{"id":84772,"date":"2011-03-17T09:02:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T13:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.nasa.gov:\/\/ed3860c9dd5e25e49fb06efb69415e73"},"modified":"2011-03-17T09:02:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T13:02:54","slug":"gucp-leak-check-complete-apu-connect-on-tap-for-endeavour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=84772","title":{"rendered":"GUCP Leak Check Complete, APU Connect on Tap for Endeavour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leak checks have been completed on space shuttle Endeavour&#8217;s external fuel tank&#8217;s ground umbilical carrier, or GUCP, plate at Launch Pad 39A. <\/p>\n<p>Today technicians will focus on connecting the auxiliary power unit (APU) quick disconnects. The APU is a hydrazine-fueled, turbine-driven power unit that generates mechanical shaft power to drive a hydraulic pump that produces pressure for the orbiter&#8217;s hydraulic system.<\/p>\n<p>Endeavour&#8217;s launch to the International Space Station is targeted for April 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leak checks have been completed on space shuttle Endeavour&#8217;s external fuel tank&#8217;s ground umbilical carrier, or GUCP, plate at Launch Pad 39A. <\/p>\n<p>Today technicians will focus on connecting the auxiliary power unit (APU) quick disconnects. The APU is a hydrazine-fueled, turbine-driven power unit that generates mechanical shaft power to drive a hydraulic pump that produces pressure for the orbiter&#8217;s hydraulic system.<\/p>\n<p>Endeavour&#8217;s launch to the International Space Station is targeted for April 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":612598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shuttle-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/612598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}