October 1990
From The Space Library
Photographs sent back from the Magellan spacecraft since September 15 were 10 times sharper than any seen before. The images "revealed a whole new planet" and "almost everywhere you look on Venus you see volcanic features," said scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. (CSM, Oct 25/90)
United States and Soviet space and aeronautics officials planned three separate meetings for October to visit U.S.S.R. space facilities. A U.S./U.S.S.R. Solar System Exploration Joint Working Group meeting was also planned for October in Virginia, where the group would visit NASA's aeronautics centers. (NASA Release 90-138)
NASA selected ST Systems Corporation for negotiation to a five-year, $37 million contract for operation and analysis support for Goddard's National Space Science Data Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. NASA also awarded CBI Services, Inc. a $28.2 million contract for work on Ames Research Center's 12-foot pressure wind tunnel. (NASA Release C90-dd; C 90-ee)
NASA announced in October that its expertise in structural mechanics, design optimization, and computer codes was finding application in orthopedic science in the custom design of prosthetic joint implants. Similar development of a computer code, said experts, would allow implants a life span increase from an average of 7 years to 20 years while providing less discomfort to the patient. (NASA Release 90-142)
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