INSAT Satellite Launch From Challenger Aims at India Weather Telephones
Challenger launches a 3 in 1 INSAT satellite to India to improve weather, telephone and television service across remote areas. Bluford and Gardner check the craft while Truly supervises as INSAT deploys at 22 300 miles above the equator. The India government pays 8.36 million dollars for the mission.
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NASA to test thinking over drugs for space sickness
A new NASA lab at Johnson Space Center will train astronauts to overcome space sickness using biofeedback and relaxation, enabling control of bodily processes like heartbeat and brain waves. Dr. Leonard Gardner leads the program, with systems from Air Force and NASA Ames Research Center. Space adaptation syndrome has affected about half of shuttle crewmembers in zero gravity.
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Syracuse Forecast Sees Sun and Showers This Week
The Syracuse forecast calls for today and Thursday to be partly sunny with a 30 percent rain chance and highs around 75. Tonight will be clear and cool near 55. Friday through Saturday expect fair skies with occasional showers Sunday, with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and cooler nights in the 55 to 60 range.
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Fall Weather Preview As Unseasonable Warmth Returns
The weatherman forecasts pleasant autumn conditions Thursday with highs in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the mid 40s to upper 50s. By Friday and Saturday, cooler, drier air near 80s for western New York and a chance of Sunday showers statewide. Upstate farmers report bird damage to sweet corn. onions and lettuce harvesting underway. tomatoes at peak. home gardens rebounding after rain. Sources include Coop, Extension and NWS.
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Notes from the heavens Celestial schedule and moon phase details
Venus emerges in the dawn sky as a good telescope target while Jupiter and Saturn glow at sunset. The moon reaches perigee late September 5, shaping views during hurricane season. Texas McDonald Observatory News offers forecasts via the National Weather Service and radio broadcasts at 162.550 mHz.
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Carter backs Mondale but will not campaign for him
Former President Jimmy Carter said he supports Walter Mondale in the 1984 race but will not campaign actively. Mondale visited Carter at Walnut Mountain cabin for a discussion on the South and the coming election, and Carter praised Mondale’s farm background and fiscal conservatism as compatible with the region.
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Regional forecast notes and Syracuse weather data
Regional forecasts show clear to partly sunny skies with cool nights and highs mostly in the 70s. Syracuse area statistics list Monday’s high 78 and low 59 with rainfall totals and historical records including Hurricane Carol impacts and past temperature benchmarks.
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Inmates herded away after riot at Oklahoma prison
Hundreds of National Guardsmen police and prison guards moved more than 700 inmates from Conner Correctional Center after a violent riot that left one inmate dead and 22 injured. Damage reached an estimated 3.8 million dollars as guards used tear gas and gunfire to contain the uprising before dawn.
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