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1991
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SPACEFLIGHT Cosmonauts to fly Chernobyl mission BY TIM FURNISS Three cosmonauts from the Ukraine are to fly on a Soyuz TM mission to the Mir space station next year to mon itor the area around the Cher nobyl nuclear power plant and the city of Kiev for "the after effects of the accident", in 1986, according to Radio Kiev. The Soviet manned space pro gramme for 1992 remains intact and, with funding commitments from several republics interested in flying their own cosmonaut researchers, future visits to Mir seem assured. The launch of two more mod ules to Mir in 1992 is also on schedule, according to Pyotr Klimuk, new head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. Incorporation of the XT HIGH s -LEVEL UPPORT Operating a 24 hour, 365 day a year A.O.G. service, H+S react to requests for the despatch of spare parts, exchanges and rentals quickly and efficiently. Additional High-level Support comes from H+S Technical Service Engineers who respond to calls for assistance immediately; anything from technical advice over the telephone to an urgent on-site visit. H+S AVIATION LIMITED, AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE P03 5PJ, ENGLAND. TELEPHONE 0705 694981, INTERNATIONAL +44 705 694981. FACSIMILE 0705 670558. TELEX 86403 HxS G. SITA PMEHXCR. modules, Priroda and Spektr, will complete Mir's assembly. A cosmonaut flight engineer from Kazakhstan flew a mission last October and a candidate from Uzbekskaya is in training. The Ukraine crew is likely to comprise a commander and flight engineer from the existing Star City cadre, and journalist Yuri Krykun, who is being spon sored by the Ukraine. • NASA Shuttle cuts threaten flights ANASA order to cut $1 bil lion from Space Shuttle op erating costs between 1992 and 1996 is likely to lead to the cutting of two flights next year. The eight missions planned for 1992 could, therefore, be reduced to six and it seems unlikely that a flight rate of more than eight missions each year thereafter will be achieved. This is in response to the NASA headquarters directive to reduce operating costs by 3% each year until 1996. William Lenoir, associate ad ministrator for spaceflight, says: "For the first time in the pro gramme we have the capacity to fly more missions than we can afford to." Additional difficulties have re sulted in a lack of flexibility allowed by NASA to handle problems for planned 1992 mis sions. The new orbiter En deavour is already at least a month behind schedule for STS49, while the earlier STS45/ Atlas 1/Atlantis mission is likely to be delayed. The STS42 mission, scheduled for early February, flying the International Microgravity Labo- rator aboard Discovery, must be flown on schedule to free the hardware for the Japanese Spa- celab J mission later in the year. Meanwhile, STS44/At/antis, scheduled to be launched from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November, carry ing an infra-red geostationary early-warning satellite, has been delayed for about a week to replace the instrument measur ing unit on the satellite's 1US upper stage. Atlantis is sched uled to land at the Kennedy Space Center after a ten-day mission, the sixth this year. • 20 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 November - 3 December, 1991
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