May 1993

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“Missiles to Earth From a Crater on Mars” article appears in National Geographic Magazine

The Aviation Safety Journal summarized some of the significant findings from the NASA Ames Fatigue Countermeasures Program. The research program was initiated in response to a NASA workshop requested by Congress in 1980 to examine possible safety problems caused by fatigue in air transport operations. The Ames study was continuing. (Aviation Safety Journal, Vol.3, No.1/93)

NASA reported that NASA's Shuttle Mission, STS-57, scheduled for launch in early June, would highlight the beginning of a new era in the commercial development of space. The Endeavour's six-person crew was scheduled to retrieve a European satellite and also was scheduled to use experiments designed by and for students, operate a payload that might improve crystal growth techniques, and demonstrate possible on-Earth refueling techniques. (NASA Release 093-78)

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