Jul 2 1991
From The Space Library
The media reported on NASA's plans to install corrective lenses on the Hubble Space Telescope in order to correct the faulty lens and at the same time to make other repairs. Details remained to be announced. (AP, Jul 2/91; NY Times, Jul 3/91; W Times, Jul 3/91)
NASA announced that as a result of the huge outpouring of volcanic material from Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, a research team of NASA atmospheric scientists was being sent to the West Indian island of Barbados to gather data to help evaluate the global atmospheric effects of this event. Several NASA scientists subsequently commented on Pinatubo's plume and its spreading. (NASA Release 91-103; W Post, Jul 8/91)
According to the media, spacecraft Galileo successfully fired its thrusters to alter its course, enabling it to flyby the asteroid Gaspra on October 29. (AP, Jul 2/91; UPI, Jul 2/91; USA Today, Jul 3/91)
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