European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b it the stars and stripes wednesday january s9, 1986 Mac offering additional direct flight by Dave Diehl staff writer people grave _ change of station moves or temporary. Direct ii. Category y passengers to Atlanta san Francis co Dallas fort Worth and los Angeles. Category y passengers travel an regularly i fights on commercial airlines at a government which buys tick for category y Fyk Baltimore St. Louis and lairs from Europe were new York s Washington s National and Dulles. Passengers also can Fly direct to Phila Delphia St. Louis and Charleston on military Airlift come charter flights jest 4q, ,4 Frankfurt in the 1985 Fis arranged nights that _ _ Nave been a saving tinle a flights were added in an attempt to Rcd individually arranged flights said capt Russ whippet head of the european passenger reservation Center at Rhein main a Germany. Whipp is commander of the 322nd Airlift division s Del 3, which provides reservation services for Dod in Europe. Re toy not be enough scats for All travellers heading for the four new ports during the first months of the program. The number of seals will be adjusted to meet the demand icy said. The new West coast service is being provided by pan Merican world airways from Frankfurt International. Meal Row Airport. Delta air a to Atlanta from Frankfurt and London s Gijiu set Hal in fam Kra to Dallas from Frankfurt on american. Lines. Challenger from Page 1 fear that icicles on the launch pad could harm the shuttle. It was he first in flight disaster in 56 is. Manned space missions. Three Astro nauts were killed in a 1967 launch pad explosion during the Apollo program. The explosion was a devastating setback for the space program after Nasa had successfully carried out 24 shuttle missions in dignity Ess than five years. Nasa said the explosion occurred about 60 second into the Mission at a Point when the astronauts were beginning to throttle their engines up to maximum thrust after they had throttled them Down to 60 percent or full Power at 3$ seconds into the flight in order to reduce he forces of Gravity during liftoff. Among those who witnessed the explosion were Mcauliffe s attorney husband Steve and their two children Scott 9, and Caroline 6, who were in a crowd watching at Cope canaveral also Here were mrs. Mcauliffe s parents de and Grace Corrigan of framing Ham mass. They stood silently during the launch in and remained standing together As the Faudi Pinker brought the bad news and a Nasa official climbed a couple of rows into the bleachers walked to them and said the vehicle has  a stunned mrs. Corrigan looked Back at him and repealed his words As a question. The vehicle has exploded he nodded silently and the Corrigan were quickly led away. Mcauliffe 37, had been selected from 11,146 teacher applicants to be the first to Fly in Nasa s cilia in in space program. Spouses of the other astronauts also were Here. There Vai. No immedi Alc reaction available from any of them. The shocking spectacle was seen by Mil Lions of people around the country who were watching the launch on television. All 1,200 students at Mcauliffe s Concord High school were cheering the televised launch when a teacher yelled for them to be silent because something appeared to be wrong. As it became Clear there was an explosion stunned students murmured this can t be real Pecan l be watching  White House spokesman Larry Speaks said president Reagan was concerned and saddened at the Accident. But speak is had no immediate details on the Acci Dent. We Don t have any More information than what is being provided the Public on  the House of representatives interrupted its session at the news and the chaplain delivered a prayer for the astronaut. The House then adjourned the gleaming ship had risen spectacularly off the launch pad at 11 38 a.m., after a series of weather and technical delays. The space shuttle was climbing smoothly Trail ing a 700-foot Geyser of lire when it Sud Denly erupted in a huge fireball and shot out of control. A voice at Mission control said we Are checking with recovery forces to see what can be done at this Point. Contingency procedures Are in  the voice said vehicle has exploded. We Are awaiting word from any recovery farces  Mission control said parts of the space Craft fell at 28.64 North latitude and �0.28 degrees West Longitude just a few Miles off Cape canaveral. Ships and helicopters raced to the area and the control Center said paramedics had leaped into the water. There was no indication How much of the shuttle a intact. Half an hour after the explosion a serpentine unit of White smoke twisted by the upper wind remained in the Clear sky marking the path of Trie shuttle s wreckage. After the explosion the shuttle appeared to still be flying and suddenly Cor screwed out of control and plunged toward the Ocean. The flight was the second of a record is shuttle flights that Nasa had planned this year. It probably will be months now before another shuttle can be launched while engineers try to determine what went wrong. The up losing occurred about the Lime challenger was to enter a period of maximum aerodynamic pressure when wind and other atmospheric conditions would place the Maxi mum Force on the outside of the vehicle. There was no indication whether the explosion occurred in the solid fuel boosters or in the main engines which Are fuelled by Hydrogen and oxygen from the main Lank. When challenger lifted off its huge fuel Lank carried 526,000 Gallons of volatile liquid Hydrogen and oxygen. Mission control reported that there was no indication of any problem with the engines the solid boosters or any Otter system and that the shuttle just suddenly blew apart. Is can t be happening students try Concord  a blast of party horns and cheer mined quickly to silence and stunned  con Cord High school students a Shoal the space shuttle challenger Rise into to and explode into pieces. La s awful. Just too awful even to con template Concord High principal Charles Foley said As he fought Back tears. I Hope god will be Good i Hope hell be Good to Sill of us television monitors carried the Long awaited launch of Clirissa Muaulu classrooms throughout the Iii re where Mcauliffe Laught soc Tudie and Law and planned to  teach in the fall. About 200isjpitrents and teachers watch ing a Teledu Fiset in the school auditorium Panicia Ltd in the final 10-Sccond count top and cheered wildly As he shuttle s incs blasted the Craft toward space. Believing the launch to be Normal the students continued to cheer and blow their horns until someone in the Balcony seconds Laler yelled Damn it there s a a " malfunction. Shut up so we can he Only the sound of the if Evision and. Ins fixed Coom As the Slu  stunned reporters and news Pwen cameras filming their. It silence was Braw to Crio of this in t real is in this i the students whispered to themselves. Within minutes school officials order reporters out of the building and students Back to class. Some students protested the order saying they preferred to remain in the auditorium. It s not like the teachers Are going to hand us an assignment and say now go to work,1 know Little 17, we want to App Ning. Don t Treal us like nobody thought this wus going to Hap pen said Mark Letalien 16. A lot of us had gotten tired of All the space shuttle and can so hype but no one wanted anything logo wrong Chris Bilaki. A student in Mcauliffe s Law class said it s kind of a Shock. A lot of kids were saying something s going to go wrong and when in happens they re  the teachers who worked with Macau " tired More in a state of Shock than to several male teachers forcibly Tortcr5 and students and shoving them Towa leu doors and classrooms people were scr up and now they re Down so slow said is of cold Craig Bur Bank. Csc contributions by us aver up in 85 Milors Weihin the european come gave t More Money to the Isis combined Federal Campaign than the previous year while contributions from soldiers dropped about 4 percent according to statistics released by us aver and Usa eur tuesday. The us aver i 15,006, compared Stirt to " 19b4. The increase in Muffi bunions came despite about 8 percent fewer sailors contributing " 5, it. Cmdr. Alan j. Dooley said in mob Eyges a eligible contributors occurred we Stales a Diu 1935 Usa eur total was 13,854,432, compared to $3,999,331 in 1984. The  with the largest number of people assigned to the european theater contributes the lion s share of Money to the Campaign each year f rom All �824,451. Neucom will release the total 1985 figure monday that its contributions rom Mhz  from �2,238,232 in 1984 to Zonin lbs radio communications and elem cry abruptly ended there was total Shock and disbelief among workers at the shuttle Assembly building As they hatched challenger break up in a Hall of fire and White and Orange Smoko. "1 can t believe it said o Young woman almost crying a she stood among Coward ers outside the building. "1 can i Sec the orbiter. What happened to the orbiter asked a Young technician. The launch was the first from a new shuttle launch pad that was supposed to give Nasa greater flexibility in a crowded launch schedule. 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