Apr 10 1991
From The Space Library
Atlantis made six passes by Soviet Space Station Mir as it prepared to land. The astronauts finished experiments and tested a manual system for chasing down targets in orbit. (P Inq, Apr 10/91; W Times, Apr 10/91; B Sun, Apr 10/91; USA Today, Apr 10/91; NY Times, Apr 10/91; LA Times, Apr 10/91; C Trib, Apr 10/91; AP, Apr 10/91; UPI, Apr 10/91)
NASA announced the naming of astronaut Colonel Guy S. Gardner as Commandant of the U.S.AF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He was to leave the astronaut corps in June 1991 to assume his new post, which is part of the Air Force Systems Command. (NASA Release 91-52)
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