From: kd2bd@ka2qhd.de.com (John Magliacane)
Subject: * SpaceNews 19-Oct-92 *
To: sci-space-news@rutgers.edu
Followup-To: sci.space
Keywords: NASA Cutbacks, Russian/US Space Agreement, FO-20 Sched, STS-52 News
Organization: ka2qhd - Ocean NJ
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 00:35:20 GMT



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* SpaceNews 19-Oct-92 *

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                       MONDAY OCTOBER 19, 1992


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* NASA CUTBACKS *
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The NASA Langley Research Center received a notice on 02-Oct-92
that NASA intends to shutdown NUMBUS-7, ERBS, NOAA-9 and NOAA-10
in December in an effort to save about 15 million dollars.

This cutback will curtail the following experiments:

 * Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II  (SAM II)

 * Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBS) (3)

 * Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II)

[Info via Mike Rowland @ NASA Langley Research Center]


* RUSSIAN/US SPACE AGREEMENT *
==============================
NASA and the Russian Space Agency (RSA) have signed two cooperative
agreements in Moscow, in the areas of human space flight and Mars
exploration.

The Human Space Flight Agreement outlines the flight details of a
Russian cosmonaut on the U.S. Space Shuttle, the flight of a U.S. astronaut
on the Russian Mir Space Station and a joint mission including the rendezvous
and docking of the Space Shuttle with the Mir Space Station.

An experienced cosmonaut will fly aboard the STS-60 Space Shuttle
mission, scheduled for launch in November 1993.  RSA has nominated Col.
Vladimir G. Titov and Sergei K. Krikalev as the two cosmonauts who will
undergo mission specialist training.

A NASA astronaut will fly on a long-duration (more than 90 days) Mir
Space Station flight.  The flight's timing will coincide with a Shuttle
docking flight in 1995.  The astronaut will be flown to the Mir on a Soyuz
spacecraft.  The astronaut's duties will focus on science, particularly life
sciences, as well as engineering and operational objectives.

Two NASA astronauts will receive full cosmonaut training with their
cosmonaut crewmates at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Facility "Star
City" near Moscow.  They will begin training no later than 12 months prior
to the agreed flight date.  One astronaut will be selected as the prime
crewmember and the other will be designated backup crewmember.

NASA will transport two cosmonauts in the Space Shuttle to replace the
two cosmonauts on board Mir.  Life sciences experiments, involving the NASA
astronaut and the two cosmonauts on board the Mir, will be conducted while
the Shuttle and Mir are docked.  The NASA astronaut and the two cosmonauts
who have been on the Mir will be returned in the Shuttle to the United States
for continued post-flight life sciences experiments.

The primary objective of the joint Mars mission is to carry out further joint
exploration of planet Mars in conjunction with the Russian Mars '94 mission.
This may provide the opportunity for U.S. scientific instruments to be carried
aboard the Russian spacecraft.  This cooperation could significantly enhance
the present Mars '94 mission and provide critical data for future human and
robotic Mars missions.

One U.S. instrument is the Soil Magnetic Properties Experiment, and
the other is the Soil Reactivity/Composition Experiment.  These will
enable scientists to characterize the Martian physical and chemical
surface environment.

The soil magnetic properties experiment will use a magnet to collect
and measure the magnetic minerals in the Martian soil.  The soil
reaction/composition experiment will provide chemical information about
the volatile components in the Martian soil.

[Info via Debra J. Rahn and Ron Baalke @ NASA]


* FO-20 SKED *
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The latest Mode JA analog transponder schedule is as follows:

21-Oct-92 01:15 UTC -to- 22-Oct-92 01:35 UTC
28-Oct-92 01:40 UTC -to- 29-Oct-92 02:00 UTC

[Info via Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK]


* STS-52 NEWS *
===============
Here are the prelaunch predicted elements for STS-52.  This mission is
presently scheduled for launch on Thursday, October 22 between 1116 and 1421
EDT (1516 and 1821 UTC), with a nominal landing at KSC on Sunday, November 1
at 0702 EST (1202 UTC).

STS-52
1 99999U 92999  A 92296.68669561 0.00064000           25599-3 0    25
2 99999  28.4722  91.7218 0004167 267.1332  92.8416 15.91121437    28

[Info via Gary Morris, KK6YB]


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