NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Overview:

-          AV-1 Successful Range Flight (see below)

-          AV-6 Transit Flt. prep. continues

Today’s Accomplishments:

-          AV-1 completed a successful Range flight but did have a

Link mod failure just before descent and also had issues 

with the radar altimeter during landing  (troubleshooting in

progress).  Both Low-light and Daylight Cameras worked and

Instrument data downloads completed

-          AV-6 Nose Gear swing test was complete and remaining

tests should be completed tomorrow.

-          HS3 Dry Run continued

Plan for Friday – AV-1 Range Flight (Times shown are local)

-          AFRC (PDT):

o   Continued troubleshooting on AV-1

o   Landing gear tests continued on AV-6

o   0800: HS3 HQ MRR

o   0800: Dry Run continues

o   Instrument Access 

-          WFF (EDT):

o   1100: HS3 HQ MRR

o   1100: Dry Run continues

Outlook:  Keep in touch for update tomorrow!