Jul 22 1991
From The Space Library
NASA announced that seven of its sounding rockets would be part of an international campaign to study polar Noctilucent Clouds, the highest and coldest clouds on Earth, from Kiruna, Sweden, July 25 through August 12, 1991. (NASA Release 91-115)
The media covered the final countdown preparations of the astronauts for the scheduled launch of Atlantis on July 24. Mission managers were satisfied with the completion of all necessary repairs. Then a storm on July 23 threatened to delay the blastoff, followed by the discovery early the morning of July 24 of trouble with a critical main engine computer. The discovery forced launch cancellation and postponement of the flight by at least one week to install a new unit. UPI reported on repair efforts and attempts to discover the source of the problem. (AP, Jul 22/91; C Trin, Jul 22/91; LA Times, Jul 22/91; AP, Jul 23/91; UPI, Jul 23/91; NY Times, Jul 24/91; USA Today, Jul 24/91; W Post, Jul 24/91; W Times, Jul 24/91; AP, Jul 24/91; LA Times, Jul 24/91; CSM, Jul 24/91; UPI, Jul 24/91; W Post, Jul 25/91; P Inq, Jul 25/91; W Times, Jul 25/91; NY Times, Jul 25/91; AP, 25 Jul/91; UPI, 25 Jul 91)
The Huntsville Times quoted Aerospace America as saying that Soviet officials confirmed reports that the Soviet military was preparing a manned space fighter with a crew of two to use against the U.S. Space Shuttle. The story cited a visit by General Dynamics technology analyst Richard Ward with Soviet designers. (Htsvl Tms, Jul 22/91)
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