February 10, 1986

February 10, 1986

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SAFETY

Ntsb Seeks New Radio Practices for Carriers at Uncontrolled Airports

SHUTTLE 51-L LOSS

Ruptured Solid Rocket Motor Caused Challenger Accident

SHUTTLE 51-L LOSS

Solid Rocket Motor Designed with Conservative Margins

By Craig Covault12 min

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SAFETY

Ntsb Seeks New Radio Practices for Carriers at Uncontrolled Airports

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SHUTTLE 51-L LOSS

Ruptured Solid Rocket Motor Caused Challenger Accident

Washington—The space shuttle Mission 51-L explosion Jan. 28 was triggered by a rupture in the vehicle's right Morton Thiokol solid rocket motor at a point where two segments of the booster are joined during preflight assembly at the Kennedy Space Center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's interim accident review board believes.
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SHUTTLE 51-L LOSS

Solid Rocket Motor Designed with Conservative Margins

Washington—Design of the space shuttle Morton Thiokol solid rocket motor implicated in the shuttle Challenger Mission 51-L accident Jan. 28 used conservative specification margins and proved technology to eliminate the possibility of failure of the motor case, its joints or the propellant itself.

By Craig Covault12 min

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FISCAL 1987 AEROSPACE BUDGETS

Navy Stresses Tactical Aircraft in Bid for Fiscal 1987 Funds

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FISCAL 1987 AEROSPACE BUDGETS

$311.6 Billion Defense Bid Reflects Continued Buildup

By David M. North7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Scientists Gain New Insights on Uranus From Voyager 2 Data

Los Angeles—Voyager 2 project scientists are continuing to analyze data that have been returned from the Uranus encounter in an attempt to learn more about the planet's magnetosphere, atmosphere, rings and moons. Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Uranus Jan. 24 and returned large amounts of science data to Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

By Bruce A. Smith7 min

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FISCAL 1987 AEROSPACE BUDGETS

Usaf Budget Would Continue Expansion of Fighter Wings

By Robert R. Ropelewski6 min

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SHUTTLE 51-L LOSS

Search Team Focuses Efforts on Retrieving Orbiter Wreckage

Kennedy Space Center—Search for debris from the orbiter Challenger began to wind down last week as only smaller pieces were sighted on the ocean surface and winds and currents continued to scatter remnants of the orbiter on the ocean surface and floor.

By Edward H. Kolcum5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Eurocontrol Continues Central Data Bank Tests to Ease Atc Congestion

By Michael Feazel5 min

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Editorial

The Fiscal 1987 Budget

President Reagan's Fiscal 1987 budget package was presented to Congress last week in the aftermath of a State of the Union speech that reflected the usual Reagan upbeat style and included specific references to key aerospace programs, but which failed to deal in a substantive way with many of the real challenges facing this nation.

By DONALD E. FINK4 min

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