News from the Cape

Article Abstract:

The Orbiter Processing Facility hangar will be used for the seven-day flight of Discovery space shuttle. Meanwhile, 400 Kennedy Space Center employees have been laid off due to NASA budget cuts. About 300 of the employees are from Lockheed Space Operations Co.

author: Banke, Jim
Publisher: National Space Society
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1991
Airports, flying fields, & services, Research, Finance, Employment, Aerospace industry, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Discovery (Spacecraft), United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Spacelab Project, Lockheed Martin Corp. Lockheed Martin Space Operations

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News from the Cape

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The 'Space Mirror,' a monument commemorating 15 astronauts who have died, was dedicated at the Kennedy Space Center on May 9, 1991. An analysis of launches from Cape Kennedy is presented.

author: Banke, Jim
Publisher: National Space Society
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1991
Discovery and exploration, Outer space, Space exploration, Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Monuments, Astronauts

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News from the Cape

Article Abstract:

Summer 1991 at the Kennedy Space Center was characterized by several successful launches, some failures, and an opportunity to review the future of space station operations.

author: Banke, Jim
Publisher: National Space Society
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1991
Management, Reports, Space shuttles, Atlantis (Spacecraft), Columbia (Spacecraft), Space shuttle launching

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