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NASA FORMS TEAM TO REVIEW SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE TEST INCIDENT



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NASA FORMS TEAM TO REVIEW SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE TEST INCIDENT

Robert Sackheim, assistant director and chief engineer for 
propulsion at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, 
will lead a team to review the automatic shutdown of a recent 
Space Shuttle Main Engine test at NASA's Stennis Space Center, MS.  
At about 5 seconds into the planned 200-second test of a new high-
pressure fuel turbopump configuration, higher than expected test 
temperatures caused the Shuttle Main Engine to shut itself down 
using its own internal safety mechanisms.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Kirsten William 
(Phone: 202/358-0243).
Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL:  June 
Malone (Phone: 256/544-0034).
Contact at NASA Stennis Space Center, MS:  Lanee Cooksey (Phone: 
228/688-1957).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-100.txt 



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