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...nighttime launch of a U.S. space shuttle. So bright were the exhaust flames of Challenger's main engines and twin solid-fuel rocket boosters, which burn at 6000° F, that observers gathered at Kennedy Space Center for the eighth flight of NASA's Space Transportation System (STS-8) could read newspapers outdoors at 2:32 a.m. Awed by the sight of the flames against the night sky, Flight Commander Richard Truly, a veteran of the shuttle's second flight, asked ground controllers to record his impressions moments after liftoff. Said he: "The light from the solid...
...mechanical arm went off smoothly. Guided by Bluford and Mission Specialist Dale Gardner, the arm slowly grasped an 8,500-lb. dumbbell in the middle of the cargo bay, hauled it out into space and brought it back inside. The test was a preparation for STS-13, scheduled for next April, when NASA hopes the arm will pluck a malfunctioning 5,100-lb. satellite from space and bring it aboard the shuttle for repairs. Throughout the flight, Bluford and other crew members served as subjects for research conducted aloft by Astronaut and Physician William Thornton, into the causes of motion...
This is going smooth as silk." Thus, with only days to go, NASA Spokesman Jim Kukowski ebulliently described the final launch preparations for next week's flight of the Challenger space shuttle. Lift-off for the eighth mission of NASA'S Space Transportation System, known as STS-8, is scheduled for Aug. 30 at 2:15 a.m. at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, just two months after Challenger's historic flight carrying the first American woman into space. That is the shortest turnaround time yet between shuttle flights. This time there will be three more firsts...
...most controversial of these projects is the one slated to begin this March. The Niles Company wants to tear down one of the buildings on Mass. Ave., between Plympton and Linden Sts. As a result, three of the Square's oldest establishments are moving and may have to close their doors for good--Schoenhof's and Pangloss. Bookstores, and the Stone street clothing store. Though some development there remains certain, the extent is unclear as the developer is currently doing battle with the Cambridge Historical Commission. If that project goes according to schedule, it should be completed by the summer...
...fixes smack of quiche eating and for true mustiness you'll have to wander into one of Cambridge's more eclectic bookstores The True Grit Award goes to the Bookcase and the Starr Book Shop (in the shadow of the crane at the corner of Plympton and Mt Auburn Sts) whose stacks of dusty old books will keep you entranced (and perhaps sneezing) for hours. More pristine but not less interesting is the scholarly Pangloss Bookshop on Mass Ave. a haven for would be academics brimming over with learned tomes and obscure journals All three stores are excellent for aimless...