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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — Two Maryland astronomers have been named to the crew of the space shuttle Columbia for a March flight to study Halley’s comet and other wonders of the cosmos. NASA announced Tuesday that Samuel Durrance, a __ research scientist at Johns Hopkins University, and Ronald Parise, manager of advanced astronomy programs with Computer Sciences Corp. of Silver Springs, Md., will join five astronauts already named to the Astro 1 flight Kenneth Nordsieck, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will serve as a_backup ‘‘payload specialist’ in the event Durrance or Parise is unable to make the flight. The other crew members are commander Jon McBride, copilot Dick Richards, Robert Parker, David Leestma and Jeffrey Hof fman. Parker and Hoffman hold doctorates in astronomy while Leestma has a Ph.D in electrical engineering. _ Columbia is scheduled to take off March 6, 1986, to conduct a sophisticated series of observations of Halley’s comet and a variety of deep-space objects using three ultraviolet telescopes and a special ide-field “their qicemers timed to, coincide with Halley's comet, encounter missions by unmanned spacecraft from the Soviet Union, the European Space Agency and Japan. “The opportunities for science synergism between Astro 1 and the armada of Halley encounter spacecraft are significant,’’ said Burton Edelson, NASA associate administrator for space science and applications. ‘‘The science study of Halley’s comet will be an internationally coordinated effort.’ Five sugar firms default on loans CLEWISTON, Fla. (UPI) — Five Florida sugar processors have defaulted on $105 million in government loans and agreed to forfeit their unsold sugar to the government. The default means the govern ment will attempt to sell the sugar instead of collecting on the debt. It is the first default since sugar was added to the farm bill four years ago. Under the government's Sugar program, the mills pledge their crop as collateral on loans they use to plant their crop. The processors decided to default when their loans came due on Monday rather than sell their sugar at current low- market prices, said a spokeswoman for the Florida Sugar Cane League, an industry trade group. Affairs of state British Prime Minister Margaret That cher, above, closely examines “‘Neusi,’’ a baby chimpanzee, during a recent visit at the London Zoo for a reception given by the Zoological Society. The zoo houses one of the largest collections of small mammals in the world. (UPI/Reuter)
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Key West Citizen
Key West, Florida, US
Wed, Oct 02, 1985
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