Sep 15 1987
From The Space Library
Two firms, General Dynamics, San Diego, California, and Martin Marietta, New Orleans, Louisiana, were chosen by NASA for liquid-fueled rocket booster design studies. The liquid-fueled rocket boosters could be used on the Space Shuttle and future launch vehicles. (NASA Release 87-138; H Chron, Sept 17/87)
NASA selected five crew members for STS-27, a Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission. The five crew members, scheduled for launch on Atlantis in early fall 1988, included Robert L. Gibson (Cdr., USN), Commander; Guy S. Gardner (Lt. Col., USAF), Pilot; and Mission Specialists Richard M. Mullane (Col., USAF), Jerry L. Ross (Lt. Col., USAF), and William M. Shepherd, (Cdr., USN). (NASA Release 87-139; LA Times, Sept 16/87; USA Today, Sept 16/87)
A 15-story high Ariane 3 rocket, carrying two communications satellites, was launched into an Earth orbit from Kourou, French Guiana. The successful launch marked the reentry of Western Europe into the commercial utilization of space after a 16-month hiatus. (LA Times, Sept 16/87; NY Times, Sept 16/87)
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