European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 11, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 go for launch7 j1-nation european space Agency uses Florida liftoff facilities of Nasa by Leah Larkin staff writer Darmstadt. Germany Sis rows of men sat behind their machines wit screens lights buttons on the Wall in front of them was a huge world map panels of numbers flashed and changed underneath. What they had worked and prepared for was to take place in eight minutes. All systems of go for launch. Sup porting stations go for  the minutes ticked by and the excite ment Pew. Red and Green lights flushed permission to launch. Roger. 30 seconds. Electronics and hydraulics Are go. 5. 4. 3. 2. We have ignition. We have a  voice from the launch site 4,000 Miles away in Cape canaveral. La. Came in Clear and loud with the emphasis on the numbers hash und excitement grows at l s a when a transatlantic cuu Aldonn for the launching of a satellite is under Way. Kaiserslautern seminar mormons offer Aid in Root tracing by Floyd Harrington Kalson Lauvern Bureau chief Kaiserslautern sol if you re one of thousands of americans who have been turned on by Alex Haley s roots and want to find out if there s a King. Prince or highwayman hiding in the branches of your family tree now s the Chance to find out. With a Gigantic assist Kassel Gas station to remain closed Munich the cafes Europe Kassel autobahn filling station closed last de Cember because of extensive damages caused by a traffic Accident will remain  to col Oran t Hrncir  Tor of the cafes Europe services Divi Sion the amount of Money a led to repair the a macs does Liui justify the  of the  a Minuit patronage at the slate. Before the  said a Cir. Plus a hour stations on both bides of the autobahn that accept cafes coupons just South of the cafes Europe location we feel that this Money can be put to better use serving the cafes Europe customer in other  from experts in the Field of genealogy a seminar called the palatinate connection american roots in Ger mania will be conducted by the Kaiserslautern Germany servicemen stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints but Don t let the title of the seminar throw you because the classes will help you track Down ancestors regardless of where their roots began. The seminar will be at the mormon Church on Lauter Strassl i just behind and to the left of the City Hill Here. The first session held in cooperation with the Lei Mastelle i Falz a Gorman Agency which keeps track of germans who emigrate will begin Al 9 a m on May 21 with a Short review of German he titty this will be followed by several one hour classes designed to help tie by a Mem to Eali is get started there will also u  to the Church s no Ivy Al i inv he rare. A Branch if the main Library at Salt  City. L Tah according to Oil Gary Huffman a member of kaisers Lautem s  the mormon Church is interested in genealogy from a theological Point of a jew we feel it s important to  family connections. This has driven us to a massive Effort. We Send microfilming teams around the world and film Church and government records where or we can gel Pel  said. These records of births marriages and deaths Many from Eastern bloc nations Are stored at Salt Lake City but will be available by mail at the mormon Church Here anyone can come  said Hoffman. Our Library in t restricted to members of the Church. All our facilities records card indexes and microfilm readers can be used free of  . Personnel Given big discount by circus Frank Al it Sisi the circus Sar Asams in town and offering a is Able Dis i Uri to us personnel. Presenting their 75th anniversary program. Sarr Asam is is thru it second most expensive tickets. Ifilio toh., valid i s 111 cards fur 5 he All other Ucki i prices Are without discount v u Sarr Asani wll bt1 in town until May a at  Frankfurt Kast Park fist Plain ambats wifi. Weekday performances Are Al 3 30 p m and 8 p m. Sundays and on May 19 a German Holiday performances will be at 2 30 p m and 6 30 p m children under the age of i Are us titled free word  in echoed the  was evident in the control mom Here in  satellite had been launched by Nasa in Florida for the european space Agency skate euro Ean equivalent of Nasa. Bui it was from the european space operations Centre Escol the Esa control Center in Darmstadt that the satellite s activity was directed. Tie Success of geos scientific inn St Leonary satellite to explore Tho Earth Sreng Nolc and Oloc Ric ii ld4, was ail i a Short lived. Within half an hour after lilt off the launch rocket in fired. And the satellite was sent into an orbit far off target As the Kuro mean space Agency Dws no yet live its own launch capabilities it has been paying to use tin Immich services of Nasa in the Case of geos. The american Delta launcher malfunctioned. Nevertheless. Ska will have to pay Nasa $14 3 Mil  geos is not a total failure. Soc scientists and technicians have manage to direct the satellite into a new orbit. Many of the experiments originally planned will be carried out As intended data gathered from the experiments is expected to provide a better understanding of the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth s magnetic Field geos was the first of three satellites the european space Agency will launch this year. Later in the summer the Organiza Tion plans to orbit a communications Satel Lite ots. By the end of the year it is hoped that . A weather satellite. Will be  countries got involved in space research on a United basis Buck in the Early 60s. When 10 of them joined to Gether and formed the european space research organisation before that any space in Deavors had been purely on a National  cause of the tremendous expense of space projects individual countries were limited in their undertakings pooling their resources increased their . In 1975. The european space research organization was reorganized and Given i new name Kuru can space Agency there air now 11 member countries us Gium. Denmark West Germany. France. Britain. Italy. The Netherlands. Spain Sweden. Switzerland and Ireland members contribute to ska s yearly budget i in 1976. $565 million in amounts proportional to their Gross National prod . Whose objective is to promote european collaboration in space research and technology exclusively for peaceful purposes is headquartered in Paris. The organization has a research and technology Center Lesterl in the nether lands As Well As soc. The control Center in Germany. There Are also ground stations in Europe to track the satellites and receive data. For worldwide tracking stations arc rented from Nasa and other National organization ska employs about 1,500 people. 275 of whom Are permanent employees at soc another 125 people work on a temporary basis for soc contractors in the Darm Stadt  employees Are responsible for the Orbital control of the satellites and it s at soc that scientific data gathered from the satellite experiments is received. Com Puter programmers process it into a form usable to the Scimto if x Community. Within ska. The official languages Iru French. German and eng hah. Hut. In Ger Many just about All the employees speak English ill the time not unlike us american military Corn Unity in Europe the european Spain Community in Germany has its own Mir Inrid. With Tennis courts movies a i Barry. Social clubs Aruj by team. Geos was the ninth satellite launched by the european space Community. There will be More. The member nations of Esa look Forward to increasing their scientific and technological potential through space research