Sep 17 1991
From The Space Library
The media covered preparations of the Discovery crew for the first Shuttle night landing at Cape Canaveral, scheduled for September 18. As it developed, the bad weather forced a diversion of the Shuttle from Florida, and the actual landing occurred the night of September 18 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Reportedly, preliminary findings were that the Shuttle was in good shape after its landing. (USA Today, Sep 17/91; AP, Sep 17/91; UPI, Sep 17/91; W Times, Sep 18/91; USA Today, Sep 18/91; W Post, Sep 18/91; C Trin, Sep 18/91; AP, Sep 18/91; UPI, Sep 18/91; P Inq, Sep 19/91; NY Times, Sep 19/91; W Times, Sep 19/91; WSJ, Sep 19/91; W Post, Sep 19/91; USA Today, Sep 19/91; LA Times, Sep 19/91; AP, Sep 19/91; B Sun, Sep 19/91)
AP reported, as quoted in the Washington Times, that the Soviet cosmonauts were waiting to return home, puzzled by home conditions. Their return was postponed after the Republic of Kazakhstan claimed ownership of the territory on which they were supposed to land. Furthermore, the Soviet space program was experiencing financial and administrative difficulties. (AP, Sep 17/91; W Times, Sep 17/91)
NASA announced the resignation for personal reasons of Deputy Administrator J.R. Thompson Jr., an internationally recognized propulsion expert, who served more than 25 years in NASA. (NASA Release 91-149; AP, Sep 17/91; W Post, Sep 18/91; Decatur Daily, Sep 18/91; Htsvl Tms, Sep 18/91; Birmingham News, Sep 18/91; NY Times, Sep 19/91; Birmingham Post-Herald, Sep 19/91; Av Wk, Sep 23/91)
President George Bush, speaking to school children over a NASA hook-up, said he would probably be rejected by NASA for a space launch because of his age, 67. (UPI, Sep 17/91; AP, Sep 17/91; W Times, Sep 18/91)
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