Pioneer 11 nears Saturn and its rings mystery
Pioneer 11, controlled from Earth, aims a close Saturn pass near the rings, 13,300 miles above cloud tops at 9 a.m. CDT Saturday. The 565-pound craft, after Jupiter flyby, seeks Titan data while risking debris in a ring plane. Voyager probes follow later.
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Pioneer Project
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United States approves five loans to Indonesia totaling 33 million
The United States will provide five loans to Indonesia totaling 33 million dollars. Twelve million dollars are earmarked for immunization programs to wipe out disease, with the remaining funds allocated to development programs.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
United States
U S and Europe join in polar sun study mission
U S and European Space Agency join to launch Solar Polar a two spacecraft project beginning in 1983 from the Space Shuttle to study the sun up to the polar regions via Jupiter slingshot. The plan includes Solar Max in Earth orbit 1980s with 15 experiments and data links.
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Calif
UPI
United States
European Space Agencies
Jupiter
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
European Space Agency
ESA
Solar Polar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Outer Space
JPL
U.S
Europe
Sky Lab
Solar Max to Study Solar Flares in 1979 Orbit
Solar Max a NASA Goddard MMS satellite set for Oct 18 launch into a 300 mile high Earth orbit to study solar flares for over a year. The unmanned craft will monitor active sun regions, feed data to a ground mini computer, and pave the way for Solar Polar missions in 1983.
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UPS
Solar Polar
Space
Shuttle
Earth
Richard Carrington
Space agency transfers tech to aid hip joints
NASA describes hip-joint biotelemetry using miniature gauges and transmitters to measure in vivo stresses in artificial hips. Developed by JPL and UCLA, the system targets younger, active patients and aims to reduce mechanical failures amid 150000 annual hip implants in the United States.
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UPI
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Aerospace Research
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NASA
Robert Frosch
Frosch
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Division of
University of California At
Los Angeles
United States
Space Agency
Krakatao Eruption Devastates Two Thirds of Island
On this date in 1883 the Krakatao volcano in the Dutch East Indies began erupting. Before it subsided the next day two thirds of the island were devastated and about 36000 people were killed.
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Dutch East Indies
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