVICE STRUCTURE
• PAYLOAD CHANGEOUT ROOM
• ORBITER MIDBODY UMBILICAL UNIT
• HYPERGOLIC UMBILICAL SYSTEM
• OMS POD HEATERS
• SOUND SUPPRESSION WATER SYSTEM
• SRB IGNITION OVERPRESSURE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
• MAIN ENGINE HYDROGEN BURNOFF SYSTEM
• PAD SURFACE FLAME DEFLECTORS
• PAD-PROPELLANT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
• LAUNCH PAD/LAUNCH PROCESSING SYSTEM INTERFACE
• LAUNCH EQUIPMENT TEST FACILITY
• SPACE SHUTTLE CARGO PROCESSING
• MULTI-USE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
• VERTICAL CARGO PROCESSING FACILITIES
• VERTICAL CARGO PROCESSING OPERATIONS
• HORIZONTAL CARGO PROCESSING FACILITIES
• OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT BUILDING SPACELAB FACILITIES
• SPACELAB PROCESSING AND INTEGRATION OPERATIONS
• GETAWAY SPECIAL PAYLOADS
• LIFE SCIENCES PAYLOADS
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PAYLOADS

LAUNCH AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• PRELAUNCH OPERATIONS
• PRELAUNCH PROPELLANT-LOADING
• FINAL PRELAUNCH ACTIVITIES
• LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER OPERATIONS
• LAUNCH COUNTDOWN
• LAUNCH MINUS 3 DAYS
• LAUNCH MINUS 2 DAYS
• LAUNCH MINUS 1 DAY
• LAUNCH DAY
• MISSION CONTROL CENTER
• PAYLOAD OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER
• SPACE TRACKING AND DATA ACQUISITION
• GROUND NETWORK
• SPACE NETWORK
• FLIGHT OPERATIONS
• LAUNCH ABORT MODES
• ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS
• MANEUVERING IN ORBIT

LANDING POSTLANDING AND SRB RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS

• SHUTTLE LANDING OPERATIONS
• POST LANDING OPERATIONS
• RECOVERY CONVOY OVERVIEW
• RECOVERY CONVOY OPERATIONS
• SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS
• SRB-DISASSEMBLY OPERATIONS
• PARACHUTE REFURBISHMENT

SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

• NSTS ORGANIZATION
• LAUNCH CONSTRAINT PROCEDURES
• LAUNCH DECISION PROCESS
• MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS

SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION SUMMARIES

PROGRAM CHRONOLOGY

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

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