STS-69 Day 1 Highlights
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- On Thursday, September 7, 1995, 5 p.m. CDT, STS-69 MCC Status Report # 01
reports:
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- Once on orbit the crew members began to configure Endeavour for
on-orbit operations. Endeavour's payload bay doors were opened about
90 minutes into the flight, followed by a 'GO' for on-orbit
operations.
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- Crew members and ground controllers in Houston recycled a circuit
breaker on board Endeavour as a system on board the shuttle that
automatically scrubs the air to remove carbon dioxide did not start up
as expected. After cycling the breaker and reactivating the system, it
is now performing perfectly. Activation of payloads also got under way
with the SPARTAN-201 spacecraft systems and the Wake Shield Facility
carrier in the payload bay activated. SPARTAN-201 will be deployed
from Endeavour using the shuttle's robot arm Friday morning about
10:44 a.m. central time.
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- Mission Specialists Jim Newman and Mike Gernhardt powered up
Endeavour's robot arm and conducted a photographic survey on
Endeavour's cargo bay. The five-member crew -- Commander Dave Walker,
Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Newman and
Gernhardt -- will begin an eight-hour sleep period at 6:09 p.m.
central time.
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