July 3, 1995

July 3, 1995

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HEADLINE NEWS

SHUTTLE MAKES HISTORIC MIR DOCKING

By JAMES T. McKENNA

HEADLINE NEWS

SHUTTLE DOCKING SYSTEM PERFORMS MANY TASKS

By JAMES R. ASKER

HEADLINE NEWS

SPEEDY FIX EYED FOR PEGASUS XL

By JAMES R. ASKER_

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SHUTTLE MAKES HISTORIC MIR DOCKING

Flawless linking of U.S., Russian spacecraft is first step toward building international space station as joint crews begin cooperative mission

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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SHUTTLE DOCKING SYSTEM PERFORMS MANY TASKS

WASHINGTON The Orbiter Docking System that connects Atlantis to Mir serves a variety of functions beyond being a tunnel to lead astronauts to a historic handshake with cosmonauts. Much of its design heritage is in the system that joined Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft 20 years ago, but the current system is considerably more robust.

By JAMES R. ASKER

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SPEEDY FIX EYED FOR PEGASUS XL

WASHINGTON The board reviewing the latest failure of a Pegasus XL space launch vehicle has just begun its work, but Orbital Sciences Corp. believes it may be able to resume flights quickly. Orbital officials say they have good telemetry and video from on board the vehicle.

By JAMES R. ASKER_

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CHINA PROMISES FIX FOR LM-2E FAIRING

HONG KONG China Great Wall Industry Corp. has reported that it will strengthen the fairing of its Long March 2E before resuming launches this fall, even though investigators have yet to say why the last LM-2E exploded. The assurances were given to EchoStar Communications Corp. of Englewood, Colo., which has contracted to launch the first two of its EchoStar direct-to-home broadcast satellites using the twostage LM-2E.

By MICHAEL MECHAM

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HIGH HOPES UNDERPIN LOCKHEED MARTIN PLAN

NEW YORK Lockheed Martin expects to reduce its overall cost structure by 10% during the next five years through a massive consolidation. The company should be significantly more competitive at the end of that period, when the U.S. defense procurement cycle likely will be turning up.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI

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HUGHES TO LEAD SEA SPARROW EFFORT

BOSTON A multinational team led by Hughes Aircraft has won the $ 154-million development contract for the international Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and anticipates a production decision near the turn of the century for 3,000 or more missiles worth in excess of $1 billion.

By DAVID HUGHES

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BUSINESS VERSION OF RJ WINS CERTIFICATION

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FALCON 900EX IN FLIGHT TEST

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MITSUBISHI FABRICATING GLOBAL EXPRESS WING

By DAVID HUGHES

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN INTEGRATES GULFSTREAM 5 WING SECTIONS

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