Jonathan's Space Report No. 119 1992 Jun 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shuttle Mission STS-50 ------------------------ Orbiter OV-102 Columbia was launched on mission STS-50 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at about 16:12:22 UTC on 1992 Jun 25. It entered orbit at 1621 UTC with main engine cutoff and external tank separation. Cargo is the USML-1 United States Microgravity Laboratory, a Spacelab long module, with an EDO Extended Duration Orbiter pallet in the aft cargo bay. The USML module contains a Crystal Growth Furnace, a Drop Physics Module, a Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment, the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment, a materials science glovebox, and the Space Acceleration Measurement System. The EDO pallet carries extra fuel cells for electrical power. USML-1 is the 9th Spacelab mission and the 6th to use the pressurised Spacelab Long Module. Current Shuttle Processing Status ____________________________________________ Orbiters Location Mission OV-102 Columbia LEO STS-50 OV-103 Discovery OPF Bay 2 Mod OV-104 Atlantis LC39B STS-46 OV-105 Endeavour OPF Bay 3 STS-47 ML/SRB/ET/OV stacks ML1/STS-46/ET/OV-104 LC39B ML2/STS-47 VAB Bay 3 ML3/ LC39A .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (617) 495-7176 | | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for | | | Astrophysics | | | 60 Garden St, MS4 | | | Cambridge MA 02138 | inter : mcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu | | USA | | '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'