August 10, 1992

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HEADLINE NEWS

Nasa/martin Marietta to Probe Failure of Atlantis Tethered Satellite Deployer

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER NASA and Martin Marietta will undertake an investigation of the tether and U. S. hardware that repeatedly balked in deploying an Italian satellite, leaving the Atlantis mission far short of its ambitious scientific goals.

By JAMES R. ASKER7 min

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McDonnell Douglas’ Earnings Plunge, Raising New Concerns About Future

‘We can’t be happy about the results we posted, but at least we were profitable in all our main operating areas’

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI5 min

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Bomber-launched Uav Under Study as Anti-armor Submunition Carrier

WASHINGTON The U. S. Air Force is studying the use of a joint-service, low-cost anti-armor weapon that can be carried in the hundreds by a single bomber and delivered to greatly separated parts of the battlefield from standoff range by a Mach 2.5 unmanned, aerial vehicle.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM3 min

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Russia Exploring Solar Sail Applications; Prototype Test Scheduled This Fall

KALININGRAD, RUSSIA Russia will test a prototype solar sail this year as the first step in an ambitious program aimed at using such sails for spacecraft propulsion and other applications. The prototype sail will be carried by a Progress cargo spacecraft scheduled for launch to the Mir 1 station in late October or early November.

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F-117 Crashes After Pilot Ejects Following Takeoff From Holloman

LOS ANGELES An Air Force F-117 attack aircraft crashed Aug. 4 in a sparsely populated area shortly after a nighttime takeoff from Holloman AFB, N. M. The accident was the fourth involving an F-117, and the first since the stealth aircraft was publicly unveiled at Nellis AFB, Nev., in April, 1990, according to Air Force officials.

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Esa Rescues Eureca From Low Orbit, Tests Payloads for 9-month Flight

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER The European Space Agency’s Eureca shuttle-deployed spacecraft was boosted from the low orbit following an aborted boost maneuver. Late last week, controllers at the European Space Operations Center (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, had executed a 29-min. burn to boost Eureca into a 507 × 473 km. orbit and were preparing to circularize the orbit.

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Dlr Opens Advanced Facility for Studying Hypersonic Thrust

COLOGNE, GERMANY The German Research Establishment (DLR) has introduced Europe’s most advanced facility for understanding hypersonic thrust, but how much money will be allocated to keep it running is a question that only Bonn’s budget cutters can answer.

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