STS-107 Daily Science Report
January 27
The last SOFBALL-2 test point, 13A
was completed successfully. This test produced nine flame balls
that extinguished one by one until only one was left after about
20 minutes. The one remaining ball lasted 81 minutes, making it
the longest-burning flame ever produced in space. SOFBALL-2 operations
and shut-down are complete.
SAMS-FF concluded 24-hour support
of SOFBALL-2 operations and will resume with two-shift support
of the MIST experiment.
The OARE will remain powered in support
of MIST. Quasi-steady acceleration data will be provided after
the mission. The science team talked to Ann Over, the CM-2 Project
Manager, and agreed that the ground rule for PDR usage will be
to turn the PDR on 10 minutes before the video taping of the MIST
experiment begins and go to standby once the taping is complete.
ESE-4 will track this through SHAB CMD. Also, all of the OARE
data for the SOFBALL-2 tests have been downlinked and await MSFC/GRC
processing.
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