Feb 26 1993
From The Space Library
NASA reported that data from the U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon oceanographic indicated that the El Nino event off the western coast of South America was strengthening, which meant that the weather conditions associated with it were likely to continue. These conditions included wetter than normal weather in California, wetter and colder winters than normal in the eastern United States, and warmer and dryer summers than normal across the southern hemisphere. (NASA Release 93-39; B Sun, Feb 28/93)
NASA announced that Russian cosmonauts Colonel Vladimir G. Titov and Sergei K. Krikalev were scheduled to meet with the media for interviews on Tuesday, March 9. The two cosmonauts were training as mission specialists for Shuttle mission STS-60 set to be launched in late 1993. (NASA Editors Note N93-9)
Benson Edward Gammon, 76, a retired research scientist with NASA, died on February 24. Mr. Gammon worked with NASA and its predecessor agencies for 32 years. He served as chief of research and technology in the office of plans and program evaluation, where he worked on the proposal for a manned flight to Mars. (W Post, Feb 26/93)
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