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Space probes converge on Halley's comet in historic week
Five space probes from the Soviet Union Japan and Europe edge toward Halley for close encounters. Vega 1 passed within 5555 miles followed by Suisei and Vega 2 with tens of thousands of miles. Sakigake and Giotto are slated for near passes around March 10 to 13.
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Pasadena
Calif
John Brandt
Astronomy Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Soviet Union
Japan
European Space Agency
Giotto
Sakigake
Tokyo
Darmstadt
West Germany
Centre Spatiale Guyanais
Kourou
French Guiana
South America
Five probes to study Halley’s comet this month
Schedule lists Vega 1 Vega 2 Sakigake Suisei and Giotto flight times and target distances. Vega 1 and Giotto venture within mere hundreds of miles of the nucleus while Suisei and Vega 2 pass thousands to millions of miles away. ESA ESA JPL and space agencies coordinate tracking from Pasadena Darmstadt and other sites.
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Giotto
Halley
Vegas
Earth
ESA
Enburn
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Ian Pryke
California
Spain
Australia
Darmstadt
West Germany
Neighborhood hears tape of taps until nearly dawn
A Arlington County police spokesman described a nightly five minute recording of taps that can be heard up to a mile away in Arlington Virginia. The source notes anonymity for the military policeman and police official while recounting the eerie sound that begins at 11 PM.
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Arlington, Va
Arlington County
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Dalton
Alcott
Derby
Afternoon Attairs
Lily Kin
Tribune Media Services, Inc
Moscow
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Soviet Kazakhstan
Suisei
Kagamisha Space Center
Kyushu
Washington
Louis Friedman
Planetary Society
United States
Casablanca
Santa Fe Square
S&h
Frito
Pretzels
Dinner Plate Nc
Seay