Jan 25 1995
From The Space Library
A Chinese Long March 2E rocket carrying a telecommunications satellite exploded and crashed to Earth moments after launch, a setback to 62S space ambitions of China and major global broadcasters. The Apstar 2 satellite, built by Hughes Aircraft, would have provided television, telephone, and digital communications to a vast swath of Asia, Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Australia. (W Post, Jan 26/95; USA Today, Jan 26/95; Xinhua News Agency, Jan 26/95; Reuters, Jan 26/95; AP, Jan 25/95; UPI, Jan 25/95; WSJ, Jan 27/95; LA Times, Jan 27/95; CSM, Jan 27/95)
Scientists at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California said that they had developed a $14 million wing panel that would help them devise cheaper and more efficient ways to operate supersonic aircraft. The experimental panel was to be used in laminar airflow tests to search for ways to reduce aerodynamic drag and fuel consumption under NASA's High Speed Research program. Tests were scheduled on modified versions of the U.S. Air Force's F-16XL and Russia's TU-144 supersonic trans-port. (Antelope Valley Press, Jan/95; Bakersfield Californian, Jan 25/95; Antelope Valley Daily News, Jan 29/95)
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