European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 25 350 tuesday May 12,1992 d 8693 astronauts trying again to trap wayward satellite Cape canaveral Fla. A Nasa ordered two endeavour astronauts to go Back out monday to capture a marooned communications satellite that began tumbling when one of the men tried to Latch on to the Craft. The spacewalk to snare the Intelsat-6 satellite began late monday afternoon. Flight directors agreed to a second Rescue attempt after experts worked through the night on a new strategy. Mission control messaged details of the plan to endeavours astronauts after they were roused at mid morning by the theme song to the film Rocky. A wish the Home team would have won but there s always tomorrow a said shuttle commander Daniel Brandenstein who had guided the ship to an arms length rendezvous with the satellite sunday. Space walkers Pierre Thuot and Richard Hieb worked about 225 Miles above Earth for four hours sunday. Despite More than a years training for the Mission Thuot caused the satellite to wobble when he tried to Latch on with a 15-foot capture bar. A i m sorry Guys. I did no to tap it any harder than i tapped it in that training simulator Quot Thuot said. Later he said he might not have touched the slowly turning satellite squarely. Quot wow we be got to get away from this thing Quot Brandenstein said when the wobbling 17-foot Cylinder came dangerously close to endeavour nasal a new shuttle. A i done to think there a any Way we re going to get the shuttle moved More than 20 Miles away and the see satellite on Page 2 vote count continues in Philippines Manila Philippines apr filipinos voted monday for a successor to president Corazon Aquino and Early returns put her favorite candidate in a tight race with a former judge who ran on an anti corruption platform. Aquino did not run for a second term and supported former defense Secretary Fidel Ramos. Unofficial partial results from the Manila Region compiled by Abs can television showed Miriam defensor Santiago a whose attacks on corruption improved her stand Marcos my in opinion polls a leading with 27,330 votes. Ramos was second with 21,780. But Only a fraction of the estimated 25 million votes cast in the seven candidate race had been counted and official re see vote on Page 2 two Star Raspberry a amps Ken o�0rg� muzzled and puzzled a German Shepherd stares at an ornery 4-year-old czechoslovak Quot general who relieved the boredom of a ceremony in Pulzen or Pilsen by insulting Man s Best Friend. The occasion was a Quot friends of the Usa Day Celebration honouring american troops who liberated the czechoslovak City from the nazis on May 6, 1945. Air Force pilots urged to testify in Friendly fire probe in Britain Oxford England a one of the lawyers representing the families of nine British soldiers killed in the persian Gulf War by . Friendly fire called on the american pilots responsible for the deaths to testify. Lawyer Mark Stephens said monday that hearing the pilots own Story could Clear up inconsistencies in the 25-Page statement the pilots submitted to the inquest. A we Are quite Happy to interview them by video link or even adjourn the inquest and go to an american air base either Here or in the United states Quot Stephens said outside the Oxford court where the inquest is being held. The pilots of the two air Force a-10 aircraft mistakenly fired their Maverick missiles on British armoured personnel carriers on feb. 26, 1991. They have refused to testify. Stephens unfurled a list of whal be called 104 a a inconsistencies in the pilots statement and those made by British air traffic controllers who worked with them. A there Are so Many discrepancies in it not Small discrepancies major discrepancies. I think the Only truth in ii whole statement is the time of Day and the Date that it happened. Everything see probe on Page 2 inside look at americans cup a see pages 14-16
