May 25, 1992

May 25, 1992

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HEADLINE NEWS

Controversy Over LTV Aerospace Sale Turns From Finance to Politics

By DAVID F. BOND

HEADLINE NEWS

Photo Details Extent of Damage To YF-22 Prototype

HEADLINE NEWS

Kazakhstan to Sign Treaty, Eliminate Nuclear Arms

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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Controversy Over LTV Aerospace Sale Turns From Finance to Politics

By DAVID F. BOND

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Photo Details Extent of Damage To YF-22 Prototype

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Kazakhstan to Sign Treaty, Eliminate Nuclear Arms

WASHINGTON Kazakhstan has agreed to remove all nuclear weapons from its soil and sign the 1968 Nonproliferation Treaty, eliminating another major obstacle to ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and clearing the way for a further round of strategic arms cuts.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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Mission Control Saved Intelsat Rescue From Software, Checklist Problems

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER NASA engineers are investigating how changes in shuttle Endeavour rendezvous software and the need for changes in satellite deployment checklists escaped detection in NASA’s quality control process before launch.

By CRAIG COVAULT

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France and Germany Will Help Fund Russian Mars 1994 Space Mission'

PASADENA, CALIF. France and Germany have signed agreements to help pay for the Russian Mars 1994 and 1996 exploration programs directly, and some funds have already been transferred. The Russian program is suffering from the turmoil in the former Soviet Union, and the chances that the planned 1994 launch of a probe to Mars will occur are currently two out of three and declining, according to a Russian space official (AW&ST Feb. 10, p. 66).

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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Crew Rescue Vehicle for Space Station Studied as Alternative to Hermes Program

PARIS Europe is evaluating the development of a crew return vehicle for NASA’s International Space Station as a possible alternative to the Hermes spaceplane program over the medium term. Developing the space station’s assured crew return vehicle (ACRV) is one of three space transportation system program scenarios studied by the European Space Agency as it prepares for key decisions this November on its long-term space plan.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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Bush to Offer Yeltsin Concept For Global Missile Defense

By JAMES R. ASKER

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European Space Agency Selects New Astronaut Candidates

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EDITORIALS

Not As Bad As It Seems

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EDITORIALS

Block the Thomson/Carlyle-LTV Deal

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