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... 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 ... another $250,000 to make the telescope useful into the 21st century. (LA Times, Aug 2/93) A Titan 4 rocket carrying an expensive military spy satellite system exploded minutes after ...

... Space Shuttle Columbia until March 4 because of a severe storm. (AP, Mar 2/94; Reuters, Mar 2/94; NY Times, Mar 3/94; P Inq, Mar 3/94; USA Today, Mar ... , were of high quality and the cost of the program was relatively low. (Reuters, Mar 2/94; W Times, Mar 20/94) Businessman James Robertson of James M. Beggs Associates consulting ... to accepting inside bid information involving NASA contracts at Johnson Space Center , Houston. (AP, Mar 2/94) February 1994 February March 1994 March Mar 1 1994 1 Mar ...

... United States, and the difficulty of readjusting physically to Earth's atmosphere. (B Sun, May 2/94) NASA's last SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) launch vehicle was scheduled to ... out of the unmanned rocket business, which was transferred to commercial manufacturers. (Fla Today, May 2/94; NASA Release 94-72; Fla Today, May 9/94; Reuters, May 9/94) NASA ... 15, heard speakers and then trailed their parents or other staff members. (Federal Tames, May 2/94) Vice President Al Gore made a brief fundraising stop in Huntsville, Alabama. He said ...

... , Sep 13/95; W Tmes, Oct 12/95; UPI, Sep 20/95; Av Wk, Jan 2/95; Science, Oct 20/95) The United States and Russia began taking practical steps toward ... in order to boost Mir 's electrical out-put by six kilowatts. (Av Wk, Jan 2/95; San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan 4/95) Scientists at the University of Chicago advanced ... that five mass extinctions have occurred on Earth, one every 120 million years. (AP, Jan 2/91; C Trib, Jan 3/95) NASA selected the IBM Thinkpad 755C as the Space ...

... schedule, because of problems in Japan's shuttle program, as well as in its H-2 rocket program. Japan had originally conceived its planned 20-ton (18,000-kilogram or 18 ... conduct scientific experiments and to carry into space payloads of up to 3 tons (2,700 kilograms or 2.7 tonnes). Technical and financial setbacks within Japan's shuttle program contributed to ... television and the Internet. July 2000 July August 2000 August Aug 1 2000 1 Aug 2 2000 2 Aug 3 2000 3 Aug 4 2000 4 Aug 5 2000 5 Aug 6 ...

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