Apr 9 1991
From The Space Library
Ross and Apt made a second spacewalk, this one of six hours, testing a cart running on a monorail along one side of the Shuttle's cargo bay. They also tested different manual, mechanical, and electrical systems for moving safely and efficiently in weightlessness. (LA Times, Apr 9/91; B Sun, Apr 9/91; W Post, Apr 9/91; NY Times, Apr 9/91; W Times, Apr 9/91; USA Today, Apr 9/91; P Inq, Apr 9/91; AP, Apr 9/91; UPI, Apr 9/91)
Astronomers Joss Bland-Hawthorn of Rice University, Andrew S. Wilson of the University of Maryland, and R. Brent Tully of the University of Hawaii, using the telescope atop Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii have found a huge object. It might be a "supermassive black hole," but if so it would be more than 100 million times larger than the largest black hole thought to exist. It might also be a dead or dormant quasar. Astronomers hoped that the Gamma Ray Observatory of Atlantis would help to resolve the mystery. (NY Times, Apr 9/91; AP, Apr 9/91; P Inq, Apr 10/91; W Post, Apr 10/91; USA Today, Apr 10/91; UPI, Apr 10/91; LA Times, Apr 15/91)
Former astronaut Michael Collins in his new hook, Mission to Mars, said that he believed homosexuals should he barred from space exploration because they would be likely to create interpersonal problems. NASA never considered sexual orientation in hiring. (AP, Apr 9/91; Long Beach Press Telegram, Apr 9/91)
Peenemunde, Germany was the place where the first self-propelled rocket left the Earth's atmosphere. This occurred on October 3, 1942 when the Nazis launched a 5 1/2 ton V-2 rocket to a height of more than 50 miles. A muse-um was scheduled to open on the site. (LA Times, Apr 9/91)
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