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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 09/28/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:58:55 GMT

              KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 1992  10 AM


                 STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - LAUNCH PAD 39-B

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Open the payload bay doors.
          - Preparations to transfer the payloads into the payload bay.
          - Preparations to remove and replace main engine No. 3.
          - Evaluation of X-rays of the welds  in  the  engine  No.  1  aft
          manifold.
          - Check out of the booster hydraulic system.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Columbia arrived at Launch Pad 39-B Saturday morning.
          - Hot fired auxiliary power unit No. 1 Saturday night.
          - Removed heat shields around engine No. 3.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Launch Readiness Review Sept. 30.
          - STS-52 crew arrives at KSC on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test scheduled on Oct. 1-2.
          - Flight Readiness Review Oct. 6.
          - Launch targeted for third week of October.


                     STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          -  Preparations  to  install  the left orbital maneuvering system
          pod.
          - Tests of the flight control system.
          - Purging the main propulsion helium system.


                 MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Disconnecting the radiators for inspections.
          - Preparations to remove the  right  orbital  maneuvering  system
          (OMS) pod.
          - Auxiliary power unit leak and functional tests.
          - Checks of the left OMS pod.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          -  Ferry  Atlantis  to  the  Rockwell  International  facility in
          Palmdale, Calif. on October 17 for extensive modifications.


                     STS-54/TDRS-F - ENDEAVOUR (105) - OPF BAY 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Removing the main engine heat shields.
          - Auxiliary power units water deservicing.
          - Post-flight inspections and tests.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Removed the Spacelab-J payload from the orbiter.


                STS-53 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS/ MLP-1 - VAB HIGH BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Transfer of the right forward segment to VAB for mate.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Successfully mated the right  forward  center  segment  to  the
          right  aft  center segment.  A successful leak check of the field
          joint was conducted yesterday.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 10/01/92 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:23:26 GMT

              KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1992  10 AM


                 STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - LAUNCH PAD 39-B

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test began at 8  a.m.  at  the
          T-24 hour mark.
          - Preparations to replace main engine No.  3 acceptable wind con-
          ditions at the pad.
          - STS-52 flight crew to perform  sharp  edge  inspection  of  the
          payload bay and  practice emergency escape procedures at the pad.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Calibrated the inertial measurement units.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          -  Terminal  Countdown Demonstration Test T-0 tomorrow at 11 a.m.
          EDT.
          - Flight Readiness Review Oct. 6.
          - Launch targeted for October 22.


                     STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Interface verification testing of the left orbital  maneuvering
          system (OMS) pod.
          - Check out of the body flap.
          - Tests of the waste collection system.
          - Tests of the flight control system.
          - Communications testing.
          - Final payload bay cleaning.


                 MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Preparations to install the simulator OMS pods.
          - Auxiliary power unit leak and functional tests.
          - Preparations to install the left hand fixed radiators.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Installed the fuel cell simulators.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          -  Ferry  Atlantis  to  the  Rockwell  International  facility in
          Palmdale, Calif. on October 17 for extensive modifications.

                     STS-54/TDRS-F - ENDEAVOUR (105) - OPF BAY 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Removing the Spacelab-J tunnel adapter and extension.
          - Removing the main engine heat shields.
          - Post-flight inspections and tests.
          - Polishing the windows.
          - Preparations to offload residual hypergolic propellants.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Removed the chin panel for inspections.


                STS-53 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS/ MLP-1 - VAB HIGH BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Attaching the right forward assembly/nose cone to booster.
          - Joint close outs.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Successfully mated the right forward center segment last night.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Preparing the left aft center segment for mating  to  the  left
          booster.
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From: pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu (Patrick S. Golden)
Subject: NASA Langley Open House
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Hampton)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:23:09 GMT


NASA Langley Open House October 17, 1992

The public is invited to help NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, 
Va. celebrate its 75th anniversary with an open house  Saturday October 
17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Visitors will see dynamic flight simulators, tour 
real wind tunnels where future aircraft concepts are being tested, see the 
futuristic HL-20 "space taxi," see a dozen different displays, including 
space exploration, future cockpit and windshear avoidance, and see 
laboratories for structures, acoustics, robotics and more.  Come to the 
birthplace of America's aeronautics and space programs and see the 
facilities that have put Langley in the forefront of aerospace technology for 
75 years.  Admission if free.
-- 
|-------------------------------|
|++Patrick Golden++             | 
|Virginia Space Grant Consortium| 
|Hampton, VA  23666             |
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From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: WARNING: Potential Geomagnetic Storm Warning - High Risk
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Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 07:24:49 GMT

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                     POTENTIAL GEOMAGNETIC STORM WARNING

                        ISSUED: 06:30 UT, 29 SEPTEMBER

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\


    HIGH RISK PERIOD:  29 Sep - 01 Oct (UT days)
MODERATE RISK PERIOD:  29 Sep - 30 Sep

POTENTIAL LOW-MIDDLE LATITUDE STORM INTENSITY:  MAJOR
      POTENTIAL HIGH LATITUDE STORM INTENSITY:  MAJOR

      POTENTIAL DURATION OF GEOMAGNETIC STORM:  24 TO 72 HOURS

POTENTIAL PEAK LOW-MIDDLE LATITUDE K-INDEX VALUES:  7
      POTENTIAL PEAK HIGH LATITUDE K-INDEX VALUES:  8

   POTENTIAL FOR LOW LATITUDE HF DEGRADATION:  MODERATE TO HIGH
        POTENTIAL SEVERITY OF HF DEGRADATION:  MINOR
          EXPECTED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS:  MOSTLY FAIR

POTENTIAL FOR MIDDLE LATITUDE HF DEGRADATION:  MODERATE TO HIGH
        POTENTIAL SEVERITY OF HF DEGRADATION:  MAJOR
          EXPECTED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS:  FAIR TO VERY POOR

  POTENTIAL FOR HIGH LATITUDE HF DEGRADATION:  HIGH
        POTENTIAL SEVERITY OF HF DEGRADATION:  MAJOR
          EXPECTED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS:  POOR TO COMPLETE ABSORPTION

POTENTIAL RISK FOR GEOSYNCHRONOUS MAGNETOPAUSE CROSSINGS:  60 %

SUSPECTED SOURCE OF OBSERVED/EXPECTED ACTIVITY: Well placed coronal hole.


---------------------------------       ---------------------------------
EST. POTENTIAL GEOMAGNETIC IMPACT       EST. POTENTIAL IONOSPHERIC IMPACT
---------------------------------       ---------------------------------
       SEVERE STORM : 35 %                 LOW LATITUDES : MINOR
        MAJOR STORM : 30 %              MIDDLE LATITUDES : MAJOR
        MINOR STORM : 30 %                HIGH LATITUDES : MAJOR
     ACTIVE OR LESS :  5 %               POLAR LATITUDES : MAJOR
---------------------------------       ---------------------------------
 PROBABLE SI ASSOCIATION : NONE       ESTIMATED GLOBAL IMPACT: MINOR - MAJOR


PREDICTED PLANETARY GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FOR 29-30 SEPTEMBER
------------------------------------------------------------

PEAK PLANETARY (24-HOUR) A-INDEX: 60 (MINOR STORM)


**  End of Warning  **
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan Update - 10/02/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 15:45:53 GMT

Forwarded from the Magellan Project

                        MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                           October 2, 1992

1.  Magellan continues to operate normally, performing a
    starcal (star calibration) and desat (desaturation
    of the reaction wheels) on every orbit and transmitting
    a good signal to the DSN (Deep Space Network) stations
    for gravity data collection.

2.  The transmitter continues to peak at 55 degrees C, with a
    thermal cycle of 1.4 deg.

3.  The present mode of operation will continue through the
    end of Cycle 4 on May 15, 1993.

4.  Software Interface Specifications (SIS) have been made for
    all digitized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and altimetry
    data products.  SISs are detailed instructions for users
    of digitized data products including optical disks and
    CDs.

5.  As part of the special visitor activities surrounding the
    Mars Observer launch, Dr. R.  Stephen Saunders, the
    Magellan Project Scientist; Craig Leff, the Magellan
    Science Data Coordinator; and Dave Doody, the Mission
    Control Team Deputy Team Chief gave presentations about
    the Magellan mission and its findings.

6.  Tommy Thompson presented a "Brown Bag" Seminar on "Radar
    Studies of the Moon," describing earth-based radar
    observations and how they related to Venus radar studies.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Einstein's brain is stored
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | in a mason jar in a lab
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | in Wichita, Kansas.
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Ulysses Update - 10/06/92
Keywords: Ulysses, JPL, ESA
Date: 6 Oct 92 07:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

Forwarded from:
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011

                     ULYSSES MISSION STATUS
                         October 6, 1992

     On the second anniversary of Ulysses' launch from Kennedy
Space Center, the spacecraft and all science operations are
continuing normally.  

     The spacecraft is about 564 million miles (907 million
kilometers) from Earth, traveling at a heliocentric velocity of
about 77,000 miles per hour (122,000 kilometers per hour).  A
reduction in the number of ranging passes continued during this
reporting period to improve the spacecraft signal.  The 34-meter
(111-foot) ground stations are in use to support flight
operations, with at least one 70-meter (230-foot) station pass
per week to support ranging.  Today Ulysses is 11 degrees south
of the ecliptic plane. 

     Routine Earth-pointing maneuvers were last conducted on Oct.
1 and 4.  The next set of maneuvers are scheduled for Oct. 7 and
10.

     Heavy rains at the Madrid, Spain tracking station caused
some telemetry data loss during the last week of September.  A
communications problem at the Goldstone tracking station also
resulted in about 90 minutes of lost data that week.  

     All data-gathering operations and experiment
reconfigurations continue to be carried out as required.

                              #####
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Einstein's brain is stored
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | in a mason jar in a lab
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | in Wichita, Kansas.
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Message from Charles Redmond, NASA Daily News Editor (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:23:02 GMT

I received the enclosed message from Charles Redmond, Editor of NASA's Daily
News, which I redistribute to this group.  As many of you noticed last week,
there were several factual errors in the NASA Daily News.  Charles received
a lot of mail on the subject, and this is his response.  Your understanding
and sympathy in the matter is appreciated.

							-Peter Yee
							yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov

From: credmond <credmond@nasamail.nasa.gov>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 05:55 PDT
Subject: RE: Re: That Canadian astronaut

Well, sometimes it seems better to admit failure and get on with it.

I was extraordinarily preoccupied Wed, Thur and Fri of last week - a
dear friend of mine recently had a most profound set of unfortunate
circumstances befall him and was through town on his way to a new
life on Nantucket Island.  I suppose my haste to get home to tend to
his bruised psyche allowed me to review my own work at a lower quality
level than would have been normal.  In fact, on Friday, I told him that
my afternoon's off were beginning to have a toll on the accuracy of
my work - what a coincidental thought that was given the Friday afternoon
traffic on the subject of accuracy.  Anyway - I have proven to my
own satisfaction that a diverted mind is close to the same thing as
no mind.  I will return to the days of "plug in brain before opening
mouth (so to speak).  Please post this if you feel you need a 
broader blanket response.  Otherwise, we can chalk this up to a
couple of weak moments on my part and note that the audience for this
stuff is not only voracious but will accept nothing less than perfection.

Whew - glad last week is over, frankly.

chas redmond
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 10/02/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 15:47:23 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                         MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                              October 2, 1992
                                1:30 PM PDT
                               Launch +7 Days

The Mars Observer spacecraft is on a nominal trajectory for cruise to
Mars.

The Flight Sequence C1 C load continues to clock out as planned. After
powering on Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) and Magnetometer/Electron
Reflectometer (MAG) instruments yesterday, the Pressure Modulator Infrared
Radiometer (PMIRR) was powered on today in order to open the aperture and
radiator doors to prepare for future operation.  PMIRR is scheduled to be
powered off today.  The magnetometer is scheduled to be powered off on
Tuesday, October 6th.  GRS is to remain on through end of mission.

However, the GRS RAM load attempted yesterday experienced difficulties
and has not yet been completed.  Management, instrument, and spacecraft
engineers are planning to retry the GRS RAM load this afternoon, with hard
restart of the GRS an option to be considered.

An expected momentum unloading event occurred last evening.

The Celestial Sensor Assembly "B" side continues to be in use.  Teams are
continuing their investigation of what may have caused slit 3 on the A
side to have seen false star transits Wednesday.

Upcoming events include a command to power on a MAG heater, and to test
an injector heater.

As of 11:00 AM PDT this morning, the spacecraft status, as reported by
the Spacecraft Team, is that all subsystems are go.

This status will be updated Monday, October 5th at 11:00 AM PDT, or
sooner if events require.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Einstein's brain is stored
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | in a mason jar in a lab
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | in Wichita, Kansas.

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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: STS-47 Spacelab-J crew postflight press conference set [NTE 92-85] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:58:32 GMT

Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/453-8536)                                   September 28, 1992

Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111)


EDITORS NOTE:  N92-85

STS-47 SPACELAB-J CREW POSTFLIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE SET


	The STS-47 crew postflight press conference will be held on Tuesday,
Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. EDT at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, in Building 2,
Room 135.

	Crew members will narrate film highlights of their spacelab mission to
study life sciences and materials research in cooperation with the National
Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).  The briefing will be carried on
NASA Select television with two-way audio for questions from NASA
Headquarters and centers.

	Japanese Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri and Kazuhiko Yoneyama,
Deputy Executive Director of the FMPT (Spacelab-J), NASDA, will brief
Japanese news media at 1 p.m.  This briefing will be in Japanese and will not
be carried on NASA Select television.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Asteroid Toutatis Closes In On Earth
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 05:20:59 GMT

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                 October 5, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

Jim Doyle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone:  818/354-5011)

RELEASE:  92-164

ASTEROID'S ORBIT "CLOSES IN" ON EARTH

     One of the largest near-Earth objects, an asteroid named
"Toutatis," will make a close Earth approach on Dec. 8, 1992,
passing by at about 2.2 million miles (3.6 million kilometers)
distance.

     Dr. Donald Yeomans, Head of the Near Earth Object Center
at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., said
the object, formally known as Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, passes
Earth less than one degree above Earth's orbital plane every 4
years, making it an excellent object for study.  The asteroid,
at 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) diameter, is one of the largest to
cross the Earth's orbit on a regular basis.

     Yeomans said the ground-based viewing conditions will be
excellent for infrared optical and radar observations just
before, during and well after the close Earth passage, and he
notes that astronomers in many areas of the world
simultaneously will study the body using several different
techniques.

     Toutatis again will make close Earth approaches in 1996
and 2000.  In 2004, it will come as close as about four Earth-
Moon distances or about a million miles (about 1.6 million
kilometers).  Its orbit takes it almost to the distance of
Jupiter's orbit before the sun's gravitational attraction
pulls it back.

     The approach of Toutatis this year and the one in 2004
represent the two closest Earth passages of any known asteroid
for the next 30 years, said Yeomans.

     Toutatis was discovered Jan. 4, 1989, by Astronomer
Christian Pollas at Caussols, France, and was named after a
Gallic deity called "protector of the tribe."

- end -
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Einstein's brain is stored
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | in a mason jar in a lab
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | in Wichita, Kansas.

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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronaut John Young honored for 30 years service [Release 92-160] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:59:23 GMT

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                                 
      October 1, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-8400)

RELEASE:  92-160

ASTRONAUT JOHN YOUNG HONORED FOR 30 YEARS SERVICE

        Astronaut John Young was awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership 
Medal today by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin in a ceremony at NASA 
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

        "Today we're here to honor one of NASA's finest and an authentic 
American hero if there ever was one," Goldin said.  "John Young first became an
astronaut 30 years ago - September 1962 - back in the days when we were still
flying Mercury spacecraft.  He had the right stuff back before we even had a
name for it."

         " His first flight in space was with Gus Grissom aboard the very 
first Gemini flight," Goldin continued.  "Later he flew with Mike Collins on
Gemini 10.  In 1969, John made his first trip to the Moon aboard Apollo 10 and
returned three years later to become part of the world's most elite fraternity:
one of the 12 men to walk on the Moon."  

        "For most people, that would have been enough accomplishment for one 
lifetime.  But not John.  He waited almost a decade, then became the ultimate 
test pilot by taking the Space Shuttle for its first flight into space.  In
1983, he set a new record as the first man to make 6 flights into space."

        Young, 62, currently serves as Special Assistant to the Director of 
the Johnson Space Center, Houston, for Engineering, Operations and Safety.
Prior to this assignment, he was Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974 to
1987.  During this period astronaut crews participated in the Apollo-Soyuz
joint American-Russian docking mission, the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing
Test program and 25 Space Shuttle flights.

        In addition to the Outstanding Leadership Medal, Young is the 
recipient of the Space Congressional Medal of Honor, 3 NASA Distinguished
Service medals and 70 other major awards.  He also has been inducted into the
National Aviation Hall of Fame.
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