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George H. Diller
407/867-2468 September 21, 1998
KSC Release No. 105-98
UNITY HATCH CLOSED FOR FLIGHT AT KSC
A milestone occurred yesterday in KSC's Space Station
Processing Facility (SSPF) when the access hatch to the Unity connecting
module was closed for flight.
"This is a significant event for the STS-88 test team
because the next time the hatch will be opened will be by the astronauts on
orbit," said Bob Webster, Chief, Assembly and Internationals Division for
NASA at the Kennedy Space Center. "It means we're getting ready to fly,"
said Webster.
Unity will now undergo a series of leak checks, and there
will be a final purge of clean, dry air inside the module to ready it for
initial operations in space. The common berthing mechanism to which the
other space station elements will dock will have some final preparations and
testing and then be closed out for flight. The next major test for Unity is
the Pad Demonstration Test which will occur on or about Oct. 1. This will
verify the compatibility of the module with the Space Shuttle as well as the
astronauts ability to send and receive commands to Unity from the flight
deck of the orbiter. The final item of processing will be a weight and
center of gravity determination.
On Oct. 25, Unity will be ready for installation into the
payload canister to be transported to Launch Pad 39-A, currently planned to
occur on Oct. 27.
Launch of Unity aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-88
remains targeted for Dec. 3.
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