HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                               DAILY REPORT #909

PERIOD COVERED:  0800 EST
Daily Status Report as of 167/1200Z.

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

       Resumed Science SMS at 167/0000Z (Recovery from HST Inertial Hold 
       Safemode). All the SIs are recovered.

   1.1 Completed GHRS/2 3737 (The Onset of Chromospheric Activity)

       The High Resolution Spectrograph was used to attempt to make four
       high resolution spectral observations of the area around the Carbon
       II resonance lines at 1335 A0 in A class star HD18978. Due to an 
       FGS#2 engineering test, these was a loss of lock. This loss of lock
       caused a time out before the completion of observation #4,
       generating a status buffer error message. 

   1.2 Completed HSP/VIS 4209 (HSP Detector Sensitivity Test)

       The High Speed Photometer was used to make sensitivity calibration
       measurements of its IDT detectors by making observations of standard
       calibration star VID998. The observations were monitored in the OSS,
       and the data quality was assessed. No problems were reported. 

   1.3 Completed WFC 4277 (Calibration of Nearby Galaxy Type IA Super novae 
       as Standard Candles)

       The Wide Field Camera was used to make observations of Cepheid
       variable stars located inside of galaxy NGC-5253. This is to help
       determine the accurate distance to this galaxy. This distance will
       be used to find the true luminosity of the type-Ia supernova which
       has been observed in this galaxy. The observations were executed as
       scheduled, and no problems were reported. 

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

    2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions: 

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 4
                                        Successful : 4
                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 3
                                        Successful : 3
                                    Losses of Lock : 0

   2.2 FHST Updates: 

                              Scheduled : 6
                             Successful : 6

   2.3 Significant HSTARs: None

   2.4 Operations Note: 

       Interception of the science SMS (i.e., SMS-167) was successfully
       completed as scheduled at 167/0000Z. No problems were reported. 

3.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD:

   3.1 Complete Two Sets of WFC 3848 (Separate Light Curves of Pluto and 
       Charon)

   3.2 Complete PC 3763 (Synoptic Monitoring of Seasonal Phenomena on Mars)

   3.3 Complete PC 4929 (WF/PC Cycle 2: Improved Dark Calibration)

   3.4 Complete FGS 4031 (High Speed Photometry - A Search for Planetary 
       Companions)

   3.5 Uplink Updated Ephemeris Tables, Per MOSES 2871

   3.6 Complete FOC/96 3594 (Imaging Polarization of the M-87 Nucleus and 
       Jet)

   3.7 Complete WFC 3917 (HST Medium Deep Survey: Cycle 2 Part 1)

4.0 ANOMALY STATUS:
	
   4.1 Significant New Anomalies: None

   4.2 Significant Unresolved Anomalies: None
 
5.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS: Nothing at this time.

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