Status Report

NASA TV Schedule 12 Feb 2001

By SpaceRef Editor
February 12, 2001
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Upcoming Television Events

February 12, Monday

*7:00 – 8:00 a.m. – NEAR Landing on Eros Live News Interviews – APL (Telstar
K5,Transponder 12)

*11:30 a.m. – Update on NEAR Engine Burn – APL (Telstar K5,Transponder 12)

*Noon – NEAR Video File – APL (Telstar K5,Transponder 12)

*1:30 – 4:00 p.m. – NEAR Landing on Eros Live Coverage – APL (Telstar
K5,Transponder 12)

*4:00 – 8:00 p.m. – NEAR Landing on Eros Live News Interviews – APL (Telstar
K5,Transponder 12)

February 14, Wednesday

*Noon – NEAR Video File – APL (Telstar K5,Transponder 12)

*1:00 p.m. – NEAR Post-Landing on Eros Press Briefing – APL (Telstar
K5,Transponder 12)

7:30 – 9:30 p.m. – Spider Web Sensors Live News Interviews – JPL

February 18, Sunday

12:58 p.m. – STS-98 Landing – KSC

NASA ATEMPTS THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN ON AN ASTEROID MONDAY FEB. 12

What:

NASA will attempt something never before done on Monday Feb. 12, starting at
10:31 a.m. EST, mission controllers at The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in
Laurel, MD, will send commands to NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft to initiate a
series of engine burns over a 4-hour period designed to bring a spacecraft down
to the surface of an asteroid for the first time.

Why:

The primary goal of the controlled descent is to get the closest images yet of
Eros, particularly its “saddle” area, a 6-mile wide depression that has
intrigued scientists with its boulder patches, relatively craterless surface and
patterns of grooves and ridges. The secondary aim is to practice the maneuvers
that would lead to a landing, creating a flight plan for future missions to land
on a small body.

NASA’s Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker spacecraft, the first to
orbit an asteroid, has met all its scientific goals in its year of orbiting the
asteroid Eros, and will now attempt another first: a controlled descent to the
surface of the asteroid.

Background:

During its 5-year, 2-billion-mile journey, the NEAR Shoemaker mission, which was
built and is managed by APL, provided the most detailed profile yet of a small
celestial body. It began a yearlong orbit of Eros on Feb. 14, 2000, and has
collected 10 times more data than originally planned.

The data include a detailed shape-model culled from more than 11 million laser
pulses; radar and laser data on Eros’ weak gravity and solid but cracked
interior; X-ray, gamma-ray and infrared readings on its composition and spectral
properties; and about 160,000 images covering all of the 21-mile-long asteroid’s
bouldered, cratered, dusty terrain.

Satellite Coordinates:

Telstar K5 97 degrees West Longitude

Transponder 12 Downlink Frequency 11936 Mhz Horizontal Polarity

Audio 6.2 & 6.8

Media interested in covering the descent activities from APL should contact
Helen Worth at APL Public Affairs Office at 240/228-5113.

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NASA TELEVISION SCHEDULE

STS-98ISS-5A/ U.S. LAB DESTINY

2/11/01

REV D

NASA Television programming can be accessed through GE2, transponder 9C. The
frequency is 3880 MHz with an orbitalposition of 85 degrees West Longitude, with
audio at 6.8 MHz. This is a full transponder service and will beoperational 24
hours a day. Mission audio may be accessed on GE2, transponder 13 with a
frequency of 3960 MHz,vertical polarization.

This TV schedule is available via the Internet. The
address is
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html.

Launch occurred at 5:13pm CST on Wednesday, February 7th.

* Denotes changes made to the previous revision of the TV schedule.

ORBIT                SUBJECT               SITE          MET       CST
EST GMT MOSCOW

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
FD 5

52 CREW ACTIVITY REPORT/FLIGHT DAY JSC 03/ 06:47 12:00 AM
01:00 AM 06:00 09:00
HIGHLIGHTS REPLAYS (replayed on the
hour through crew wakeup)

56 * ATLANTIS CREW WAKEUP (begins FD 5) 03/ 12:00 05:13 AM
06:13 AM 11:13 14:13

56 * ISS CREW WAKEUP 03/ 12:30 05:43 AM
06:43 AM 11:43 14:43

58 * DESTINY INGRESS 03/ 15:00 08:13 AM
09:13 AM 14:13 17:13

60 * DESTINY HARDWARE INSTALLATION / 03/ 15:20 08:33 AM
09:33 AM 14:33 17:33
ISS TRANSFER OPERATIONS

60 * ISS REBOOST (time subject to change) 03/ 18:00 11:13 AM
12:13 PM 17:13 20:13

62 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 03/ 21:47 03:00 PM
04:00 PM 21:00 00:00
(time subject to change)

62 ATLANTIS / ISS HATCH CLOSURE 03/ 22:50 04:03 PM
05:03 PM 22:03 01:03

64 FLIGHT DAY HIGHLIGHTS JSC 04/ 01:47 07:00 PM
08:00 PM 01:00 04:00

65 CREW ACTIVITY REPORT/FLIGHT DAY JSC 04/ 02:47 08:00 PM
09:00 PM 02:00 05:00
HIGHLIGHTS REPLAYS (replayed on the
hour through crew wakeup)

66 ATLANTIS / ISS CREW SLEEP BEGINS 04/ 03:00 08:13 PM
09:13 PM 02:13 05:13

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12
FD 6

71 ATLANTIS CREW WAKEUP (begins FD 6) 04/ 11:00 04:13 AM
05:13 AM 10:13 13:13

71 ISS CREW WAKEUP 04/ 11:30 04:43 AM
05:43 AM 10:43 13:43

72 EVA PREP BEGINS 04/ 13:30 06:43 AM
07:43 AM 12:43 15:43

74 RMS POWERUP 04/ 15:40 08:53 AM
09:53 AM 14:53 17:53

74 RMS GRAPPLE OF PMA 2 04/ 16:00 09:13 AM
10:13 AM 15:13 18:13

74 EVA 2 BEGINS 04/ 16:30 09:43 AM
10:43 AM 15:43 18:43

75 PMA 2 DEMATE 04/ 17:00 10:13 AM
11:13 AM 16:13 19:13

75 RMS INSTALLATION OF PMA 2 ON DESTINY 04/ 18:30 11:43 AM
12:43 PM 17:43 20:43

76 RMS UNGRAPPLE OF PMA 2 04/ 18:50 12:03 PM
01:03 PM 18:03 21:03

78 CMG TESTING BEGINS 04/ 22:30 03:43 PM
04:43 PM 21:43 00:43

79 EVA 2 ENDS 04/ 23:00 04:13 PM
05:13 PM 22:13 01:13

79 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 04/ 23:17 04:30 PM
05:30 PM 22:30 01:30
(time subject to change)

80 FLIGHT DAY HIGHLIGHTS JSC 05/ 01:47 07:00 PM
08:00 PM 01:00 04:00

81 CREW ACTIVITY REPORT/FLIGHT DAY JSC 05/ 02:47 08:00 PM
09:00 PM 02:00 05:00
HIGHLIGHTS REPLAY (replayed on the
hour through crew wakeup)

81 ATLANTIS / ISS CREW SLEEP BEGINS 05/ 03:00 08:13 PM
09:13 PM 02:13 05:13

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
FD 7

86 ATLANTIS CREW WAKEUP (begins FD 7) 05/ 11:00 04:13 AM
05:13 AM 10:13 13:13

87 ISS CREW WAKEUP 05/ 11:30 04:43 AM
05:43 AM 10:43 13:43

88 ATLANTIS CREW OFF DUTY PERIOD 05/ 14:00 07:13 AM
08:13 AM 13:13 16:13

89 ISS REBOOST (time subject to change) 05/ 16:25 09:38 AM
10:38 AM 15:38 18:38

91 VIDEO FILE (time subject to change) HQ 05/ 17:47 11:00 AM
12:00 PM 17:00 20:00

92 * MISSION STATUS BRIEFING JSC 05/ 18:47 12:00 PM
01:00 PM 18:00 21:00
(time subject to change)

95 * CNN/ABC RADIO NETWORK/CBS NEWS TDRE 06/ 20:30 01:43 PM
02:43 PM 19:43 22:43
INTERVIEWS (time subject to change)

94 ISS REBOOST (time subject to change) 05/ 21:10 02:23 PM
03:23 PM 20:23 23:23

96 FLIGHT DAY HIGHLIGHTS JSC 06/ 02:47 08:00 PM
09:00 PM 02:00 05:00

96 ATLANTIS / ISS CREW SLEEP BEGINS 06/ 03:00 08:13 PM
09:13 PM 02:13 05:13

97 CREW ACTIVITY REPORT/FLIGHT DAY JSC 06/ 03:47 09:00 PM
10:00 PM 03:00 06:00
HIGHLIGHTS / VIDEO FILE REPLAYS
(CAR/FDH will be played on the hour
through crew wake up)

SpaceRef staff editor.