European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The Sfa amp Anil 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 28 35 Friday May 15,1992d 8693 a Intelsat 6 is silhouetted against the Earth after it was released from the cargo Bay of the shuttle endeavour Early grabbed by 3 astronauts Cape canaveral Fla. A endeavours astronauts released a communications satellite Early thursday after a historic three Man spacewalk that rescued both the $157 million Craft and nasal scan do reputation. The astronauts grabbed the satellite by hand in unison wednesday held it in Elace for i hours and spent several ours More attaching a rocket designed to lift it out of the uselessly Low orbit in which it was stuck for two years. The rocket was to be fired later thursday when the shuttle was thousands of Miles away. The Intelsat 6 satellite was to be sent to a working orbit 22,300 Miles High. Nasa on thursday said endeavour would remain in space until saturday a for a total of nine Days a to give the Crew an extra Day of rest. The Mission had already been extended one Day to accommodate the Rescue Effort after two earlier attempts in which a single astronaut tried to snare the satellite with a 15-foot bar instead of his gloved hands. Astronauts Katherine Thornton and Thomas Akers prepared for a fourth spacewalk later thursday a shuttle record to test construction techniques for a space station. Intelsat the International communications consortium said it expected to have the satellites 120,000 Telephone circuits up and running in time for the olympics in july. A i think we have seen some incredible work by some awfully Brave men at Nasa said Irving Goldstein Intelsat chief executive. A this Means that we Are out of the a misfired rocket had left the satellite in the wrong orbit. Wednesdays spacewalk a the first by three people a was see satellite on Page 2 Richard Hieb left Tom Akers and Pierre Thuot connect the shuttles capture bar to the wayward Intelsat 6 fighting from staff and wire reports Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a the Battle for Sarajevo exploded with new intensity thursday As serb attackers and Muslim defenders fought a fierce artillery Duel. Shells were reported to have hit government buildings and a hotel and vehicles used by . Peacekeepers. The fighting began at Dawn just hours after . Rocks Sarajevo . Mission Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali declared Bosnia and Herzegovina too dangerous for . Peacekeepers to maintain their frustrated Mission. He also said the serbian population of Bosnia was largely to blame for the violence which began when the republics majority muslims and croats endorsed Independence from Yugoslavia in february. Serbian irregulars often backed by the serb dominated yugoslav army have seized about half the Republic in the fighting which has claimed at least 1,300 lives. Shelling continued five hours after it started and a Sarajevo defense official said in a radio broadcast that virtually the entire City was under bombardment. Jovan Divjak Deputy territorial defense command see fighting on Page 2house panel cuts Pentagon budget a see Page 5
