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When astronaut Michael Foale joined two cosmonauts aboard the Russian space station Mir in May, he expected to spend most of his time carrying out scientific experiments. It hasn't quite worked out that way. On June 25 an out-of-control supply ship slammed into Mir, knocking out power, ruining many of Foale's experiments and making the three spacefarers scramble to perform emergency repairs. Then, early last week, Russian commander Vasily Tsibliyev announced he was having heart problems. He couldn't perform the more extensive repairs the ship needed, and if NASA was willing, the Russian space agency...
MIAMI: SWAT teams surrounded a houseboat tonight some two miles from Gianni Versace's home after a caretaker surprised an intruder and then reported a gunshot. Aboard the boat, police after two initial searches found the body of a young man closely resembling Andrew Cunanan who had killed himself with a gunshot. Two investigative teams are currently on the boat, and attempts to positively identify the body are underway...
...Propulsion Laboratory failed to take into account a small outcropping at the base of the rock. Pushed ever so slightly upward, the rover gently bumped into the rock and began trying to climb it. As one of the rover wheels began rolling up the side of Yogi, sensors aboard Sojourner detected a tilt and shut down the little vehicle, leaving it hung up, in effect, on the rock...
...that his two Russian companions are slated to attempt later this week were replacements for his lost toothbrush, shaving kit and sneakers. Freshly groomed and shod, Foale was nothing if not upbeat when he talked to NASA boss Daniel Goldin, himself under heat for allowing Americans to continue working aboard the 11-year-old Mir. "The safety concerns, I think, are well met," said the 40-year-old British-born astrophysicist, "and I'm not worried...
Although Russian officials are confident their ingenuity will pay off, Spektr still won't be ready for the kind of zero-G science that astronauts have been doing aboard Mir in exchange for U.S. payments of $472 million to the cash-strapped Russian space agency. That will require an "external" space walk to plug Spektr's puncture. Nor will the pressure ease on Goldin, who is already being urged by Capitol Hill to call off further visits to Mir by Americans. Joining these voices last week was Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, also the beneficiary of a celebrated space rescue...