European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                6 a a a the stars and stripes. Monday december 10,1990 Pasadena  the spacecraft Galileo grabbed Earth a Gravity coattails saturday and arced around the planet on a fleeting visit Home 13/i months into a six year voyage to Jupiter taking pictures and exploring with instruments Galileo used Earth As a Gravity Slingshot hurtling 597 Miles above the Western Atlantic the Point of closest approach. The encounter at 12 35 p.m., increased the Craft s Speed by 11,600 Mph giving it a Speed of 79,000 Mph relative to the Sun. Its maximum Speed relative to the Earth which is also moving was 30,721 Mph. A everything is working exactly As it should a said Mission director Neal e. Ausman or. At nasal a Jet propulsion Laboratory As the Craft flew through Earth a Shadow. A a we be had no glitches no problems.�?�. Galileo a looping 2,4 billion mile route to Jupiter made it the first planetary spacecraft to approach Earth from space anti War and provided scientists the first Opportunity to look at the world in the same Way As they have other planets. 1 controllers ordered Galileo a instruments to measure gases that cause the a greenhouse effect warming of the atmosphere and to study  water vapor involved in creating and destroying the Ozone layer. The trajectory also allowed scientists to explore the far Side of the Moon with modern instruments for the first time. The observations of the far Side which always faces away from Earth will occur Over several Days Galileo approached from Earth a dark Side measuring its magnetic Field and solar plasma flows and taking pictures of the Crescent Moon. Two pictures released soon after the flyby showed a portion of the near Side of the Moon and a Cloud streaked View of Central Australia. Data and pictures will continue to come in As Galileo speeds away. Its path also took it 2,162 Miles above the orbiting space shuttle Columbia. Project officials said the flyby was a valuable dress rehearsal for the Jupiter encounter planned for 1995. A every time we turn an instrument on we have problems understanding what we be done to it and what we probably can do to the computer software said Clayno m. Yeats science and Mission design manager. A so we re really learning Bow to operate these instruments. Its been invaluable for us to collect this data.�?�. Exploration of the Blue planet and its Moon was an added Bonus to Galileo s $1.4 billion Mission. The spacecraft was originally designed to make a 2-year direct flight to Jupiter for Long term observation of the solar sys terns biggest planet. But a safety review by the National aeronautics and space administration a. Conducted after the explosion of the space shuttle challenger in 1986 a led to changes in Galileo a own Booster system. The less powerful rocket made a direct flight to Jupiter impossible. Shuttle Atlantis carried Galileo into orbit oct. 18, 1989, and launched it on a roundabout trajectory using three Gravity assists from Venus and Earth. The spacecraft flew past Venus on feb 10, it will get another boost from Earth on dec. 8,1992. That encounter will be closer at an Altitude of about 200 Miles. The pass will also greatly Widen its orbit Para a my in Vul around the Sun in order to intercept  will go into orbit around Jupiter on dec. 7,1995. A probe launched from Galileo five months earlier will plunge into the atmosphere at 100,000 Mph deploy a Parachute and make measurements for 751 minutes until it is crushed by intense pres sure \ a. / a a v a. The orbiter will continue to explore Jupiter and 10 of its 16 known Moons for two years. Demonstrators March in downtown Chicago saturday following a rally to protest . Policy in the Gulf. Chicago apr several thousand anti War demonstrators chanting slogans and carrying placards and cardboard coffins thronged a downtown Square on saturday to protest . Policy in the persian Gulf. A no blood for Oil a they yelled Between speeches condemning the troop buildup in saudi Arabia and exhorting fellow demonstrators around the country to prepare for a Jan. 26 March on Washington. A we Are going to turn this system upside Down a said Kim Feicke a Northwestern University student who spoke on behalf of the National students and youth Campaign for peace in the Middle East. Smaller demonstrations were held saturday in Washington new York Milwaukee Cambridge mass., and Columbus Ohio. Thousands of people kicked off several Days of planned protests against violence in the persian Gulf with demonstrations Friday in Massachusetts Wisconsin and Seattle Austin Texas and Lincoln neb. Some activists travelled hundreds of Miles from around the Midwest to Chicago representing peace groups in Indiana Iowa Ohio Missouri and Wisconsin organizers said. A a o. Vyv a  six people from the Alliance to save ourselves of Madison wis., carried a Black cardboard coffin draped with an american Flag As a a symbolic warning of the consequences of War said member Brian Rakita a a Row of White body bags was Laid out neat the pod urn symbolizing the lives that could be lost if the standoff leads to  a. _ the rally at Daley Plaza included a March through the downtown business District that stopped traffic at several intersections no arrests were reported. Rep. Charles Hayes d-lll., said that As soon As All . Hostages held by Iraq Are released president Bush should bring the soldiers Home too. A your need for health care our need for housing a these Are the kinds of things we heed to do with our tight dollars Quot Hayes said. A Twenty three americans flew out of Iraq on saturday the first to depart since the Baghdad government announced it would free All its foreign captives. Bush in Venezuela welcomed the move to free the captives but said Iraq still must get out of Kuwait which it overran a aug.2, a. A v a 12 Hurt As truck Driver Rons amok Hayward Calif apr a Man who claimed god told him he could drive through cars with his flatbed truck hit j8 vehicles and injured about 12 people saturday authorities said. A 2 to 3-mile Section of the Nimitz freeway Between Hayward and san Leandro was littered with dented vehicles before Emmet wheat 47, hit the Center divider with his truck police said i most seriously injured was 8-year-old Francesca Camus of Hayward who was listed in critical condition at children a Hospital in Oakland authorities said. The girl was ejected from her mothers Van when it was struck by the truck Highway patrol officials said. The other injuries were minor officials said. The accidents closed a half mile Section of the Highway East of san Francisco Bay for about two hours. Wheat owner of commercial. Auto wreckers in san Leardro was booked for investigation of felony hit run driving and driving under the influence of alcohol he was not injured. His wife Karen said she spoke to her husband Over the trucks radio just after he rammed Imo the Center divider. A the said the lord had spoken to him and that the lord told him he could drive though the cars a she said. _ _ a. _ stateside doubts scuttle auction ii new York apr a flight log from the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima failed to sell at auction after the missions navigator said it was not the original. As bidding was about to open at $40,000, auctioneer Stephen Massey said Christie a could not guarantee that the log from the b-29 bomber Enola Gay was not a copy.  a \ _ no bids were offered and the auctioneer did not go  a had estimated the flight log would fetch $100,000 to $150,000, but Theodore j. Van Kirk the Enola Gays navigator then told the auction House that he still has the original. The Christie a flight log is owned by Eileen Lewis widow of  Robert a. Lewis the flights co Pilot. She had hoped to retire on the Money said Christie a manuscript specialist Chris cooler. A v a the auction House did get $12,000 for a pair of binoculars from the flight that were owned by mrs. Lewis. Man gets a year in jail for kicking officer s horse Raleigh . Apr a horse is not always just a horse sometimes he a a Large police officer a a a a a a. That a what a judge said when sentencing a Raleigh Man to one year in prison for assaulting a police officer by kicking heir apparent a Raleigh police horse Al can to condone assault on a Law officer by kicking his horse a judge James Fullwood said after sentencing Elijah Lawrence. A you created a threat to others As evidenced by you hauling off and kicking the  on oct. 15, officer a a. Brugger was trying to arrest Lawrence for failing to appear in court when the Man kicked the horse twice in the thigh. The horse reared but Wasny to seriously Hurt a Lawrence was arrested when a police patrol ear arrived. A there was no defense a said Lawrence a attorney Tim Blake. A the kicked it and the officer said a done to kick it a and he kicked him  it Wasny to immediately known Why Lawrence was to appear in court in the first place or Why he allegedly failed to appear