Space Shuttle News Reference Manual
NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual
Editors NOTE: This document is an exact hypertexting of the NSTS News Reference manual that was handed out to the press in September 1988. It is online for historical purposes only and does not reflect the many changes or improvements to the Shuttle Fleet after that date. Although this was the last date this particular document was updated, Space Shuttle Annual reports (located at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/) contain updates to some of this information.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
