Apr 19 1977
From The Space Library
The gyroscope malfunction [see Apr. 51 that delayed the launch of HEAO-A planned for Apr. 15 would postpone the launch until mid June or later, NASA reported. HEAO-A, which could observe the electromagnetic spectrum at altitudes inaccessible to ground-based observers, would seek out celestial x-ray sources. (NASA Release 77-83)
ASSESS 2 (airborne science/Spacelab experiment-system simulation), scheduled on May 16-26 at ARC, would simulate a Spacelab mission using NASA's flying laboratory Galileo 2 (a converted Convair-990 jet transport) to acquire data on earth resources, atmospheric pollution, and infrared astronomy. A mobile van would isolate the crew (mission specialist Karl Henize of JSC and four payload specialists Robert T. Menzies and David S. Billiu of JPL, and Claude Nicollier and Michael Taylor of ESA) when they were not flying. ASSESS 2 would also serve to rehearse Spacelab's joint NASA-ESA management. (NASA Release 77-80; ARC Release 77-21; MSFC Release 77-67)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
