the cat and the mouse, C* 1953

Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Mon, 6 Feb 1995 14:31:33 -0500

Another item from spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov.  AFAIK, to get UT from the
village idiot time, VIT, in Houston, CST, you add 6 hours.  Also, for
"p.m.", you add an additional 12 hours, unless it's "12 p.m.", IWC, you
add nothing.  You add nothing for "a.m.", except if it's "12 a.m."; then
you subtract 12 hours.  Good luck on deciding whether "12 m." means 12
midnight or 12 meridian.  Ditto, 12:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.  All are used.

I missed the Dynamic Duo in lake effect snow, but I got C* 1953 again, not
as irregular this time:
88- 50 A 95-02-05 23:45:21.9 WN  127.3 0.6  38  3.35   C* 1953, A'A'

Cheers.

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MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-63 Status Report #8


Monday, February 6, 1995, 9:30 a.m. CST

Discovery's crew was given a "go" to fly within 35 feet of the Russian Mir
space station at 9:25 a.m. CST. Mission Specialist Vladimir Titov already
is in radio contact with his countrymen on the space station.

CAPCOM Story Musgrave relayed the decision to Commander Jim Wetherbee on
board the space shuttle, along with several conditions relating to a leaky
steering thruster that had raised the question of whether Discovery would
be allowed to approach any closer than about 400 feet from Mir.

Discovery fired its engines at 8:16 a.m. and 9:02 a.m. CST in maneuvers
that decreased the rate that the shuttle is closing in on the station.
Next, Discovery will fire its engines at 10:37 a.m. CST, when the shuttle
is about 8 nautical miles from Mir, to begin the final phase of the
rendezvous. Discovery will arrive at a point about 400 feet directly in
front of Mir at 12:16 p.m. CST.

Discovery is expected to reach its closest point to the station at 1:20
p.m. The shuttle will then back away and reach a point 400 feet distant
again at about 2 p.m.. Discovery will begin a flyaround of Mir from a
distance of 400 feet at 2:26 p.m., completing the circle and firing its
engines to separate from the vicinity at 3:13 p.m.