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January 22, 1998
LAGNAIPPE
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Launch to the moon of the Lunar Prospector is deemed a success
NASA’s Discovery Program of low-cost, science-focused space exploration missions got a major boost Jan. 6 with the successful launch of Lunar Prospector. The spacecraft is now performing extremely well, according to operations personnel in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
The compact spacecraft, atop a Lockheed Martin Athena II launch vehicle, roared off Spaceport Florida’s Pad 46 at the new, commercial launch complex at Ccme Canaveral, Fla., on schedule at 8:28 p.m. CST less than one second into the opening of the launch window.
The launch vehicle’s three stages worked as planned, rocketing the spacecraft to an altitude of 62,500 feet after 88 seconds at Stage 1 burnout. All. additional milestones were achieved on schedule during the remainder of the ascent phase, culminating in attainment of a successful “parking orbit” around the Earth.
STS-89 will bring Wolf home this month from Mir
The Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch from Pad 39-A at 9:48 p.m. today. This will be the 89th shuttle mission and the first flight of the Block IIA Space Shuttle Main Engine.
Crew:
Terrence Wilcutt. Commander Joe Edwards, Pilot
Mission Specialists:
Bonnie Dunbar Michael Anderson James Reilly
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov Andrew Thomas
Note: STS-89 was originally scheduled to return Wendy Lawrence but will now return David Wolf (Mir 24-25 / STS-86) and leave Andrew Thomas on Mir. Thomas will return on STS-91.
Five SSC employees were honored this month with NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Award. They will attend the launch of STS-89. Pictured front from left are Johnson Controls World Services’ Sheila Comeaux, Lockheed Martin Stennis Operations’ Debra Rushing, back row, Johnson Controls World Services’ Pnil Price, NASA’s Ted Franklin and Rocketdyne’s Victor Alfaro. The Space Flight Awareness program was established to prevent human error by instilling in civil service and contractor employees an awareness of personal responsibility for shuttle mission success and motivating the exemplary performance necessary to achieve this mission.
The 9*h Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observance Program was held Wednesday, Jan. 14 in the Visitors Center auditorium. Father Roy Arthur Lee, chaplain at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., served as guest speaker for the celebration. Master of Ceremonies was Eric Labat of NAVOCEANO. The theme of thepro-gram was “King Week ’98: Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not A Day On.'’ It was sponsored bv the Stennis Space Center Association for Cultural Awareness (ACA) and the NAVOCEANO Black Employment Program. Pictured is Captain Larry Warrenfeltz, Commanding Officer of NAVOCEANO, who welcomed the 212 attendees to the program. Denise Dedeaux, ACA president, delivered closing remarks.