Sep 11 1995
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A 600 pound, solar power aircraft named Pathfinder set a new altitude record of 50,500 feet. The remotely-controlled vehicle is being evaluated by NASA and industry for environmental sampling missions. (NASA Release 95-152; Av Wk, Sep 18/95 & Sep 25/95)
NASA engineers are investigating technologies to be used on an inexpensive "lifeboat," X-35, for the International Space Station's crew. (Av Wk, Sep 11/95 & Dec 18/95)
NASA managers have drawn up plans to furlough up to 92 percent of the Agency's 21,500-member workforce if the Federal government runs out of money on October 1. (Space News, Sep 11/95)
Last month, the Russians declared their own version of bankruptcy by confiscating Rimsat's investment. The deal between an American company and Informcosmos had several Gorizont satellites in orbit in 1994, providing television and cellular networks in Asia. At issue is who owns the satellites. (Space News, Dec 11/95; WSJ, Sep 11/95)
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