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... the history of U.S. manned spaceflight to be controlled from another country, landed May 1 at the Kennedy Space Center ( KENNEDY SPACE CENTER KSC ) Space Shuttle runway, Spaceport News reported ... Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich would have responsibility for the 80 Spacelab D-1 (D for Deutschland) experiments. During the welcoming ceremony, ( KENNEDY SPACE CENTER KSC ) Director Dick Smith ...

After its 1979 Jupiter encounter and 1980 Saturn encounter, Voyager 1 at 12 noon EDT June 1 was 2,095,063,224 miles from earth and 2,170,849,615 miles from ... Jupiter and Saturn encounters in 1979 and 1981, respectively, on June 1 was 1,499,732,272 miles from earth, 1,593,867,481 miles from the sun, and 187,782,284 miles ... from the sun. (Omni, June 85, 28) May 1985 May June 1985 June Jun 1 1985 1 Jun 2 1985 2 Jun 3 1985 3 Jun 4 1985 4 Jun 5 1985 ...

... simply approved an across-the-board freeze for the entire NASA budget. (W Post, July 1/85, A13) The European Space Agency ( ESA ) announced that M. Bignier, ESA director of Space ... July 19/85) Marshall Space Flight Center ( MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC ) announced that July 1 marked the center's 25th anniversary. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC currently managed a budget ...

... over several days. The TSS-3 mission would be a follow-up to the TSS-1 electrodynamics mission, with deployment from either the Space Shuttle or the proposed space station. A ... that it had sent Congress a new Space Shuttle pricing policy that entailed, starting October 1, 1988, auctioning the Space Shuttle 's cargo bay to commercial and foreign customers at a ... share a mission and pay NASA a little less than $25 million apiece or about $1 million more than they presently paid for Space Shuttle launches. However, if demand for shuttle ...

... , associate professor at Washburn Observatory, University of Wisconsin, would serve as the backup. The Astro-1 mission would study Halley's Comet and other celestial objects through three ultraviolet astronomical instruments ... associate administrator for space science and applications, said, “The opportunities for science synergism between Astro-1 and the armada of Halley encounter spacecraft are significant. The scientific study of Halley's ...

... constituted an enormous and diverse population, ranging in size from a few hundred meters to 1,000 km, and varying in composition, spin rate, and shape. Most asteroids were in the ... -and reddish, indicating the asteroid was probably a stony, silicaceous body. ( JPL Universe, Nov 1/85, 1 and 2) The U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Div. awarded Grumman Corp. a ... with artillery, maneuver forces, and ground-launched missiles." (AFSC Newsreview, Nov 1/ 85, 1) October 1985 October November 1985 November Nov 1 1985 1 Nov 2 1985 2 Nov 3 1985 3 Nov 4 ...

... /91; P Inq, Mar 1/91; NY Times. Mar 1/91; WSJ, Mar 1/91; W Times, Mar 1/91; USA Today, Mar 1/91; W Post, Mar 1/91; UPI, Mar 1/91) February 1991 February March 1991 March Mar 1 1991 1 Mar ...

... Union and other countries "in the interest of geology, cartography, ecology, and agriculture." The Almaz-1 was the first Soviet satellite to provide commercial services for the American market under long ... send information on the network from point A to point B. (Government Computer News, Apr 1/91) The newspaper summarized the controversy over the revised NASA plans for Space Station Freedom ...

... Station uses, that of a research outpost, was being met. (W Post, May 1/91; NY Times, May 1/91) Discovery astronauts captured amazing aurora observations and continued to try to fix ... , for which the United States was assured of strict safeguards. (W Post, May 1/91; NY Times, May 1/91) Galileo Spacecraft Galileo , the Jupiter survey spacecraft, was scheduled to fly-by ... antenna to deploy completely so that communications were minimized. (CSM, May 1/91) April 1991 April May 1991 May May 1 1991 1 May 2 1991 2 May 3 1991 3 May 4 ...

... significant asteroids and team if any were on a collision course with Earth. (AP, Jul 1/91; AP, Jul 4/91; LA Times, Jul 4/91; P Inq, Jul 6/91 ... stated that Mission to Planet Earth was poorly understood but promised "unbelievable benefits." (Time, Jul 1/91) In an article in the Science section, Time discussed the theory that a giant ... discovered the semicircle that might indicate a huge buried crater of an asteroid. (Time, Jul 1/91) The Huntsville Times quoted the General Accounting Office as saying that contrary to earlier ...

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