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INTRODUCTION .......................................... 1
• MISSION SUMMARY....................................... 3
PAYLOADS .............................................. 6
LIFE SCIENCES ..................................... 7
Aquatic Animal Experiment Unit 7
Biorack....................................... 7
Biostack ..................................... 8
Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project ......... 8
Linear Compressor Enhanced Orbiter
Refri.qerator/Freezer...................... 9
Slow Rotatinq Centrifuqe Microscope ............. 9
Microqravity Effects on Standardized Coqnitiw
Performance Measures .................... 10
Applied Research on Separation Methods
.UsinqSpace Electrophoresis ............... 10
Real-Time Radiation Monitorinq Device ............ 11
Spinal Chanqes in Microqravity 11
f_ Thermoelectric Incubator and Cell Culture Kit_...... 11
MATERIALSCIENCE ................................. 12
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility........... 12
Bubble, Drop and Particle Unit.................... 12
Critical Point Facility............................ 12
Free Flow Electrophoresis Unit 13
Larqe Isothermal Furnace ....................... 13
Quasi-Steady Acceleration Measurement .......... 13
Space AccelerationMeasurement System 14
Electromaqnetic Containerless Processinq Facility... 14
Vibration Isolation Box Experiment System ......... 15
COMMERCIAL PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH ............ 15
ORBITAL ACCELERATION RESEARCH EXPERIMENT 15
SHU'i-rLE AMATEUR RADIO EXPERIMENT ............... 16
MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF SHIP TRACKS.............. 16
AIR FORCE MAUl OPTICAL SYSTEM .................... 16
VEHICLE PERFORMANCE .................................. 17
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS ........................... 17
REDESIGNED SOLID ROCKET MOTORS ................. 17
EXTERNAL TANK .................................... 19
SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINES....................... 20
F-_ SHUTTLE RANGE SAFETY SYSTEM..................... 20
' ORBITER SUBSYSTEMS............................... 21
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Main Propulsion System .......................... 21

Reaction Control Subsystem ...................... 23
Orbital Maneuverin,qSubsystem.................... 24
Power Reactant Strora,qeand Distribution Subsystem.. 24
Fuel Cell Powerplant Subsystem.................... 24
Auxiliary Power Unit Subsystem .................... 25
Hydraulics/WaterSpray Boiler Subsystem............ 25
Electrical Power Distribution and Control Subsystem.. .26
Environmental Control and Life Support Subsystem .. 26
Smoke Detection and Fire Suppression Subsystem.... 28
Airlock Support System .......................... 28
Avionics and Software Support System ............. 28
Communications and Trackinq Subsystems ......... 29
Operational Instrumentation/Modular
Auxiliary Data System ........................ 30
Structures and Mechanical Subsystems ............. 30
Inteqrated Aerodynamics, Heatinq and Thermal
Interfaces. 31
Thermal Control Subsystem ....................... 32
Aerothermodynamics............................. 32
Thermal Protection Subsystem..................... 32
REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM.............................. 34
FLIGHT CREW EQUIPMENT/GOVERNMENTFURNISHED
EQUIPMENT ................................ 35
CARGO INTEGRATION....................................... 36
DEVELOPMENT TEST OBJECTIVE/DETAILEDSUPPLEMENTARY
OBJECTIVE. 37
DEVELOPMENT TEST OBJECTIVES ...................... 37
DETAILED SUPPLEMENTARYOBJECTIVES................ 39
PHOTOGRAPHYAND TELEVISION ANALYSIS ................... 42
LAUNCH PHOTOGRAPHYAND VIDEO DATA ANALYSIS...... 42
ON-ORBIT PHOTOGRAPHYAND VIDEO DATA ANALYSIS .... 42
LANDING PHOTOGRAPHYAND VIDEO DATA ANALYSIS ..... 42

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 List of Tables

TABLE I - STS-65SEQUENCEOF EVENTS..................... 43

TABLEII - STS-65ORBITERPROBLEMTRACKINGLIST.......... 46
TABLEIII - STS-65GFEPROBLEMTRACKINGLIST.............. 50
TABLEIV - MSFCELEMENTSPROBLEMTRACKINGLIST......... 52

Appendixes

A - DOCUMENTSOURCES.................................. A-1
B - ACRONYMSANDABBREVIATIONS ........................ B-1

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F" f_i INTRODUCTION

I- The STS-65 Space ShuttleProgramMissionReportsummarizesthe Payloadactivities

. as wellas the Orbiter,ExternalTank (ET), SolidRocketBooster(SRB), Redesigned
I SolidRocketMotor(RSRM), and the Space Shuttlemainengine(SSME) systems
. performanceduringthe sixty-thirdflightof the Space ShuttleProgramand the
! seventeenthflightof the OrbitervehicleColumbia(OV-102). In additionto the Orbiter,
_ the flightvehicleconsistedof an ET thatwas designatedET-64; three SSMEs thatwere
/ i_ designatedas serialnumbers2019, 2030, and2017 in positions1, 2, and 3,
!i respectively;and two SRBsthat were designatedBI-066. The RSRM'sthatwere
i installedin each SRB were designatedas 360P039A forthe left SRB, and 360W039B
forthe rightSRB.

This STS-65 Space ShuttleProgramMissionReportfulfillsthe Space Shuttle Program

requirementas documentedin NSTS 07700, VolumeVIII, AppendixE. The
requirementthat is statedin that documentis thateach majororganizationalelement
supportingthe Programwillreportthe resultsoftheirhardware(andsoftware)
evaluationand
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missionperformance,,plusidentifyall relatedin-flightanomalies.

i The primaryobjectiveof thisflightwas to completethe operationof the second

InternationalMicrogravityLaboratory(IML-2). The secondaryobjectivesofthisflight
f ..... _ were to completethe operationsof the CommercialProteinCrystal Growth(CPCG),the
OrbitalAccelerationResearchExperiment(OARE),and the ShuttleAmateur Radio
_-i Experiment(SAREX) II payloads.Additionalsecondaryobjectiveswere to meetthe
• _J!_ requirementsof the Air Force Maui OpticalSite (AMOS) and the MilitaryApplicationof
Ship Tracks (MAST) payloads, which were manifested as payloads of opportunity.

The STS-65 mission was planned with a 14-day duration plus 2 contingency days,
which were available for weather avoidance or Orbiter contingency operations. The
sequenceof events for the STS-65 mission is shown in Table I, and the Orbiter Project
Office Problem Tracking List is shown in Table I1. The official Government Furnished
Equipment (GFE) Problem Tracking List is shown in Table III, and the Marshall Space
Flight Center (MSFC) Problem Tracking List is shown in Table IV. In addition, the
Integration and Payload in-flight anomalies are referenced in applicable sections of the
report. AppendixA liststhe sourcesof data, both formaland informal,that were used
in the preparationof thisreport. AppendixB providesthe definitionof acronymsand
abbreviationsusedin thisdocument. All timesare givenin Greenwichmean time
(G. m. t.) as well as missionelapsedtime (MET).

" The seven-personcrewforSTS-65consisted of RobertD. Cabana,Col.,U. S. Marine

Corps,Commander; JamesD. Halsell,Jr., Lt.Col.,U. S. AirForce,Pilot;RichardJ.
Hieb,MissionSpecialist1; CarlE. Walz,Lt.Col,U. S. Air Force,MissionSpecialist 2;
LeroyChiao,Ph.D.,MissionSpecialist 3; DonaldA.Thomas,Ph. D., MissionSpecialist
,F_ 4; and ChiakiMukai,Ph.D., M. D., PayloadSpecialist1. STS-65wasthethirdspace
flightforthe CommanderandMissionSpecialist1;thesecondspaceflightfor Mission ..."-_,
Specialist2; andthefirstspaceflightforthe Pilot,MissionSpecialist
3, Mission
Specialist 4, andPayloadSpecialist1. Eachcrewmember wasassignedtooneoftwo
teamsto providearound-the-clock operations duringthemission.Theredteam
consisted of theCommander,Pilot,MissionSpecialist1, andPayloadSpecialist1;and
theblueteamconsisted of MissionSpecialist2, MissionSpecialist
3, andMission o,

Specialist 4.
_'_ MISSION SUMMARY

The STS-65missionwassuccessfully launchedas plannedat 189:16:43:00.013

G.m.t.
(12:43 p.m.e.d.t,onJuly8, 1994). Thecountdown proceededina smoothmanner
withnounplanned holds.TheascentphasewasnominalandallSpaceShuttle
Elementsperformed satisfactorily.
Noorbitalmaneuvering
subsystem (OMS)-1
maneuverwas requiredas a resultofthedirectinsertion
trajectoryflown.

Firststageascentperformance wasas expected.SRBseparation,entry,deceleration,

andwaterimpactoccurredas anticipated.BothSRBsweresuccessfully recovered.
Performance ofthe SSMEs,ET,andmainpropulsion system(MPS)wasnormal.A
determination of overallvehicleperformance wasmadeusingvehicleaccelerationand
preflightpropulsionpredictiondata. Fromthesedata,the averageflight-derived
engine
specificimpulse(Isp)determined fortheperiodbetweenSRBseparation andstartof
3-g acceleration was452.1 seconds,whichisslightlylowerthanexpectedbut
satisfactorywhencomparedwiththepredicted valueof 452.57seconds.SSMEcutoff
(MECO)occurred at 189:16:51:30.31G.m.t.(510.63secondsMET)whenthevehicle
reachedthe plannedMECOtarget.

The OMS-2 maneuverwasperformedat 189:17:22:55.2 G.m.t.(00:39:55.2MET). The

two-enginefiringwas 141.3secondsindurationandprovideda differential
velocity
f-- (AV)of221.8ft/sec. The resultant
orbitwas162.9by 160.3nmi.
Atapproximately 189:17:23G.m.t.(00:40:00MET),followingmainpropulsion system
(MPS)vacuuminerting,the liquidhydrogen(LH2)manifoldpressureincreased to
17 psia. ThisincreasecoincidedwiththeOMS-2maneuver.Onpreviousmissions
whenvacuuminertingwasperformedmanually, thepressureincreasedto
approximately 6 psia. Thiswasthefirstflightof theOI-23softwarethatautomated
the
MPSvacuuminertingprocedures.TheOI-23softwarewasverifiedto haveperformed
as required,andall LH2systemresponses tothesoftwarecommands werenominal.

A supplywaterdumpwasinitiated at 192:07:27:20G.m.t.(02:14:44:20MET). At
192:07:59:02G.m.t.(02:15:16:02MET)(32 minuteslater),the dumpwasprematurely
terminatedbecauseof excessivelylowdump-nozzle temperatures.Dataanalysis
concluded thatthesupplywaterdumpnozzlehadaccumulated an unknown amountof
icethatmayalsohaveobstructed thewastewaterdumpnozzle.Thesupplyandwaste
waterdumpnozzleheaterswerecycledtoeliminatetheicefromthenozzlearea. After
thesupplyandwastewaterdumpnozzletemperatures indicatedicewasnolonger
present,a successful
wastewaterdumpwasinitiatedat 193:16:49G.m.t.
- (04:00:06MET). The dumpwascompleted56 minuteslaterwithgoodnozzle
temperatures andnosignsof ice. Supplywaterdumpswereperformed usingtheflash
evaporator system(FES)forthe remainder of theflight.

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At 199:12:36:12.7(09:19:53:12.7MET),a transientinertialmeasurement unit(IMU)1 _'"_
(S/N204) redundant-rate builtintestequipment (BITE)messagewasgeneratedwhen
theazimuthgyro'sredundant inputaxismeasureda platformdriftrateinexcessof
0.7deg/hr.Additional transientIMU 1 redundant-rate BITEmessagesweregenerated
afterthe initialoccurrence,andthe messageswereinhibited bythecrewto prevent
furtheralarms.Initially,thetransientconditiondidnotsignificantlydegradethe IMU1
performance.However,thecondition graduallyworsenedandIMU2 wascommanded
fromstandbyto operatemodeat 201:14:29G.m.t.(11:21:46MET)to addredundancy.
Onflightday 13,the IMUplatformexperienced a 0.08degreeshiftduringan event
whichlasted10 minutes,andthe IMUwasdeclaredfailedfor entryplanningpurposes.
At 204:03:34G.m.t.(14:10:51MET),IMU 1 wasmodedto standbyfor13 minutesand
backto operatein anattemptto recovernominaloperationbyresetting the IMUinternal
processor.The IMUcontinuedoperatingwiththeBITEindication occurring randomly,
butnoBITIEindications resultingina significant
performance degradationwere
observedafterthe reset. The IMUwasperiodically realignedto assurethanany
platformmisalignments causedbydrifttransients didnotexceedthe redundancy
management (RM)threshold.IMU1 performance wasdeemedacceptableforentry,
andthe IMUwasallowedto remainunderRMcontrolduringentry. IMU1 performed
nominally throughout entry,andnoabnormaloperation wasnoteduntil3 minutesprior
to thenormalIMU-1shutdownduringthe postlanding operations.

Thefirston-orbitShuttletestofthe SecondTrackingandDataRelaySatellite(TDRS)
GroundTerminal(STGT)wasperformedonorbit183. TheS-bandsuccessfully ;"'_,
providedaudiocommunications, commanduplink,andtelemetrydownlink.The
Ku-bandprovideddownlink videofrommultiplecamerasand2 megabitreal-timedata
onchannel2. The secondsuccessful STGTtestwasperformedonorbit211. Some
problems wereencountered in lockingontheKu-bandchannel2 signal,butthe lock-on
wascompleted.

Theflightcontrolsystem(FCS)checkoutwasperformedat 202:07:36:15G.m.t.
(12:14:53:15MET)usingauxiliarypowerunit(APU)1, andalldatawerenominal.
Thehydraulic/watersprayboilerperformanceduringFCScheckoutwasnominal,and
nowatersprayingwasrequiredbecauseof theshortAPU run-time.

The reactioncontrolsubsystem
(RCS)hot-firetestwasperformedat 203:05:02G.m.t.
(13:12:19MET)andallthrusterswerefiredtwicewithgoodresults.

The payloadbaydoorswereclosedforthe first-daylandingopportunities

at theShuttle
LandingFacility(SLF)at KennedySpaceCenter(KSC),butthe landingwaswaived
becauseof rainwithin30 milesof theSLF. Consequently,
themissionwasextended
24 hoursbecauseofthe desireto landat KSC.

TwoOMSmaneuverswereperformedafterthewave-offof thefirstlandingopportunity.
OMS-3was performed at 203:12:47:44.1
G.m.t.(13:20:04:44.1MET)andwas
32.1secondsin durationwitha AVof51.0 ft/sec.OMS-4wasperformed at

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('-"_ 203:13:32:42.2G.m.t.(13:20:04:44.1
MET)andwas30.4 secondsin durationwitha AV
of 49.1ft/sec. ThetwoOMSmaneuvers wereperformedto obtainanadditional
end-of-
mission(EOM)+ 2 daylandingopportunityat EdwardsAirForceBase. This
. opportunity waslostwhentheplannedlaunchtimewasmoved up20 minutesto
extendthe launchwindow.

Alldeorbitpreparationsforthelandingopportunitiesontheseconddaywere
completed, andthepayloadbaydoorswereclosedat 204:07:10:05G.m.t.
(14:14:27:05MET). The deorbitmaneuver wasinitiatedat 204:09:40:38.3G.m.t.
(14:16:57:38.3MET),andwas 152.8secondsin durationwitha _V of255.3ft/sec.
Mainlandinggeartouchdown occurred atthe SLFonconcreterunway33 at
204:10:38:00G.m.t.(14:17:55:00MET)onJuly23, 1994. TheOrbiterdragchutewas
deployedsatisfactorily
at 204:10:38:10G.m.t.,andnoselandinggeartouchdown
occurred 8 secondsafterdragchutedeployment wasinitiated.Thedragchutewas
jettisonedat 204:10:38:42.6G.m.t.withwheelsstopoccurring at 204:10:39:08G.m.t.
Therolloutwasnormalinall respects.Theflightdurationwas14 days17 hours
55 minutes00 seconds,whichistherecord-length flightfortheSpaceShuttleProgram.

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 PAYLOADS

ThesecondIntemationalMicrogravity LaboratorySpacelabmissionbroughttogether
over200 international
scientists
from13 countriesandsixspaceagencieswho
developedover80 investigations
forthe IML-2mission.Theagenciesrepresented
werethe EuropeanSpaceAgency(ESA),theFrenchSpaceAgency(CNES),the
GermanSpaceAgency(DARA),theCanadianSpaceAgency(CSA),theNational
SpaceDevelopment Agencyof Japan(NASDA),andtheNationalAeronautics and
SpaceAdministration(NASA).Theareasof scienceinwhichinvestigationswere
performedwereMaterialScience,FluidScience,Microgravity
Environmentand
Countermeasure, Bioprocessing,
SpaceBiology,HumanPhysiology, andRadiation
Biology.

The Spacelab,containing19 separateexperiment facilities,

was activatedat
189:21:04G.m.t.(00:04:21MET). Facilitiesflownforthefirsttimeincludedthe
Real-TimeRadiationMonitoring Device(RRMD);thePerformanceAssessment
Workstation (PAWS);theVibrationIsolationBoxExperiment Station(VIBES);the
ElectromagneticContainerlessProcessingFacility(TEMPUS);the Bubble,Drop,and
ParticleUnit(BDPU);theQuasiSteadyAcceleration Measurement; andthe Linear
Compressor EnhancedOrbiterRefrigerator/Freezer(LCEOR/F).

Carbondioxideconcentration-level
requirements weresupportedremarkably wellby F_
augmenting theregenerative
carbondioxideremovalsystem(RCRS)withlithium
hydroxide(LiOH)canisterswithrestricters.LiOHcanisterchangesweremadeat
15-hourintervals,andthismaintainedtheaveragepartialpressureof carbondioxideat
2.3 mmHgwithpeaksto3.0 mmHg.

Initialproblemswithhigh-ratemultiplexer
(HRM)datathroughput andactivation of the
freeflowelectrophoresisunit(FFEU)wereovercomebysuccessful in-flight
maintenance (IFM)procedures.Inspiteof theproblemsthatdelayedthe FFEU
activationandprematurely deactivatedtheAppliedResearchonSeparationMethods
UsingSpaceElectrophoresis (RAMSES)experiment, almostall experiment objectives
weresuccessfully completed.

TheSpacelabwasdeactivated at 203:04:28G.m.t.(13:11:45MET)aftera very

successful
mission.Duringtheinitialpostflight
inspection,
a loosefire extinguisher
was
foundonthefloorinthe Spacelab.Additional inspection
revealedthatthe extinguisher
wasnotsecuredduringSpacelabcloseout.

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 LIFESCIENCES

Aquatic Animal Experiment Unit

The AAEU,whichwasdevelopedbytheNationalSpaceDevelopment Agencyof

Japan,providedan environmentforstudiesof livefishandsmallamphibians
under
microgravity
conditions.Forthe STS-65mission, fourexperiments
wereconducted
usingtheAAEU. Thesewere:

a. Mechanism ofVestibular
Adaptation
of FishunderMicrogravity;
b. Otoconia:EarlyDevelopment ofa Gravity-Receptor
Organin Microgravity;
c. Fertilization
andEmbryonic Development ofJapaneseNewtsinSpace;and
d. MatingBehaviorof Fish(Medaka)andDevelopment of TheirEggsin Space.

Extensivedatawerecollectedonthe animalgravitysensorresponsetomicrogravity,
spawningbehaviorof Medaka(guppies),andembryodevelopment of bothground-and
space-fertilized
eggs.

Thecrewreportedthatat least25 Medakafryand32 newteggshadhatched.Two

newtsdiedduringtheflight;however,successful IFMprocedures wereperformed to
removethemto preventcontamination ofthebabynewtsandeggsandpreservethem
for postflight
analysis.It isspeculated thatstresswasa leadingfactorforthecauseof
F_ death;however,postflight analysiswillbeconductedto determinetheactualcause.

The aquarium and fishpackagesoperatednominallyforthe majorityof the mission.

The crew manuallycalleddownhousekeepingdata untilthe HRM channel7 data
throughputproblemwas correctedby an IFM procedure.A subsequentIFM procedure
to overcomea lowwater pressureanomalywas successfullyexecutedbyinjecting
water intothe aquariumpackage,

Biorack

The Biorack,developedbythe EuropeanSpaceAgency,enabledthestudyofthe

effectsof microgravity
andcosmicradiationonisolatedcells,tissues,bacteria,and
smallanimalsandplants.A totalof 19 experimentsfromsevenEuropeancountries
wasplacedintothe200 separatecontainers inthisfacilityfor theSTS-65mission.

The experimentswere:

a. AntigenPresentation andT-CellProliferationin Microgravity(Antigen);

b. Lymphocyte Activation,
Differentiation,
andAdhesionDependence on
Activation(Adhesion);
c. Lymphocyte Movements andInteractions (Motion);
d. Effectof Microgravity
onCellularActivation:The Roleof Cytokines(Phorbol);
{
 e. CellMicroenvironment andMembraneSignalTransduction in Microgravity ;"_,
(Signal);
f. Effectof StirringandMixingina Bioreactor Experiment in Microgravity
(Bioraactor);
g. MolecularBiological Investigationsof AnimalMulti-CellAggregates
Reconstituted underMicrogravity (Aggregate);
h. RegulationofCellGrowthandDifferentiation byMicrogravity: RetinoicAcid-
InducedCellDifferentiation(Mouse)
i. Sea UrchinLarva,a PotentialModelforStudyingBiomineralization and
Demineralization Processes in Space(Urchin);
j. Investigation ofthe Mechanisms Involvedinthe Effectsof SpaceMicrogravity
onDrosophila Development, BehaviorandAging(Drosophila);
k. The Roleof Gravityinthe Establishment of Embryonic AxesinAmphibian
Embryo(Eggs);
I. Effectof MicrogravityonLentilMorphogenesis (Lentil);
m. RootOrientation, GrowthRegulation, Adaptation,andAgravitropic Behavior
of GeneticallyTransformed Roots(Transform);
n. PlantGrowthandRandomWalk(Random);
o. Efficiency of RadiationRepaironProkaryotes (Repair);and
p. RadiationRepairKineticsinEukaryotes(Kinetics).

Allexperimentinvestigations
weresuccessfulincluding the Drosophila investigation
thatstudiedthe behaviorandagingprocessof fruitflies. Thefailureof M1 centrifuge .,_
usedforincubatorC wasovercomebyinstalling a makeshift drivebeltoverthedrums
of thiscentrifugeandthefunctional
M2centrifuge.Otherfacilityhardwareincluding a
gloveboxanda coolerperformednominally.However,duringtheBiorackpower-up,
theBiorackpowerblowerLEDdidnotlight,butthe blowerranas longasthedoorwas
closed.Powertothegloveboxwascycledandnormaloperations wererestored.
Biostack

The Biostack(BSK)experimentconsisted ofthreesealedaluminumBSKcontainers,

whichweremountedina Spacelabrack,andwasa partofa multinational programto
determinetheimpactof high-atomic-number,high-energy cosmicradiationparticleson
lifeinspace. The BSKexperimentusesradiationdetectors locatedbetweena variety
of biological
specimensto monitorparticlesenteringthe Spacelabmodule.

Operations ofthe passive,sealeddetectors

usedtostudytheeffectsofcosmic
radiationonbiological
sampleswerenominal.

Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project

The ExtendedDurationOrbiterMedicalProject(EDOMP)consistedoftwo
investigations
whichweredesignedto protectthehealthandsafetyofthe
crewmembers duringa 13-to 16-daymissioninspace. -_"_.,
 TheLowerBodyNegativePressure(LBNP)experiment evaluatedtheeffectiveness of
a treatmentdesignedto counteract orthostaticintolerance,the lightheadednesssome
membersof a crewmayexperience whenreturning froma 13-to 16-daymission.The
• LBNPoperations, whichwerenominal,continued to testthehypothesis thattheeffects
of fluidlossdueto theheadwardshiftof bodyfluidsinspaceflight canbecountered by
ingestion of a largequantityof salinesolutioninconjunction withtheapplicationof
negativepressureto thelowerbody.

The MicrobialAir Sampler(MAS)isa hand-held,batteryoperatedairsampler,which

collectssamplesof airinpredeterminedplacesat predeterminedtimes. Particles
enteringtheMASare trappedonplasticstripscontaining agar. Thesestripswere
replacedaftertwominutesof samplingandstoredforpostflight analysis.TheMAS
failedduringthefirstsamplingoperation,
andthefirstdata-takewaslost.An IFM
procedure was performed inwhichthesamplestripwasreplacedandnormaloperation
wasrestored.However,onlyfourofthefiveplanneddata-takeswerecompleted
satisfactorily
becauseofthisproblem.

TheAmericanEchocardiograph ResearchImagingSystem(AERIS)failedto record

dataduringonesession.AnIFM procedure wasperformedandnominaloperation was
restoredforthe remainderofthemission.

LinearCompressorEnhancedOrbiterRefriqeratorlFreezer
(
TheLCEOR/Fencountered problemsearlyinthemission;however,thestartingand
stopping temperatures forthe compressorwereeachlowered8 °C andtheLCEOR/F
operatednominally witha dutycycleof55 to 60 percentforthe remainderof the
mission.Experiment operations,includinga defrostprocedureandloadingofphase-
changematerials(PCMs)andcrewbeverages, werecompleted successfully.
Although
the unitwasunpowered duringascent,itwaspoweredcontinuously duringon-orbit
operations andentryduring,whichanautomatic temperaturerecorder(ATR)wasused
to collecttemperaturedata.

Slow Rotatinq Centrifuqe Microscope

The Slow RotatingCentrifugeMicroscope(NIZEMI)facilityprovidedscientists

withthe
capability
to observebothlivingandnon-living
matterexposedtolevelsof gravity
rangingfrom10"3g to 1.5g. Thescienceinvestigations
thatwerea partofthe NIZEMI
experiment wereas follows:

a. GravisensitivityandGeo(Gravi)taxis of theSlimeMold;
b. Graviorientation in Eug/enagraci/is(Euglena);
c. Influenceof Accelerations ontheSpatialOrientationofthe Protozoan
LoxodesStriatus(Loxodes);
d. Effectsof Microgravity onAureliaEphyraBehaviorandDevelopment
(Jellyfish);
 e. GravireactioninCharaRhizoidsin Microgravity (Chara)(Lostbecauseof F-_,
over-temperature anomaly);
f. Gravisensitivity
of CressRoots(Cress);
g, Lymphocyte Movements andInteractions(Motion);and
h. ConvectionStabilityof a PlanarSolidification
Front(Moni).

AllexperimentsamplesexcepttheCharasamplewerecompleted as planned.An over-

temperatureanomalyin whichtheexperiment moduleintemaltemperaturerosefrom
21 °C to58 °C was notedearlyintheflight.Thisproblemwasseenpreviouslyduring
preflight
testingandwascausedbya stickingrelay,butcouldnotbecorrected
becauseof the lackoftimebeforeflight.

Microqravity Effects on Standardized Coqnitive Performance Measures

The MicrogravityEffectson StandardizedCognitivePerformanceMeasures

experiment,whichconsistedof six computerizedcognitiveperformancetestscalled
PAWS, will help determinethe astronauts'mentalabilityto performoperationaltasks in
space.

The Commander,PilotandMissionSpecialist
2 successfully
completedallexperiment
objectives
to measurehumanworkloadandperformanceinzerogravity.

AppliedResearchonSeparationMethodsUsinqSpaceElectrophoresis (_,

TheRAMSESexperimentusesa continuous-flow electrophoresis

unitto purify
biological
samples.An adjustableelectricfieldwasappliedacrosstheflow,causing
thedifferently
chargedcomponents to divergeintoa widebeamconsisting ofseparate
streamsof molecules,whichpassthrough40 outletsintocollection tubes. These
collection
tubeswere refrigerated
andretumedto Earthforpostflight analysis.A
numberof sampleswere processed duringtheflightinsupportof investigations
that
wereas follows:

a. Optimization
ofProteinSeparation;
and
b. Electrohydrodynamic
SampleDistortion.

An initialproblemwitha non-operational
ElectrodeBufferPump(EBP)was resolvedby
cyclingthe power.Recurrence oftheanomalyresultedinthe hypothesis thatgases
generatedbyelectrolysis werenotbeingevacuatedas fastasthe gaseswerebeing
producedfollowing an experimentrun. A waitingperiodfollowing
eachexperimentrun
was includedinthe procedures andthisallowedcontinuous operation.

Prematureshutdownof theRAMSESexperiment occurredwhenthedatashoweda

largepowerspikeacrossthe Orbiterfuelcells.Troubleshooting confirmedthatthe
problemwasdueto a blownrectifierdiodethatcausedthe powerspikeandblewa fuse
inthe facilitypowercontrolandinterfacesystem(PCIS). Inspiteofthiscondition,
the ;f-'_

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 F_ scienceteamwasstillabletocompletefiveof sevenflightobjectives (FOs),andthe
majorityof thesixthFO. Approximately
80 to 90 percentof thetotalscienceobjectives
werecompleted.

Real-TimeRadiationMonitorinqDevice

TheRRMDmeasuredthehigh-energy cosmicradiationintheSpacelabwhileon-orbit,
andinturn,transmittedthesedatatothe PayloadOperations ControlCenterat
MarshallSpaceFlightCenter(MSFC). In addition,thedevicecontained bacteriawith
highradiationsensitivity.Thesecellswereanalyzedduringpostflight
operationsto
determineradiationdamageaswellas theircapabilityto recoverandrepairthemselves
aftera cosmicrayimpact.

Radiationmeasurement activities
werenominal.However,somedata-take
opportunities
were lostbecauseof the HRMchanneldatathroughput problem
experienced earlyinthe mission.Thisanomalycauseda totallossofdatafromthe
RRMDfortheseopportunities. Thecrewperformed an IFMprocedureonflightday3
thatresultedina solidlock-onofthedata. Also,theexperiment
wasinadvertently
poweredoff. ThecrewfoundthatthepowercircuitbreakeronpanelL4Wwasopen
andsubsequently closedit.

F_ SpinalChanqesin Microqravity

The SpinalChangesin Microgravity

(SCM)experiment wasdeveloped becausetwoout
of everythreepersonswhogointospaceexperiencebackpain. Asa result,the
lengtheningof thespinalcolumnwasstudiedto determineif thatcondition
isthe cause
ofthe backpain.

Stereophotographs ofthespineandultrasound imagingofvertabralspacingwere

successfullyrecorded,andthesedatawillbe usedtostudythe effectsofmicrogravity
onthespineandneurosensory system.Extensivereplanning wascompleted tofillthe
timelinevoidscausedbythelateactivationofthe FFEUandtheinitialfailureofthe
AERISthatalsousedtheSCM.

Thermoelectric Incubator and Cell Culture Kits

The ThermoelectricIncubator(TEl)wasa generalpurposeincubator

usedinSpacelab
to maintainbiological
specimensat a constanttemperature,
humidity,andcarbon-
dioxideconcentration. TheCellCultureKits(CCK)wereusedtocultureslimemold
andplantandanimalcellsinmicrogravity.Bothofthesepiecesofequipment were
usedinconjunction withtheFFEUexperiments.

Earlyinthe missionat 191:00:15G.m.t.(01:07:32MET),a trippedcircuitbreakerwas

reset,andnominalTEl sciencedatagatheringcontinued withoutinterruptionfor the
("-_' remainderofthemission.

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 MATERIALSSCIENCE

Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility

The AdvancedProteinCrystallizationFacility(APCF)providedan environment

for
growinga varietyof proteincrystalsusingthreedifferentmethods.Thesewere:

a. vapordiffusion;
b. liquid-liquid
diffusion;
and
c. dialysis.

Theassociatedcrystalgrowthfacilitiesoperatednominally
duringthemission.

,Bubble, Drop and Particle Unit

The BDPUwasa facilitydevelopedtostudyfluidbehaviorsandinteractions

suchas
bubblegrowth,evaporation,condensation,
andthermocapillary
flows.The crew
interchangedexperimenttestcontainers
withdedicated
fluidcells. Theexperiments
thatusedthe BDPUareas follows:

a. BubbleMigration,
Coalescence andInteraction
withMeltingandSolidification
Fronts; F--_
b. Thermocapillary
MigrationandInteractions of BubblesandDrops;
c. BubbleBehaviorUnderLowGravity';
d. Thermocapillary
Instabilityina Three-LayerSystem;
e. Nucleation,BubbleGrowth,InterfacialMicro-Layer,Evaporation
and
Condensation
Kinetics;and
f. StaticandDynamicBehaviorof LiquidinComers,EdgesandContainers.

Thisnewfacilitywas responsible
for manyfirstsinthestudyof fluidsandthe behavior
ofdropletsunderthermalgradients.Fluidshiftandnon-hazardous containment leaks
(controlled
bya secondlevelof containment)resultedin at leastthe partiallossof the
KOSTERandMONTIinvestigations.

Critical Point Facility

The CriticalPoint Facility(CPF)provideda facilityforseveralexperiments to measure

andvisuallyrecordspecialfluidproperties at their"criticalpoint".Thefacilitymeasured
fluiddensityfluctuations nearthe criticalpointusinglaserlightscattering and
interferometry.The experiments thatusedthisfacilitywere:

a. The PistonEffect;
b. ThermalEquilibriumina One-Component
Field;

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,¢"_ c. DensityEquilibration
TimeScale;and
d. HeatTransportandDensityFluctuations
in a CriticalField.

• The reflightofthisfacilityreconfirmedpreviousfindingsfromthe IML-1mission.An

improved thermostat wasinstalled sincethe IML-1mission,andthisenabledthefacility
to performwithoutinterruption andgathersignificantsciencedata.

FreeFlowElectrophoresisUnit

TheFFEUwasusedto studywhetherspace-based electrophoresiswillimprovethe

purityof certainbiological
materialswhichare normallydifficult
toseparateonEarth. A
numberof differenttypesof sampleswereflownfortestingandisas follows:

a. Gravitational
RoleinElectrophoretic
Separations ofPituitaryCellsand
Granules;
b. Separationof Chromosome DNAof a Nematode,C. e/egans,by
Electrophoresis;
and
c. ExperimentsSeparatingtheCultureSolutionof AnimalCellsin High
ConcentrationunderMicrogravity.

Afterovercoming activationproblems, allFFEUscienceinvestigations wereattempted.

Althoughdegradation of onesampleoccurred thatpreventeda pituitaryseparation for
f- oneflightobjective,themajorityofsciencewassuccessfully completed. The success
is dueto the excellentreplanningof the experimenttimelinebythe flight controlteam.

LarqeIsothermalFurnace

TheLargeIsothermal Fumace(LIF)wasusedtoheatlargematerialssamplesina
vacuum,andthencoolthesamplesveryrapidlytodeterminetherelationships
between
structure,
processing,
andproperties
of materials.Thetwoexperiments,
comprising
fivesamples,thatwereconductedwiththisfacilitywere:

a. Gravitational
Rolein LiquidPhaseSintering;
and
b. EffectofWeightlessness onMicrostructure
andStrengthof OrderedTiAI
Intermetallic
Alloys.

Fumaceoperations to meltanduniformly
mixcompounds, andthencoolthemto
producea solidsample,operatednominally
andallscienceinvestigations
were
successfully
completed.

Quasi-SteadyAccelerationMeasurement

TheQuasi-Steady AccelerationMeasurement(QSAM)experiment wasprimarily

designedto detectsteady,verylowfrequency,residualaccelerations
between0 and

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0.02 Hertz. Datawererecorded throughout
the missiononopticaldisks,whichwere -_"_,
retumedfor postflight
evaluation.

Thehardware,whichconsisted offourrotatingsensors,threestaticsensorsandan --
opticalrecorder,successfully
recordedlow-frequency accelerationsinthe Spacelab.
Severalinstancesof problemswiththeopticalrecorderwerecorrectedbyeither
changing the opticaldiskorperforminga self-test.

Space Acceleration Measurement Svstem

TheSpaceAcceleration Measurement System(SAMS)instrument monitored

and
recordedhigher-frequency
onboardaccelerations andvibrations
thatwereexperienced
inthe Spacelabmoduleduringflight.Datawererecorded throughout
themissionon
opticaldisks,whichwerereturnedforpostflight
evaluation.

Accelerometerheadsin threeSpacelablocationsnominally
recordedaccelerations
causedbyOrbitermaneuvers andcrewmotion.A problemwithdiskdrive2 was
correctedbyreseatingthediskinthedrive.

Electromaqnetic Containerless Processinq Facility

TheTEMPUS,a levitation meltingfacility,providedcontainerless

processingof metallic
samplesin an ultracleanmicrogravity
environment. Thefacilityusedanelectriccurrent F'_
flowingthroughcoilsof coppertubingto producemagneticfields,whichcreatedan
areaof minimumfieldstrengthinwhichthe samplewouldlevitate.Twenty-twometallic
sampleswereaccommodated duringthemission.A numberofexperiments sharedthis
facilityandthesewere:

a. EffectsofNucleationbyContainerless Processingin LowGravity;

b. Non-equilibriumSolidification
of LargelyUndercooled Melts;
c. StructureandSolidification
ofLargelyUndercooled Meltsof Quasicrystal-
FormingAlloys;
d. Thermodynamics andGlassFormation in UndercooledLiquidAlloys;
e. MetallicGlassResearchinSpace:Thermophysical Propertiesof Metallic
GlassesandUndercooled Alloys;
f. ViscosityandSurfaceTensionof Undercooled Melts;and
g. Measurement ofthe ViscosityandSurfaceTensionof Undercooled Melts
underMicrogravity Conditions andSupporting Magnetohydrodynamic
Calculations.

TheinitialflightoftheTEMPUSfacilityprovidedunprecedentedscienceresults.A
problemwithsamplesadheringtotheircontainment cagewasmitigatedbymany
completely successfulexperimentruns,andthefactthat,in mostcases,excellentdata
weregatheredpriortothesamplestickingto itscage.
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 VibrationIsolationBox ExperimentStation

• TheVIBESinvestigated
theeffectsofso-called"g-jitter"disturbances
causedbycrew
movement andexperiment
equipment operations in spacelaboratoriessuchas
Spacelab.

Operations werenominalforthisexperimentcomposed
of specialmaterialsdesigned
to mitigatethe effectsof accelerations.

COMMERCIALPROTEINCRYSTALGROWTH

STS-65wasthefifthflightofthe CPCGexperiment. Thissecondary payloadusedthe

commercialrefrigerator/incubator
module(CRIM)inthe Orbitermiddeck.A totalof 60
samplesfocusingonsixdifferentproteinsinvariousformulations
wereflownforthis
payload.

TheCPCGCRIMexperienced a thermalelectricdevice(TED)signaldropoutat
194:08:43G.m.t.(04:16:00MET)thatresultedin lostthermalperformance.The
temperatureofthe unitroseto approximately 13 °C overa 9.5-hourperiod.Diagnostic
datawerecheckedbythecrewwhoverifiedthattheTED wasdroppinginandout. To
achievea stableenvironment,theCRIMcommandtemperature waschangedto 13 °C,
f andthetemperature oftheunitremainedat 13 °C__. 1.8 °C fortheremainderofthe
mission.Impactofthetemperature instability
totheproteinsamplescanonlybe
assessedduringpostflightlaboratoryworkatthe PrincipalInvestigators'
laboratory.
The postflight
assessment indicated thatcrystalsweregrowninfiveof thesixprotein
samples.However,onlythreeofthefiveproteincrystalsyieldedx-raydiffraction-grade
crystals,andonlytwoof thesixproteinmaterialsyieldedgoodcrystals.
ORBITALACCELERATIONRESEARCHEXPERIMENT

The OAREwasusedto makehighlyaccuratemeasurements ofverylowfrequency

(steadystateto 1 Hz) Orbiteraccelerations experienced duringon-orbitoperations
and
the initialportionof the entryphaseof themission.TheOAREcanmeasureand
recordaccelerations ontheorderof one-billionth
ofthe acceleration
of Earth'sgravity
(10nano-g's).

TheOAREacquirednearsteady-state microgravity
acceleration datainsupportof
IML-2experiments throughouttheon-orbitphaseofthemissionfrom10 minutesafter
launchuntilapproximately10 minutesafterentryinterface.Alloperations were
performedas planned,including acquisition
ofdataduringvehiclerotations performed
tocalibratetheSAMS. TheOAREdataobtainedduringtheserotations willbeusedfor
, scalefactorcalibrations
ofthe OAREsensorsystem.In additionto obtaining
accelerationdatain supportof the IML-2requirements,the data acquiredduringthe
('-_ pitch/dragOAREmaneuverandduringentrywillbe usedtoassessthevehicle

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aerodynamic
characteristics
at orbitalaltitudes.The initialassessmentofthe data ._"_.
dumpedat MSFCindicatednominalinstrument performance throughout
theflight.

SHU'I-rLEAMATEURRADIOEXPERIMENT

The SAREXproject,whichhasflownon 13 previousShuttlemissions, wasdesignedto

encouragepublicparticipationinthe SpaceProgramand supportthe conductof
educationalinitiatives. This objectiveis beingaccomplishedby demonstratingeffective
communicationsbetweenthe Shuttleand
low-costgroundstationsusingamateurradiovoiceand digitaltechniques.

All 13 scheduledschoolsweresuccessfullycontactedbythe SpaceShuttleColumbia

astronauts. Theseschoolsincludedtwo foreignschools:TatebayashiChildren's
ScienceExploratoriumin Japan;and a Germanschool,FranhoferRealschulein
Ingolstadt,Germany.

Inadditionto the scheduledcontacts,one unscheduledcontactwas alsoarrangedwith

GeneralThomasStaffordat the AerospaceAmericaAnnualAirshowin OklahomaCity,
OK. CommanderCabanacommunicatedthroughbridgestationsin Hawaiiand
Californiaand was heardby approximately150,000people.

The packet operationaboardthe Columbiathat includeda portionof the

commemorative Apollo11periodperformednominally withapproximately 3,000 ,"_,
connections tothe Shuttlepacketradio.

MILITARYAPPLICATIONSOF SHIPTRACKS

The MAST experiment was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, and the
objective of the MAST experiment was to determine how pollutants generated by ships
modify the reflective properties of clouds. Use of high-resolution photographs obtained
in support of this experiment will provide insight into the processes of ship track
production on a global scale.

Over 300 high-resolution photographs were taken of 17 targets. These results far
exceeded the requirements for photographs of four targets.

AIR FORCE MAUl OPTICAL SYSTEM

The AMOS is an electrical-optical facility on the Hawaiian island of Maul. The facility
tracks the Orbiter as it flies over the area and records signatures from thruster firings,
water dumps, or the phenomena of "Shuttle Glow". No specific crew or vehicle (thruster
firings) activityin support ofthis experimentwas performed duringthis mission.

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 _/-" VEHICLE PERFORMANCE

SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS

All SRBsubsystems performedas expected.The SRBprelaunchactivitieswereall

normal,andnoLaunchCommitCriteria(LCC)orOperational Maintenance
Requirements andSpecificationDocument (OMRSD)violations wereidentified.For
thisflight,thelow-pressure heatedgroundpurgeintheSRBaftskirtwasnotrequired
to maintainthe case/nozzlejointtemperatureswithinthe requiredLCCranges.The
purgewasactivatedat T-26minutesforthehigh-flowrateinertingof theSRBaft skirt.
Thecalculated flexiblebearingmeanbulktemperature was78 °F.

Analysisofthe SRBdataindicatesnominalperformance ofallsubsystems.

Twonew
maximums forexperiencebasesweresetforthethrustvectorcontrol(TVC)system.
Onewasestablished onthe left-handtiltfuelsupplymodule(FSM)pressuredifference
betweenAPUstartandcutoff.Thesecondnewexperience basewastheright-hand
tilt
actuatormaximumrateduringseparation null. Dataconcerning
bothofthesenew
experiencebaseshavebeenevaluated, andnoanomalous operationwasfound.

BothSRB'sweresuccessfully separatedfromtheET at T+123.48seconds,andreports

fromthe recoveryarea,whichwerebasedonvisualsightings,indicatethatthe SRB
(F_ deceleration
subsystems performedas designed.BothSRBsweresightedduring
descentandwererecoveredandbroughttoCapeCanaveralforretumto KSCwhere
disassemblyandrefurbishmentactivities
wereinitiated.

Duringthedisassembly
process,twoanomalous
conditions
wereidentified
andthey
were:

a. Two of fourmounting
fasteners
forthe right-hand
SRBrangesafetysystem
(RSS)safeandarm(S&A)werenotproperly seated(FlightProblemSTS-65-B-01);and

b. Onebrokenfastenerwasfoundonthe left-handSRBaft integrated

electronics
assembly(lEA) endcoveronthesystemstunnelside(FlightProblem
STS-65-B-02).
REDESIGNEDSOLIDROCKETMOTORS

The RSRMsoperatedsatisfactorily throughouttheascentphase. Prelaunch activities

weresatisfactory andnoLCCorOMRSDviolations wereidentified.Power-upand
operationof all igniterandfieldjointheaterswascompleted in a routinemanner,and
all RSRMtemperatures weremaintained withinacceptable
limitsth.roughout
the
countdown.

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Thefieldjointheatersoperatedfor11 hours36 minutesduringtheprelaunchtime f"_
framewiththe heaterson17 percentofthetimeduringtheLCCtimeframe. Theigniter
jointheatersoperatedfor23 hours11 minuteswiththe heaterspoweredup5 hours
earlierthanexpected.Powerwasappliedtothe igniterheatingelements29 percentof
thetime.

Dataindicatethattheflightperformanceof bothRSRMswaswellwithintheallowable
performanceenvelopesandwas typicalof the performanceobservedon previous
flights. The RSRMpropellantmeanbulktemperature(PMBT)was81 °F at liftoff. The
followingtable showsthe performancedata of the RSRMs.
RSRMPROPULSIONPERFORMANCE
Parameter Leftmotor,81 °F Rightmotor,81 °F
Predicted Actual Predicted I Actual
Impulsegates
1-20,106Ibf-sec 66.16 66.34 66.17 66.43
1-60,106 Ibf-sec 176.13 176.04 176.16 176.42
I-AT_106 Ibf-sec 296.75 296.06 297.02 296.30
VacuumIsp_Ibf-sec/Ibm 268.6 268.0 268.6 268.0
Bumrate,in/sec@ 60 °F 0.3679 0.3687 0.3676 0.3694
at 625 psia
Bumrate,in/sec@81 °F 0.3735 0.3743 0.3732 0.3750
at 625 psia Y-'_
Eventtimes,seconds a 0.232 N/A 0.232 N/A
Ignitioninterval 108.8 109.1 108.9 108.5
Webtimeb 118.5 118.6 118.3 117.6
Separationcue,50 psia 120.6 120.7 120.5 119.8
Actiontimeb 123.5 123.5 123.5 122.5
Separation command
PMBT,°F 81 81 81 81

Maximumignitionriserate, 90.4 N/A 90.4 N/A

psia/10ms
Decaytime,seconds 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.1
(59.4psiato 85 K)
TailoffImbalanceImpulse Predicted Actual
differential,
Klbf-sec N/A 600.6
ImpulseImbalance= leftmotorminusrightmotor
1 Alltimesare referencedtoignitioncommandtimeexceptwherenotedbya 2.
2 Referenced to liftofftime(ignitioninterval).

The postflight
inspection
ofthe RSRMsrevealedthattheleft-handforwardstiffenerring
outerdiameterhada radiallyinwardaxialcrack(approximately
0.25 inchdeep)located
at 90.5 degrees(betweenthe boltholes)(FlightProblemSTS-65-M-01)..r_

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F"_ EXTERNALTANK

TheET loadingandflightperformance wereexcellent,andallflightobjectiveswere

" satisfied.NoET in-flightanomalieswereidentifiedfromthetelemetryor photographic
data. AllET electricalandinstrumentation
equipment performedsatisfactorily.
No LCC
orOMRSDviolations wereidentified.

Noevidenceof unacceptable acreageiceformation wasnotedduringthepropellant

loadingforSTS-65. Allobservedicingconditions werewithinthe historical
conditions
as referencedinthe Ice/DebrisInspectionCriteriaDocument(NSTS-08303).These
acceptable conditionsincludeda recurring
thermalprotectionsystem(TPS)defectof a
singlecrackintheTPS wherethefoambridgesbetweentheverticalstrutcabletray
andfittingfairing,andthiscondition
iscausedbyjointrotationat thatpoint.

A reviewof the DevelopmentTestObjective(DTO)312 post-separation

35 mm
photographs takenwitha 300 mmlenswitha 2Xextender,andthe photographs
from
theumbilical-well-mounted
35 mmandtwo16 mmcamerasshowedthefollowing:

a. Twodivots,approximately
6 inchesin diameterwithexposedsubstrate,
were
locatedintheLH2tointertank
splicejustoutboardofthecabletrayprotuberanceair
load(PAL)ramp.

(F_ b. A shallowdivot,approximately
6 inchesindiameter,waslocatedinthe LH2
CPRfoamjustaftofthe intertanksplicebetweenthe+Y bipodattachmentandtheLO2
feedlinesupportbracket.

c. Severalsmall,1-to 2-inchdiameter,"popcorndivots"werelocatedonthe
intertank
stringers
justforwardofthebipods.

d. A smalldivot,2 inchesindiameter,waslocatedontheice/frostrampsat
station1152andat station1787.

Allof theseobservations
weresimilartotheobservations
frompreviousflights.

TheET pressurization
systemfunctioned
properlythroughout
enginestartandflight.
Theminimum LO2ullagepressureexperienced
duringthe ullagepressureslumpwas
14.1psid.

The ETtumblevalvewasdisabledas ithadbeenfor33 ofthe last34 flights.The

postflightpredictedimpactpointwasapproximately
36 nauticalmilesuprangeof the
preflightpredictedlandingpoint.

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 SPACESHU'I'I'LEMAINENGINES F"_

AllSSMEsperformedsatisfactorily throughout
thecountdown.Dataweretypicalof
prelaunchparameters observedonpreviousflights.Engine"Ready"wasachievedat
the propertime;all LCCweremet;andenginestartandthrustbuildupwerenormal.
Engineperformanceduringmainstageandshutdown wasnominalandas predicted
withcutofftimesof 516.95,517.07,and517.20seconds(referenced tothe enginestart
command)forSSMEs1,2, and3, respectively. TheengineIspwasratedat
452.1secondsbasedontrajectorydata. BlockII controllerandsoftwareperformance
wassatisfactory.MECOoccurred 510.63secondsafterliftoff.No in-flight
anomalies
wereidentifiedinthe datareview,norwereanysignificantproblemsnoted;however,
thefollowingobservationsweremadeduringthe review.

a. The SSME2 highpressureoxidizerturbopump(HPOTP)intermediate seal

pressureshiftedupwardat enginestartplus270seconds.Thisshiftwaswithinthe
experiencebaseandwassimilartothegreen-run performanceofthispump.

b. TheSSME1 highpressurefuelturbine(HPFT)channelB discharge

temperatureoscillated
duringthethrustbucket.Thiscondition
waspreviously seenon
SSMEno.2019duringSTS-26andisattributed toturbinecoolantflowredistribution.

c. TheSSME2 POGOpressurepurgeandancillarymonitorlowerlimit(0 psia)

wasviolatedafterengineshutdown, anda failureidentification
(FID)wasposted.The F"_
lowerlimitrequirement
hasbeenineffectsincethefirstflightof BlockII software
(STS-49). Thisconditionwas notseenbeforeSTS-65sincethe propellant vacuum
inertwasalwaysperformedaftertheenginecontrollers werepowereddown. Withthe
newvehiclesoftware,OI-23,propellant
vacuuminertisautomatedandmayoccurwhen
thecontrollers
are powered.Sincethislimitisnotrequired,itwillbeeliminatedfor
STS-66andsubsequent flights.

d. The SSME2 digitalcontrolunit(DCU)-B reporteda DCU-Apowerlossafter

engineshutdownanda FIDwas posted.Thisisa normaloccurrence althoughthe FID
maynotbeseeninrealtimeinthevehicledatatableduetothe datasamplerate. The
condition
isseenregularlyinthecontroller
FIDbufferafterthe post-landing
memory
dump.
SHU'I'I'LE RANGE SAFETY SYSTEM

The ShuttleRangeSafetySystem(SRSS)closed-loop testingwascompletedas

scheduledduringthecountdown.AllSRSSS&Adeviceswerearmed,andallsystem
inhibitswereturnedoffatthe appropriate
times.AllSRSSmeasurements indicated
thatthesystemoperatedas expectedthroughout thelaunchphase.As planned,the
SRBS&AdevicesweresafedandSRBsystempowerwasturnedoffpriorto SRB
separation.The ET systemremainedactiveuntilET separationfromthe Orbiter.

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MainPropulsionSystem

Theoverallperformance oftheMPSwasnominalwithnohardwarein-flightanomalies
identified.STS-65wasthefirstflightoftheMPSdumpandvacuuminerting
procedures developedfortheOI-23software,andperformance
duringthedumpand
entryrepressurization
wasdifferentthanexpected.

Liquidhydrogenloadingoperationswerenormalthroughall phasesoftheactivity.The
analysisof loadingsystemdatashowthatthe LH2loadat the endof replenishwas
231,791Ibm. Comparedtothepredictedloadof 231,853Ibm,theloadingaccuracy
was-0.03 percent,whichiswellwithinthe requiredloadingaccuracyof __.
0.37 percent.

Liquidoxygenloadingcontinued satisfactorily
untilaboutnineminutesafterfastfillstart
whenan overspeedindication wasreceivedfrompumpA127anda LO2revert
occurred.Duringthe revert,pumpA126 wasbroughtonlineandloadingcontinued.
Theanalysisof loadingsystemdatashowthe LO2loadwas1,387,731Ibm.Compared
tothe predictedloadof 1,387,828Ibm,the loadingaccuracywas-0.01 percent,which
iswellwithinthe requiredloadingaccuracyof __.
0.43 percent.

F-_=-...
Real-timeanalysisof hydrogen leakdetectorandhazardous gasdetectionsystemdata
r showednoviolations ofthe hazardousgasconcentration limits.The maximum
hydrogenconcentration levelintheOrbiteraftcompartment was95 ppm(corrected),
whichcomparesveryfavorablywithpreviousdataforthisvehicle.Leakdetector56
and57 indicatedlowsamplingrates,possibly dueto a lineblockage.However,leak
detector57 wasusedastheprimarydetectorbecauseof the highersamplingrate. The
HydrogenUmbilical MassSpectrometer (HUMS)servedas thesecondarydetector.

MPSperformance duringascentwasnominal.The LH2andLO2pressurization and

feedsystemsperformedsatisfactorilyandsatisfiedalltankullagepressureandSSME
inletnetpositivesuctionpressure(NPSP)requirements.Likewise, performance
analysesof the propulsionsystemsduringall phasesof flightindicatenominal
performance andall requirementsweresatisfied.

Analysisofthe gaseoushydrogen(GH2)flowcontrolvalve(FCV)performanceshow
SSME1 and2 FCVsperformedas expected.However, the SSME3 FCVviolatedthe
FileIX inletpressurechangerequirement of300 to 420 psid(actualinletpressure
change= 280 psid)during11actuationcycles.A reviewof datafromthepasttwo
flightsshowedthat300 __.
20 psidisnominalperformance fora FCVintheSSME3
• position.Analysisofsystemdrawingsindicatethatpressurelossesdueto
vehicle/SSME 3 plumbinglayoutrestrictpressuredifferentials
to lowervaluesthan
SSME1 andSSME2. Analysisofallpreviousflightdatasupportthisassessment.
Previousreadingsof280 psidwerenotdeclaredanomalous becauseofvariationsin
,

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dataevaluation.Consequently,
SSME3 FCVperformancewasnominal,anda File IX ,"-'_.
changeis beingmadeto changethe allowabledifferentialpressurebandfor SSME3.

The LH2manifoldpressureunexpectedlyincreasedto a maximumpressureof 17 psia

followingthe vacuuminertingprocedure(FlightProblemSTS-65-V-08). An initial
pressureriserate was evidentas the solidhydrogenchangedto a liquid. The pressure
riserate increasedas liquidhydrogenstartedto boil-offto a gaseousstate. A third
changein the rise ratecorrespondedto the OMS-2 firingwhichcausedsolidand liquid
hydrogento come in contactwiththe '_Narm"feedlinewallsand rapidlyflashoffto gas.
Postflightanalysisof the MPS dump/vacuuminert performance indicatedthat this first
use of the new OI-23 software automated dump sequence resulted in a lower amount of
residual hydrogen after the dump (estimate of 2 Ib, which is lowest in flight history).
However, preflight predictions from the MPS Propellant Dump model has indicated that
residuals after the dump should have been less than 1 Ibm (about 0.3 Ibm). Since the
residuals were greater than the predicted value, the 5-minute coast time between dump
and vacuum inert was insufficient to allow all of the solid hydrogen to sublimate to gas.
This resulted in the hydrogen residual after the vacuum inerting that caused the
observed manifold pressureincrease.

The evaluationof the dumpperformance alsoindicatedthatallthe heliumthatwas

budgetedto be introduced intothe LH2systemviathereturn-to-launch-site(RTLS)
repressurizationvalvesdidnotenterthemanifoldas approximately 50 percentwas
blownoutofthe manifoldreliefvalve. An evaluation isbeingmadeto determinethe _
correctiveactionsthat wouldeliminatethe residuals.

Oncethe manifoldpressurereacheditspeakvalueof 17 psia,itquicklybegan

decayingandreachedambientpressureinapproximately 90 minutes.Thisobserved
leakratecorresponded toa systemleakageontheorderof 7,000 scim.Thisleakrate
washigherthanexpected(alsohigherthanallowable for a decayrateat ambient
temperatures),
butitdidnotexceedthesystemleakrateat cryogenic temperatures.
Troubleshootingat KSCidentifieda sealleakinSSME2 thatmayhavebeena
significant
contributor
tothe on-orbitleak. No out-of-specification
leakswerenotedin
the MPShardware.

Duringthe650-secondentrypurge,theheliumusagewas59.37Ibm,andthe
requirement forOV-102is55.7+_.1.1 Ib(FlightProblemSTS-65-V,09).STS-65wasthe
firstflightof the operational
increment(OI)-23 softwareandtherefore,thefirstuseof
theautomatedMPSheliumsystementryconfiguration thatisa partof OI-23. Onall
flightssinceSTS-26,onlythe SSME1,2, and3 heliumsupplyA-legisolationvalve
havebeenopenedduringentry. Inthisconfiguration, heliumfortheblowdown purge
andmanifoldrepressurization was providedonlythroughtheSSME 2 heliumsupplyA-
legregulator(throughtheSSME2 crossover valve). In OI-23,theSSME1, 2, and3
heliumsupplyA- andB-legisolationvalves,aswellasthe pneumatic systemisolation
valves,areopenedforentry. Thisconfiguration allowsthreeregulators (SSME2A and
2B andthepneumaticsystemregulators)tosupplyheliumforthe blowdown purgeand

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 manifoldrepressurization.
Asa result,theheliumpressurebeingprovidedforthe
blowdown remainedapproximately100 psihigherthanthe averagesingle-regulator
pressure,thusprovidinga greatermassflowdudngthepurge.Analysisindicates that
- approximately3 to4 Ibmmoreheliumconsumption shouldbeexpectedwhenusingthe
OI-23software.Adding4 Ibmtothe nominalOV-102flowof55.7Ibmresultsina
consumption veryclosetothe59.37 Ibmthatwas usedduringSTS-65.

As a resultof theSTS-65missionfindings,
the FileIX requirement
willbe modifiedto
specifythe expectedconsumption foreachvehiclewiththeOI-23entryconfiguration
includingthe 3-sigmavaluesthatare calculated
withallthedataavailablesince
STS-26.

Reaction Control Subsystem

The performance oftheRCSwassatisfactory.RCSpropellant

consumption
forthe
missiontotaled5,036.5Ibm.The RCSwasnotinterconnected
totheOMS duringthis
mission.

At 196:11:58G.m.t.(06:19:15MET),thecrewreportedthatwhilereconfiguring the
RCSfromthe A tothe Bheliumregulators,the leftRCS Beventindicator(talkback) as
wellas theA eventindicator
showedbarberpole whentheB switchwastakenfrom
CLOSEto GPC. Theprocedure wasrepeatedlaterintheflightandnoanomalous
f- indications
werenotedvisuallyor inthedata. Duringpostflightcrewdebriefings,
the
talkbackwas reportedtobe presentonlymomentarilyandonlyaftermovingtheB
switchfromGPCto OPEN. Thiscondition isconsistent
withprevious occurrences of
valvebouncecausedbya pneumatic hammereffect.

At 199:09:14:20G.m.t.(09:16:31:20MET),vernierthrusterR5Dwasfailedoffbythe
RMbecauseof lowchamberpressure(FlightProblemSTS-65-V-05).Onthefailed
pulse,thechamberpressureinitially wentto 25.7 psia. A nominalpulsefromthis
thruster,whichshowednosignsofdegradedchamberpressuredueto combustion
residueorironnitratecontamination, occurred9 secondsearlier.Thethrusterwas
hot-firedperflightrule6-31,andtheperformancewasnominalwithnoevidenceof
degradedchamberpressure.The RMwasclearedandthevemierthrusters were
reselected.Thethrusterwassuccessfully firedseveralhundredtimesduringthe
remainderof themission.The engineering community determined thefailurewasmost
likelyinthe reactionjet driver(RJD),themultiplexer/demultiplexer(MDM),orthewiring
betweenthe twoboxes.A bitestatusread(BSR)was performedto verifytheMDM,
anditwasall zeros,indicating the MDMprobablyperformedasdesignedduringthis
period.Extensivegroundtesting,whichincludedtricklecurrents, wirewiggles,
dematingandinspecting connectors as wellas hi-pottestingfailedto reproducethe
anomaly.

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 OrbitalManeuverinqSubsystem F'_

TheOMS performed verysatisfactorily

duringthefourfirings,and 13,694.9Ibmof
propellants
wereconsumed duringthe355.78secondsoffiringoneachengine.Data
showedthatall oxidizerprobesforthequantitygaugingsystemoperatedsatisfactorily,
butonlytheleftaft fuelprobewasoperatingproperly.Thefollowing tableprovides
dataconcerning theOMSfirings.

OMS FIRINGS
Firing AV,
OMS firing Engine Time, G.m.t./MET duration, ft/sec
seconds
OMS-2 Both 189:17:22:55:2G.m.t. 141.3 221.8
000:00:39:55.2MET
OMS-3 Both 203:12:47:44.1G.m.t. 32.1 51.0
013:20:04:44.1MET
OMS-4 Both 203:13:32:42.2G.m.t. 30.4 49.1
013:20:49:42.2MET
Deorbit Both 204:09:40:38.3G.m.t. 152.8 255.3
014:16:57:38.3MET

A biaswas noted inthe right OMSaftfuelquantitygageduringthe deorbitmaneuver.

The quantitygagewasreadingapproximately 15 percenthigherthanexpected.This F'_,
conditiondidnotimpactthemission.

Power Reactant Storaqe and Distribution Subsystem

The STS-65missionwasthefourthflightoftheExtendedDurationOrbiter(EDO)
pallet. Thepowerreactantstorageanddistribution(PRSD)subsystem performedina
nominalmannerthroughout the missionwithnoanomalies
orproblems noted.A total
of 4911 Ibmof oxygenand593 Ibmofhydrogenwereconsumed duringthe mission.A
totalof 204 Ibmof theoxygenusagewasforcrewbreathing.Consumable oxygenand
hydrogenremaining at landingwouldhaveprovideda missionextensionof 47 hoursat
anaveragepowerlevelof 18.8kW.

Fuel Cell Powerplant Subsystem

The fuel cellpowerplant

(FCP)subsystem performancewasnominalwithnoanomalies
orproblemsidentified.The fuelcellsconsumed 4706Ibmof oxygenand593 Ibmof
hydrogenin producing 6660kWhof powerat anaveragepowerlevelof 18.8kW and
loadof 631 amperes.Thefuelcellsproduced 5299Ibmofwaterduringthe mission.
Eightpurgeswereperformed, occurringat approximately
19, 81,127, 175,222,268,
322, and347 hoursMET. Onthepreviousmissionthatusedthesefuelcells,purge
intervalsof 72 hourswereachieved;however,onthismission the purgeintervalswere

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,f_ approximately48 hours.Theloadsonthefuelcellsforthismissionwerehigherthan
onthepreviousmission,andthiscontributed
tothemorerapidperformance decay.

• Duringthe postlanding inertpurgingof thefuelcells,the oxygenmanifoldpressure

decayedat an unacceptable rate. Excessiveleakagewasmeasuredfromtheoxygen
purgeport. Theleakwasisolatedtofuelcell3, anda steady100-sccmleakratewas
measuredwithanincreaseto 400to 500 sccmleakagerateevery8 to 11 seconds.As
a result,the fuelcell(S/N122)willbereplacedpriorto the nextflight.

Alsoduringpostlanding
operations at KSC,the fuelcell2 coolantpressureincreased
foran unknownreasonfrom65.3 psiato73.2 psia. Thefuelcellwasdepressurized
andthenrepressurized,
andagainthesamesignature wasobserved.Thefuelcellis
designedtoventwhenthecoolantpressurereaches70 psia. Thisisthefirsttimethis
behaviorhas beenobservedduringtheSpaceShuttleProgramandthe behavioris
unexplained.Asa result,fuelcell2 (S/N 121)willalsobereplaced.

AuxiliaryPowerUnitSubsystem

The APUsubsystemperformednominallywithnoanomaliesnoted.TheAPUswere
shutdownafterlandingintheAPU2,APU 1,andAPU 3 orderto fulfillthe
requirementsof DTO414. APUfuelconsumption
andruntimeareshowninthe
following
table.

Flightphase APU 1 (S/N409) APU2 (S/N308) APU3 (S/N408)

Time, Fuel Time, Fuel Time, Fuel
min:secconsumption,min:secconsumption,i min:secconsumption,
Ib Ib Ib
Ascent 20:58 48 20:45 53 21:05 50
FCScheckout 7:14 18
Entrya 64:57 120 82:13 176 64:59 124
Total 93:09 186 102:58 229 86:04 174
"APUs ranfor approximately
20 minutes12secondsaftermaingeartouchdown.

APU2 hadonegearboxrepressurization as thegearboxgaseousnitrogen(GN2)

pressurereachedapproximately 6.2 psia. Also,theAPU 2 drainlinepressuredecayed
from16 psiato 9.2 psiaduringthecourseofthe15-daymission.Neitherofthese
conditions
werecauseforconcern.

Hydraulics/Water Spray Boiler Subsystem

The hydraulics/water
sprayboiler(WSB)subsystemperformed
verysatisfactorily
throughoutthemission.Nopowerdriveunit(PDU)backdrivingwasobservedinthe
dataas a resultoftheAPUshutdown order(APU2, APU1, andAPU3) thatwas
F-_-. performedinsupportof DTO414. Noproblems
oranomalies
werenotedinthedata

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review.Oneitemofinterestfromthismissionwasthatthetotalnumberofcirculation _"_
pumprunswasthe highestofanymission(279)intheSpaceShuttleProgram.

Electrical Power Distribution and Control Subsystem

The electricalpowerdistribution
andcontrol(EPDC)subsystem
performed
nominally
throughoutthe missionwithnoproblems oranomaliesnoted.

Environmental Control and Life Support Subsystem

The activethermalcontrolsubsystem(ATCS)performednominally withnoproblemsor

anomaliesidentified.Theflowproportioning
valvesonFreoncoolantloops1 and2
wereswitched to thepayloadposition
at 189:19:23G.m.t.(00:02:40MET)and
190:16:08G.m.t.(00:23:25MET),respectively,
to supportSpacelabcooling
requirements.Bothloopswereretumedtothe interchanger position
at
203:03:46G.m.t (13:11:03MET)afterSpacelabdeactivation.

The radiatorcold-soakprovidedcoolingduringentrythroughlandingplus 11 minutes

whenammoniaboilersystemB wasactivatedusingthe secondaryB controller.
SystemB operatedfor40 minutesandwasdepletedentirely.Groundcoolingwas
establishedat 204:11:33G.m.t.,55 minutesafterlanding.

Waterwasmanagedthroughtheuseofthe FESforsupplywaterbecauseofa supply- ;"-'_

waterdump-nozzle-icing
anomalydiscussed onthefollowing page. Threesupplywater
dumpswereperformed at anaveragerateof 1.52percent/minute (2.5 Ib/minute).
Thesupplywaterdumplinetemperature wasmaintained between74 and112 °F
throughout
themissionwiththe operationof thelineheater.

At192:07:28G.m.t.(02:14:45MET),supplywaterdump3 wasperformed.Data
indicateda sharpdecreasein nozzletemperaturesto 50 °F at whichtimethedumpwas
terminated(FlightProblemSTS-65-V-02).Atthe sametime,a corresponding decrease
inthewastedump-nozzle temperatureswasalsoobserved.Theheaterswerekepton
andthe subsequent nozzlebakeoutwaserratic,indicating
the presenceoficeinthe
nozzlearea. A purgeof thedumplineusingthefreefluidwandwasperformed to
preventhardwaredamage.Basedonthe dumptimeduringthetemperature decrease,
itwasestimatedthatuptotwogallonsof waterwerefrozen.A totalof 13 nozzle
bakeoutswereperformedto melttheice. Afterboththenozzleheat-upandcool-down
timeswereidenticalandnozzletemperatures approached previouslevels,thefirst
wastewaterdumpwasinitiatedat 193:16:49G.m.t.(04:00:06MET)andcompleted
successfullyat 193:17:38G.m.t(04:00:55MET). Supplywaterwasdumpedthrough
the FESforthe remainderof themission.Detailedpostflightinspections of thenozzle
areashowthatthe tilesurrounding the OV-102nozzleswasscalloped to achievethe
propernozzleprotrusion, andthenozzleandsurrounding roomtemperature
vulcanizing(RTV) materialshowevidenceof deterioration.

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('_ Wastewaterwasgatheredat approximately thepredictedrate. Thewastewaterdump
linetemperature wasmaintained between53 and81 °Fthroughout themission.
Threewastewaterdumpswereperformed.Thefirstdumphadanaverageflowrateof
• 1.95percent/minute (3.2 Ib/minute).Thesecondwastewaterdumpwasinitiatedat
198:06:33G.m.t.(08:13:50MET)andwasperformedinthreesegments.Duringthe
secondsegment,whichdumpedthewastetankfrom42 to 26 percentovera
10.5-minuteperiod,the dumpratedegraded.Theratewas2.03 pereent/minute during
thefirst3 minutesanddegradedto 1.11percent/minute bytheendofthissegmentof
thedump.Thewastetankpressureincreased slightlyduringthissegment,whichis
indicativeof blockage.Therewasnoevidenceof iceonthedumpnozzle. Duringthe
firstandthirddumpsegments, the ratewasa nominal1.8to 1.9percent/minute.

At202:05:39G.m.t.(12:12:56MET),thethirdwastewaterdumpwasinitiated.The
dumpwasperformedin sevensegments,eachlasting5 to 7 minutesbeforethe
minimumtemperature limitswerereached,andthedumpratesweredegradedtothe
1.2to 1.4 Ib/hrrate(FlightProblemSTS-65-V-06).Atthe endof thethirdwastewater
dump,enoughullagewasavailableto reachend-of-mission plus39 hours.

The EDOwastecollection
system(WCS)performedadequately; however,three
anomalies
wereidentified
andtheseare discussed
inthefollowingparagraphs.The
WCS wasremovedpostflight
andsentto thevendorforcleaningandrefurbishment.
F ,
Atapproximately 190:13:09:45G.m.t.(00:20:26:45MET),theEDOWCScommode
faultlightindicateda problemduringthethirdcompaction cycle(FlightProblem
STS-65-V-03A).Dataindicated thatthecompactor pistonhadstoppedapproximately
at the bottomof thetransporttube,ormidwayinthe retraction stroke.Thecrew
inspected thetransporttubeforhardwaredamageandfoundnone,andtheyreported
thatthe pistonwasdownapproximately 7 to 8 inchesinsidethetransport tubewiththe
previously compacted baghoveringapproximately 5/8 of thewaydowninthe
compactor canister.Thecompactor pistonwasmanuallyrotateddownward
approximately seventurns,andthe pistonwasthenretracted intothecompactor
housingwithnobindingnoted.Also,an inspection fordamageshowednone. The
crewconfigured thesystemfornormaloperations, andthecommodecompactor
operations werenominalforthe remainder of themission.

Lateintheflightday3 activities,
the crewreportedthattheyexperienced difficulty
in
replacingthecommodeodor/bacteria filterduringthescheduledchangeout (Flight
ProblemSTS-65-V-03B).Duringflightday4, anothercrewmember examinedthefilter
andreportedthatthefilterwasoutoftolerance,butitcouldbeforcedintoposition.
However,a differentsparefilterwasinstalledatthattime. Duringflightday12
activities,
thecrewinstalled
theout-of-tolerance filterusingsomesurgicallubricanton
the grommetalongwithonecrewmember pushing thefilterandanothercrewmember
twistingthefilter.

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Onflightday6, thecrewreportedsmellingodorswheneverthe commodewasrunning. F-_
Thecrewchangedthecommodeodor/bacteria filterandinstalleda charcoalfilterinthe
atmospheric revitalization
system(ARS)inplaceof theLiOHfilter;thesituation was
improved to somedegree.Thenextday,thecrewchangedtheEDOplenumfilterand
reportedthattheodorswereeliminated.

At 202:15:36:43G.m.t.(12:22:53:43MET),WCSfanseparatorI exhibitedan unusual

signature andthecrewreporteda gurglingnoiseandodorfromfanseparator1 during
operation(FlightProblemSTS-65-V-3C).Dataindicatedliquidwasstillinthebowl
whenthefanseparatorshutdown. Twofanseparatorcycleswereimmediately
performed,andtheseparatorrpmdidnotreachthe normalspeedduringeithercycle.
Onthethirdcycle,the urinalfanshutdownthreeminutesbeforetheseparatortumed
off. Thiscausedtheurinalfaultlightto illuminate.Following
thisoccurrence,
thecrew
switched to fanseparator2, whichwasusedfortheremainderof themission.During
postflight
activitiesonthedayfollowinglanding,liquidbackflowfromthewastetank
throughthecheckvalvesoccurredwhenthewatertankswererepressurized forsupply
watersampling.A four-gallonreduction ofthewastewaterquantitywasnoted,and
wateroverflowedintothe middeckarea. Themiddeckareawascleanedand
disinfected.

TheARS performedsatisfactorily
throughout
the mission.

Smoke Detection and Fire Suppression Subsystem F-,_

The smokedetectionsystemshowedno indicationsof smokegenerationduringthe

flight. However,the leftflightdecksmokedetectorconcentrationindicationdropped
off-scalelowfortwo seconds,followed14 secondslater by negativespikesfora period
of five seconds(FlightProblemSTS-65-V-10). Also,afterlanding,a masteralarmwas
receivedfromthe left flightdeck smokedetectorwithno concentrationchange
observedin the data. Data evaluationhas not shownthe causeof thesemomentary
drops. Use of the fire suppressionsystemwas not required.

Airlock Support System

Useof theairlocksupportsystemcomponents wasnotrequiredbecauseno

extravehicular
activitywasperformed.Theactivesystemmonitorparameters
indicated
normaloutputsthroughout the mission.

Avionics and Software Support System

The integratedguidance,navigation andcontrolsystemperformednominally.STS-65

wasthefirstflightof the OI-23softwareanditsperformance wasnominal.Oneissue
wasnotedanditisdiscussed inthe MainPropulsionSystemsectionofthisreport. No
in-flightanomalies
werenotedinthe system. F--_

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(_"_, All fiveprogrammed testinputs(PTIs)forDTO251 (EntryAerodynamicControlSurface
Test - AlternateElevonSchedule)(Part7) wereexecuted.The subsonicmaneuverfor
DTO254 (SubsonicAerodynamicsVerification)wasalsosuccessfullyperformed.

The flight controlsubsystemperformednominally.The aft RCSvernierthrusterR5D

I =

failed off and the causeis believedto be an anomalyin the reactionjet driver,the
multiplexerldemultiplexer, or the wiringbetweenthesecomponents.This anomalyis
discussedin the ReactionControlSubsystemsectionof thisreport.

IMUs2 and 3 operatedproperly;however,the flightsoftwareissuedan IMU1

redundantrate fail at 199:12:36:12.7G.m.t.(09:19:53:12.7MET)and one secondlater,
RM declaredIMU1 failedand deselectedit (FlightProblemSTS-65-V-04).
Examinationof the filteredredundantgyro monitordata,whichis usedby the general
purposecomputer(GPC)to determinethe failure,indicatedthat the datawere in
excessof the fail limitof 0.7 deg/hrfor a periodof22 seconds,whichis consistentwith
• the redundantrate fail. Dataalsoshowedthat thefrequencyand lengthof theseBITEs
continuedto increase;however,the platformvaluesretumedto normalvaluesafterthe
BITEcleared. Late in the mission,the drift duringtransientswasas greatas 30 sigma
withthe longestBITElasting93 minutes. On flightday 13,datafrom one of the events
showeda platformdrift of 0.08degree,and asa result,the FlightControlTeaminvoked
FlightRule8-39, and IMU 1was declaredfailedfor entryplanningpurposes. Priorto
entryat 204:03:34G.m.t.(14:10:51MET),IMU1was modedto standbyfor 13minutes
f_ andbackto operateinan attemptto recovernominaloperation.The IMUcontinued
operatingas notedpreviously andwasrealignedperiodically to assurethatplatform
misalignments causedbydrifttransientsdidnotexceedRMthresholds.Anagreement
was reachedto leaveallthreeIMUsselectedforentryandto allowRM softwareto
controlIMUselectionduringentry. IMU 1 operatedsatisfactorily withnoBITE
indications
duringentry.The IMUwasremovedfromthevehicleandhasbeensentto
a ground-testfacility.

Thestartrackerperformancewasnominalaswasthe dataprocessing
system(DPS)
hardwareandflightsoftware.

Thedisplaysandcontrolssubsystem
performednominally.

At 203:06:55G.m.t.(013:14:12MET),theaftportpayloadbayfloodlightwascycledon,
butthelightdidnotilluminate.Dataindicatearcingduetolossof backfillinthe
floodlight.Thelightwillbe replacedduringturnaround
operations.

CommunicationsandTrackinqSubsystems

Thecommunications
andtrackingsubsystems
performednominally.

Duringprelaunchoperations,
the FMsystem1transmitterexhibited
output-power
r fluctuations
between14 and16 watts(16wattsnominal).FMsystem1 wasusedfor

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ascentand itperformednominally.On-orbit,theFMsystem1 transmitteragain
exhibitedfluctuating
transmitter
outputpowerwithnodegradationinthedatanoted.
However,FMsystem2 wasselectedandusedforthe remainder of themission.

OperationalInstrumentation/Modular
AuxiliaryDataSystem

Theoperational
instrumentation
(OI)/modularauxiliarydatasystem(MADS)
subsystemsperformedadequately.Twoin-flightanomalieswerenotedandare
discussed
inthefollowing
paragraphs.

At approximately191:12:30G.m.t.(01:19:47MET),thego-to-markcommandwassent
tothesystemcontrolmodule(SCM)forexecution.TheSCMexecutedthecommand
whichpositionsthe OrbiterExperiments (OEX)recordertoa pre-determinedpointfor
recordingdata. At 191:21:08G.m.t.(02:04:25MET),thego-to-markcommandwas
againsentto theSCMfor execution.Thecommands wereverified,butthecommands
werenotexecutedbytheSCM. TheSCMwaspowercycledandthego-to-mark
commandwasagaincommanded withoutsuccess(FlightProblemSTS-65-V-01).With
theSCMmalfunction, allOEX on-orbitandentrydatawerelost. Postlanding,the
batteryboardwasremovedanda powercyclewascommanded totheSCM,and
successfulSCMoperations wererestored.Aftertherecordeddataweredumped,the
Iockupconditionwasreproduced withthebatteryboardremovedusingthesame
redundant commandsequenceas usedon-orbit.Thistestprovedthatthe battery
boardwasnotat fault. Asa result,a ShuttleOperational
DataBook(SODB)addition ,"_.
willbe madeto document thecommandsequencelimitations.

At201:00:34G.m.t.(011:07:51MET),poorqualitydumpdatawerereceivedfrom
track2 of Operations(OPS)recorder2 whiledumpingatthe 8:1ratioandwasevident
in boththe forwardandreversedirectionsthroughKu-bandchannel2 (FlightProblem
STS-65-V-07).Goodqualitydatawerereceivedwhendumpingat the1:1ratiothrough
a groundsite. Asa result,OPS recorder2 (tracks3 through14)wasusedas an
acquisitionof signal(AOS)recorderfortheremainderofthe mission.Thepostlanding
dumpof track2 of thisrecorderthroughtheT-O umbilical at both8:1and1:1wasnot
successful.Track2 wasre-recorded inbothdirections andwasthendumped.
Degradeddataqualitywasagainobservedin bothdirections withthe reversedirection
worsethanthe forwarddirection.Therecorderwasremovedandsenttothe NASA
ShuttleLogistics Depot(NSLD)to verifythefailure.Withpositiveverification
from
NSLDofthe problem,thehardwarewillbesenttothevendorforfailureanalysisand
repair.

StructuresandMechanicalSubsystems

Thestructures
andmechanicalsubsystemsperformed
satisfactorily
duringthe mission.
Thelandingandbrakingdataareshowninthetableonthefollowingpage.

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 The dragchutewasdeployednominally at 204:10:38:08.0G.m.t.,approximately
8 secondsaftertouchdownand10secondspriortonosegeartouchdown.The drag
chuteoperatedproperlyandwasjettisoned 24.6 secondsafterdeploymentat a ground
speedof52.9 knots.

Landinqand BrakinqParameters

From
Parameter threshold, Speed, Sinkrate,ft/sec Pitchrate,
ft keas deg/sec
Maingeartouchdown 3025 199.2 ~3 N/A
Nosegeartouchdown 8313 131.6 N/A 4.90
Brakeinitiation
speed 110.0knots(keas)
Brake-ontime 44.4 seconds
Rolloutdistance 10,211feet
Rollouttime 68 seconds
Runway 33 (Concrete)KSC
Orbiterweightat landing 229r308feet
Peak
Brakesensor pressure, Brakeassembly Energy,
location psia millionft-lb
Left-handinboard1 960 Left-handoutboard 18.04
(F_ Left-handinboard3 1140 Left-handinboard 15.80
Left-handoutboard2 1080 Right-hand inboard 17.96
Left-handoutboard4 1164 Right-hand outboard 20.75
Right-hand inboard1 876
Right-hand inboard3 888
Right-hand outboard2 960
Right-hand outboard4 960

Inteqrated Aerodynamics, Heatinqand Thermal Interface

The ascentandentryaerodynamics werenominalwithnoproblems, anomalies,or

unexpected conditionsidentified
inthedata. Approximately
57 secondsafterliftoff,a
largecondensation cloudwasobserved,andthe cloudhasbeenattributed tothe
vehicleinteraction
withthe moistatmosphere.Theexpansion of theflowfieldcaused
thecreationof anicecrystalcloud,whichwasnosafetythreattothe mission.

Duringentry,DTO251 Part7 - EntryAerodynamic ControlSurfacesTest- Alternate

ElevonSchedulewasconducted.Allfiveof theplannedPTIswerecompleted.Also
duringentry,DTO254 Part2 - Subsonic AerodynamicsVerification
wasconducted
duringfinalapproachat a velocityof Mach0.55. Thepreliminary
analysisof thisDTO
showsthe vehicleresponse compareswellwiththatpredictedfromthe AmesVertical
f--. MotionSimulator(VMS).

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Theaerodynamic andplumeheatingduringthe ascentphaseofthe missionwas ,"-'_
nominal,basedonthe evaluationof vehicletelemetrydataandthe physical
appearanceoftheplumes. The entryaerodynamic heatingwasnominal,butheating
calculations
arecontinuing.No OEXentrydataareavailableforevaluationbecauseof
thefailureoftheMADSrecorder.

Theperformanceof thethermalinterfaceswas nominalwithall temperatures

within
limits.

Thermal Control Subsystem

The thermalcontrolsystemperformancewasnominalandall Orbitersubsystem

temperaturesweremaintainedwithinacceptablelimits.

Aerothermodynamics

The entryacreageandlocalheatingwerewithinlimits. Allstructural

temperatures
werenominal,theTPSdamagewaswithinexperience, andthetrajectoryandcontrol
surfaceparameters werenominal.The potentialfora structural
over-temperature
conditionwasindicatedfrom theTPS damageontheleadingedgeof the left-hand
OMS pod. Therewasnoelevoncoveoverheating.However,the lackof MADSdata
preventsa detailedanalysisofthisarea.

ThermalProtectionSubsystem

TheTPS performedsatisfactorily. Basedonstructural temperatureresponsedata

(temperature rise),theentryheatingwasslightlybelowaverage.Peaktemperatures
werealsobelowaverageandat orneara minimum forthisvehiclein somelocations,
indicating
relativelylowpre-entrytemperatures.Boundarylayertransitionfromlaminar
toturbulentflowcouldnotbe determinedbecauseofthefailureoftheOEX recorder
systemcontrolmodule.

Basedonpreliminary datafromthe runwayinspection,overalldebrisdamagewas

aboveaverage.Preliminary datashowed86 impactsonthelowersurfaceof the
vehicle(average= 93 hits),andthenumberofimpactswitha majordimension of I inch
orgreaterwas 18 (average= 15). Themostnotabledamagesiteonthevehiclewas
locatedonthe leadingedgeof theOMS pod,wherethedamagemeasured6 inchesby
3 inchesby2 inches.Thisdamagesiteextendeddownintothe densifiedlayerof the
tile.

The nosecapand"chinpanel"tileareaswere ingoodcondition.The chinpanelto

nosecapgapfillerwasin excellentcondition.Thegapat thislocation
was nominal.

Theleft-handmainlandinggeardoor(MLGD)thermalbarriers(old,bondeddesign)
hadextensivebreachingontheforwardandaft ends.Theright-handMLGDthermal -'_'_,

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t"-_ barriers(new,mechanicallyattacheddesign)weredamagedin severalareas,andsix
' barriersegmentswillbe replaced.AnAmesgapfillerwasprotruding justforwardof the
right-hand MLGD. Theelevoncoveareawasin goodcondition withnoabnormalities
thatcouldbe relatedtotheDTO251 up-elevonschedule.Onelargeimpactdamage
siteontheright-hand inboardelevonwillresultin replacement
of theelevon.Twotiles
onthelowerleadingedgestructural system(LESS)panel8 haddamagedcomers,
localtileglazing,andhardened"horsecollar_gapfillers.Discolorationwasnotedtobe
morethanusualontheupperinboardelevons,butthefeltreusablesurfaceinsulation
(FRSI)wasstillresilient.Noobvious TPS damagesorconfiguration problemswere
notedontheTPS surrounding the left-hand
water/urinedumpports.

TheET doorthermalbarrierswerein nominalconditionoverall.A left-handET door

hinge-line
tilesustained
a largeareaof damageonthe lipofthetile.

Theenginedome-mounted
heatshield
blanketsweredamagedinthefollowingareas:

a. SSME1from5 to 7 o'clock;
b. SSME2 at 3 o'clock;and
c. SSME3 at 1 o'clock.

Baseheatshieldtilepepperingwasnormal.Also,dragchutedeployment causedno
tiledamage.Windows3 and4 exhibitedmoderate-to-heavy hazing,andwindows2
,f_ and5 exhibitedlight-to-moderate
hazing.Onlya lighthazewaspresentontheother
windows.

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 REMOTEMANIPULATORSYSTEM F-_,

The remotemanipulator
system(RMS)wasnotflownontheSTS-65mission.

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,F_, FLIGHTCREWEQUIPMENT/GOVERNMENT
FURNISHEDEQUIPMENT

Theflightcrewequipment performedadequately.Anomaliesthatoccurredintheflight
crewequipment are discussedinthefollowing
paragraphs.

The crewreportedat 191:14:39G.m.t.(01:21:56MET)thattheArriflexcamera(16mm)

filmmagazine(S/N1016)hadjammed(FlightProblemSTS-65-F-01).Themalfunction
proceduretoclearthejamwas performed successfully;
however,thejam recurreda
shorttimelater.Thefilmmagazinewasreplacedandnormaloperationwasrestored.
Thefailedmagazinewasstowedandretumedfor postflight analysis.

Thecrewreportedat 192:23:33G.m.t.(03:06:50MET)thatthe70 mmHasselblad

camerahadjammedandthe lenscouldnotberemoved(FlightProblem
STS-65-F-02A).Thecrewperformed twoIFM procedures inan unsuccessful
attempt
to restorenormalcameraoperation.Additionalprocedureswerecalleduptothecrew,
andthecrewwasableto restorenormaloperations usingtheseprocedures.However,
theshuttercontrolbuttoncameapartonthecamera,anda smallspringandretaining
ringwerelostontheflightdeckwhilerepairingthecamera(FlightProblemSTS-65-F-
02B). At 193:00:44G.m.t.(03:17:49MET),thecrewreportedthatthe camerahad
jammedagainandthelenscouldnotbe removed.Thecrewwasabletoremovethe
lensfromthebodyusingan IFM procedure afterwhichthe crewdetermined
that
neitherthe lensnorthebodywereworkingproperly.Asa result,the cameraandlens
F-_ werestowedfortherestofthe mission.

Closedcircuittelevision
(CCTV)cameraD experienced intermittent
degradation
ofthe
horizontal
synchronization(FlightProblemSTS-65-F-03).Thiscondition
causedthe
NASAGroundTerminalto loselock,whichinturnresultedincolorshifting(tearing)of
thepicture.

At 195:22:20G.m.t.(06:05:37MET),thecrewreported thatthe left-aftfastener(from

crewperson perspective)
onthe ergometer failed(FlightProblemSTS-65-F-04).The
crewexchanged thepositionsof the failedleft-aftfastenerandthe right-forward
fastener.Thefailedfastenerhadseveralthreadsremaining thatalloweditsuseinthe
right-forward
position.Asa result,theergometerwasusablefortheremainderof the
mission.

Thecrewreportedthatthe galleyrehydration
station(RHS)didnotdispensecold
water,buthotwaterwasdispensednormally(FlightProblemSTS-65-F-05).After
galleypowerwascycled,thegalleydispensed112ounceof coldwaterwheneitherthe
8-ounceor7.5-ouncedispensequantities
wereselected.Thecrewperformedan
additional
malfunction
procedure,andnormaloperationwasrestoredforthe remainder
of themission.

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 CARGOINTEGRATION -'-'_,

Integration
hardwareperformance
wasnominalthroughout
themissionwithno
anomaliesrecorded.

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('-_,. DEVELOPMENTTESTOBJECTIVES/DETAILED
SUPPLEMENTARY
OBJECTIVES

A totalof 16development
testobjectives(DTOs)and16 detailedsupplementary
objectives (DSOs)wereassignedto theSTS-65mission.Datawerecollectedon15 of
the 16 DTOs,andonall 16 DSOs. Thefollowingparagraphsdiscussthe results,if
known,for eachDTOandDSO.

DEVELOPMENT
TESTOBJECTIVES

DTO251 - EntryAerodynamic ControlSurfacesTest-AltemateElevonSchedule

(Part7) - Allfiveof theplannedPTIswereperformed.Thepreliminary analysisof
thesedatashowthevehicleresponsecompareswellwiththatpredicted fromtheAmes
VMS. Datahavebeengivento thesponsorforevaluation, andthe resultswillbe
reportedin separatedocumentation.

DTO254 - Subsonic Aerodynamics Verification(Part2) - Thesubsonicmaneuverwas

performedduringthefinalapproachto landing.Thedataweregivento thesponsorfor
evaluation.Initialresultsindicatethattheaileronandrudderinputswereas expected.
ThefinalresultsofthisDTOwillbe published in separatedocumentation.

DTO301D - AscentStructural CapabilityEvaluation

- Thiswasa data-onlyDTOand
.Y_ datawerecollectedforthisDTO. Thedataweregiventothesponsorforanalysisand
evaluation.Theresultsof theevaluationwillbepublishedinseparatedocumentation.

DTO307D- EntryStructural CapabilityEvaluation- Thiswasa data-onlyDTOand

datawerecollectedforthisDTO. Thedataweregiventothesponsorforanalysisand
evaluation.The resultsof theevaluationwillbe publishedinseparatedocumentation.

DTO 312 - ET TPS Performance(Methods1 and 3) - A total of 38 frames of

photographic data were obtained of the ET after separation. A 35 mm Nikon camera
with a 300 mm lens and a 2X extender (Method3) were used to photograph the ET.
The exposure of the ET is good on 26 frames and the rest are in deep shadow. The
focus is variable, and timing data are on the film. The pictures were taken between
189:16:57:45 G.m.t. and 189:17:07:40 G.m.t. (00:00:14:45 MET and 00:00:24:40 MET).

The ET appearedto be inverygoodshapewithnodivotsvisible.Onframe9, a bright

areato the leftofthe rightSRBforwardattachpointappearstobe causedbysunglint.
A redspotisdetectableina charredareabelowthe noseconeonthreeframes.
Discussions withthe ETcontractorindicatethatthisareamayhavebeensanded.
Additionalanalysiswillbeperformedbythe ET contractor.

In additionto the 35 mm photographicdata, 43 secondsof video of the ET (after

separation)were downlinkedbythe crew. Noanomalieson the ET surface orTPS
(r-. were detected; however,the exposureofthe ET is dark. Also, motionor jitter of the ET

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hamperedanalysis.The aftdome,+X,-Y, and-Z areasof theET wereimaged, r_
Typicalcharringonthe ET aftdomeisvisible.

DTO319D- Orbiter/Payload AccelerationandAcoustics Environment Data - Thiswas

a data-onlyDTO,anddatawererecorded for thisDTO. Thedatahavebeengivento
thesponsorforevaluation.The resultsofthe evaluation
willbe published
inseparate
documentation.

DTO414 - APUShutdownTest(SequenceA) - TheAPUswereshutdowninthe

propersequence(APU2, APU 1, andAPU3). Dataevaluationshowednoindication
of
PDUbackdriving.ThisDTOwillcontinuetobe performeduntiltwosequenceA's
(APU2, APU 1,andAPU3 inthatorder)andtwosequenceB's(APU3, APU1, and
APU2 inthatorder)havebeencompleted.

DTO623 - CabinAirMonitoring- Allscheduledactivities

werecompleted
bythecrew,
andthedatahavebeengiventothesponsorfor evaluation.The resultsofthe
evaluation
willbepublishedinseparatedocumentation.

DTO655 - FootRestraintEvaluation
- ThecrewcollecteddataforthisDTO andthe
datahavebeengiventothesponsorforevaluation.The resultsof theevaluationwill
bepublishedinseparatedocumentation.

DTO663 - AcousticNoiseDosimeter Data- Allscheduleddatatakeswereperformed ."_.

bythecrew,andthe datahavebeengivento thesponsorfor evaluation.The resultsof
theevaluationwillbe published
inseparatedocumentation.

DTO665 - AcousticNoiseSoundLevelData - Allscheduleddatatakeswere

performedbythecrew,andthedatahavebeengiventothesponsorforevaluation.
Theresultsoftheevaluationwillbe published
inseparatedocumentation.

DTO667 - PortableIn-FlightLandingOperationsTrainer- Thescheduledsessions

withthe PortableIn-FlightLandingOperations
Trainer(PILOT)werecompletedbythe
assignedcrewmembers.

DTO674 - Thermo-ElectricLiquidCoolingSystemEvaluation - Allscheduledactivities

insupportof thisDTOwerecompleted, andthe datahavebeengiventothe sponsor
forevaluation.Theresultsof theevaluation
willbepublishedin separate
documentation.

DTO682 - InertialVibrationIsolationSystem- Theinertialvibrationisolationsystem

(IVIS)/cycleergometerexercisesessions weresuccessfully completed bythe
crewmembers.TheIVIS receivedfavorablecomments fromthe crewthroughout the
flight. Duringanexercisesessiononflightday6, thecrewreportedthata fasteneron
thecycleergometerhardwarehadfailed.The crewwasableto exchangethefailed

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F"_ fastenerwithanotherfastenerthatrequiredlessthreads,therebymakingthe
cycle/ergometer
usablefortherestof themission.

' DTO 805 - CrosswindLandingPerformance- ThisDTOof opportunitywasnot

performedbecauseof the lowwindconditionsat KSC.

DTO 913 - MicrogravityMeasurement Device-The Microgravity Measurement Device

(MMD)wasusedto recordvibrations duringa varietyof experimentoperations
includingthecycle/ergometer
whenitwashardmountedfor onesessionandmounted
withthe IVISforthe remainderof thesessions.Thedatafilesweredownlinkedusing
the portableaudiodatamodem(PADM). Thedatahavebeengiventothe sponsorfor
the evaluation,
andthe resultsoftheevaluationwillbe publishedinseparate
documentation.

DETAILEDSUPPLEMENTARY
OBJECTIVES

DSO314 - OV-102Acceleration DataCollection

- The objectiveof DSO314 wasto
acquirehighresolutionaccelerometer package(HiRAP)datato furthercharacterize the
low-frequency acceleration
environment intheOrbiterthatresultsfromcrewactivities
andvehicleoperations.Theplanneddata-collection periodsincludedthecrew
push-offloadtest,a vehicleattitudedeadbandchangefrom1.0degreeto0.5 degree,
andsixcrewexercisesessionsontheergometer, whichwasusedwiththe newly
r developedIVIS. The HiRAPoperations werecontrolledbyuplinkcommands routed
throughthe SCM,whichalsocontrolled byOEX recorder thatrecordedthe HiRAP
data. The SCMexperienced an anomalyonflightday3 thatprecluded further
operationof the HiRAPandrecorder.Datafromthreeofthe sixcrewexerciseperiods
wereobtainedpriortothefailure.Attemptsto revivetheSCMwereunsuccessful;
consequently, nootherdatacouldbe obtained.

DSO326 -WindowImpactObservation- All scheduledobservations

ofthewindows
weremade,andthedatahavebeengivento theDSOsponsor.Noimpactsof any
significance
werefound,andnowindowswillrequirereplacement.

DSO484 - Assessmentof CircadianShiftinginAstronautsbyBrightLight- This DSO

wasperformedduringthe preflightandpostflight
activities.The resultsof thisDSO
havebeengiventothesponsorforevaluation, andthe resultsofthe evaluation willbe
publishedinseparatedocumentation.

DSO485 - InterMarsTissueEquivalentProportional Counter- The InterMarsTissue

EquivalentProportionalCounter(ITEPC)collectedradiationdatathroughout theflight.
Thesedatahavebeengiventothesponsorforevaluation, andthe resultsof the
evaluationwillbe reportedinseparatedocumentation.

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DSO487 - Immunological Assessment ofCrewmembers - Datawerecollectedforthis "_.
DSOduringthe prelaunchandpostflight periods.Thesedatahavebeengivento the
sponsorforevaluation,andthe resultsof theevaluation
willbe reportedin separate
documentation.

DSO491 - Characterizationof MicrobialTransferAmongCrewmembers During

Spaceflight
- DatawerecollectedforthisDSOduringtheprelaunchand postflight
periods.Thesedataweregiventothesponsorforevaluation, andthe resultsof the
evaluation
willbe reportedin separatedocumentation.

DSO603 - OrthostaticFunctionduringEntry,LandingandEgress- Datawere

collectedforthisDSO,andthesedatahavebeengivento thesponsorforevaluation.
The resultsofthe evaluationwillbe published
inseparatedocumentation.

DSO604 - Visual-VestibularIntegration
as a Function
of Adaptation
- Datawere
collectedforthisDSO,andthesedatahavebeengiventothesponsorforevaluation.
Theresultsofthe evaluationwillbepublished inseparatedocumentation.

DSO605 - PosturalEquilibrium
ControlDuringLandingandEgress- Datawere
collectedforthisDSOduringthe landingandegressactivities.Thesedataweregiven
tothesponsorforevaluation,andtheresultsof the evaluation
willbe published
in
separatedocumentation.

DSO608 - Effectsof SpaceFlightonAerobicandAnaerobicMetabolism During

Exercise- Operationalexercisesessionswerecompleted throughout theflightbyall
crewmembers.Exercisestartandstoptimeswerereportedto coordinate withthe
SAMSexperiment andtheMMD (DTO913). TheCommander, Pilot,andMission
Specialist
2 participated
in DSO608. Allsessions werecompleted.The lastDSO608
sessionscheduled forthe Pilotwasperformed withtheergometerhardmounted.The
datafromtheseoperations havebeengiventothesponsorfor analysis.The resultsof
thatanalysiswillbe publishedin separatedocumentation.

DSO610 - In-FlightAssessment of RenalStoneRisk- Allscheduled

activities
in
supportof thisDSOwerecompleted, andthedatahavebeengiventothe sponsorfor
evaluation.The resultsofthe evaluation
willbepublishedinseparatedocumentation.

DSO614 - The Effectof ProlongedSpaceFlightonHeadandGazeStability.Data

werecollectedduringthe prelaunchandpostflight
periodsinsupportofthisDSO.
Thesedatahavebeengivento thesponsorfor evaluation, andthe resultsof the
evaluationwillbe publishedin separatedocumentation.

DSO626 - Cardiovascular andCerebrovascular

Responses toStandingBeforeand
AfterSpaceFlight- Datawerecollectedduringthe prelaunchandpostflightperiods,
andthesedataweregivento thesponsorforevaluation, andthe resultsofthe
evaluation
will be reportedinseparatedocumentation. F-_,

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 DSO901 - Documentary Television- All scheduledactivities
in supportof thisDSO
werecompleted.Thevideodatahavebeengivento thesponsorforevaluation,and
,=
the resultsof thatevaluation
willbe reportedinseparatedocumentation.

DSO902 - Documentary MotionPicturePhotography

- Allscheduledactivitiesin
supportof thisDSOwerecompleted.The photographic datahavebeengiventothe
sponsorforevaluation,
andtheresultsofthatevaluation
willbe reportedinseparate
documentation.

DSO903 - Documentary StillPhotography - All scheduledactivitiesinsupportofthis

DSOwerecompleted.The photographic datahavebeengiventothesponsorfor
evaluation,andthe resultsofthatevaluationwillbe reportedinseparate
documentation.

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 PHOTOGRAPHYAND TELEVISION ANALYSIS F--_,

LAUNCH PHOTOGRAPHYAND VIDEO DATA ANALYSIS

The STS-65missionwaslaunchedfromComplex39 A onJuly8, 1994. Onlaunch

day,24 videosof thelaunchactivities
werescreenedandnoanomalieswerenoted.
Followingthe launchdayscreening activities,53 of54 plannedfilmswerealso
screened.Onecamerafailedandthefilmwaslost. Noanomalies werenotedinthe
reviewofthevideoandphotographic data.

ON-ORBITPHOTOGRAPHY
ANDVIDEODATAANALYSIS

Nosignificant
on-orbitvideoorphotographic
recorded
eventswereobservedthat
requiredanalysis.Videoandphotographic
datafromDTO312wereevaluated.

LANDINGPHOTOGRAPHY
ANDVIDEODATAANALYSIS

Landingofthe STS-65Orbiterwasdelayedonedaybecauseofweatherconstraints.
The STS-65missionwasconcluded onJuly23, 1994witha landingat KSC. Twelve
videosplusNASASelectof theOrbiterapproachandlandingwereevaluated.In
addition,15 landingfilmswerealsoscreened.NoOrbiteranomalies werenotedin any
ofthephotographic orvideodata. F--._

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 ,("_ TABLEI.- STS-65MISSIONEVENTS
Event Description Actualtime,G.m.t.

APUActivation APU-1GGchamberpressure 189:16:38:12.74

APU-2GGchamberpressure 189:16:38:13.61
APU-3GGchamberpressure 189:16:38:14.59
SRBHPUActivation
a LH HPUSystemA startcommand 189:16:42:32.083
LH HPUSystemBstartcommand 189:16:42:33.243
RH HPUSystemAstartcommand 189:16:42:33.403
RH HPUSystemBstartcommand 189:16:42:33.563
MainPropulsion
System ME-3Startcommand accepted 189:16:42:53.437
Starta ME-2Startcommandaccepted 189:16:42:53.585
ME-1Startcommand accepted 189:16:42:53.704
SRBIgnitionCommand CalculatedSRBignition
command 189:16:43:00.013
(Liftoff)
Throttleupto 104PercentME-3Command accepted 189:16:43:03.078
Thrust a ME-1Command accepted 189:16:43:03:104
ME-2Command accepted 189:16:43:03.105
Throttledownto ME-3Command accepted 189:16:43:26.478
67 PercentThrust
a ME-1Command accepted 189:16:43:26.505
ME-2Command accepted 189:16:43:26.506
MaximumDynamicPressure Derivedascentdynamicpressure 189:16:43:51
(q)
Throttleupto 104Percent
a ME-3Command accepted 189:16:44:00.718
ME-1Command accepted 189:16:44:00.745
ME-2Command accepted 189:16:44:00.746
("_ BothSRM'sChamber RH SRMchamberpressure 189:16:44:57.613
Pressure
at 50 psia mid-rangeselect
LHSRMchamber pressure 189:16:44:58.453
mid-range select
EndSRMAction
a RH SRMchamberpressure 189:16:45:00.
053
mid-range select
LHSRMchamberpressure 189:16:45:00.
723
mid-rangeselect
SRBPhysical
Separation
a LH rateAPUturbinespeed- LOS 189:16:45:03.493
RH rateAPUturbinespeed- LOS 189:16:45:03.493
SRBSeparation Command SRBseparation command flag 189:16:45:04
ThrottleDownfor ME-3command accepted 189:16:50:32.081
3gAccelerationa ME-1command accepted 189:16:50:32.110
ME-2command accepted 189:16:50:32.113
3,qAcceleration Totalloadfactor 189:16:50:37.7
ThrottleDownto ME-3command accepted 189:16:51:24.241
67 PercentThrust
a ME-1command accepted 189:16:51:24,271
ME-2command accepted 189:16:51:24.274
SSMEShutdown
a ME-1command accepted 189:16:51:30.671
ME-2command accepted 189:16:51:30.674
ME-3command accepted 189:16:51:30.721
MECO MECOcommand flag 189:16:51:31
MECOconfirmflag 189:16:51:31
ETSel0aration El"separationcommand flag 189:16:51:50
aMSFCsupplied data
,t

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 TABLEI.- STS-65MISSIONEVENTS(Continued) :_

Event Description Actualtime_G.m.t.

APUDeactivation APU-2GGchamberpressure 189:16:58:58.97

APU1 GGchamberpressure 189:16:59:11.11
APU3 GGchamberpressure 189:16:59:20.23
OMS-1Ignition Leftenginebi-propvalveposition Notperformed -
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition directinsertion
trajectory
flown
OMS-1Cutoff Leftenginebi-propvalveposition
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition
OMS-2Ignition Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 189:17:22:55.2
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 189:17:22:55.2
OMS-2Cutoff Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 189:17:25:16.5
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 189:17:25:16.7
PayloadBayDoors(PLBDs) PLBDfightopen1 189:18:10:45
Open PLBDleftopenI 189:18:12:04
FlightControlSystem
Checkout
APUStart APU-1GGchamberpressure 202:07:36:15.04
APUStop APU-1GGchamberpressure 202:07:43:28.70
PayloadBayDoorsClose PLBDleftcloseI 203:07:08:29
PLBDrightcloseI 203:07:10:39
PayloadBayDoorsReopen PLBDfightopen1(BFS) 203:11:27:54
PLBDleftopen1 (BFS) 203:11:29:13
OMS-3Ignition Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 203:12:47:44.1 F"_
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 203:12:47:44.2
OMS-3Cutoff Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 203:12:48:16.2
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 203:12:48:16.2
OMS-4Ignition Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 203:13:32:42.2
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 203:13:32:42.2
OMS-4Cutoff Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 203:13:33:12.6
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 203:13:33:12.8
PayloadBayDoorsClose PLBDrightcloseI 204:07:06:52.174
(Secondtime) PLBDleftcloseI 204:07:09:02.609
APUActivation
for Entry APU-2GGchamberpressure 204:09:35:59.188
APU-1GGchamberpressure 204:09:53:13.526
APU-3GGchamberpressure 204:09:53:15.293
DeorbitBurnIgnition Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 204:09:40:38.3
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 204:09:40:38.3
DeorbitBurnCutoff Leftenginebi-propvalveposition 204:09:43:11.1
Rightenginebi-propvalveposition 204:09:43:11.1
EntryInterface(400Kfeet) Currentorbitalaltitudeabove 204:10:06:06
Blackoutend Datalocked(highsamplerate) Noblackout
TerminalAreaEnergy Majormodechange(305) 204:10:31:32
MainLandingGear LHmainlandinggeartirepressure1 204:10:38:00
Contact RH mainlandinggeartirepressure2 204:10:38:00
MainLandingGear LHmainlandinggearweightonwheels 204:10:38:00
WeiQhtonWheels RH mainlandinggearweightonwheels 204:10:38:01

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/F_, TABLEI.- STS-65MISSIONEVENTS(Continued)

Event Description Actualtime,G.m.t.

DragChuteDeployment Dragchutedeploy1 CPVolts 204:10:38:08.0

NoseLandingGear NLGLHtirepressure1 204:10:38:17
Contact
NoseLandingGear NLGweightonwheelsI 204:10:38:18
WeightOnWheels
DragChuteJettison DragchutejettisonI CPVolts 204:10:38:42.6
WheelStop Velocitywithrespectto runway 204:10:39:09
APUDeactivation APU-1GGchamberpressure 204:10:58:10.85
APU-2GGchamberpressure 204:10:58:12.14
APU-3GGchamberpressure 204:10:58:13.79

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 TABLE II.- ORBITER PROBLEM TRACKING LIST

No. Title Reference Comments

STS-65-V-01 OEXSystemControl 191:21:18G.m.t.
DuringOEX recorder commanding, theOEX System
Module 002:04:25MET ControlModule(SCM)stoppedexecuting commands.
StoppedExecuting IM 65RF01 Powercycles,softwareresetsandrecoverycommands
Commands IPR73V-0003 didnotrestoreSCMoperation.Nofurtheron-orbit,
LEVELIII CLOSURE entryorpostlanding datafromMADS,AlP,and
ACIP/HIRAP(DSO-314)wererecorded.Normal
postflightdatadumpattemptnotsuccessful.SCM
recoveredandOEXrecorderdumpedafterbattery
boardremoval.Symptoms werereproduced with
batteryboardremovedusingsamecommand
sequenceas usedon-orbit.SODBaddition to
document commanding limitations
inwork.
STS-65-V-02 SupplyWaterDumpNozzle 192:08:00G.m.t. Duringthethirdsupplywaterdump,thesupplyand
Icing 002:15:17MET wastewaterdumpnozzletemperatures dropped
IM65RF02 indicatingicing.Thesupplywaterdumpwas
o= IPR73V-0017 terminatedandnozzleheaterswereusedtoevaporate
iceuntilnozzletemperatures returnedtonormal,then
a wastewaterdumpwasperformed.Supplywater
dumpswereperformedusingthe FESforthe
remainderoftheflight.DetailednozzleandTPS
inspections showedevidenceof RTVdeterioration as
wellasdifferences inTPS configurationbetween
vehicles.Flowrateandspraypattemverifications
wereperformed.
STS-65-V-03 WCS Problems 193:06:06G.m.t. Compactor pistonstoppedat themidwaypointduring
A. CommodeFaultDuring 003:13:23MET pistonretraction duringthethirdcompaction cycle
CompactionCycle IM65RF10 resultingin a CommodeFaultindication.Crew
manuallyretractedpistonandfoundnoproblems
duringcompactor, piston,andtransporttube
inspection.Compactor operations werenominalfor
remainder of themission.Possibleoperationerror
identifiedbycrewduringdebriefing.Partsof a
shearedrollpinfoundinsidetheouteredgeof piston
duringOMRSDcleaning.NoKSCaction.
 TABLE II.- ORBITER PROBLEMTRACKING LIST

No. Title Reference Comments

B.CommodeFilter IM 65RF03 Thefirstreplacement commodeodorbacteriafilter
Anomalies
andOdor (SINTBD)didnotfitandtheoriginal(ascent)filterwas
Management reinstalled.
Thefilterwassuccessfully installedon
flightday12 aftera lubricant wasappliedtothe
grommetandthefilterremainedinstalledthrough
entry. Otherreplacement filtersdidnotencounter
interference.Plenumfilterreplacement and
installation
ofan additionalARScharcoalcanister
wereperformed to controlodors.Usedplenumfilter
wascleananddrybutretainedodors.No KSCaction.

C. FanSeparatorI Stall IM 65RF11 Crewreportedgurglingnoiseandodorfromfan

andLiquidBackflow IPR 73V-0008 separator1 duringoperationonflightday 13. Data
PR indicatenormalfanstart-upbutIowseparatordrum
V070-2-18-0326 speed. Liquidbackflowmayhaveoccurredthrough
the dualfanseparator1 outletcheckvalvesafterthe
previoususefor 10 secondsresultingin floodingofthe
fanseparator.ThefanseparatorI bowlwasstill
pumpingliquidat normalshutdown time. Thecrew
attemptedto clearfanseparatorI byrestartingwithout
success.Fanseparator2 wasusedforthe remainder
of themission.Liquidbackflow fromthewastetank
throughthecheckvalvesoccurredonedayafter
landingwhenwatertankswererepressurized for
supplywatersamplingresulting in a 4-gallonwaste-
tankquantityreduction andoverflowintothe middeck
area. Accessible plumbingdrainedpriortoWCS
removalforshipment tothevendor.
STS-65-V-04 IMU1 RedundantRateBite 199:12:36G.m.t. Numeroustransientredundant rateBITEmessages
009:19:53MET weregeneratedwhenthe IMU-1(SIN204) azimuth
IM 65RF04 gymexperienced spikesexceeding0.7°/hr.during
PR latertransients.NoKSCtroubleshooting. IMU
GNC-2-18-0102 removedandshippedto ISL. Symptomsreproduced at
ISL.
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No. Title Reference Comments

STS-65-V-05 RCSVemierThrusterR5D 199:09:14G.m.t. VernierthrusterR5Dwasfailedoffbythe RM. The
FailedOff 009:16:31MET thrusterwashot-firedsuccessfully,
thenreselected.
IPR73V-0004 Subsequent performance wasnominal.Dataindicate
possibleintermittent
lossof R5DcommandB (enable)
signal.MDMFA2BSRwaspolledandindicatedthat
nofaultswererecorded.KSCtroubleshooting didnot
reproduce theanomaly.
STS-65-V-06 LowWasteDumpFlow 198:07:06G.m.t. Thesecondwastewaterdumpwasinitiatedat
008:14:23MET 198:06:33G.m.t.(008:13:50MET)andwasperformed
IM 65RF05 inthreesegments.Thedumpratedegradedduring
IPR73V-0016 the secondsegmentofthedumpandwasnominal
duringthethirdsegment.A thirdwastewaterdump
wasperformed at 202:05:39G.m.t.(12:12:56MET)in
7 segments,allwitha degradeddumpflowrate.
Nozzleinspection, waterflushandsample,urinesolids
filterremovalandcitricacidflushwere performed.
STS-65-V-07 PoorDumpQuality 201:00:34G.m.t. Poorqualitydatawerereceivedfromtrack2 of OPS
Operations
Recorder2 011:07:51MET recorder2 duringa dumpat an 8:1ratioin boththe
Track2 IM 65RF06 reverseandforwarddirections.Goodqualitydata
IPR73V-0005 werereceivedwith1:1ratiodumpthroughgroundsite.
Tracks3 through14 onOPS recorder2 wereusedas
anAOSrecorder.Postflight dumpthroughT-O at 8:1
and1:1fromtrack2 notsuccessful.Track2 re-
recordedin bothdirections,anddumpreversewas
worsethanforwardwithdegradedqualityin both
directions.Recorderremovedforshipment to NSLD.
STS-65-V-08 LH2 ManifoldPressure 189:17:23G.m.t. TheLH2manifoldpressureroseto an unexpected high
Following
VacuumInert 000:40:00MET peakpressureof 17 psiafollowing vacuuminert. After
IPR73V-0014 reachingthe peakpressure,theLH2 manifoldpressure
decreasedfasterthanexpected.Firstuseof OI-23
softwarewhichincludedMPSdumpandvacuuminert
sequenceautomation.TheOI-23 softwarewas
verifiedtohaveperformedas designedandLH2
systemresponses to softwarecommands wasnominal.

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No. Title Reference Comments

STS-65-V-08 LH2manifoldlargevolumedecaycheckfailedat 0.696
(Continued) psi/hr(max.= 0.601psi/hr).Manifoldreliefvalveleak
checkandlargevolumedecaycheckplanned.
STS-65-V-09 HighMPSHeliumUsage 204:10:29G.m.t. A totalof 59.7 Ibof heliumwasusedduringthe
DuringEntry 014:17:46MET 650-secondsystemblowdown performedduringentry.
IPR 73V-0015 Nominalusageis55.7_ 1.1Ibfor OV-102. This
condition wascausedbytheOI-23softwarechange
fromsingletodualregulation supply.FileIX OMRSD
changeplanned.
STS-65-V-10 LeftFlightDeckSmoke 197:15:52G.m.t. Theleftflightdecksmokedetectorconcentration
DetectorTransients 007:23:09MET indicationdroppedoff-scalelowfortwoseconds
followed14 secondslaterbynegativespikesfora
periodoffiveseconds.Afterlanding,a masteralarm
wasreceivedfromtheleftflightdecksmokedetector
withnoconcentration changeobservedin thedata.
The smokedetectorwasreplaced.
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No. Title Reference Comments
STS-65-F-01 ArriflexCameraFilmMagazine 191:14:39G.m.t. Crewreported16 mmArriflexCamerafilm
Jam 001:21:56MET magazineSIN 1016jammed.Malfunction
procedure clearedjambutsubsequently recurred.
Filmmagazinereplaced,normaloperation
restored.FilmmagazineSIN 1016stowedinthe
16 mmbagin lockerL100.
STS-65-F-02 70mmHasselblad Camera 192:23:33G.m.t. A. CrewreportedHasselblad camerajammed-
Malfunctions 003:06:50MET unableto removelens. An IFMto clearjamand
removelenswassuccessful; however,camera
A. CameraJammed/Lens Stuck andlensagainjammedat 193:00:44G.m.t.
Cameraandlensstowedforthe remainder of
B. ShutterTrigger flight.
Failed/SpringLost B. Crewreportedthe retainingringonthe
Hasselblad camerashutterreleaseplungerwas
missing. Crewusedgraytapefor retention.
olo Duringa subsequent attemptto repairthejammed
cameraandlens,theshutterreleasebutton
plungerspringwas lostontheaftflightdeck.
STS-65-F-03 CCTVCameraD Degraded 193:17:30G.m.t. CCTVCameraD isexperiencing intermittent
HorizontalSync 004:00:47MET degradation of the horizontalsynchronization
whichcausedthe NASAgroundterminal(NGT)
framesynchronizer to loselock,resultingincolor
shifting(tearing).
STS-65-F-04 ErgometerFastenerFailure 195:22:20G.m.t. Crewreportedleftaft fastener(fromseated
006:05:37MET crewperson perspective) broken.Leftaft fastener
swappedwithrightforwardfastener.Ergometer
wasusablefor remainderof mission.
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No. Title Reference Comments
STS-65-F-05 GalleyRHS Failedto Dispense 193:07:49G.m.t. Crewreportedgalleyrehydration station(RHS)
ColdWater 003:15:06MET didnotdispensecoldwaterbuthotwaterwas
dispensed normally.Aftergalleypowerwas
cycled,galleydispensed½ ounceof coldwater
wheneither8-ounceor7.5-ouncedispense
quantities
wereselected.Crewperformed
malfunctionprocedurewhichrestorednominal
galleyRHSperformance.

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No. Title Ref.time Discussion

STS-65-B-01 RH RSSSafeand Arm Ascent Theright-handRangeSafetySystemSafeandArm
DeviceLooseMounting devicehad two offour mountingfastenersthat were
Fasteners not properlyseated. Gapsunderthe fastenerheads
measured0.06 in.and 0.078 in.with the safetywire
intact. Stressanalysisshowsflight loadare not
sufficientto causethe gap. Fail-safeanalysisshows
two remainingfastenerssufficientto retainsafe and
arm deviceonthepanel. The safeandarmdevice
mounting fastenerswillbeinspected toverifythatno
loosewashersorgapsexist.
STS-65-B-02 Brokenfasteneron Ascent Left-handintegrated electronics
assembly(lEA)end
LHAFT lEA EndCover coverhasonebrokenfasteneronthesystems-
ol tunnelsideof thecover.No evidenceexistsof
r_ water-impact damageinthisarea. Lossof this
fastenerdoesnotcauselossof thecover;however,
genericimplications toothercoverfastenerswillbe
investigated.
STS-65-M-01 Aft SegmentStiffener Ascent Cracksaretypicallyseenat thecenterlineof cavityA
StubCrack crackwasfoundonthe left-handaft segmentfor-
wardstiffenerringstubextendingradicallyinward
fromtheouterdiameterof thestub.The crackwas
locatedat 90.5degreesandwasapproximately 114
inchdeep.

Damageoccurredduringsplashdown andthe
damagewaslocatedat thecavitycollapsecenterline.
Splashdown
damagetothisstubandstiffenerrings
wasmoreextensivethanistypicallyseen.
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No. Title Ref.time Discussion

STS-65-M-01 AftSegmentStiffener Cracksaretypicallyseenat thecenterlineofcavity
(Continued) StubCrack collapse;however,thiscrackwasunusualinthatit
occurredbetweenholes.

Thecrackedsectionwasexcisedandthepreliminary
examination resultsindicatethatthecrackwas
causedbystresscorrosion aftersplashdown, withno
indication
of anypre-existent flaw. Thefinal
geometryappearsto bea half-moonshapedcrack
witha maximumdepthof approximately 112inch.

Thefracturesurfacehadan intergranularstructure
indicating
hydrogen-assistedstresscorrosion
cracking(SCC). The probablecrackinitiation
locationwasontheaft outerflangecornerandwas
approximately
0.060-inchlongby0.012-inchdeep
fromwhichitgrewinwardapproximately 0.25inch.

Thecrackinitiatedduringwaterimpactdamageand
grewduringtowbackdueto SCC. Allnecessarycon-
ditionsfor SCCwerepresent,i.e., residualtensile
stressbecauseof waterimpactcavitycollapseloads,
probableinitiation
location,damageto protection
system(primer,paint,K5NA,Instafoam, etc.),
corrosiveenvironment (saltwater)duringtowback,
presenceof zincin primerto helpacceleratecrack
growth,andthesusceptibilityof the D6ACmaterialto
SCC.
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In anattemptto definetheofficialaswellasthe unofficial

sourcesof datafor
thismissionreport,thefollowinglistisprovided.

1. FlightRequirementsDocument
2. PublicAffairsPressKit
3. CustomerSupportRoomDailyReports
4. MERDailyReports
5. MERMissionSummaryReport
6. MERQuickLookReport
7. MERProblemTrackingList
8. MEREventTimes
9. SubsystemManagerReports/Inputs
10. MODSystemsAnomalyList
11. MSFCFlashReport
12. MSFCEventTimes
13. MSFCInterimReport
14. CrewDebriefing comments
15. ShuttleOperationalDataBook

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The followingis a list of the acronymsand abbreviationsand their definitionsas

theseitemsareusedin this document.

AAEU AquaticAnimalExperimentUnit
AERIS AmericanEchocardiographResearchImagingSystem
AMOS Air ForceMauiOpticalSite
AOS acquisitionof signal
APCF AdvancedProteinCrystallizationFacility
APU auxiliarypowerunit
ARS atmosphericrevitalizationsystem
ATCS activethermalcontrolsystem
ATR automatictemperaturerecorder
BDPU Bubble,Drop,and ParticleUnit
BITE built-intest equipment
BSK Biostack
BSR BITEstatusread
CCK cell culturekit
CCTV closedcircuittelevision
CNES FrenchSpaceAgency
.('-_- CPCG Commercial ProteinCrystalGrowth
CPF CriticalPointFacility
CPR
CRIM Commerciaal Refrigerator/Incubator
Module
CSA CanadianSpaceAgency
DARA GermanSpaceAgency
DCU digitalcontrolunit
DPS dataprocessing system
DSO DetailedSupplementary Objective
DTO Developmental TestObjective
AV differential
velocity
deg/hr degreeperhour
EBP electrodebufferpump
EDO ExtendedDurationOrbiter
EDOMP ExtendedDurationOrbiterMedicalProject
EOM end-of-mission
EPDC electricalpowerdistribution
andcontrolsubsystem
ESA EuropeanSpaceAgency
ET ExternalTank
FCE flightcrewequipment
. FCP fuelcellpowerplant
FCS flightcontrolsystem
_f"" FCV flowcontrolvalve

B-1
FES flashevaporatorsystem :°"--_
FFEU FreeFlow ElectrophoresisUnit
FID failureidentification
FM frequencymodulation
FO flight objective
FRSI flexiblereusablesurfaceinsulation
FSM fuelsupply module
ft/sec feet per second
g gravity
GFE Govemmentfumishedequipment
GH2 gaseoushydrogen
G.m.t. Greenwichmeantime
GN2 gaseousnitrogen
GPC generalpurposecomputer
HIRAP highresolution accelerometer package
HPFT highpressurefuelturbine
HPOTP highpressureoxidizerturbopump
HRM
HUMS hydrogenumbilicalmassspectrometer
lEA integratedelectronics assembly
IFM in-flightmaintenance
IML-2 International MicrogravityLaboratory
IMU inertialmeasurementunit • !

ISP specificimpulse
ITEPC InterMarsTissueEquivalent Proportional
Counter
IVIS inertialvibrationisolationsystem
KSC KennedySpaceCenter
kW kilowatt
kWh kilowatthour
LBNP LowerBodyNegativePressure
LCC LaunchCommitCriteria
LCEOR/F LinearCompressor EnhancedOrbiterRefrigerator/Freezer
LED lightemittingdiode
LESC LockheedEngineering andScienceCompany
LESS leadingedgestructural system
LH2 liquidhydrogen
LIF LargeIsothermal Fumace
LiOH lithiumhydroxide
LO2 liquidoxygen
MADS modularauxiliarydatasystem
MAS MicrobialAir Sampler
MAST MilitaryApplicationof ShipTracks
MDM multiplexer/demultiplexer
MECO mainenginecutoff
MET missionelapsedtime -"f-",,

B-2
_7---, MLGD mainlandinggeardoor
MMD Microgravity Measurement Device
MPS mainpropulsion system
' MSFC MarshallSpaceFlightCenter
NASA NationalAeronautics andSpaceAdministration
NASDA NationalSpaceDevelopment Agencyof Japan
NIZEMI SlowRotatingCentrifugeMicroscope
NPSP netpositivesuctionpressure
NSLD NASAShuttleLogistics Depot
NSTS NationalSpaceTransportation System(i.e.,SpaceShuttleProgram)
OARE OrbitalAcceleration ResearchEquipment
OEX Orbiterexperiments
OI operational instrumentation
OMRSD Operations andMaintenance Requirements andSpecifications
Document
OMS orbitalmaneuvering subsystem
OPS operations
PADM portableaudiodatamodem
PAL protuberance airload
PAWS Performance Assessment Workstation
PCIS powercontrolandinterfacesystem
PCM phasechangematerial
f-". PDU powerdriveunit
PILOT PortableIn-FlightLandingOperations Trainer
PMBT propellantmeanbulktemperature
POGO longitudinal oscillation
PRSD powerreactantstorageanddistribution
PTI programmed testinput
QSAM Quasi-Steady AccelerationMeasurement
RAMSES AppliedResearchonSeparationMethodsUsingSpace
Electrophoresis
RCRS regenerative carbondioxideremovalsystem
RCS reactioncontrolsubsystem
RHS rehydration station
RJD reactionjet driver
RM redundancy management
RMS remotemanipulator system
RRMD Real-TimeRadiationMonitoring Device
RSRM Redesigned SolidRocketMotor
RSS rangesafetysystem
• RTLS returnto launchsite
RTV roomtemperature vulcanizing
S&A safeandarm
SAMS SpaceAcceleration Measurement System
SAREX ShuttleAmateurRadioExperiment

B-3
SCM SpinalChangesinMicrogravity/systemcontrolmodule f--'_
SLF ShuttleLandingFacility
SIN serialnumber
SODB ShuttleOperationalDataBook
SRB SolidRocketBooster
SRSS Shuttlerangesafetysystem
SSME SpaceShuttlemainengine
STGT ShuttleTDRSGroundTerminal
TDRS TrackingandDataRelaySatellite
TED thermalelectricdevice
TEl thermoelectricincubator
TEMPUS Electromagnetic Containerless
ProcessingFacility
TPS thermalprotection subsystem
TVC thrustvectorcontrol
VIBES VibrationIsolationBoxExperimentStation
VMS VerticalMotionSimulator
WCS Wastecollection system
WSB watersprayboiler

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