May 4 1991
From The Space Library
The media reported that Discovery astronauts had succeeded in getting data from three scientific instruments to the ground by splicing wires and rearranging cables in a complicated operation. In this way, they bypassed the nonfunctioning recorders, based on procedures worked out from the ground. The astronauts earlier had performed additional tests involving fuel canisters hurled from the Shuttle. (AP, May 4/91; UPI, May 4/91; NY Times, May 4/91; C Trin, May 4/91; LA Times, May 4/91; NY Times, May 5/91; P Inq, May 5/91; W Post, May 5/91; CSM, May 6/91)
The wire services commemorated astronaut Alan B. Shepard's flight 30 years ago on May 5 as the first American in space. (AP, May 4/91; UPI, May 4/91)
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