posted 09-14-2009 12:00 PM               

Editor's note: In an effort to keep the topic NASA/GSA: space shuttle artifact disposition focused on new artifact release announcements and NASA updates, readers' feedback and opinions are directed to this thread.

Please use this topic to discuss the NASA and General Services Administration (GSA) space shuttle artifact disposition process.

posted 09-22-2009 08:59 PM               

• Block II Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) Nozzle
  14 available, so far 4 requested
  
• Astronaut Watch Omega (Speedmasters)
  9 available 1 requested
  
• Crew Compartment Trainers:
  2 available 0 requested
  
• EVA gloves (Flight) 12 total (6 left and 6 right)
  6 of 12 requested
  
• EVA gloves (Training) 14 total (7 left and 7 right)
  8 requested
  
• ACES gloves (5 each left and right)
  12 requested
  
• ACES helmet
  6 available 9 requested
  
• ACES Suits
  77 available 9 requested
  
• Orbiter Drag Chute set
  2 available 2 requested
  
• Orbiter nose cap
  1 available 0 requested
  
• Orbiter window panes or windshields
  15 available 1 requested
  
• Orbiter leading edge wing RCC panels
  44 available 2 requested

posted 10-06-2009 06:08 PM               

Total line items available 93 (reduced from 141 - obviously some lots were either pulled or awarded).

• Block II Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) Nozzle
  7 now available (from 14 previously), 7 requested
  
• Astronaut Watch Omega (Speedmasters)
  6 available (from 9 previously); 2 requested
  
• Crew Compartment Trainers:
  1 available (from 2 previously) 1 requested
  
• EVA gloves (Flight) - all delisted or awarded (12 previously)
  
• EVA gloves (Training) - all delisted or awarded (from 14 previously)
  
• ACES gloves - all delisted or awarded (from 10 previously)
  
• ACES helmet - all delisted or awarded (from 9 previously)
  
• ACES Suits
  50 available (from 77 previously); 35 requested
  
• Orbiter Drag Chute set - all delisted or awarded (2 were available)
  
• Orbiter nose cap
  1 available 0 requested (unchanged)
  
• Orbiter window panes or windshields
  7 available (15 previously) 11 requested
  
• Orbiter leading edge wing RCC panels
  34 available (44 previously) 12 requested

posted 01-29-2010 03:52 PM               

• Apollo Cover Layer Assy, Extravehicular Mobility Unit Suit (2 each)
  
• Audio Tape, Apollo 8
  
• Electric Harness, Apollo Constant Wear Garment (12 each)
  
• Jacket, Inflight, Apollo (8 each)
  
• Model, Apollo Command 1/20 Scale, Plexiglass
  
• Model, Apollo Lunar Module, 1/25th Scale
  
• Suit, Cover Layer Assembly, Apollo, Evan
  
• Suit, Cover Layer Assembly, Apollo, Brand
  
• Suit, Inflight Coverall, Apollo
  
• Suit, Integrated Torso Limb Suit Assembly w/Boot, Apollo
  
• Suit, Integrated Torso Limb Suit Assembly, Apollo, Pressure Garment
  
• Suit, Integrated Torso Limb Suit Assembly, Pressure Garment Assembly
  
• Suit, Intravehicular Cover Layer Assembly, (1 Arm Cover Only)
  
• Suit, Mercury Mockup Suit
  
• Tether, Extravehicular Activity, Apollo
  
• Trousers, Inflight, Apollo (19 each)

posted 02-04-2010 03:37 PM               

The Press-Enterprise: March Field Air Museum to get six space shuttle items

"This is the start of our journey to build a huge educational center," said executive director Patricia Korzec.

She learned Saturday that in January 2011 the museum will receive dehydrated astronaut food, two stowage bags, a box, and an emergency exit chute. But the centerpiece is a nozzle, valued at $15 million, from a side rocket booster.

posted 02-12-2010 03:31 AM               

Next January, the Coca Cola Space and Science Center could possibly be the new home for nine rare NASA artifacts.

...below is the list of approved artifacts for donation to the Science Center:

• Astronaut Dehydrated Food (Box, Mixed)
  
• Launch Pad Escape Basket
  
• OPF Processing Tool Box
  
• Firing Room Console (Bio-Med)
  
• On-Board General Purpose Computer
  
• Orbiter Window Assembly or Pane
  
• Orbiter Wing Leading Edge RCC
  
• Shuttle Tire (Nose, Complete)
  
• Shuttle Engine Nozzle

posted 04-23-2010 06:48 AM              

I am hoping that like some of the Apollo leftover hardware some might be saved. We don't want another LUT scenario!

Is NASA planning on selling the Shuttle Training Aircraft?

posted 04-23-2010 06:54 AM               

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Originally posted by Lunar_module_5:
Does anyone know what is going to happen to any of the shuttle simulators, training mock-ups, etc. after the training of the last shuttle crew?

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posted 06-02-2010 06:06 PM            

If so how does one find out about these events?

posted 11-29-2010 11:03 AM               

• The Adler Planetarium, Chicago - Shuttle Fixed Base Simulator (Bldg. 5)
  
• The Museum of Flight, Seattle, Wash. - Full Fuselage Trainer (Bldg. 9)
  
• The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio - Crew Compartment Trainer-1 (Bldg. 9)
  
• The Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C. - Crew Compartment Trainer-2 (Bldg. 9)
  
• Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering Department, College Station, Texas - Shuttle Motion Base Simulator (Bldg. 5)
  
• Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, Vir. - Shuttle Single System Crew Trainer (Bldg. 4)
  
• Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum, Starke, Fla. - Shuttle GNS Simulator (Bldg. 35)

posted 12-10-2010 07:13 PM               

• The Property shall be placed in use for the purpose stated in the Letter of Intent no later than 12 months after acquisition thereof and used for that same purpose for a 12-month period thereafter.

• There shall be a further period of restriction beginning on the date the Property has been used for the period prescribed above. This period will expire after the Property has been used for the purpose stated in the Letter of Intent for an additional period of 4 years. During this additional period of restriction, the Property shall be used only for the purpose(s) stated in the Letter of Intent.

• During the periods of restriction prescribed above, the Direct Transfer Recipient [DTR] shall not sell, trade, lease, lend, bail, cannibalize, encumber, or otherwise dispose of the Property without the prior written approval of NASA.

• The DTR shall immediately report lost, stolen or unaccounted Property received pursuant to this conditional transfer document.

• If at any time, from the date the DTR receives the Property through the periods of restriction prescribed above, the Property is no longer suitable, usable, or further needed by the DTR for the purpose for which acquired, the DTR shall promptly notify NASA and shall:
  • Release the Property to another DTR;

  • Release the Property to a department or agency of the United States;

  • Release the Property to such other institution or agency as may be determined to have need thereof;

  • Assist in the sale of the Property for the benefit and account of the United States of America with the proceeds remitted promptly from the DTR to NASA;

  • Render the Property completely unfit and useless for any purpose except for the recovery of its basic material content, the same to be performed in a manner satisfactory to NASA and the material content to be disposed of in accordance with instructions of NASA; or

  • Otherwise dispose of the Property as directed by NASA

posted 12-10-2010 08:38 PM               

NASA cannot, nor does not, want to have the responsibility of tracking all these hundreds, if not thousands, of items for all time.

The (at minimum) five year period requires recipients to invest in the artifact(s) preservation and display such that it creates a deterrent for a quick sale. Further, the organizations eligible for the artifacts are institutions and museums, which have their own established deaccession policies to follow.

posted 08-15-2011 01:47 PM            

The remainder will be considered for federal and state reuse and then offered to the general public for sale.

By the way, one item that would certainly be cool to add to any collection:

In addition to artifacts, NASA also is offering a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) through another GSA hosted web-based site.

The STA is a modified Gulfstream II that allowed pilots to simulate orbiter landings under controlled conditions. Other STAs will be displayed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Dryden Flight Research Center in California, and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.

posted 08-15-2011 04:19 PM               

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Originally posted by frank3si:
How/where would one monitor this upcoming sale?

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It may be that the items are simply released through normal surplus channels (GSA Auctions) or it may be that NASA puts together something like the tile disposition process they did for teachers, or the tire loan program like they did for "non-traditional" organizations.