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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1986

Page

5

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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.

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.

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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