European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tulip time a stripes Magazine vol. 49, no. 12 thursday april 26, 1990 a a 25t 0a by and sunday q 8693 space Telescope spreads wings Cape canaveral Fla. Apr after years of delay and a last minute Snag the Hubble space Telescope was freed from the space shuttle discovery on wednesday and glinting in the sunlight drifted off on its 15-year search for new worlds. Mission specialist Steven Hawley released Hubble from the end of the shuttles 50-foot mechanical after a delay in getting one of the telescopes solar wings unfurled. A the first of nasal a great observatories is now on station at 330 nautical Miles above the Earth a Mission controls Jeffrey Carr said. The $1.5 billion Telescope was released at 3 38 . As the shuttle entered its 20th orbit of Earth nearly two hours and one orbit later than planned. The shuttle then backed away. A thank you very much for the ride a said Mike Harrington director of Orbital verifications at Goddard space flight Center in Greenbelt my. Mission specialists Bruce Mccandless and Kathrym Sullivan had been in the shuttles Airlock ready to walk in space to free the solar panel. That proved to be unnecessary. A we have Good news. One Day six hours 30 minutes Mission elapsed time we have full deployment of the starboard Wing a Mission controls Dave Drachlis reported from Goddard. The first solar array unpeeled from its Mast at midday wednesday As the shuttle passed above South americans Eastern coast. It started providing Power to the telescopes batteries which otherwise had Only eight hours of charge. Deployment of the starboard panel however was More troublesome. It refused to Budge when latches were first released then moved about a fifth of its 39-foot length and stopped again. A third attempt rolled the panel out All the Way. A Houston we see motion a commander Loren j. Shriver reported. A discovery All is looking Well could you zoom out now please a Mission control replied. Hawley began the Long process of releasing Hubble shortly after 7 a.m., when he grasped the Telescope with discovery a mechanical and hoisted the 12/2-ton payload High above the shuttle. Hubble was taken off shuttle electrical Power just before it was lifted out of the cargo Bay and was operating on its own Nickel Hydrogen batteries. Worries that the telescopes instruments would be starved for electricity eased after the first solar panel was stretched out. Television cameras aboard discovery showed the first array As it was pulled from its reel slowly but steadily the Sun reflecting off the Gold coloured panel and Silver Telescope. Discovery was 380 Miles above Earth 70 Miles higher than any other shuttle has Ever flown. The orbit was dictated by the need to put the Telescope above the Earth a distorting atmosphere. Discovery a five astronauts were awed by the View. A a in a like to pass on the quote of the Day from the on Board astronomer something to the effect that a the big Marble sure looks far away today a a Shriver said of Hawley. Astronomers have waited seven years for Hubble to take its place in space. The Telescope originally was scheduled for launch in 1983, but technical problems and the challenger explosion pushed it Back. The Mission was delayed another two weeks when a faulty Power unit on discovery forced Nasa to halt the first launch attempt four minutes before april 10�?Ts scheduled liftoff. Discovery will follow Hubble following its release in Case the telescopes aperture door does not open properly on thursday exposing the finely polished 94.5-Inch Mirror to Starlight. A drawing shows the Telescope with the solar panels used to collect Energy to run it. A Navy considers shutting Down 34 installations from staff and wire reports Washington a the Navy is considering shutting Down 34 military installations including naval Home ports in new York Alabama Mississippi Texas and Washington that Are under construction. Rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., produced the three Page list tuesday during questioning of Navy officials by two House armed services subcommittees. The list also includes five installations in Europe the waterfront and naval air station Rota see Navy on Back Page pilots failure to follow directions blamed for collision of 2 f-16s by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Sembach a West Germany a an inexperienced pilots failure to follow air to air combat training directions caused two f-16 Jet fighters to collide last december near Maxdorf according to an air Force report on the Accident. First it. Steven Sundstrom of the 496th tac fighter so at Hahn a was killed after the dec. 18 collision when his Parachute did not open. The other f-16 Pilot maj. Roderick Kallman ejected and was not injured. The 17-Page report obtained wednesday focuses on events and circumstances leading up to the Accident but it also outlines Kallmann a difficulties in getting medical care at the  Hospital in Heidelberg after he crashed. The report was prepared by the Board that investigated the Accident. The two Hahn pilots were practising air to air com Bat techniques against an f-15 from Pitburg a when the Accident took place at 4 12 . The report said the three aircraft were in their fourth engagement when Wingman Sundstrom pressed a a pure Pursuit attack without receiving clearance and had not called that he had his Leader Kallman in  it was the second time during the dec. 18 practice that Sundstrom moved in on an attack in which his Leader was involved without calling that he had an entry or without requesting clearance. Kallman was turning right and Sundstrom was turning left behind the f-15 when the two f-16s ran into each other bellies up. Sundstrom was described in the report As an inexperienced but aggressive and above average Pilot with a total of 259.5 fighter flying hours. Almost 220 were primary Pilot hours in the f-16. Kallman was an experienced qualified air to air see collision on Back Page