European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse , decembers 1993 so i the stars and stripes Page $ on the repair Bench beginning on the fourth Day of the Mission shuttle astronauts will undertake spacewalks to repair the Hubble space Telescope. Hubble trouble spots science instruments Light path Light entering Telescope bounces Oil primary and secondary mirrors then shines on science instruments through a Hole in the Center of the primary Mirror. Costar corrective a orcs space tee Sippe Axial replacement the module Wilt be installed by me Eno Eavor astronauts replacing an old instrument which Wilt be returned to Earth. Costar will put a corrective Mirror into Hubb Lefe Light path providing a sharper image to the name function problem repair primary Mirror does not focus collects Light for instruments Light properly can to be fixed corrective optics to be installed in Wpc ii and costar a solar panels provide Powe r to Telescope violent Jitter when Hubble orbits into or out of Shadow replace panels and electronics a gyroscopes help Orient Hubble in space three out of six have tailed replace gyroscopes a wide Field planetary w camera Wpc photographs space objects fuzzy image wont be corrected by costar replace with Wpc ii which has built in corrective Mirror a magnetometers help Orient Hubble in space Hai foiled install new magnetometers ailing Hubble awaits human touch Cape canaveral Fra. A space shuttle endeavour roared through the predawn darkness into orbit thurs Day after a Days delay of the Mission to repair the Hubble space Telescope. The 4.5 million Pound shuttle carrying seven astronauts blasted off at 4 27 . Est lighting up the sky for Miles around Asir Rose from its Seaside pad and streaked Oyer the Atlantic Ocean. The critical Long awaited repair Job to restore Hubble a vision and vitality set to begin Over the weekend features More spacewalks than any american Mission to Date a five maybe More. Endeavour is carrying 11 new parts for Hubble to be installed by the space walking astronauts. Its Quot a very great Relief to have this Mission on orbit a said Loren Shriver a shuttle manager who commanded the Mission to deploy Hubble 3vi years ago. A it will be Nice to have humans be Able to go and visit it again and do the necessary corrections to get it Back up to full Speed. Nasa needed two tries to launch endeavour. The first attempt wednesday was thwarted by High wind. A a it a a Beautiful Sunrise a commander Richard Covey marvelled moments after reaching orbit. Covey quickly mane Vered endeavour into a 355-mile-High orbit. At that Point the shuttle was trailing Hubble by 6,800a. Wailer was ecstatic about liftoff but still anxious about the rendezvous and spacewalk Days that tie ahead. A it s going to be an intense period this was the first step in a very Long journey a Wailer said. A a in a glad we finally got to this Point because i cannot wait i cannot wait a to vindicate this program.�?�. The $1.6 billion Telescope launched in april 1990, has a primary Mirror that is too / Flat along the Edge by care of a manufacturing error. The defect blurs Hubble a View of extremely Remote objects in the universe and prevents the orbiting Observatory from peering Back with precision to what amounts to the beginning of time. Hubble also has three failed gyroscopes two Quirky. Magnetometers trembling solar panels bad solar panel drive electronics reduced computer memory and a Balky Power Supply for an ultraviolet tight Detector. It is up to endeavours four space walkers to fix All that or at least As much As they can. Story Muse rave Jeffrey Hoffman Tom Akers and Kathryn Thornton Hope to install corrective mirrors a new wide Field planetary camera new solar panels new gyroscopes and More once Hubble is captured by the shuttle robot and anchored in the cargo Bay. A record five spacewalks Are planned on Quot c consecutive Days during endeavours Miles. The shuttle gradually will close the Gap and rendezvous with the Telescope some 360 mile High Early saturday. The astronauts immediately swung to the task of making certain nothing was displaced in the cargo Bay in the shaky ride to space looking into the Bay from the Cabin windows. Nothing was out of the Ordinary. After 5w hours in space Covey fired the shuttles two main engines for one minute to make the orbit 355 by 312 Miles the first of the adjustments needed for the saturday meeting. The entire Crew was scheduled to begin its eight hour sleep period Fate morning est. Hubble program scientist Edward in Day flight beginning around Midnight saturday. The astronauts could go out As Many As seven times to work on Hubble if necessary. Aliy major jobs left undone would require another repair Mission in five months to a year. Nasa puts the Cost of this Mission at $629 million $251 million for Hubble parts and related activities and $378 million for the shuttle flight. The space Agency has spent $3 billion to Date on the Hubble program including operating and maintenance costs. The Telescope has a 15-year lifetime. Space officials consider this the most complicated flight in shuttle history and quite possible nasal a greatest Challenge in space since the Apollo Opp teacher Dies of cancer at 64 Indialantic Fla. A amps a retired Mill tary overseas schools teacher has died of cancer. Norine Ann White Chamberlain who last taught at the now closed Wei Brincken elementary school in Germany died monday in Melbourne. She w As 64. Chamberlain retired from the department of defense dependents schools in 1991 after teaching for More than 30 years including the last nine years in Germany. She taught at Ramstein Junior High school before being assigned to Wei Brincken in 1984, she is survived by her husband . Chamberlain who is on leave of absence from Odds Germany. Naples pharmacy workers held in Italy Navy steroid sales sting by sue Palumbo _ Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a workers in two italian pharmacies in Naples were detained wednesday. After they sold steroids without prescriptions to undercover agents from the . Naval criminal investigative service in Naples according to a . Navy investigator the sales wednesday resulted from a joint sting operation involving the Navy investigators and italian fed Era police. No americans were detained in the sting. Italian Federal police did not return phone Calls made thursday by the stars and stripes. Pharmacies in Italy Are prohibited from Selling steroids without a doctors prescription. The hormones Are sometimes used to increase muscle mass but studies have linked High dosages to osteoporosis hypertension and growth retardation in children. David Elwell a special agent with the nc1s in Naples said his office had received information that the two pharmacies were Selling the nonprescription steroids to . Service members and other defense department personnel in the Naples area. A basically we knew what we were after and we went and got it he said. A your people went in and purchased Small quantities of steroids and the Carabiniero went in after and detained italian police Are expected to close the two downtown Naples pharmacies permanently Elwell said. Pharmacists who sell nonprescription steroids can lose their licenses and face criminal charges. Navy investigators Are not investigating . Military personnel or civilians Elwell said. Demos to hold sales Ift Crail sheim Hanau Darmstadt Germany a amps defense re utilization and marketing offices Are holding the following sales in Germany a a demo Numberg is holding an appliance Sale wednesday from 10 . To 1 . At Mckee Barracks building 92, in Crail sheim. The Sale is open to All military id card holders and the Public. Items for Sale include washers dryers refrigerators and electric ranges. All merchandise is sold a was is a without warranty or refunds. Purchases must be made in German Marks and must be removed by 2 . On the Day of the Sale. Call James r. Jones at Dan 343-8408 or civilian 0641-41003 for details. A pro Hanau a retail store on Gross Auh Cim Cavern building 636, in Hanau will be open dec. 17 from 9 . To noon. The first hour will be reserved for id card holders after 10 . The store will be open to the Pauline Maier at Dan 322-8281 or civilian 06181-55614 for has enough toys for Bosnia rein main a Germany a deadline for provide Santa toys for Bosnia and Herzegovina children has passed. Contributions were so great that the air Force has asked a please it whore /
