March 6, 1995

March 6, 1995

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HEADLINE NEWS

MOON MISSION SET FOR 1997

By JAMES R. ASKER

HEADLINE NEWS

ENDEAVOUR BEGINS UV ASTRONOMY MISSION

By JAMES T. McKENNA

HEADLINE NEWS

NASA WEIGHS 5,900 JOB CUTS

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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MOON MISSION SET FOR 1997

NASA will select yet another low-cost planetary mission late this year. Two of the spacecraft being considered would return extraterrestrial samples to Earth

By JAMES R. ASKER

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ENDEAVOUR BEGINS UV ASTRONOMY MISSION

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER NASA set the stage for extensive studies of the universe's ultraviolet emissions with the successful launch of Endeavour, its seven astronauts and a $ 195-million astronomy payload on a planned record-setting flight.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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NASA WEIGHS 5,900 JOB CUTS

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER More than a dozen internal review teams have identified 5,900 jobs that could be cut from NASA's space shuttle program over the next several years to make shuttle operations more efficient without jeopardizing their safety, according the agency's head of spaceflight.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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TDRS ADDS CAPACITY

LOS ANGELES NASA'S new tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) design, awarded in February to Hughes Space and Communications Co., is to add KAband service to the existing S/Ku-band service provided by the current TRW TDRS constellation, and increase S-band capacity.
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CONTRACTORS PROPOSE LEASING FOR USAF

WASHINGTON Aerospace industry officials are examining new ways to finance the Pentagon's purchases of transport aircraft, in particular a lease-to-buy plan that would defer up-front purchase costs for three years or more. Such options are of interest because the Air Force is expected to release the official request for proposals (RFP) for the Non Developmental Airlift Aircraft (NDAA) in late March.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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AIR FORCE TO TRIM, NOT CLOSE, DEPOTS

WASHINGTON The Pentagon's fourth and perhaps final round of base closure recommendations under the current law calls for acrossthe-board reductions at U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance depots rather than consolidating operations at a few sites.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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LOCKHEED, PRATT TEST ASTOVL CONCEPT

An 86%-scale aircraft model is being evaluated with a shaft-coupled lift fan propulsion system developed by Pratt & Whitney, Allison and Rolls-Royce

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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CANADA SCALES BACK FIGHTER OPERATIONS

BOSTON The Canadian government is cutting another C$2.8 billion out of the defense budget over the next four years, and the Air Command sustained another 20% funding cut for the upcoming year as it prepares to prune CF-18 operations and retire its CF-5s.

By DAVID HUGHES

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CANADA KEEPS STATION ROLE WHILE CUTTING SPACE FUNDS

BOSTON The budget for the Canadian Space Agency is being cut by 15% over 10 years, but the head of the agency says only 5% will come out of the international space station effort so that Canada will be able to keep its commitments to NASA. Mac Evans, Canadian Space Agency president, said the budget cuts just announced by the government are not a cause for any concern about Canada's commitment to the international space station.
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NASA EVALUATES SEVEN RLV PROPOSALS

WASHINGTON NASA is evaluating seven proposals to develop two different reusable space launch vehicles, and hopes to name winners by the end of the month. For the larger reusable launch vehicle (RLV), the X-33, which could replace the space shuttle eventually, NASA received four proposals.
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