May 27 1992
From The Space Library
Three U.S. scientists, including one from NASA's Ames Research Center, completed the first joint U.S./Russian Antarctic expedition since the breakup of the former Soviet Union. The purpose of the expedition was to investigate the physical, chemical, and biological properties of ice-covered lakes in the Bunger Hills Oasis of East Antarctica. This was the first time U.S. scientists had explored these lakes, which are near a Russian research station. (NASA Release 92-73)
Nearly 300 atmospheric researchers were scheduled convene to study the effect of clouds on global climate in an international cooperative experiment. With NASA as the coordinating agency, scientists from over 50 research institutions in the United States and seven other countries would employ the combined measurements from land, sea, air, and space platforms. The project was to be based in the Azores and Madeira Islands of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. (NASA Release 92-74)
NASA announced that an exotic mix of materials and equipment would be exposed to the unique conditions of microgravity during Space Shuttle Columbia's 13-day mission scheduled for June 1992. The flight would be NASA's longest Shuttle mission and was the first of a series of missions leading to 90-day assignments aboard the planned Space Station Freedom. Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar and three scientists were scheduled to spend most of their time in the pressurized Spacelab module in Columbia's cargo bay. (USA Today, May 27/92)
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