Jan 17 1991
From The Space Library
NASA announced that the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) would resume experiments after four successful chemical releases in the past week. The releases should aid in studying the way that charged particles interact with the Earth's magnetic and electric fields by creating artificial auroras. (NASA Release 91-9; Time, Jan 21/91)
The Astro three ultraviolet and one x-ray telescopes carried by Columbia showed no traces of the decay processes of tiny invisible particles known as neutrinos, it was announced at the American Astronomical Society conference. These particles are connected with the Big Bang theory. (NY Times, Jan 18/91; W Post, Jan 18/91; LA Times, Jan 18/91; C Trin, Jan 20/91; CSM, Jan 23/91)
NASA tightened security measures at its key facilities in the United States in the wake of the Persian Gulf War and the possibilities of terrorist activity. (UPI, Jan 17/91)
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