Sep 23 1992
From The Space Library
A pinched piece of rubber filler-not a faulty 0-ring seal-caused a leak in a Solid Rocket Booster being readied for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, NASA said. The booster's three 0-rings seals were in good condition. (AP, Sept 24/92; UPN, Sept 24/92; W Times, Sept 25/92)
NASA announced that congressionally imposed funding limits for Space Station Freedom would delay its full operation by about nine months. Under a revised schedule, NASA would begin launching parts of the Space Station in March 1996, a four-month delay. The station would be ready for limited astronaut use in June 1997 and for full astronaut use in June 2000, a nine-month delay. (Space News, Sept 28-October 4/92)
NASA announced that more than 200 scientists from 13 countries were participating in a science expedition, spearheaded by NASA, to investigate newly discovered concentrations of harmful ozone over large regions of southern Africa and Brazil. The ozone pollution was recently uncovered by satellite analysis. (NASA Release 92-155)
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