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... /85, A10) Federal investigation of the Delta Air Line Lockheed 1-1011-1 crash August 2 at Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport showed strong evidence of wind shear and microburst in ... , however remote, that destruction of the aircraft could have been instantaneous,” Kramer concluded. (NYT, Aug 2/85, A24) NASA Administrator James Beggs met with planetary science experts to discuss a plan ... alongside that comet, launch a probe, or return to earth after rendezvous. (W Times, Aug 2/ 85, 10A) NASA announced that a Scout vehicle today launched the Navy SOOS-I spacecraft ...

... Research Center (ARC) announced that the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputer, the Cray-2, arrived at ARC to assist researchers in taking major steps toward simulating actual aircraft flight ... making possible important advances, both in cost savings and performance, in aircraft design. The Cray-2 could perform 250 million continuous calculations per second, which was more than three times faster ...

... with illegally billing $Z5 million of its expenses to other government accounts, of which $3.2 million was paid. Along with Beggs, the indictment also named Ralph Hawes, division general manager ... made faster launches desirable. NROSS-1's expected lifetime would be three years; an NROSS-2 would depend on needed oceanographic data. The system would help battle group commanders predict ocean ...

... Space Center to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral , a four-mile journey. (AP, May 2/91) NASA announced the selection of Lawrence J. DeLucas of the University of Alabama at ... Security Adviser, opposed it, with the result that no action was taken. (Washington Technology, May 2/91) April 1991 April May 1991 May May 1 1991 1 May 2 1991 2 May 3 1991 3 May 4 1991 4 May 5 1991 5 May 6 1991 ...

... valve and then by bad weather, the media reported. The launch was rescheduled for August 2. The astronauts' first task after takeoff was to launch the $120 million Tracking and Data ... test the effects of weightlessness. (B Sun, Aug 2/91; USA Today, Aug 2/91; NY Times, Aug 2/91; AP, Aug 2/91; UPI, Aug 2/91; P Inq, Aug 3/91; NY Times ... , Aug 5/91) July 1991 July August 1991 August Aug 1 1991 1 Aug 2 1991 2 Aug 3 1991 3 Aug 4 1991 4 Aug 5 1991 5 Aug 6 1991 ...

... .3 billion in FY 1992 and the Senate later approved the compromise bill. (UPI, Oct 2/91; AP, Oct 3/91; P Inq, Oct 3/91; C Trin, Oct 3/91 ... Space Shuttle , the Columbia . The cause of the cracks remained undetermined. (AP, Oct 2/91; Fla Today, Oct 2/91; W Times, Oct 3/91) A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the ... , Oct 10/91) September 1991 September October 1991 October Oct 1 1991 1 Oct 2 1991 2 Oct 3 1991 3 Oct 4 1991 4 Oct 5 1991 5 Oct 6 1991 ...

... Hall thrusters, and the Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics of Moscow. (WSJ, Apr 2/92) Orbital Sciences Corporation of Fairfax, Virginia, said it had successfully launched a rocket-borne ... current science teams in October 1992 to increase the range of studies planned for the 2-year global mapping mission. Besides representing U.S. universities and research centers, the newly selected ...

... each in an experiment intended to test how to fight dehydration in space. (AP, May 2/93, May 3/93, May 4/94; RTW, May 3/93, May 4/93; UPI, May 3/93; W Post, May 2/93, May 3/93; W Times, May 1/93; B Sun, May ... , May 3/93) April 1993 April May 1993 May May 1 1993 1 May 2 1993 2 May 3 1993 3 May 4 1993 4 May 5 1993 5 May 6 1993 ...

... continued to disagree on the cause and effect of the temperature rise. (USA Today, June 2/93) Writing in the Baltimore Sun, Gwynne Dyer, syndicated columnist, described the plan for "terraforming ... some of the technology envisioned for Mars to maintain our own planet. (B Sun, June 2/93) NASA announced that the material that keeps the Space Shuttle from burning up when ... some workshop manuals were being rewritten to eliminate discrepancies and ambiguities. (0 Sen Star, June 2/93; LA Times, June 3/93) May 1993 May June 1993 June Jun 1 1993 ...

... that they were not fully involved in key decisions involving the Station. (Av Wk, Aug 2/93) Joseph R. Cipriano, associate director of the department's Energy Research Office, recommended that ... universities, Universities Research Association, Inc., was under contract to build the instrument. (W Post, Aug 2/93) The Hooker Telescope on Mt. Wilson in California, which once ranked as the world ...

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