Oct 3 1977
From The Space Library
Johnson Space Center announced that a sixth group of 20 Shuttle astronaut applicants would report this week for individual interviews and physical examinations. This group, all mission specialist applicants, included one woman. (JSC Release 77-56; NASA Release 77-215)
Kennedy Space Center announced award to Intl. Business Machines Corp. of a $3 203 666 contract for a system to test Shuttle cargoes for compatibility with the orbiter before loading into the payload bay. The system, called CITE (cargo integration test equipment), would simulate the orbiter's electrical and electronic environment, stimulate the payloads, monitor their response, and record the results. Keeping up with the fast turnaround time planned for Shuttle missions required payloads ready to plug into the orbiters without extensive onboard testing. The CITE would be mobile for use either in the assembly building to check out cargoes in vertical positions or in the operations building to check out horizontal payloads. (KSC Release 156-77)
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