European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of Viii. December the stars and stripes of Uril b Jimiy i be Umi he i. Roj i no o i Mno Miu o i Nir l o shuttle program came of age in 1985 even busier year ahead for nasally Howard bkn1ok la Rosput writer my a r.\. A .  s  Pitt to program Nui Rcd in r s Wanh .1 Sci re nine miss mrs a were successful in. Provided impetus or the National aeronautics and space a Tommis  m to Stu i Wajih 14 launches scheduled meanwhile the soviet Union continued i heavy launch Rule in 19s?. Sending More than 100 satellites into Urbit with expendable rockets. . Observers Belloc most had military assignments such As recon Naissance. The soviet Union also Dis patched two probes into the atmosphere of Venus from a spacecraft that passed the planet in route to a rendezvous with Hal Ley s Comet in March. Japan has two probes and the Luro Pean space Agency has one in route la encounters with inc Comet also in March. The Smitts announced no breakthroughs m manned  in i9h5, but it is be sieved they ate cununuum1. To develop a Large permanent space station Ami a smaller version of America s reusable Pace shuttle i he continued to Utilie the aging salyut 7 intermediate  e a lion or two missions Ami five menu cd it for a  of u 7 Days the i lir Opean space Agency s ariane rocket who i -. Empt shuttle for Minuti  customers had two successful  relies m i Lis but hit a Roadblock when a Ilerd Staie failure destroyed i to com rim meal ions satellites correction have Betti made and Ili hts Are scheduled to resume in january America s shuttle Vlantis made its flight debug. Joining Columbia challenger and disco Ery m a meet that is now com plete. The shuttles carried aloft 5 people. Including six foreigners and a is sen Ator and they launched 12 satellites Tor paying customers they also conducted three spae Clab science missions retrieved and repaired a crippled satellite in orbit and released the first military packages from the shuttle Oil to september also under a is Cunt v. V am word leaked thai tin  pair i communications satellites. Lour Ionia Ron flights ire on the schedule Mclau Diu their t irom the i orce s new shuttle Hunch f. Denberg Al b in California sen Lake Cairn. Who Heads a in Coin Niit Lee that oversees n As spending. Hew on discovery m pril. I guess 52 is not too old to be asking for dreams to come  Jam w Rote in his diary w Hen lie was picked for the flight in which he participated in studies on space sickness. On Gam s flight a syncom communications satellite failed because of an electrical problem after the astronauts de  in the Teo re electric a 10th flight was scheduled fur a dec played it. Dunne an August Mission the in liftoff but it was delayed because of satellite was rewired during two space me clinical problems walks and placed Back in orbit in perfect Alp. The year began with the first defend department shuttle High in january. The Pentagon placed the Mission under a new blackout and did not report the launch time in Advance or provide any other de tails. Word quickly leaked that the Pav Load was an adv Meed up satellite it signed to Monitor soviet missile tests an eavesdrop on Corii Nuti nations in nine1 the world. A second a cleanse department Payl a health of the thie Nepean by tilt space lab a shuttle cargo Bay. Nne w 1 be sciences one to Astro  prices -itu1 a Nasa so  to merits on he  i in. I is proc mid tie pay Load was Cunt in which the l u s mounted in he As dedicated to Nomy and one i St Fie Many paid Arry " f to pct ing might. De from a Center near Munich there ices from Vecsi Firmatu were to and be ast mauls from i . Saudi Arabia and Mexico Al made trips " 1 he Isicc Essul launch Rale and the excellent results Domni Sirale that the shuttle system matured in js5." said Jesse Moore til Nasa director of the shuttle program. The new year will Starl with a Jan 22 launching that will feature teacher i Lin Sta Mcauliffe in the Crew of seven. She was selected from More than 10.000 teachers who applied to a Nasa a Nate Cili ens a space program. A journalist will be picked in april for a flight later m the year. The teacher s flight will be the from a new shuttle launch pad Here Blim the launch capacity. It the Tarsi of two missions to i Comet. A i s spacecraft the interplanetary Comet . Made the firs intercept of a Comet last september when it swept past Maco Bim inner on Jan 24.  will Ake a Osl up look at the Distant plane i lunched in i1 7"1, the sturdy earlier provided out Tain ing clo. Tures from Jupiter Ami Saturn first Dou ill be Halley s jumbo color printing system a Tokyo Eirl is dwarfed by i full color in j a Sushil graphic communication jumbo facsimile n in is called can pro feel employing computer applied process ins Printer system developed by a system inc. The manufacturers say the Duce a color image As Large As 4h by 21 ins technology. 2 to networks plan joint attack on illiteracy problem Washington a two television networks have announced an unusual collaboration aimed at helping overcome a condition that afflicts Many of their View ers illiteracy. The american broadcasting cos. And the Public broadcasting service unveiled Theu plans at a news conference at the Library of Congress. The Campaign called project literacy us will include National broadcasts on both networks coupled with follow up Al forts in local communities. Abc news will run a documentary next september on the problems of the Esti mated 23 million functionally illiterate american adults immediately after inc Abc show pcs will broadcast a documentary by station  in Pittsburgh on strategies to combat illiteracy. Both networks also will air Public service announcements on illiteracy and spotlight the Campaign in news and Public a lairs shows. Abc s entertainment division is planning an illiteracy show As part of its afterschool specials series and i is will run a series called the american  the series is being developed by station Cetin los Angeles. A new group called the Public television outreach Alliance will help Organ a sem Inars and workshops around the country to train Community task Fortes to respond 10 the National telecasts the stations in the Alliance Are Wei a. It is in Seattle wit a in Washington the Nebraska i do Ca Lional television network and the Ken Tucky educational television network. Secretary of education William j Ben Nett who joined television executives at a news conference hailed the collaboration saying this special partnership of com Mercial and Public clevis on can be i pow Erful Force for reaching people everywhere both those who can help and those who need help " but Bennett added he would be remiss in his duty to parents if he did not note that television can also be j diversion from Reading " he said research has shown students academic performance suffers if they watch More than 10 to 12 hours of television a week and those who watch less than six hours usually read better. Lloyd . President of wild. Said in a statement. In the end maybe Only television can reach non readers "