Apr 29 1993
From The Space Library
The media reported that the crew aboard Shuttle Columbia had succeeded in flushing urine and other waste water into space from a backup storage system. This was the first time crew members had attempted to dump fluid overboard from contingency containers. Later in the day, the astronauts repaired a nitrogen gas line, restoring the shuttle's normal water pressure, which had dropped as a result of the Shuttle's plumbing problems. The mission's science experiments continued as planned.
Late Wednesday, April 28, German astronaut Hans Schlegel turned on a 2 1/2-foot-long robot arm and got it to move as planned after adjusting a joint that NASA scientists said might have been bumped out of place during launch. Later, NASA ground controllers maneuvered the robot to demonstrate how robots perform in microgravity. (W Post, Apr 29/93; B Sun, Apr 29/93; USA Today, Apr 29/93; P Inq, Apr 29/93; RTw, Apr 29/93; AP, Apr 29/93; UPI, Apr 29/93)
NASA announced that the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC), Wheeling, West Virginia, had entered into an agreement with the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) to assist SDIO in the operation of its Technology Applications Information System and to help identify items that should be included in the technology applications database. (NASA Release 93-77)
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