Feb 3 1993
From The Space Library
NASA added a spacewalk to Space Shuttle mission STS-51 aboard Discovery, set for launch in July. The spacewalk would continue extravehicular activity tests that began with the addition of a spacewalk to NASA's first Shuttle flight in January of this year. (NASA Release 93-21)
Joseph George Sobala, 60, a retired chief of the communications systems branch of NASA, died of cancer January 29 at his home in Washington, DC.
Mr. Sobala joined NASA in 1963 at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. In 1977, he moved to NASA Headquarters as communications program manager; he was later promoted to the position of chief of the communications systems branch, a post he held at the time of his retirement on January 25. (W Post, Feb 3/93)
Callers jammed switchboards at Cape Canaveral, Florida, reporting that a fiery object had lit up the night sky over the Southeast. People in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee reported seeing an object streak across the sky about 10 p.m. Tuesday. Some observers said the object hit the ground and exploded. NASA confirmed that it had launched a navigation satellite at that time, but the boosters fell into the Atlantic Ocean as planned, said Gary Peltier, a spokesman at Cape Canaveral. (AP, Feb 3/93; B Sun, Feb 4/93)
NASA appeared to be receiving little attention from the Clinton administration. Neither administration representatives nor NASA officials were present when a House subcommittee held the first of at least 10 hearings planned for this year to set space program priorities. Meanwhile, the White House had no comment on whether it would retain Daniel S. Goldin as NASA Administrator or choose a new head. (0 Sen Star, Feb 3/93)
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