Mar 30 1993
From The Space Library
NASA announced that it had awarded a contract to Hughes Applied Information System. Inc., Seabrook, Maryland, to design, develop, integrate, maintain, and operate the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Core System. The system would support the acquisition, processing, archiving, and distribution of data from U.S. Earth-observing spacecraft. NASA estimated that thousands of scientists around the world would eventually study and analyze data provided by the new system. (NASA Release 93-56; W Post, Apr 1/93)
NASA announced that the Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, and California wine growers would use aerial and satellite images to battle an insect problem encountered by California's wine industry. Sensitive electronic scanners on aircraft and satellites would help a group from government, industry, and several universities map and analyze root louse damage in northern California's wine growing region this summer. (NASA Release 93-55; UPI, Mar 31/93; SF Chron, Mar 31/93; P Inq, May 2/93)
A Delta 2 rocket successfully ejected a television-size satellite on 12 and 1/2 miles of cord. The experiment demonstrated that tethers could be used to deploy small payloads in space, NASA said. The tether, which was thin as a kite string, dangled the 57-pound box for 90 minutes at an altitude of 450 feet. (W Post, Mar 31/93; NY Times, Mar 31/93; P Inq, Mar 31/93)
NASA announced that the Space Shuttle Discovery would be sent on its eight-day atmospheric research mission next week, pushing Columbia's German-sponsored science flight into late April. The Columbia was scheduled for launch April 24. (UPI, Mar 30/93; W Post, Mar 31/93; RTw, Mar 31/93)
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