Word: launching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was no word on how long it would take to ready Discovery again for the test, but launch control center commentator Hugh Harris said "tentatively we're going for a 48-hour recycle." That would mean an attempt tomorrow...
...another problem," said NASA administrator James Fletcher. "It's a good thing it happened on an FRF and not on a launch," FRF stands for Flight Readiness Firing, the official name of yesterday's test...
Harris said that immediately after the shutdown, the launch team remotely began to make the vehicle safe as it sat on the pad, its tank loaded with 385,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and 143,000 gallons of liquid oxygen...
...combined effect can be gut wrenching. In the catapult launch of a Honeywell T-45 Goshawk trainer from the deck of an aircraft carrier, for example, the body is crushed against the back of the seat and the wind roars in the ears. "You forget the whole thing's bolted to the concrete floor," says David Figgins, a program manager at Honeywell. "I've seen top guns climb out wringing wet. I've seen seasoned pilots throw...
...efforts could succeed in attracting visitors in time for the fall and winter holidays. The Tourism Ministry is working with New York City's Grey Entertainment & Media company to launch a new campaign next month. The theme: "See Israel. See for yourself." If the demonstrations continue to taper off and Israel is replaced in the news by other world events, there still seems to be a chance that more tourists will do just that...